The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-11-22
PETTY SPITE.

.. PETTY SPITE.
1t is seldom that we see such petty
manifestation of jealousy, hate or spite,
as we see in the Mt. Vernon Ners Of the
18th inst The following is an editorial
from that .aper:
"The meannesses shown up by our
correspondent Sigma are OF u piece
with petty, narrow exclusiveuess-un-
just partiality-which has for some time
marked the policy of ,.r. Nestlcrode and
the Upton high school. CHigh School !?
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"An instance which occurred year
or two since is in point. A young man
from this place applied for that same
High School, aud would have re-
ccived it but for an old public fuuctiona-
ry there, who had two objections to him
one that he uasn't from Oberlin, the
other that he was from Mt. Vernon.
We wonder if they expect to make
anything by such nice Determinations i.
Let the long run show
We are sorry that Cornell College is SO
jealous of and so much affected by our
Union School as to call fer such an ex-
pose of the feeling in that vicinity
That We have little the best public
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no idea that it had came into competi-
ton with college of the known standing
of Cornell College. We are not aware
that the people of Upton ever asked any
aid of Mt Vernon, or ever tried to get
any OF its students to attend our "Hich
School"
Yes, we have high school, and if any
of the students of Cornell College wish to
show their superiority in any Of the
branches taught here, just let them come
on and We will guarantee that they shall
be met and have a fair trial of expert.
ness.
But what, we hear you ask, is all this
fuss about? |, is just this ,Ns stated by
"Sigma": "One of the very best stu
dents of Cornell College applied to our
County Superintendent for certificate
to teach school: lie failed on the exam
ination and did not get certificate,
whereupon " Sigma" whether the appli-
cant or not we do not know, complains, in
the Neus aud says that there is an under.
standing between the County Supcrin.
tendent and the principal of our Union
School, Mr.. G. c. Nestlerode, that the
examinations of teachers shall be such as
to favor the Upton scholars aud operate
against the Mount Vernon Students, 50
as to induce those who wish to teach to
attend our high school When it is
known that Mr. Nestlerode's salary in nc
way depends upon the number OF schol.
ars in attendance, the foolishness of the
charge will appear Those who know
the gentlemen referred to need not be
told that it is all an imagination Of some
sore headed applicant or his friends. We
should like to see the questions asked
and answers of the applicant on his ex.
animation published. We have not seen
our County Superintendent, but We be-
lieve that if said applicant will give him
leave to publish all the questions aud
answers thereto, in the case referred to.
that he will most cheerfully furnish them
to the editor of the Neus. The "mean-
ness of the filings in the editorial is ap.
parent to all who know the facts. There
has been no time in the last "year or
two when the school board of this place
have talked Of hiring a teacher for the
High School," and there is not now,
nor never has been a teacher in any of
our schools who was ever in any way
connected with "Oberliu," and there
has not been any one connected with our
school board, during the time named,
that ever lived in Oberlin. Can it be
that "O5erlin' is rival Of Cornell Col.
lege!
We think that charges like the above,
coming from an Institution that has re-
peatedly asked and received material aid
from our citizens, and that has sent its
agents all through cur county to induce
students to 50 to Cornell College, is as
mean as any Of the charges preferred
above would be if they were true We