The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1876-10-07

sition TO the wishes of the School Board? What
has the "fat" advertising with which his letter is
dripping over, to do with refusing to give Mr.. CO.
field the appointment to, st. Johns College to
which he was justly entitled by any construction
of fair and honorable dealing? When the Presi-
dent of School Board, whether authorized by the
body not volunteers to vindicate their acts and
appears in print for that audable purpose, the
amenities of life should induce him to confne him
self to the questions at issue and not fly off to in
dulge in untruthful statements, &c. He should
not clothe his arguments (?) with harsh threats
that are enough to brighten a widowed mother and
orphan children as to what may happen if crcum-
stances press too closely upon him. No, no. We
think he ought to practice discretion, for it is al
ways the better part of valor. The President of
the educational interests of a county so large and
intelligent as ours should be the exemplar of all
the graces belonging to the cultivated.
From what he has written we seemed to have
been mistaken in the accidental guess made
with reference to the meeting of the School Board,
but our mention of the election of Judge Rutledge
Assistant Examiner was correct. So Mr.. Isaac
himself gives us the credit of telling the truth,
even though by accident. We extend him thanks
for his frank admission. We are glad to learn
once in a while for what purpose the especial
meetings" of the School Board are held. Here it
is in Mr.. Isaac's own words: "The School Board
met for the purpose of electing an Assistant Ex-
aminer and was not in session over ten or fifteen
minutes" This was short meeting for day
salary, but the taxpayers cannot complain much
as it added only $1,000 more to the expenses of
running our schools. We shall anxiously await
his further fiat explanations, and we hope for
the benefit of the public, when he is making them,
that he will keep cool and close to the point. Lest
he may not have enough TO write about we will
throw out few suggestions to help him along in
his official work of enlightening the taxpayers
about the doings of his School Board. They will
be glad to know how strict construction of the
school law (see his first "fat" letter. could assist
in electing member of the School Board, or as
Mr. Isaac states it, "one of our number" Assistant
Examiner when the law reads: "The Board of
County School Commissioners st.ll Il = elect
person not member Of the Board, who shall
serve as Secretary, Treasurer and Examiner Il
provided, that in counties having than eighty
five schools, the Board may at their discretion ap
point one Assistant Examiner and fix his salary
We think the law intended to prevent the School
Board from electing any of its numbers to either
of these Offices.
He may also inform the taxpayers he loves so
much whether it right for the public school
interests 10 he made secondary to the annOintment
of Judge of the Orphans Court by Gov. Carroll.
While Mr.. Isaac's hand is now in the business
of explaining he might as well let the public know
who has the contract for furnishing coal to the
schools, at what price, and whether it might be
had any lower. When these few suggestions-not
help him again.