Leslie D. Kline
Superintendent of schools for the division of Clarke and Frederick Counties in 1925. The Clarke Courier prints his February statement that he would attend meetings called in protest concerning the division superintendent, names him listing the county's teacher appointments for 1925-26, and records him at two meetings about a school for the county's Black children: billed to speak at one in January, and given charge of the other in May.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier's list of teacher appointments for the 1925-26 session, printed July 9, 1925, says the appointments were announced by Dr. C. O. Dearmont, chairman of the School Board, as listed by the Division Superintendent, Mr. Leslie D. Kline.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier's list of teacher appointments for the 1925-26 session, printed July 9, 1925, says the appointments were announced by Dr. C. O. Dearmont, chairman of the School Board, as listed by the Division Superintendent, Mr. Leslie D. Kline.
What the source supports
That Leslie D. Kline, as division superintendent, listed the county's teacher appointments for the 1925-26 session.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The list says only that the appointments were as listed by him; what his part in making them was is not stated.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The headline and opening of the list, which name the School Board chairman and the division superintendent.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., 9 July 1925
Clarke Courier · 1925-07-09 (publication)
Locator: Printed page 1, teacher assignment list, headline and opening
Relevant passageFILL POSITIONS COUNTY SCHOOLS. Teachers Named for All Schools and Grades -- New Boyce Principal. Appointments of teachers for the various schols [schools] of the County for the session of 1925-26 have been announced by Dr. C. O. Dearmont, chairman of the School Board, as listed by the Division Superintendent, Mr. Leslie D. Kline. The places are to be filled as follows:
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The Clarke Courier of February 26, 1925 printed a statement telephoned by Mr. Leslie D. Kline, superintendent of schools for the division of Clarke and Frederick Counties, saying that he had learned from the local papers of meetings to be held at the Court Houses in Berryville and Winchester concerning the Division Superintendent of Schools, that he had not been told the reasons for "this protest," and that he would be present to answer any questions that citizens of either county wished to ask.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of February 26, 1925 printed a statement telephoned by Mr. Leslie D. Kline, superintendent of schools for the division of Clarke and Frederick Counties, saying that he had learned from the local papers of meetings to be held at the Court Houses in Berryville and Winchester concerning the Division Superintendent of Schools, that he had not been told the reasons for "this protest," and that he would be present to answer any questions that citizens of either county wished to ask.
What the source supports
That by late February 1925 meetings in protest concerning the division superintendent had been announced for Berryville and Winchester, and that Kline said he would attend them.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. Words are missing from the OCR where the statement said what the meetings were called to do, so the protest is known here only as concerning the Division Superintendent of Schools, and nothing more is inferred about it. Whether the meetings were held, and what was said at them, is not reported in this item.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The Courier's report of the telephoned statement.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 26, 1925
Clarke Courier · 1925-02-26 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, item on the division superintendent's statement that he would be present
Relevant passageThe Courier has received a telephonic message from Mr. Leslie D. Kline, superintendent of schools for the division of Clarke and Frederick Counties ... "Having learned, from the local papers that meetings will be held ir [in] the Court House at Berryville ... and in the Court House at Winchester ... to [words missing] of the Division Superintendent of Schools ... and not having been informed as to the reasons for this protest, I have decided to be jpresent [present] and will undertake to apswer [answer] any questions that any citizens of eiteh er [either] County may desire to ask
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The Clarke Courier of January 22, 1925 announced a mass meeting at the Court House in Berryville on Friday night, January 30, in the interest of the Clarke County Training School, at which Supervisor W. D. Gresham, of the colored schools of Virginia, would speak, with remarks by Mr. Leslie D. Kline, division superintendent, members of the Clarke County School Board and T. C. Walker.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of January 22, 1925 announced a mass meeting at the Court House in Berryville on Friday night, January 30, in the interest of the Clarke County Training School, at which Supervisor W. D. Gresham, of the colored schools of Virginia, would speak, with remarks by Mr. Leslie D. Kline, division superintendent, members of the Clarke County School Board and T. C. Walker.
