Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1879-09-13


A lnrsif1ed Assault Upon the
School, Board.
CUMBERLAND, MD. Sspt. 9, 1879.
Ea:tor Jow at@y "A friend of mina
said to me the o,L.. day
ARROW r. Mt, why don't you clean
out t':.s stupid School Board?"
:" said I. "there is, alas. 100
much of the Den Qui1ote about me,
hut 1 remember !.e got the wors., Of
it when he went for tne wind mills"
To change the figure, one can't
touch pitch sra not be de6'ad. It is
easier to ru.1 3 sword throue hard
board tina, through a pudding.
Thers is Sc Aluch abont this rurp
bard 10 criticize that onc is = loss
TO klow where to begin.
DO you want to know my che
building of the new school house liere
was not let out to the highest bidder,
as all publ york is done? I could
tell you but the time is not yet ripe
1t is ss.s ugly story and will be pub
lished before the next appointments 8
of commissioners are made. Do you
waD: to know how David g. Park
got school lsst year and didn't get
one this ysar9 Why last year he
w1uid have been conpetitor with
(2..or- issio,i sr's son for scholar
ship in the wildcat college at West
Minister aad what rore, would have
beat him, and ~ -ard for ii. Do
yor Want to nov .e~g tho contract
f"r 'saks ia the new school house
hes: nappsp.sd TO be let to fore gn
firm, of wAlcn the principal of that
school is said to be tthe agent? Tat,
toe, ill ta ,lucidated in the tullness
q ,ats. Would you have the story
ro.2 u he arrogant nepotisr- of one
Of the board who places rel hers Of
his family j. positions that rightfully
tsio; {, to others, and simply because
TIL a:e members of his family 7?
sh:,,- +. relate how the ignorance of
all fcrool law on the part of We Con
missioners is standing joke with the
State Beard?
Unless l utterly mistake the rift
of pnhlio sentimen. here nd else
who' there will be such %, ar
de-. q to have Ar. A. @. Greens in
the sch:ol Beard that our judge All
not surely but defer to the wishes Of
the people. Lord, but he's badly
wanted The arnount of nincosa-
poor ;sm that will be needed to be
cleaned out is pas: words to express.
Tha republicans are very bitter On
the president of ths board for slienat-
ing tho negroe by his recent action
in making !. 2.;,4.astion between
a colored az ! white teacher for the
Negro 'chcols here. The white man,
ge' 90 term and the colored man
thoua- :. graduate of Howard Cul.
vers'tg and a gentleman of brains AID
experience, gets only $50. The col
ored peoplY -,y-"Dat Fundsrberg's g
no publican"
I have "vrit" to the Gnu of nv
tether. Nevt tyine 1 shall s.yo you
some thea 'al and political news
thss | ,rust wli. be OF more interest
thar the dissection of or c.d psarsd
out School Board, who, iadiv; Jually
have not az much weight of influence
as q be blows ,f a tack hammer. Did
the reflection ever occur to you-it
has often to lae-that the more in
signi' 'ant Ian is in private life,
the more Incompetence his social and
public standing, the more grinding,
OPP ',sive, sad arrogant h. becomes
when trusted with litrla power ?
1 know teschers who have been per-
secuted by school Com, issionsrs with
pc sistsnoe end aean less Of malig-
nifty that is almost incolosivable.
The seem to think that, no matter
what maD'' b;Aes 'nsy be, they are
jusiif { in Ia nil = ia down, simply
and only b. Use IL is dists stafal t.,
thea person~iy. ARRowPoINr.