The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-03-17
WOES AND TROUBLES
NEW York, March is. 1873.

NEW York, March is, 1873.
To EDITOR THE HERALD
l wish to bring to the attention OF your readers .
which concerns 1921 school teachers IN this
city and Indirectly every friend OF public education.
In OF our grammar schools teacher struck
boy the face aud made MS bleed till his clothes
were covered with blood from his neck to
his feet The boy. escaping from the school
premises. ran homo to his mother, who
took him directly before school officer OF the ward
ana entered u complaint She then took him, still
with blood the principal Of tho school and
made a complaint 10 him. He called up tho class
teacher who explained the the mother. where.
upon she said the boy had oeen served right. She
then withdrew tho complaint, and the principal let
the after drop. Soon alter principal cited
appear before Superintendent ktddle, when, upon
an inquiry into the CASE above bloody facts were
elected The trial OF The teacher ended with merely
q roprimand from tho superintendent
teacher complained OF 70 Mr. Kiddle by her prin.
cipal for habiuai intoxicaton was IN aggravated
case. yet alter All interview with Mr. Kiddie she was
allowed TO continue IN her position upon promise Of
amendment But there soon came day when she
too drunk to lind her way to the scnool house,
and us consequence her principal got rid OF her..
formal complaint TO tho City superintendent JAILED,
but Ut last rum did It"
About four weeks ago Mr.. Kidde received an anony.
lotter stating that u certain teacher had been
violating the law against corporal punishment in Dor
directly to tho class room OF the teacher during
tho tcachers absence, she having met with acci-
dent which disabled her from coming to school for
several days, aud took the evidence OF boys Of
IRON nine " twelve years OF age one VI whom,
by tho way, was standing In a. PAIR OF shoes
bought with money from tho teachers own pockes
and given 10 MIN. Basing his charge upon tho evil
dence thus collected, Mr. Kddle the day pro-
nted complaint to the Board OF Education charg-
ing the teacher with wful and nabitual violation OF
the law the teacher acknowledged having violated
the latter Of the law, but denied having wilfully vo
lated IT'S spirit. The gentleman who has been her
principal Tor number OF years testie that no had
never heard y complaint OF any KIND against her.
Nm hnVQ nd hQant N haP AnVx mi
the SIX witnesses had just been promoted
from lower class, whose teacher is VIGOROUSLY hos
to TO the lady IN question. Mr. kiddlc asked that
the statement vi this fellow be heard, and las
informed and believc) tried TO have the heaviest
hno imposed upon tho accused. Both wero denied
him, but the teacher fined I'VE days. pay, "this
being the smallest penalty under tho law"
Now ask the 3,251 teachers to takc square look
at these and draw their own conclusion;
sufficient ground Tor gong into O clnss room In tho
absence OF tho teacher TO nod witnesses among pu-
pills under twelve years OF age against thor own
teacher, notify hin: IN this ito him) anonymous let
that II be will go through class room In the
city search OF evidence will lind not ons but
thousand cases. l say this from what have seen
anu know myself OF tho workings Of the Corporal
Punishment law.
l would also say to those members Of the Board Of
Education VINO nave no actual classroom experi-
in the New York scnoos-Gcntemen, you may
probably much about the classroom discipline
our schools as you do about what goes on IN the
kitchen OF your host al whose well ordered table you
may have eaten u single dinner QuIDNUNC