Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-01-27
Mr.. EDITOR Having heard

Mr.. EDITOR Having heard
from many sources that consider
able has recently been said, and
loud complaints have been made
against me for sending some of the
pupils home to dinner, on Friday
last, and, also, for requiring the OBJ
servance of certain other rules OF
the Board, you would oblige by al
lowing me through your columns
the following explanations:
The School Board, at a meeting
last August. made and adopted GER
tain rules and regulations, for the
government of the Public Schools,
among which were the following /:
GAIL pupils who remain in their
rooms at recess shall observe the
same rules and regulations as pre-
vail during regular school hours"
And also "pupils desiring to re-
main at noon must present to the
Superintendent a written request
from the parent or guardian, and
shall be subject to the regulations
established" These rules were al
so published for the benefit of the
public.
1t has not generally been found
necessary to enforce the latter of
the foregoing rules, because, first,
until the present term, the pupils
who remained in the building at
the noon recess, came from dis
lance too great to allow of their
going home to dinner and returning,
without some Inconvenience, during
the hour and half of intermission.
Second, until the present term, the
pupils who remained at noon, have
been very quiet and orderly in their
rooms; therefore deeming the en-
forcement of the rule, last term, en-
tirely unnecessary, took the liner
ty of allowing the rule to remain
For this / am answer
able to the Board.
At the, beginning of the present
term twenty pupils were promoted
rom the school on the north side of
he river to the intermediate De-
Dartment in the central building.
Most of these, together with some
others remained at the building at
he noon recess.
Several complaints came to me
their conduct in the
'oom at this time, and four differ
mt times l came down from my
room on the third floor at about
lalf past twelve, called by loud
noises and screaming in the Inter
mediate room, on the second floor,
md found many of those pupils
who remained at dinner running
about the room, and on the desks,
md in one case one was running
over the tops Of the desks, and
hey were conducting themselves in
\ very rude aud boisterous manner.
The last time was on last Thursday
noon. After school was called in
The afternoon, I told them that as
hey had conducted themselves so
rudely in their room at noon, and
had been frequently spoken to
about their conduct, and as several
lived but just over the bridge,
should he compelled to enforce the
rule of the Board. Ialso told them
that all who wished to remain to
dinner hereafter, must bring to me
the next day, (that was Friday,) a
written request from parent or
guardian, with a reason why they
'honld remain, and, also, that any
who failed TO bring the note, ac-
to the rule of the Board. !
would be sent home. l explained |
the matter SO that feel sure that
no pupil, even of the Primary De-
partment could fail to understand /
il thoroughly. It so happened that
the next day il was rather cold, and,
il also happened that those pupils