Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-21
EDUCATIONAL SQUABBLE.
County superinte ndent Arises Upon
His Auricuiar and Attempts to Ride.

His Auricutar and attempts 10 niue.
Yesterday morning Miss Alice Elliott,
teacher in school district No. 10, Wash
ington county, accompanied by MIR. Pat
rick Morrison of Saltwater, called upon
Prof. Kiehle, state superintendent OF
public instruction, as the bearer OF
a petition of the school officers
of the district. The petition is
given below, and to this the reader is
referred for the statement Of facts upon
which the petition is based. If the state
ments made in the petition are true, it
shows the possession OF a dangerous
power IN the Office of county superin-
tendents, or at least that the superintend-
ent of Washington county exercised
such a power. Not feeling himself called
upon, or qualified to pass upon the legal
points raised in the petition, Miss Elliot
was referred to Attorney Gen.
eral Hahn, but that officer
being absent, his assistant, E. f. Lane,
who, while declining TO give formal
opinion, advised Miss Elliott to go back
and continue her school until the end of
the term.
THE PETITION.
To the Honorable Superintendent of Public
Instruction:
The undersigned, trustees of school district
number ten in the county of Washington,
MINI, most respectfully represent that for
seven consecutive terms Miss Alice Elliott
has taught the school in said district to the
satisfaction of all the people in said district;
that she held second grade certificate signed
by Rev. A. ID Roe, county superintendent OF
schools for Washington county; that the
superintendent frequently told the people that
Miss Elliott was capable of teaching in any
district school in the county.
The undersigned re-engaged Miss Elliott to
teach during the present term, commencing
The nth day of April last, and that she en-
tered upon her duties on that day, and con-
tinued to perform her duties until the 29th
day of April last, at which time she was cited
to appear before said county superintendent
for the purpose of a re-eXamina-
ton; that she appeared at the
time and place mentioned in the
citation, but that the superintendent refused
to examine her and only told her that he did
not want her to teach in that district; that she
might teach in any other district; that the
trustees and people OF said district No. 10 did
not wish to make any change, but insisted
that Miss Elliott should continue until the
end of the trim, and that thereupon the coun-
ty superintendent revoked and annulled the
license issued to her and gave notice to the
district clerk OF the fact. That upon personal
inquiry on the part OF the trustees, the said
superintendent stated that he had no other
reason for the revocation of the license than
that he did not want her TO teach in that dis
trict. The undersigned are of the opinion
that the action of the superintendent is based
upon personal feelings entirely, and is doing
great injustice to the people of the district,
wherefore the undersigned ask that said Miss
Elliott may be examined by the state superin-
tendent, and if qualified, that she may receive
a certificate and permission to complete the
term for which she has been engaged.
JOHN THELANDER,
District Clerk,
LUDWIG BoETTCHER,
Director,
HENRY GODEEAN,
Trustees of School District Nc. 10.
saltwater, May Is, 1882.