Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-23
A PRINCIPAL WANTED.
The Efforts Of the Trustees to FIJI
MI. CrOwell's Place with u First
Glass Teacher.

The Efforts Of the Trustees to Fill
| Mr.. CrOwell's Place with n First-
Glass Teacher.
The Trustees of Eureka School District
received, several days ago, a letter from
Mr.. Crowell, Principal Of our public
schools, who had been re-engaged to
teach here, stating that his continued
illness would keep him in San Francisco
for three or four months. The Board OF
Trustees went to work then at once to Sc
cure the services Of another teacher in his
place. An eminent professional teacher
in Western Nevada was telegraphed to and
asked IL he would accept the situation.
He took the proposition under advisement
for " days and then replied by telegraph
yesterday that he could not accept. The
Board thereupon believing that they could
not get . first-class Principal, one that
would MI the bill in every respect, in Ne
vada, determined to prospect in the East
for such q teacher as would come up to the
requirements. They had a number Of ap-
plications before them from that quarter,
accompanied by voluminous testimonials
and finely finished photographs of the ap-
plicants, who all appeared we'll in both
their testimonials and photographs. The
ladies OF Eureka would he delighted could
all the handsome pedagogues who sent on
their pictures be brought into the society OF
The Base Range-and then their acquire
ments, B. AS, M. AS and other AS ad
minimum and even one grave asplr-
ant for the degree OF LII. D.! Still it
seemed to the Board of Trustees some
thing like embarking in a lottery scheme
to send for any one of these hand
some and learned gentlemen. But there
seemed nothing else left to be done. One
of the Board happened to know several of
the persons who certified to the capabili-
ties and worth Of one Of the applicants,
who halls from his section OF the country
(the applicants range from Canada to
Texas nearly, and he knew them to be
eminent, learned and honorable men who
would subscribe to nothing but the truth.
Had this not been the case the applica-
tom referred to would hardly have been
considered at all. As it was. however, the
Board Of Trustees felt a certain degree OF
confidence in telegraphing East yesterday
for Addison W.. Lynch Of Edgefeld, South
Carolina, to come to Eureka and assume
the Principalship Of our public schools.
To some persons the choice of such a State
TO get a public school teacher from may
seem bad and dangerous, for we hear that
the people in that section, being mostly
Democrats, spend the larger portion of the
time they have for recreation in
burning down school houses and
killing the school children; but the
Board doubtless thought if they could
get Mr.. Lynch ont to Eureka they might
restrain him in that respect and put d.
versions Of another sort in his way and
make a calm, useful citizen of him. They
had it in mind, too, that the professors
Joseph and John Leconte, also Of South
Carolina, the most eminent scientists and
teachers in California, had burnt no school
buildings in that State, nor destroyed any
little school children, nor even insulted
any Of the lady teachers. Mr.. Lynch has
been telegraphed to, a advising him of his
appointment, but il is feared that, owing
to the lateness Of the season and his not
having heard from the Eureka Trustees
earlier, he may have made some other en-
gagement, and hence may not be able to
accept the situation offered him here.