The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1883-04-05

or blown out at the window, and he
had jumped out after it. I told him
of the improperly of going out
through the window, and notified him
there must be no more of it. He an
swered me genteelly, ''all right"
The arrangement of the School
House is favorable to pupils wishing
to do mischief. Tope School House
is on the side of a hill which, at that
point, slopes from south toward the
north. The blackboard is at the
front-east side-of the room. The
pupils sit facing the front. The girls
occupy the north side, and the boys
the south side of the house. The rec
itation seat is in the northeast corner
partly to the north and partly to
the east. The teacher, when near to
and facing the class, will have the left
side of his face toward the girls, and
his back toward the large boys occu-
pying the row of seats next to the
south wall of the room. Any teacher
can comprehend the disadvantage, to
the teacher, Of such an arrangement.
Now the fence-rails: No other pu-
pill, during my school at Tope, ever
went in or out through any window
in any school day between the hours
of 9 a. m. and four p. m. No pupil
handed in any fence-rail to any 'fel-
low" or girl. No fence-rail, at all
was taken into the School House in
any day during such hours.
On several occasions, between the
close of school Friday evening and
Monday morning, some low, filthy,
minded scoundrels, supposed to be
persons who are in close fellowship
with J. W. j., entersd the house
wrote names on the blackboard, stole
or destroyed quantity of crayons
and made indecent pictures on states
The handwriting on the blackboard
strongly indicated the presence of ont
of set, we'll known in the vicinity o.
Tope for their passion for seribblins
in public places, and writing slurs il
Sunday School singing-books, agains
their superiors. To get in through
the window, the night-prowline
scamps would set piece OF fence-rai
against the south side of the house t.
facilitate their entrance through tn
window, and leave the rails there. A
the bottom Of the window one pan
was out. While Twas hearing a class
with my back to the boys not in tn
class, on one Monday morning follow
ing such an entrance, K. L. reache,
his hand out through the open sasl
and quietly lifted in a piece-not ex
ceeding one-half-of fence-rail. Oh
turning around, a few moments after
l saw the piece, asked about it, ant
K. L. admitted it was he. | aske'
why he did it. With face express
i've of innocence, he answered, h
thought it would be good for kindling
Now l answer Johns false, sneak
ing and colca,'dly insinuations o
March 21st. No teacher, who reflect
on the proneness Of mischievous chill
dren to exert themselves when an op
portunity favors, and on the fact tina
there are some mischievous children
ir nearly all schools, believes the cow
ardly slurs. No Directors in thi
county would retain any such teach
er. J. W. J. himself did not believ
the falsehoods, else why SO insinuat
ing? His towering egotism and self
conceit may have led that soft-pate
popinjay to fancy that he could ge
others to believe it. The falsehood
are monstrous and clumsy, indicatin
a lubberly mind in lubberly body
There is no school in which mischiev
ous children do not sometimes do mis-
chief "unbeknown to the teacher,
either in jackson County or in Ohio
Every educated person can remembe
tricks played behind the teacher
back. | have known different pupil
to jump oat Of the windows of som
Of the rooms Of the lower story Of tn
Jackson Union School, and no malig
nant scamp came prowling around t
blame the dutiful teachers for wha
could not always be avoided. To ev
cry teacher, not inflated with an ide
of his own infallibility, I put tn
question: How would you like t
have clique Of sneaking spies an
mischief-makers, gawking about fo
some impropriety to take to their boss
that he may try his skill at misrepre
senting facts. Be it remembered here
that the day before my school com
menced, two of the Directors came t
me and warned me to look out fo
trouble. Without naming any one t
me, | knew whom they meant. Th
Directors were not mistaken. Their
is very small clique here, (J. W. J
chief cook and bottle-washer0 VIII
behave unseemly whenever church o
school is not conducted for their glory
J. W. & Co. desire the Tope Schoo
for certain pet, whom | think
could name. I do not desire tn
school. When it was rendered to me
| hesitated long before | agreed t
take it.