The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-08

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tigating Board, this Beard were dis
posed to give the accused the benefit
of the doubt, and therefore refrain
from aflixing any additional stigma to
his character.
The report clearly establishes the
fact that this man Williams has been
engaged for years in Vaccinations to
unsettle the position gilmore than one
Principal in the Institute and disturb
the orderly discipline and the quiet
steady work of instruction and study
which are essential to the prosperity
.of such an institution; and in the
prosecution of these aims he has been
utterly reckless in his charges and I'M
Iscrupulous in the means employed to
Iobtain evidence to sustain them. His
course has burdened the state with
two Iaborous and expensive inyestiga-
lions and in the result of both his
chief accusasions have been shown to
be unfounded. Meantime the minds
of pupils have been by these efforts
disturbed from study and otherwise
affected, and parents have been filled
with anxiety respecting their chill
dren. The mischief thus wrought can
be fully appreciated only by those
who have been in the situation of
teachers and trustees.
In dealing with the matters pre-
Isented in the report Of the inyestiga-
ting Board, this Board have felt it to
! be their just duty to guard the moral
purity Of the children for whose vel
fare this institution is maintained by
the state. They have felt that they
had also q duty to guard the reputa-
tion of those who at their call came
to the responsible charge of guiding
the dicipline and instruction of these
youths against the malicious assaults
of whoever may appear as a mere
Wanton and reckless accuser. They
pretend to 10 infallibility in judgment
| but they sincerely believe the action
they have taken in this case to be the
best possible in the circumstances, for
the accomplishment of both ends. and
by that action they are content to
stand or fall. They have taken this
action fully sensible Of the RESPONSE
bility Of their trust and desiring in the
sight Of God and man to be faithful to
| that trust. =.
| And now to reassure the confidence
of the parents and friends Of the deaf,
we state that in the Institution, rules
are and have been i'll force to regulate
by careful restrictions the intercourse
of all the members of the Institution
so as to guard against immoralities
and to avoid the very appearance of
Ieyil. The principal, matron and teach
ers are especially charged to watch
continually for these evils and their
diligence in this respect will certain
tainly be quickened by the ordeal to
which they have been subjected by
these scandals and investigations.
We can confidently say further, that
we believe that the children, sent to
this institution will be brought under
influences most favorable to their in
'tellectual growth and to the develop
.ment in. them of pure and noble
manhood and womanhood, which.
shall relieve the calamity under which
they labor and make them usesu1 and
happy members of society and citizens
of the stare.
Recognising the powerful influence
of the public press and believing that
much which has been printed in the
columns of our newspapers has pro
ceeded from a partial apprehension Of
the real facts. we do respectfully ask
the papers Of our state generally to
give place to this simple statement
of the case as we understand it, not
for our vindication, but to counterfeit
tile evil that must flow from errone-
Gus or exaggerated impression.
AL. CHAPLIN,
E. D. HoLToN,
HOLLIS LATHAM. TRUSTEES.
S. REEs LABAR,
D. G. CHEEyER.