Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-02-10

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tr,llh, exeept ii Oh sa>e. which I vii
hersz - 8. asal in<lalssng t. !
considerable eztest IN Whist be calls low
pefzpzaliairr snsi sra suitsus insisssnstien,
declaring. 1t the same time, that these
presa laEhin9 II his ca~e. / admit
they prove ncshing, bus wisllknse the
source ii malicious ard unprovoked
Charges his mich to % Nth siasir
weights RI aas fotle, generous hish-
minded and .'ila,s-ssiiiisng Aassrsean CT
zen viii not Discover defects, &C least
If he does. vii remain silent un.ii be
can suggest some reaseiy sshereby the
evil may be removed and the cQnmuni-
! ty benefited.
7 do not desire him to acknowledge
lthe School Board infallible, but when
/ LIE iIasinuates that their views are :ncor-
/ rect justice demands him to, prove it,
and if be thinks otherwise, he is not
aware of the customs of good society.
lie thinks. tha. since the School Board
are on the full raging sea, aud the eur-
rent may never. serve, that it wonld
be veil for the,s To paddle d Iittias but
fif Fred. A. Moran was the only cloud
that obscured the sun, the only fog that
! surrounds thisaganaat ship. or the ouly
Eepposiae cnrrent. the Honorable School
| Board might weiteomrand their pad-
/ dies AID COMPASS u be locked in the
! forecastie, less they might be- stolen,
AID .xelaim. srsa IN: boys, rs-
Is have proved ty aefaaf calculation
that twenty fire schools. properly dis
tributed throughout the county, would
not oblige, any pupil 10 walk over tive
| s,iles. ,butI neglected to state tina.
I there are now tthift v eight schools
in operation, Mr.. Moran would have
one on every Ill., the teachers salary
| less than $3.50 per annum, and then
compiass Of their siBsfficiency / ae-
I knowledge ] would like more money for
my services, and there is net one sensi-
bic o,an, / will venture TO assert, in the
county bnt wishes, and thinks il 10 the
educational interest, That the teachers
:. should have a higher onlpsus.tions-
! WHY these schools. nIde or ten in num-
Der, were not closed FIVE or SIX years
/ ago ! am unable TO say, unless ut that
time there were too many Moraus in
I the county. and is TO the justice ofclos-
ing the schools. there is. no law which
! does not sacrifice personal rights and
interests to popular freedom and good.
ans! I beiieve.ther4 Are such things AZ
necessary evils His motto seems To be,
4
| once in error, continue So.
|. If the present Board endorsed one
/ first grade certificate without examina-
ton, as NJ. Moran charges them with
having done, it is to be remembered
that at that time reither the perceistag,
/ to be obtained nor a rule orestinttting
I ii had been fixed, and II is well known
by most all that the geut!eman who re-
ceived il is an erudite scholar. If not
indeed, graduate of 81 Johns Col.
lege. +
The gentleman SAYS ''He held a first
grade certificate issued by DR.. Bunting,
! aud that be kuowsit was not cOnipii-
meutary one. Such grammatical err
tors EITHER Of NV. Tippett's rrede-
! eessors "are" certainly bis equals, =
Ia fl5lns's" egotism," "a Teachers Of
-ssirl.icR' | may have been one" and
"ffaee erer stForsN 10 be a peaceableantl
law abiding citizen fond in bis com
| inunieation, to say nothing Of his die
lition. IS very conclusive evidence TO any
/ rational mind that, if be ever held a
FIRST grade certificate at AL, itmust have
been complimentary one. And when
I he says, lie does. not Doubt his ability
10 obtain another whenever be wishes,
! ] must be permitted to believe. despite
his charges OF my egotisrn, that be lies
III his own conceit -
Now, since be has sought todraw the
lilate Examiners into fhis controversy.
| deem II Il privilege 0f my own 20 state
what / heard Mr. j. Frank Ford say a
/ few DAVIS Stree. 1t is in sulstatice,
.sIhat The schools lr,ve wcndptfnFly
progressed in the last few years Al
BLOW me, Messrs Editors. Ia return NV
most cordial thanks to Mr. F. for this
unsolicited, generous and candid decla-
ration. and since he has recently taken
TO himself $50
ia fis divided excellence,
Whose saiuess Of pcr!ecnon Ties in iiia. .
Il will avail myself of this opportunity
70 congratulate the yonhg couple, and
wish them most CON piete happiness at
tending the coniugal state.
James IL abdieated his throne. Fred
Morua resigned bis school, and the alb
dleaflon- Of the former was, / hefTeYe.
not unlike the resignation Of. the latter.
1t is very certain, however, that be has
wanted 4 school since this resignation.
Again, Mr. Moran impu-ns my motives.
and asks If il il not likely that ] wish
10 retain tie good VIII Of the school au-
taioritics IN order 70 keep my school, or
to olstaia some better position in fu-
tnre Naus know that have, within
H.. LAST ttsrss.s months hal s.svqraisehoois