The national Republican., 1862-08-20
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These applications were referred to the Com.
mittee on Teachers.
The resignation Of Miss Kate MoOarthy WAS
read. acespssd, and placed on Ale.
animation Of Teachers, reported that the oom.
nittes had held one session, and examined and
approved the following a. teachers, and In the
Following order: l. Aiss Marcia v. Brown; =.
Miss Annie .. Evans; .. Miss Sallie y. A. Ro.
Ihe report was adopted.
Mr.. Ellis said that communication had sp-
peared In Q Newspaper In this city, which
charged that patriotic composition had been
o. ie SyuSo .sSSS on the
The sub.board for that district had felt It TO
be its duty to investigste this charge, and
wrote note to Mr.. wioklin, the author Of the
Communication, asking him TO put his charges
some basis for an investigation. A reply had
been received from him, In which he both af.
nrmed and denied the charges, and declined to
make any specific charges 70 writing.
The Board had satisfied themselves that the
position Of the young lady, but approved Of II.
Since these inquiries have been made, q letter
had been received from Miss hilburn, the
teacher implicated, which hs desired to have
read.
The letter was read. II 10 ss follows:
MooRks LANDING, Or. NARY,s Co..
August IA, 1867.
To the Sub. Board of Trustees Of the Fouth
District:
GENTLniN: In tho Repubiican Of the eth
instant, notice communication from E. 8.
Wioklin, which seriously Affects my character
ny duty to lay before you plain statement Of
4 few days before tho examination Of my
school, after the selection Of compositions 10
k,p - aA NhoN Hty,~ haA kn aAS n
ed each member Of the Arst class 10 prepare
another composition, which, II fsuperior, should
be read instead Of those already selected.
When they were brought In two days after.
ward, only two were considered Of sufficient
merit to be received, one OF which was "A
Vision Of Ny Country" by Miss Kinds; and
neither OF the two was considered superior TO
those previously selected to be read by the
same young ladies'. Now 40 far from its being
"A Vision Of Ny Country was 10 % grace the the
pages Of the Little GIssnsr," the title Of .
monthly collection Of compositions, written BY
1rrseabiy to request, the girls met me at the
70 read their compositions, 30 that might, for
the last time, make the necessary corrections
in their enunciation, &c.
When the class was called up Miss Kinds
came .n,s. to ny desk and ,emarisd thu, her
Vision instead Of Home. the frat one selected.
! told hor that AZ there was to be read one
less than had anticipated. she could read both
Of hers. She then took her place In the GLASS,
and TithSa. the lsss, spps,sns
! asked Miss Kinds which Of the two she would
like 10 read hrst In the afternoon. Her reply
was that she preferred reading Home first. l
told her then that would arrange II ss had
my pupils road two compositions, she could
road Home, and after the other members Of
the class had finished theirs, she would then
read the Vision. Miss H. seemed to be pleased
with the arrangement. and when the girls were
dismissed, she parted from me ~ shsotlonstsly
"a she had ever done, nor had tho slightest
idea that any III feelings were cherished until
WAS informed, few minutes before the com.
menoement Of the exercises that afternoon by
one Of the sub.bosrd, that Mr.. Wicklin had
me, none Of which have the slightest founda.
ton. To the charge that there were no patri-
otto sentiments expressed In the compositions,
I shall not attempt reply. shall leave Il TO
Computations read at my examination.
Thus gentlemen, have given you In u hur.
ried manner, y candid statement Of the facts a.
they occurred. II the paper was managed
out" can assure yoa II ~ wa. , not BY "oondi.
connected with the Fourth District school.
lam, very respectfully yours,
MARGARET A. MILBuRN.
Mr.. Ellis made further explanations In regard
to the matter In which he complimentsd the
production Of Miss Kinds, entitled "A Vision Of
Ny Country" "A production Of rare merit
In fact remarkable one for y young lady to
write. He WAS proud Of our schools which
produced suoh evidence Of talent and profci.
ENJOY. He had also received letter from Mr..
Thompson, the male teacher, In which he cor.
roborated the statements of Miss Milburn. He
(Nr. T.) had heard Miss N. express her per-
fbct satisfaction with the composition In ques.
ton. ...t
Mr.. wilson e6id he had hsArd charges se-
peatedly maN In regard % ne dsloyslty Of
Miss Milburn, and he had taken some pains TO
ferret the matter out. He found some Of our
best citizens had expressed their full conn.
denoe In her loyalty.
Hr. Holmesd hoped the Board would take
| the matter In hand and give II thorough In
| vestigation. II they were not satisfied with
the matter NJ It now stood, he wished com.
mittee Of one from each district would take
the matter In hand.
Mr.. Norssll did not think there was any need
| Of further ventilation Of this matter. The more
you stir II the worse II 10.
| Mr.. Wilson moved that the con muncation
be placed on nle. Adopted.
Mr.. Holmesd stated that satisfactory answers
to the questions propoundsd to the teachers,
i by order OF the Board, had been received from
| seven of tho teachers. The others were out Of
the city, and he did not doubt they also would
answer satisfactorily.
| The Board then adjourned to next Tuesday.
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l MOro Tro0ua Arrival.