The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-06
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i, APah III YOUR paper ol yestefuAy CON
d munication from Parkersburg, purportin
e to'beiareplyto my report of the proceed
: ings ofthe State Teachers Association.
7 could not imagine to what particular par
Of the report the gentleman alluded, unit
2 found the paper containing it, and thel
must say that / was at q loss to see any
? thing whereat he ought to take offense
for ! wrote no more. than publicly e:s
pressed twice ut least during the sitting o
the associations i meant no injustice il
what I wrote, and would not write This
reply at all only that many who read the
article df iG sy1yg' flidnot see mine, and
they might thereforeimagihe that I had
d ICOmmitted some heinous oifense against
the good citizens OF Parkersbhrg, and es.
peeially the teachers and the cause of ed.
4 ucati6n. The pdft OF my report to which
exception seems taken,i reads us
follows: at has seemed very strange
to me that there is comparative
indifference on the part OF the
citizens OF Parkersburg to the presence
and proceedings OF this Association, espe-
pecially the. fset that this city, which
clainsto be thecenterofpolitical Influence,
takes so little interest in the life, growth and
prosperity OF our State. Does it prove that
That man may be q jealous politician
and o very. cold patriot; in short, does 1t
prove that we may be deeply in earnest
about offices and have no heart for the
public welfare; 1t looks this way to us.
We had looked forward withagreat deal Of
interest to this meeting OF the Association
foTI welrremembe;edt the meetingof eight
years ago, the crowded houses both day
and night, the great interest taken &c. Is
It possible that Parkersburg Is loosing her
interest in the great work of education?
We do not believeit, but we feel sure that
she does not show her artlor as in former
years. This is evident from the fact that
but few even OF the Parkersburg teachers
are present. While We refer to this we do
not include all, for there are some OF the
good citizens present at every meeting"
Now all Judge il there be anything
wrong in the above, especially those who
were at the meeting OF the AssociaflAp.
This is not one.half such hard words as !
heard citizens OF Parkersburg use when
speaking of the same, and had the Asso-
ciation met in Moundsville, and the same
Indifference shown, ] would have written a
great deal harder things, as ! have done
heretofore, ,,.,.,l 4 4 i.s-,.t..,
Itakeit, that all I said is complimentary
fredericksburg. wrote It with no bitter
feelings. l only felt sorry that we were
not having more enthusiastic time.
There is no man ir.the State has a higher
opinion of the good people OF that city,
and j know the majority7of the best OF
Ithemwill not;be yefy highly offended at
what wrote.
Now for the communication OF Prof.
Cox. "He first states that the meeting OF
the Association was not as fine and en-
thusiastic Us he had expected, and pro-
ceeds straightway to lay the blame on the
teachers and citizens Of Parkersburg. Had
no sought industriously for the facts he.
could have given q more just and exact
explanation" l did not blame any one,
and did hunt very industrionsly for the
facts, and hence wrote as did. l sup
pose expected too much, and hence my
disappointment. I believe that just one
year before, at Alartipsburg, the time and
place OF the meeting was fixed, and at
Prof, Cox's own request. When l wrote
my report had seen but two or three
Parkersburg teachers present. After
wards goodly number attended, but
whensthe roll Is published II will show
how many Of them enrolled Us members.
Let me say again that / meant no re-
Election on any one personally in my arti-
Gle. and as to the Parkersburg schools l
have no doubt they are all the Professor
claims for them. / meant to make no
"unyraceful allusionp to the cause of edn-
cation in Parkersburg and no one who Is
unnSeiudieed can 80 construe my language,
but Ii the gentleman will have il so he is
surely even with me in his allusion to
Moundsyille, and have no quarrel with
him on this score. We will call 1t even.
must beg the privilege to say that do
not admire the spirit of the Professor
communication. II. looks as though he
did have quarrel with some ono, although
il may not be the executive committee, and
/ should be very sorry Il it were myself,
!! for will always remember with pleasure
that had. the, opportunity OF forming ms
acquaintance. say to him go on and
make the schools of your city all
their most sanguine friends could wish
\ them to be, and there shall be no feeling
OF envy in my breast. And i, when the
State Superintendent visits the different
schools OF the State, although he may not
\ find Moundsville III Tie van, he will find
Us following hard in the wake, If we
do work for but little pay in dollars and
cents. w. iisS
4 In conclusion allow me to saythat twas
iust because our Association has been al
most q failure in point OF numbers for sew.
eral years back; that looked for q revival
\ in It's workings at Parkersburg. | did not
realize my, fond hopes, and am unfortu-
nate enough TO always say what think
and feel. Now this Is my whole otfense,
and hope 1t is not an objectionable one.