Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-07-11
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frem--He ID! NJ write tie article IN has Aasd-
svritsse-He beisboys us- StaWderer ,cko says he
did-He (ne Slandeyerl 10 a Withering Curse
He 10 Bo-hom Upds-Hs 10 deadly Coral
Sndke-He Is a Csntsai Anerican Cord Ssake,
FROM whose bite more fataIifies ore recorded than
fro~ an esAey ssakes put tosefAer-rss Prsfessor
Wsu take sene othey opportunity to explain the
matter " Where Edsoated ~
In order 10 ensure perfect fairness, We give
below . communication from Professor West,
Of the Third District Male Grammar School, in
answer to IN article in The STAR of Saturday.
It Will be seen that the Professor docs not ex-
plain how he came to graduate at two colleges,
but says he will do 90 on some other occasion.
He confines himself 70 . denial that he wrote
,ee enSe s 81 ar TS ms own
was certainly amazingly like that of the Pro-
fessor; but then, rs he might very properly say,
one hand writing Is amazingly like another in
these days of Spencerian penmanship. But
though he did not write it, and has not the
shadow Of q shade Of An idea who did write IL,
he modestly admits that the praise besto wed
upon him IN possibly not extravagant. We
think so, too, and this letter, which certainly
Is in his handwriting, gives MS the assurance.
We very candidly say that we do not believe
there Ii another teacher in the city-colegs
graduate or not-who could write just such
letter. Could anything, for instance, be finer
than his invective against the slanderer who
would say such things about ONE hand writing?
He characterizes him (the HANDWRITING Sian
derer) as whitening Curse and q Bo-hon Upas,
y hich is very good, and then proceeds to brand
him as the deadly coral snake OF South America,
'from whose bite" rs the Professor tells us,
"more fatalities are recorded than from all
other snakes Put togetes..n we should De glad
"where Educated. &c.o
EDITOR STAR, My DEAR SIR There ap-
peared in the Saturday Evenings Star, an
article under the shove heading, @where Eda-
Gated" &c, which would merit no notice from
me, but for the. glaring falsehood 1t contains
ana the iaise impression It was designed to
AS that article was maliciously intended to
injure me before the public, and thereby destroy
helping to do in the Public Schools of the Sd
District, L trust your sense Of honor and justice
win allow me short reply in your valuable
After speaking of =" Harvard, and Bowdoin,
and Cambridge, and Brunswick, and all along
shore, &c" all of which win be noticed in the
manner it deserves, at the proper time and
"Of Mr.. Vests abundant qualifications for
the post he fills there can be question, for we
have the assurance in ms own handwriting as
The Trustees and people are fortunate, in
deed, in securing the services of 80 experienced
and successful teacher as Prof. N. A.
West. (It should be MA. instead of M. Az
Very few educators in the country have had
80 large, 80 varied, 20 intelligent and practical
experience in the public schools OF the land, as
Mr.. West. He stands at the head of the pro-
fession. With pleasing address, and happy
faculty of making his subject clear, and him
self understood, the schools show his imprint in
clear and distinct light"
Now, to say that any person on earth has that
paragraph In my hand writing, OF that 1 wrote
il, Is to utter a most malicious falsehood. deny
it in full, and most emphatically, and envy
not the heart that would prompt any man to say
50 mean . thing. There Is not q sufficiency of
words in the human language to express the
meanness of such an act.
of all mean men, the slanderer is the most
despisabe. Look at him. Like the deadly b.
hon Upas, he extends around whitening curse
poisonous influence on all he touches. He il
the deadly Coral snake OF Central America
from whose bite more fatalities are recorded
than from all other snakes put together
III an unknown friend has done me the kind
ness to pen such q paragraph, L take this public
opportunity to thank him for il, and will leave
IL to those who know me best. and my life work
in the cause Of education, to say, whether the
compliment Is extravagant or not. am con-
tent to leave the merits Of my labOrs in the pub
lie schools of the land with those who have re-
ceived them. If they cannot stand that test let
them fall. No petty spite or Jealous spleen in a
newspaper article can harm them, or even him
der the good work now going on in the schools
OF the Third District. only regret that could
not have had the training of the boy that has
grown into the man who dictated that article
for then, am sure, could have made him a
gentleman, instead of BLACKBOARD. You now
have an article in my own handwriting, and
you can tell whether any other article is In INV
handwriting, or not.
i have the honor to be very truly,
n A WReT