Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-07-13
For tie Daily Patriot.
FREQ Schools of Nashville
NO. II.

erred on the side of humanity What
would be done with the President of Bank
who should year after year give away the
or lperty entrusted 10 his care, or with IA
clerk who should give away the goods of his
employer. take pains to keep him ir, IN know
ing il, and when detected, should coOlly say,
"by the earnest and repeated solicit ton of
parents. aud sometimes the children them
selves, his sympathies have at TINES been 20
enlisted that he has consented" Would the
District Attorney listen 10 such reasons?
If the people wish such use made of their
property, why have they repeatedly passed
laws to prevent it, thereby saying: .'Mr. St-
perintendent if your sympathies are excited
put you hand in your own pocket and not in
ours? We will judge when o give away
our property, especially when our children
are so crowded that We must give some S4O.-
900 to build more room for them - Why
does New York make a superintendent liable
to the penitentiary on two charges-embez-
element and perjury, for misapplying its
school funds? Have they no fmOtires of
kindness" or humanity" because they pun
ish man for breach of trust?
The people of Nashville passed law Jan.
18th, 1855: sit shall be the duty of the Su-
perinteudent,-to inquire whether the parents
are non-residents or not, and to reject all
children whose parents do not reside within
the corporate limits of the city" This law
did not prevent their being received and the
city passed another Aug. 9th, that mo chill
dren Shall be admitted who shall come from
the country to board in the city, or live wi
any friend or relation for the purpose of re-
ceiving the benefits of the Public Schools"
When 1000 pupils come from some 500 fami
lies, Mr.. Pearl and thirty teachers could east
ly detect and expose violations of this law.
He knows personally most of the pupils. If
stranger applies and Mr.. Pearl places the
! matter in truthful light before him, and
tells him that by a rule of the Board. the
teacher is to call on every parent. no parent
| will be fool enough to enter his child where
| he would be digraced in one week by being
| expelled. Pupils cannot, therefore, long re-
main illegally in school except by design or
| gross neglect, yet they are allowed to remain
for years. Mr.. Pearl shows in his reports
| thus be admitted and Afterwards expelled IL
| in 1855, 80 in 1857 and 35 in 1853. Is it
not a little singular that in conneXion with
this show of honesty he nowhere informs US
| how many he has retained illegally in school
| till / published Mr. Barry's certificate. the
! truth of which Mr.. 2. admitted. Notwith-
standing all that the committee say of the
zeal, patience and faithfulness," and of Mr..
p, and of his motives OF kindness, erring
Ion the side of humanity" b. stood before
! them guilty of repeated and knowingly viO-
|
ern hiIa, and of what Is still wOrse-of /; de
| liberate attempts 10 deceive the very Board
that employs him. He confessed his guilt
only when and 50 far as had proved it but
| denied il. in regard to dozens of Others who
were attending at that time. Yet in the face
of these and Other facts, the committee d :
| liberately give his testimony in preference TO
| getting IL from parents and pupils.
In April. 1889, asked p omission of Mr.
Peal to s nd my little daughter to the
Public Schools On Nashville, aring that
liv, beyond the corporate limits of the
city. He gave me permission 10 do so. The
:, sion clus' d; and shortly after another
c mmencrd MIR. Prarl addressed me note.
requesting me- to desi-t fir m sending her tor q
shaIt time. soon aft + receiving the not
met Mr.. p, on the street, aud he then ex.
plained-saying there was good deal vi
complaint about persons sending, who lived
outside of the corporation, and that the
Board of Education would soon meet and be
would be questioned; and that l could alter
wards resnnc; but / have never Sent heT
since that lime as did not wish under such
circumstances to do SO.o