The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-21
COMMUNICATIONS.
To the Public. and the Minority of
the Beard Of Education OF S0mer-
set School District.

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To the Public. and the Minority of
the Beard of Education OF S0mer-
set School District.
The card published hy the minority
of said Board in the Press of the 14th
inst. requires an answer from us, that
the facts may come 10 the knowledge of
the puhlic, and the misrepresentation or
total failure to stale the facts in the
lIesSe controversy by the minority, may
also he shown up. The facts are rs
heretofore alleged. Miss lIeSse was
requested by Mr.. KelSo, the Superin-
tendent of our Schools, to hear four or
FIVE Of his pupils recite once per dav
with her class in arithmetic. This she
refused to d.. The Superintendent prop
erly came 10 the Board of E,iucarion
with his complaint of insuhnr,iimation
on the part of Miss Hesse, and meet
ing of the Board was called for the pur-
tion, and 10 decide what conrse Of action
10 pursue. At the said meeting every
member was present, and after di~cnsS
ing the subject Il molten was made to
the effect that Miss Hesse should hear
the recitation Of the pupils as requested
by the Superintendent. On this motion
Mr. E. A iIes-e was excused from vo;-
ing ut hi.i request on account Of his Kin
ship to Miss lIeSSc. Il WIS agreed that
The vote should he an Informal one so
that the same might not appear on the
records of the Board The object being
to spare the feelings of Miss UeSse.
The informal vote was then taken and
,cas voted for by Rev. D. NJ Weisnan,
of the minority, and that vote qcds q
unanimous uote Of the B0drd-E. A.
Hesse having been excused from voting,
but coinciding with the Board in their
action. 1t was then and there determin
ed what the ultimatum should be in case
Miss Hesse still persisted in her refusal
to obey the request of the Superinten
dent. That ultimatum was her resigna-
ton or dismissal. In discussing the
mode of making the decision of the
Board known to Miss Hesse, the Rev.
D. NJ. Weisman suggested and requested
that he might see the lady, saying he
thought he could convince her of her
duty, and the propriety Of her obeying
the reasonable request Of the Superin-
tendent. Mr. E. A. Hesse thought that
the advisable course to pursue-and
without any vote on that part of the busi-
ness it was agreed to by all of the Board,
and the Board then adjourned to meet
on the next evening to hear the report
of the Reverend gentleman. Instead of
making report at the meeting of the
Board which convened according to ad-
journment, he came to the meeting ac-
companied by the lady in question, no.
tilted the Board he had changed his
mind on the subject, and wanted 10 in
uestigate the tn 'ng further; that he was
not satisfied, &c. The Board would not
agree to any further investigation, and
Miss Hesse was then and there told,
that, unless she complied with the re-
quests Of the Board and Superintendent,
that she would have TO resign, and that
we would hire teacher who would
comply.
If the Rev d. NJ Weisman failed to
do his selfassumed duty in making
known the action of the Board, he al
lowed it to remain unknown to the ma
jority-who supposed that he had dis
charged his duty faithfully as required
by law and his oath of office, and the
majority of the Directors supposed, as
they had just right to do, that the Wis
it of Miss Hesse to the Board was a Sc
quence TO the information conveyed by
the Reverend to her. 1t comes with bad
grace from him at this late day to put
in disclaimer of the unanimous act of
the Board, of which he is one. He does
not deny the action of the Board at the
first meeting referred to herein, and that
to him was committed and entrusted the
communicating to Hiss Hesse the de-
cision of the Board, relative to her hear
ing the recitations Of the pupils as re-
quested by the Superintendent, and in
case of her refusal, to communicate also
the alternative,-resignat or dismis-
sal. ii. p. LENTz,
E. +. DRoEGE,
N. KARR
A. p. AsHBRooK,