Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-10-17

| ton Of Capt. Geo. 1bDm&<s :" 10 fhe
Public deprecafing n the Ostset \
controversy which cannot bat prove 10
TIE community BIS prejudice, bis fasor-
iiisEn and partially.
II Is said, and wisely too, 'slhat con-
science does make towards Of uy all !"
That men are more sensible and obe-
dent 10 the mandates and judgment Of
their feIiow-men than esen 10 their
Creator has long since been conceded,
and why one 80 ingenious, so guiltless
when charges are 20 gy0Rmdfsss-
proofs 60 establish innocence so numer-
Gus. should express unwillingness to en-
ter into controversy TO exculpate ones
self, Is better understood by him than
me.
The Captain assumes, or rather init
mates, that you, Messrs. Editcrs, gave
an unfair coloring 10 your reports Of
public meeting Of 18th ultimo-staies
that the size OF said meeting was main
" due TO the fact that IT was list Tues
day Of Court and the opening Of the
Congressional eampaign.-that the ma
joFity Of those present were merely
lockers on-that there was no excite-
ment except on the part Of few de-
feated candidates at the late examine
ton and few personal friends includ-
ed, sc.
! might state that the meeting was
due 10 three cause.-the 1st Tuesday
in Court-some were present for The
purpose Of listening TO The political dis
cussion, bat at least three ourtks icere
openly and uaeguir0eaily there 10 ex-
press their indignation and denounce
The course Of Mr.. Examiner Thomas,
supported and sustained BY the School
Commissioners-that the excitement
was WnirersGI as was demonstrated BY
vocIferous applause and that the feeling
Of that assembly was intense against
the School authorities, but. by so doing,
would set my opinion and judgment
up against Capt. Thomas, whom we all
know, il an eminently superior being.
Permit me, Messrs. Editors, 10 quote
from 1.-THE Duchess De La VALERIE"
to prove my statement, and TO show
there is more proof Of this fact in the
Captains denial and conduct than can
be in his affirmation.
sIAu. People what's the PeopEes
! never heard that word at Court The PeopiI
BRAG. | doubt not, duke. The People,
like the ait,
Il rarely heard, save when Il speaks in thunder
He has. for the first time since bis con-
neciion with the school Office, condo
seconded to regard the People. They
spoke IN Thunder, Dat he scGs so far dorn
Town thai its fearful peals did not reach
him until its greatest fury had been
spent.
He also very ingeniously omits to tell
the public Of the meeting on the follow
ing Saturday-carefully conceals the
fact that his iriends-I should have said
Teldfires-made two unsuccessful al
fempfs TO pass resolutions revoking the
action Of the previous meeting and Iaud-
ing the school authorities-and even
some OF these friends, more hypocrites
than aught else, had on previous &C.
casion been heard to speak disparaging-
ly Of the one whose acts they protested
tosupport. Itisa n,cequestIon with me
whether they acted rather from the re-
proach of conscience for ingratitude for
past favors or from favors they dote on.
Pardon me, Messrs. Editors, for d.
gression-I will now on to the rxie for
casting up percentage. Capt. Thomas
admits in his card that some had re-
ceived credits on branches not mention
ed-thas when be was satisfied in his
own mind Of certain qualifications OF
candidates he would put them on the
certi6cate-that credits for teaching
power did not affect the general aver
age of certIfcates-that The various
questions are valued according TO the
difficulty involved in the answers-that
each candidate is credited with such
value 10 each answer as seems to me
iust--that he annes photography and
styls and gives the full mark on the
former.
This is certainly the most novel and
absurd rule that ever any iafelfigenf
community considered. 1t amounts to
this, and nothing more, my rule is my
riH. This may suit some, but to me Il
is without a parallel and / will there
fore be bold enough TO presume that
can better it.
|. Imagine the examination to embrace
two questions in every headingor branch
OF study. Every correct answer is
credited by and incorrect one charged
10 mot as the city rule-''0.'0 The
aigebraic sum, !. e.. the difference be-
tween the x and-credits, less the for
feits, for bad spelling, is the percent
age on that heading, and is plus if the
positive credits are greater, and minus
if otherwise. The gross sum Of the
percentages on every heading divided
by the sCAoie number of headings gives
the average percentage by which each
candidates merits are estimated.
To shorten labor and save time, let
10 questions represent the 100 and each
credit and forfeit rises one hundred
tenths and every erroneous letter, fig-
ure, &C., should be charged one. For
convenience, you might substitute 5
questions for 100. and the credits and
forfeits would then rise TO one hundred
iilths, or 20 and the forfeiture for or
biographical errors rises to 2, &C.
This rule, when used by Mr.. Tippeit,
and believe introduced into that Office
By him, has been denounced as excess
sively severe, but for my part cannot
conceive Of credits without forfeits. nor
do | believe that two answers, both