The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-28
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pertaining to nay resignation. Instead
Of doing this, they go off in tirade
against the minority of said Board. and
make such free use of my name that /
feel constrained TO submit the following
facts for our public to read and compare
with what has been already published.
They state in their article, in your last
weeks issue: "a meeting of the Board
was called, &c. At said meeting every
member was present" This is not true.
Fl. P. Lentz lraS not present. See their
records. In regard to Mr.. Weisman
having not compiled with his oath of
Office and law" will here give the mes-
sage which he delivered to me verbally:
THE Board. on yesterday evening mu-
tually agreed, that You should hear
those pupils recite, which Mr.. Kelso de-
sires you to hear with your class
asked him ifhe thought the Board would
give me hearing, if would come be-
fore it, to which he replied that, he could
not saw, but thought il would. On the
evening of the same day, the Board held
an adjourned session, at which / met
fire members of the Board, (Mr Ash
brook was net present, though he, like
Mr.. Lentz, certifies to statements and
he neither saw nor heard
NOT being present at the time. Again,
see their record) At said meeting I
heard the hartman, Mr.. Weisman, call
the Board TO order; heard him call for
the reading of the minutes, which the
Clerk did; and then I heard the chair
main deliver his verbal report to the
Board concerning his compliance with
bear the message of their decision to
me, as he did; and did not hear him
make any reference in his report to nv
resignation, but heard him say to the
Board just what he said TO me, and in
addition what the result of the message
to me was; whereupon he referred the
Board to my presence in their session.
Now if the Board had instructed the
chairman to notify me of the ''nlti-
matum" viz: my resignation or dismissal,
why did they there and then receive and
accept his report without reply, and still
more, without any objections? Again,
if they had instructed the chairman
with an "ultimatnm," why did they on
that evening in their session, repeatedly
urge me ',just to make trial of comply
ing with their decision and Mr. Kelso Is
request" and not ask ME to resign then
and there? They asked me when we
parted, on that evening, to reconsider
my reply and continue to teach in ac-
cordance with their decision. From
other remarks made by them, and from
the surprise, which Mr.. Hesse informs
me, theymanifested, when he told them,
that had handed in my resignation, /
infer. that the majority of the Board 1ev-
er thought that / would take such step.
Why did the majority of the Board
not concur with the request of the mi-
nority and investigate the nature and
importance of Mr.. Kelso's request? l
apprehend the minority wished to make
the investigation to comply acith their oath
Of office rather than with the ipsedi1it OF
one man. also heard the chairman
say to the Board that he wonld recall his
acquiescence and asked the Board to go
into ga thorough investigation" To this,
Mr.. Hesse agreed. the other members
wonld not, because they said Mr.. Ash
brook was not present; which placed me
in the following relation to the Board:
three members asked me to comply
with their decision. two members not,
but wished the Board to investigate the
difficulty. The public will readily nm
derstand that the "unAnimity" of the
Board was only conditional-as am in
formed by Messrs Hesss and Weisman
viz: that Mr.. Ashbrook 8 statement, at
the meeting on a previous evening in re-
gard to what occurred ata certain teach
ers' meeting, was true and facts, that is,
the reasonableness of the request of Mr..
Kelso, and had been insolent, and that
nothing conld have been milder than
Mr.. Kelso's request to ME and the inso-
lence of which, had complained to
the Board in my written appeal was on
my part entirely: whereas Mr.. Kelso af-
terwards acknowledged to Mr.. Weis-
man, that he was provoked and, that he
should not have spoken to me in the
way he did. ] made said appeal to the
Board, because ! was tired of the con-
tinual and harassing requests Mr.. Kelso
made of me, that should do part oi
his work. At every teachers meeting,
if Mr.. Ashbrook was present, the fol
lowing ludicrous yet aggravating scene
would occur-Mr. Kelso rubbing his
head would repeat the following forum.
la-"I guess-I will have-ah-to do as
-ah-I have said hefore-send a class
over to you. Miss Hesse." This would
always provoke me and I wonld reply
that, ! was opposed. for good reason, tc
mixed recitations but would endeavor al
ways to indicate my Willingness to tax.
another grade in my room. At the las
teachers meeting I attended, the pro
gramme was varied, and Mr.. Kelso gav'
utterance to very unkind and insolen
remark, which led me to appeal to thu
Board. Then he asked Mr.. Ashbrook i
he had any thing to say in regard IL
sending in the class &c. That gentle
man ~ never had any thing to say t.
my face. but would bravely make un
true statements, in regard to me to tn,
Board. On the evening aforesaid, thu
minority, for good reasons,-havinI
been misled by false statements-recall
ed their acquiescence and wished to in
vestigate.
If the request was 20 reasonable, anC
for the best interests of the achool, VIII,
did our efficient ~ Superintendent
when he heard OF my resignation, go Il
the Clerk of the Board and say that i
the Board would rescind their decision
he would hear his olOn classes? and why