The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-04-14
NEOsu.O RAPIDS SCHOOLS.
Denying False Reports Of Hhe
Late Teacher.
4 Few Facts for "JOsie'' 60
Consider.
Goose Eggs and HIaBSel-
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EDITOR NEWS: In number two
# the Educational Index" pub
ished in Emporia, 1 observed an
.rticle headed "Neosho Rapids
md signed by VIM. Price. l desire
10 make some corrections in The
News, for the purpose of placing
he scholars in this school district
back where they fitlv belong, and
that is on an equality with other
schools in the county. Mr.. Price,
the late teacher here, twh has here
tofore assumed the name of"Josie")
had them published as being very |
backward, which l maintain is
not true. The truth of the matter
il, that few of our bsst scholars re-
quested Mr.. Price, at different
times, 10 assist them in solving
mathematical problems, and he
could not and gave them up. We
can put up " it'll slanderous tongues,
especially when we know their
sources, but when one undertakes
publicly to faisify our children
there seems to be al explanation de-
manded. .d- ~
Mr.. "Josie" came here last sum
mer and begged the district to let
him teach their school and the
board hired him for $500 per
month, very, good Wsges for third
class teacher. Thecitizeus told the
directors at once that he would
not do a. teacher, 40 his pAis did
not show any intelligence. His
eyes are too close to each other his
Uranium lie shaped like q goose egg
with the little end up, and the final
conclusion arrived ct was that his
eye-sight would likely fail him
about four O'Clock each day, and
he would therefore become q town
ship charge. However, Josie must
teach the school, a. he promised
further to be regular correspond.
emit to some paper in the county
and keep the world posted about
the Rapids and surroundings, which
promise he fulfilled admirably,
as his letter in the Index shows
The average attendance at schoo
was about Is pupils; should have
been at least Is. Some in the dis
trict went to neighboring schools
and others stayed at home, not OF
account of measles, as the gentle
man states, but because their pa
rents were satisfied they coulC
learn as much there as at school. I
was not enough for him to quietly
take our money without any valut
received, bat he had to Sarcastic.
ally) suggest to the centennial com
mittee that our school room fur.
niture ought to be placed on exhibit
ton, especially the coal bucket
We propose to make an exhibition
of the whole concern as it was
You would see, daily, IN the schoo
room, about three boys standing ~
in each corner of the room maxim!
all sorts of faces, while those il
their seats were engaged in chew
ing paper balls and making som
well directed shots at an objec
seated in an easy chair bearing the
resemblance of q mangel-
relating some wonderful stor
about his misfortunes away on tn
Flint Hills west of Eldorado. w
are of the opinion that all this com
bined would equal the coal buckle
: Now Josie comes out in the Index
and says his failure as a teacher
wholly due to q tickle board
Whether or not he means the schoC
board or the board that he has bee
so faithful in holding down al
: winter I am not able to say. Tn
board of directors are gentleme
{ of intelligence and rank among on
best citizens although we must ad
NIT that they were deceived in th
selection of tescher), and we canno
help casting some reflections on tn
i. board of examiners to think tbs
; they would grant even . third elias
8 certificate, to, those that publicl
confess that they are total failure
D a. teachers. "Josie" must certainl
: have been in close connection wit
. fountain of wisdom other tina
0 his own to obtain q certificate 1T al
= It seems to me if that board wer
versed in phrenology they coui
see ct once that he would be . be
\ ter subject for the Ossawatomi
State institute than the school room
j. I maintain the board should exc
else 9 great amount OF dIscretio
In granting certificates.
a "Josie" Price says further, had
It lOAfed in the drug store evening
: smoked, drank, and carouse
around he would have been g "bu
s ly fellow" / say, sir, that it
: utterly false. You can't squeez
II blood out of . turnip, and if "a
had drank your whisky i've tim,
d lper day instead of three, (whiC
= you were in the habit of doing)
n would not have made you q success
y The ''bdlly fellow" was the dru
store man, in your estimation, &
= long 'as he would credit you, b.
: when he wanted his pay and won
1t have it. then Mr.. drug store ",
'e not much Of . fellow any longe
But Mr.. received all the cou
T. teous respect. and his entire trad
r. and in the final wind-up left, OWN
lie him $1,000. and came very ne,
, leaving without settling his houa
rent. He is q nice gentleman sur
Ofi He tells as that he had made q pr,
Is fessi0n of religion some years e
st and under that cloak he manage
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