, 1876-06-16
LOCAL LETTERS.
cuoK COUNTY NORMAL SCHOOL.

CHICAGO, June 15.--Thc Cook County school
Principals uccnl 10 be considerably rxcrcIsrd about
II communication In recent issue VI tho Chicago
Iime1 crifcIsiny tic Cook County Sorn,nl Schoul
md lis present management At their meeting
last Saturday they denounced tho communication
referred to rs bcing repletu with talsehools and
Interpretations; cxprusscd their regrcts that
Any ue would he iaee enough to wish t1lc dlscol..
tinaancc VI the institution, and pinccd thcmse,y
On record rs sustaining snd lndorsng its Principal,
MIR. Wentworth.
As the writer OF the communication In question,
sllall try 10 czpIain t0 tAr readers of TnE Tn1W.
rSE what tho Cook County tcachurs consider false
and ml.lcadtng rhcy think that it faIsc md mis-
leading 10 aAy tilnt trrc my crookedness con-
ncclct with the origin Of the Cook County Sorn,al
sci,p Thereby slu'fiag cundnnlny The flet That
cs,fa!n lncMbGrs VI the old Hoard Uf SHner-
,"'s " s''shs; and others .btne'i, eotns1
tue Surn'nl >c.4,u tscrc shall not say, bn1 leave
tu tLe ,uas,nent nf l'e lu't!ic. They wo,id have
.;ic n'c uvcrr tiui III Ill HiH rtiurt. ii u.tract
u.ute; lron tic taxpayer, u thsrIsu for ls csec:
l:on ;.I.A r''ppof,, a.f WrmtwnrtlI WAS aelultcd
wholly uy nrn!io I" n1."tt The Vnuit and IL tru-
I.tols rs:.r,tut. I'll tutt, :ilry Would Insist that
Mr.. NrntMhglh Inst ;tas h.isGu newspaper CRIT
lrlsiA .na tic Indignant uunittltftiiun OI honest
EuNHty Commissioners whi1c manipulating tnc
"ihern ~ I,.ss nl appropriation u tU. ,s'o IN bhlA
i. turHtufy III cuAhcctiaH with TINS ttaclxF fac
tory. w'Ih .nc s'!Ae h's n,tt holy pa'ru;c; Fhi.
~ !IiA yearly ht1pr'ld Hy III ineals. Very likely
II i, tn 4e i,,trcs: Ut pubic education lttt MI
<:Sf ,s Msl n Ic. Sf"Ms a, 'n1Fy z, SlV2 fSr
The coanty TEACHERS cny that il s all right, and
tney could not tell u lnischood. Ne rlaIl next
''supplirs' trom nrau rtriolAt. tn hi tle,,rnsya
to THE stuIcMt1 by eulEr antnrc Kimberly. Shame
uisi' thr public lcacacrh who would t,,tinrsc such
truinuEtuhr, or, III IgilnfaEct OF the faetH, a.llI
to.r WIG rlis. their voice agailst such r1.c:ties
l'ttlptratca ~ the namc Ut education! They ny
scrl-pt all tiiet RESOLUTIONS nre tnefc AsBctta0lb
n fnfxA tnnt ihGrp ptiE tInpn1
1cc:n.ly fur the csis.encc IT tile Normal una they
nerc1t this In rc Of tte lact that there are Two
tllen thc!t placrs to bp llcd amt thNt even II
tl.cre are more Required llle people Ut Chicago al
Isaay pIy Their r',atc aud a.se !hun their SHARE
Sel.oass, Wnere teachers may hc educated and
1ra,ne'i; ana this u tImu When tic Chicago
EuArd VI Education sseriuuriy considering whether
they .hn nit Gc bhgcl TO close the lity .Surn,ul,
IN thu tntGrcsts of economy. How snodo.t these
gentlemen nlt,st bc, t" a.S that CAlca.o nna sup.
deny Themselves! II III" bNnko. .ttrerers af Chicago
have nut discovered the rcrlAncJ OF the 'iufetliuot
educators III tuak County" IT IN strange.
The only atntrncnt Ut mine which they meet
with anything like argument Is that IN reference to
tne rtl""rlh" amendment to tho Schuol lsws,
which they say hatc Earhtd TO suit my purpose.
Now. with all duo stdpcc1 to tile gentlemen,
would eay that Tits Il MT tric gave tue Anluil.l.
lAcnt In iuli. tu thc hrs Vi my recollection. Tho
inct that tho pteaeAt County Superintendent, u
the request Of Tho present county Hoard uf Euuca-
ton, examines the graduates nocs not do awuy
WtlH tllc taCl LHat kAt h1lcAulneHl -
pLcce Of s,ecinl legislation. The fAct tint lts
enactment Wns procured by. Wentworth they do
hot attempt tu deny THAT the graduates pass tho
unt will MT yUrpriae ti.use WIN kunw Str. piant
and his slyle III exaanng; hn. that they should 10
awastrt irs3 grade ccfti ltcatca by e,ery EUox
Comfy Superintendent IL little too traus.
pnEeHT. II any .lnnbt exists ~ to tlle
character Of the gradnttcs or tho Englcw1od
institution, the rcrurt uf Tho proceedings of tho
uleutn, whrra tlGHs resolutions where ~ unnni-
n,utls!y attupted will serve IN lsprl euch doubts
III Tue list u 1i!ctra elected ut That meeting
full u lihcoycF The Of graduate, and snrc.
y tiIcsu officers must be AMONG tie most prominent
''rdncatuFs" In Ills enunty. The Nnly ,Iuee
where the graduates succeed in obtaining ut ru-
tanning FohIi1uua hecnlB 10 be the Normal itself,
anu liz lmIhtdlata vicinity, unu IL Il doubtful
whether iley umc their poslions In these places to
telr utility us tefers iu the pgcnsur ti,iueuce
1T air. WENTWORTH. AS lo tlle unAniuis,y Mnh
wairh the rcsoiattnns wc1o adopted, would like
tu kMuw wilclur ai the tcactlcrn VI Couk County,
uE uHly thnse Ut Enslewtud, rGlctl III tne
u;atter. Iltin FrinClpuls' Association
have bern nformcA il nut u triuclpals
Asroctaslnn VI Al hntis ursely snale IN u uannt-
ant tcaCn"rt alld an GhIc4sn IL in thu Immediate
llr faithful p,rrelt for tut ocGahiun. Sir. Wcnt-
worth Is III n*Lntc gentleman: in lis Lieutenant,
AIE. Hraytdn; the county scAoolnlus1era aru pot.
ter clay In l!IrtE halihs.
In cunelartun clla lensc any Cook County Prin-
clpi! I" s!ow nnyg guut rrAsun why the pGuplu uf
t;Lllcnso snu>t he taxed IL .uuntAn thiA institu.
lion save 10 pras!ue ra!arica for Alesrrs. Mvnt-
warth, AMsheal, iEayton. and TWO or lllrre othrr
ltp1Aits %llu uncEt to teach ut EnnlcWuuu. *st