What the source supports
That Kline was billed to speak, as division superintendent, at a meeting in January 1925 for a county training school for Black children.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. An announcement of a meeting to come: whether it was held as announced, and what Kline said, is not reported in this item. The training school it names is not identified with any building or later school, and no record of one is linked.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The Courier's announcement of the meeting.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., January 22, 1925
Clarke Courier · 1925-01-22 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, item headed Mass Meeting for Colored School
Relevant passageMASS MEETING FOR COLORED SCHOOL. Supervisor W. D. Gresham, of the Colored schools of Virginia, will speak at the Court House in Berryville in the interest of the Clarke County Training school, Friday night, January 30th, at 8 o'clock. There will be remarks by Mr. Leslie D. Kline, Division superintendent, members of the Clarke County school board and T. C. Walker.
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The Clarke Courier of May 7, 1925, under a headline saying that the county's Black residents wanted a school, reports that between three and four hundred of them met at the Court House on a Monday night to hear Dr. Gresham, state supervisor of Negro education, Dr. L. A. Parker, Dr. C. O. Dearmont, chairman of the Clarke County School Board, and E. T. Johnson, and that the meeting was turned over to Mr. Leslie D. Kline, division superintendent of schools, who said that it was the purpose of the state that every child should have equal educational advantages, and introduced Dr. Gresham.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of May 7, 1925, under a headline saying that the county's Black residents wanted a school, reports that between three and four hundred of them met at the Court House on a Monday night to hear Dr. Gresham, state supervisor of Negro education, Dr. L. A. Parker, Dr. C. O. Dearmont, chairman of the Clarke County School Board, and E. T. Johnson, and that the meeting was turned over to Mr. Leslie D. Kline, division superintendent of schools, who said that it was the purpose of the state that every child should have equal educational advantages, and introduced Dr. Gresham.
What the source supports
That Kline took charge of a meeting of the county's Black residents about schooling, reported in May 1925, and told it that the state's purpose was equal educational advantages for every child.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The report continues on a later page, which was not read. The headline's statement that a school was wanted is the Courier's: the passage read does not quote a request or name the school sought. Dr. Gresham's own remarks, reported in the same item, are not recorded here. The Courier of April 30, 1925 had announced a meeting at the Court House for Monday night, May 4, with Gresham to speak and Kline to preside; the report does not say that this was that meeting, though the place, the speaker and Kline's part match.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The opening of the report: the meeting, its size and its speakers.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., May 7, 1925
Clarke Courier · 1925-05-07 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, item headed County Negroes Want School: the meeting
Relevant passageCounty Negroes Want School. Gathered together to hear Dr. W. Dr. [D.] Gresham, State Supervisor of Negro Education, between three and four hundred of the colored people of Clarke County held an enthusiastic meeting at the Court Houbol [House] Monday night. There was an attentive audience to hear Dr. Gresham, Dr. L. A. Parker, Dr. C. O. Dearmont, chairman of the Clarke County School Board, and E. T. Johnson, local colored educator.
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Evidence role: supports. The report of Kline's part in the meeting.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., May 7, 1925
Clarke Courier · 1925-05-07 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, item headed County Negroes Want School: the division superintendent's remarks
Relevant passage... the meeting was then turned over to Mr. Leslie D. Kline, division superintendent of schools. Mr. Kline made a few pertinent remarks in which he emphasized the appropriateness of the time selected for the gathering, as the "May Campaign fdr [for] Education" had just been launched in this State ... It is the purpose of the State, he continued, that every child shall have equal educational advantages. He introduced Dr. Gresham.
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Evidence role: contextualizes. The Courier's announcement of April 30, 1925 of a meeting at the Court House on May 4, with W. D. Gresham to speak and Kline to preside.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., 30 April 1925
Clarke Courier · 1925-04-30 (publication)
Locator: Printed page 8, notice: W. D. GRESHAM TO SPEAK HERE
Relevant passageProf. W. D. Gresham, supervisor of Negro education of Virginia, will speak at the Court House, Berryville, on Monday night, May 4th, at 8 o'clock. This meeting will be held under the auspices of the Clarke County Colored school league. Every colored man with an educational pride wish for self-help or race development will be there, according to a statement given out by officers of the league. Hie [The] school officials and many white friends of the negro institution of learning are invited, special seats [be]ing reserved for them. Mr. Leslie D. Kline, division superintendent of schools, will preside, it was stated.
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