The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1880-12-11
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Mr. EDIToR;-Your pondent
desires to raise the inquiry right here
why the colored children Of Morgan
town Independent School District
have no school? Or if they have one,
why it is not in operation?
We are Informed that the enumera-
ton shows that there are a sufficient
number of colored children in the
District to entitle them to Il school
And they live in and near the town
and close to the place where they
have been in the habit Of attending,
and Indeed, in closer proximity to
their school house, than do the white
children Of the District to their school
house.
And we are informed that while
the colored population Of the District
do not pay over Ave or six dollars
school tax altogether, that yet the
school authorities Of the District have
provided them with good school
house, Of easy approach, and have
employed them a good teacher (duly
examined and certified, to teach I'M
der the law, either white or colored
schools) for eight months in the cur
rent school year
That the teacher is Of unexception-
al moral character, and fully compe-
tent to teach the most advanced
classes of such school.
We Furthermore understand, and it
is not denied, that there is 10 diff
Guilty in the colored school keeping
up the actual attendance of more than
the required 35 per cent of its chill
dren, within the lawful age 80 attend
the school. We did understand that
said school commenced and contiu-
ued for q month or two Of the year,
under encouraging circumstances, un-
til, unfortunately, it cropped out that
the teacher so employed was Dem
ocrat, and was a little active in the
late State election in this State, by
undertaking to defend himselfagainst
some charge or insinuatiOn affecting
the republican candidate for Govern
or, when it seems the idea was CON
ceiyed of taking a little sweet revenge
on the teacher by breaking up his
school, and thus throwing him out Of
employment. To this end, the colored
children were advised and kept away
from the school, so as to reduce the
attendance below the 80 per cent re-
CURED by law, and wickedly 50 held
and continued until the school au-
thorities were in duty bound, under
the law, to discontinue the school.
And now the colored children of tie
District have no school.
Now, whose fault is this? Not the
School Board, for they did their whole
duty in the premises. Not the white
tax payers, for they paid their taxes
to keep up such school for the eight
months of the year, without grumb-
ling. Not the colored parents as a
masse, for they are divided on the
subject part of them wanting the
school with the teacher so employed,
to continue: while another portion,
influenced, as it is charged, by white
leaders, refuse to send their children,
and are now clamoring for another
teacher suiting their own whims and
notions. And it is said that the lat
ter class are being persuaded by
their malicious or miscellaneous lead
ers to push themselves or their chill
dren into the white school, noJeas 90
lens.
Now, this is deplorable state of
affairs, and if the concocters of this
mischief can be ascertained, they
should be held up TO public execra-