The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-08-18
II XaS Correct.


OF doom when he gets knocked out.
1t Was Correct.
Notwithstanding the breezy proceed.
ings of the Teachers Institute, and the
malignant TRADE of the Gazette's reporter
and editors, the News HERALD is still do
ing business at the old stand.
Not paper has been stopped and no
one has threatened to stop his paper on
account Of the article published last
week. The statements of the Gazette re.
porter in this regard are utterly false
Neither was the editor OF this paper
guilty of saying that he "didn't care q
d-n if all the teachers stopped their
subscriptions" The teacher who re.
ported that expression and the one who
stated that he had stopped his paper
were liars and such men have no right
to certificates. The man who is said to
have made the accusation is known
The person to whom he attributed it is
Hugh s. McNicol, one of the editors o1
this paper. 1t is sufficient to say that
the editor has not converscd with the
man nor talked in his presence within
the last three months.
Last Wednesday morning we were
waited upon by Mcssrs. Gaymon, Fergu'
son and Blair, OF the H. G. 7. l., who
came representing the H. G. T. l., as an
investigating committee, and bearing ali
its dignity and indignation. We mean
no disrespect to these gentlemen. They
talked very much more nicely to US here
than they did about US in the College
Chapel.
The investigation was very brief. We
here rciterate what we told the com.
mittee-that we agree in the main with
the expressions of the farmer. The ex.
preston that the teachers of the county
were, as a rule, a tough set seems to
have been the most jagged bone in the
Institutes throat. 1t was construed in
every imaginable way. We heard that
all of the teachers, two-thirds of them,
three-fourths and so on, were accused by
the NEWS HERALD of being thugs. Were
we to use such language we should mean
majority. A majority makes a rule,
and ae bsliere majority of the teachers in
this county are guilty Of conduct that dis
graces the profession, and should disqualyy
them to hold certificates.
We are not the only persons who hold
this belief, nor are we the first to express
it. There are armies of farmers whose
opinion would not differ widely from the
one who gave vent to his indignation in
the NEws-HERALD sanctum. The state
of affairs in the county is a matter Of
public notoriety, and the Institute can.
not silence the current opinion by pass.
ing resolutions against this paper. Since
the appearance OF the NEws-HERALD last
week we have had abundance of unso.
lieited testimony to the truth of the far.
mer's observations. We have not spoken
to single teacher on the subject acho has not
admitted the eristencs Of a greater or less
number of bad characters among the men,
bers Of the profession. The teacher who
knows such to be the case and fails to
report the offenders to the examiners is
q coward. He becomes a party to the
disgrace when he shields othersin in it. II
he had the proper desire to rid the pro-
fession Of the rascals that form part OF
it, he would aid the examiners in detect.
ing them, rather than join in condemn
ing q paper that has stamina enough to
expose rottenness. l
We have no desire to cast discredit
upon the worthy teachers of Highland
county. We consider them gentlemen.
They honor the profession, and it is our
high ideal Of what a teacher should be
that causes US TO hold the hypocritical
scamps In such contempt. Nevertheless
the good teachers are in the minority in
spite Of their protests. We do not apol'
ogize to them for we have said nothing
TO offend them. If they try ON some
other persons shoes that fail to ft they
have no right to berate the shoemaker
Knowing the private opinion Of many
teachers we were . good deal surprised
TO learn that the vote TO adopt the code
Of resolutions was almest unanimous
We were amazed TO know that they
voted one way and talked another. But
the strong vote is also in favor OF the
second resolution which binds the In
stitute TO duty which will be very un'
| pleasant to many teachers. II every
teacher in Highland county were 70 re.
port all the cases Of nisdemeanor among
his fellow teachers to the examiners to,
day. and the Examiners were TO "cut of
the heads" Of those convicted, there
would b an array Of decapitated crani
ums, enough 10 shock soldier.
Not vesy many eyes have been opened
By the NHws-HsRALD's "scurrilous' pub
lication. The people oil over the county