, 1876-06-16
LOCAL LETTERS.

To ne EHt1F a iH4 1JaoHHE.
Chicago, .lnne 15.-1hc Conls County school
Principals seen. 10 be considerably cxcru4cd nbuut
u communicated in feeCnt Issue of tic Chicago
Times ctitcts,,s tho Cook County Normal Schous
nnA Its present management. at ehe!r tneEting
last Saturday they denounced the communication
referred to As being rerletc with faltehoods and
misrepresentation; expEarrcd thcft regrets that
Nny a,e w0utl be aae enough 10 wish the tl&scoll-
tinslauce Of tho institution. NH Iiuced thcmseyes
on record ns sustaining aud ndorrtng It's Principal,
Mr. Wentworth.
IA The writer Ut tho communication In question,
I snll try to explain to the readers Of The Tnln-
cSE what the Cuol County tearlcrs consider false
anil misleading They think that 1t false and mis-
lending to 4ar that there my Crooketnees
ycctrt. With tho nr!:tn Of tho Cuok County Surlnal
Schuul, thcrrl,y gnnrag Or ronaonuy thu flct that
E,:si.ln ncmbeta Of the Uld Hoard VI 5upcr-
,..".s suash, mud u!lIrrs,, oba.ne'l, curncr
tne Eor,ul ec..uUl lLcrc slai! not kay, bl leave
I" t.c luiEmsMt nt l''c public. Ihcy wotia have
p,Ihc orllcyv that III Ill Ais cii"rtt IL extract
money r. tit tax 3NyGr, III GlIicaU for It's cree.
t:un .isa support, IT.. Nentwn'tll wa+ nctiAtca
,'unilJ ~ "csa.u ia htnrht tue fmplsG and 10 pro-
Mr. Wentworth la-l year h.Aveu newspaper crit
hlAIn i1It tic Indignant Hu1l"ncat1l vi hunest
uthrss,u ,,,ss III appropriation oi ~, Uu1 T" build
HurAnlnfy i'll ct'lfheclion with tns tcclltr lAe'
turs, with inc sa'ne lE,l, naa hoiy pnsiosr, fhls
IA III. ycafty stipend. liy NJ nicalH. iuEy likely
IL /. in lie in.t1tsi Ut pibnc rtuc.tiuM 1iat Mr.
l.,,&nrer Mu.rilr"d draws Il salary n s., 900 for
The eoauIy teacher; say thas + il all right, a,d
1ncy cuu!l hot tell II lnlschuoA Nc shall next
tnu thrtc gentlemen tnteniiny TIN purchase OF
'.stti,plcE' ifn1, rcan PcFiolnt. to hu dlspcn.cd
To the .iuleDts BY rolne nature Kimberly. Shuu,e
tra,suct,dnr, OF, IL ignorance OF lte fucts, assaji
tlise wl,o raise their voice nsnntt such 7lscatfes
lstlctratct IN The naH1c IT education! They nB-
scrtur a ttcIt resolution. nse ,neic ASSERTIONS
that 1t IN f-r IN ray thai thcre Is no educational
Ncc'nsy fnr the cks,ence u thc Nor'tal, and they
us"rrt tlis In spite Of thc fact ta. thurc asu Two
1iss tIcrc 1IlaCus t he lllEe; amt tint II
tllcfe more required, l1ls people of chcAso al
fur Tho suppvrt VI twu IlySs.cla.s state Normal
.;cAuu,u. where. tenchers may 10 educated and
Ecas. u Edacatiun i rcr1ouTiy considcrln. we,hr
they zhn!! not te obgct to ciusc the CITY Harmnl,
in Inc interests Of economy. liow nlofcrt these
p,y tAr NralYcrt of Cook County "hat thcx. ,n'i~t
tiuuy Themselves! II llr bnko ut Chicago
huSa sos discovered tic .crdancy Of the ''ioseu,os
educators lii Cook t'ounly" II is strange.
! The uniy asatrmcnt ii mine which they meet
with anything likH anmont u that in reference to
which they bay have gurlied 10 sAlt my purpose.
| Nuw, with ali due rtHptct 10 tbs gentlemen, l
would suy that this l. nui trle gave tue an1rI-
mclI, In iu,, IL thu neel of my recollection. The
the rsq,.cst u lle present connly Board ot EAaca
tlon. examine. tht graduates ttncs not DO away
with lie !act that the amendment IL scans!alons
picce Ut rpceinl lcshiAt!"n. The fact that II
uot attempt to deny. 'ihat ihc graduates pass the
examinations of the ptescnt County supctintcMI'
nnt viii .%t surI'ribs tlo.e ,.ho 1now ~. rlant
awarded frAi grade ccflIftates BY usery LuOx
Caunty Superintendent IL little too trans.
character of the graduates Of tho ,Englawood
Institution. The Iti,ott oi the proceedings 81 The
msssns %sts tsTt rssolatos Vt .%I wes -
LIT thu list nf OtcurA elected Ut That nrrttny