Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-16
SCHOOL BOAKD UYpLEAsANrNEss.

ScUOo,, RO,ISD ANTNESS.
MIR. EDITOR Iron the reference made
by you to the matter in the issue oil your
paper OF July 2nd, am led to infer yon
are inclined 10 treat the action oil our
Board oil Education" IN The selection oil
teachers Tor our schoola ior the coming
year, as good JOKE on The people. lear
you are not the father oil family" or
you would look At Inc matter IN more
serious light'
You insinuate that this Is The land OF
the Tree and the home OF the brave" but
are you not almost ready TO believe win
me, That II FRANCIS scott Key had been
resident oil Perrysourg, Tor the last quarter
oil century, the star Spangieu banner
would be wanting IN It's now most lnspir-
ing wores Are we moi, MI bui'or, IN
deed an exceedingly patient and long SUI
ferinp people Z? Have YOU in your extend
al ,r.roI ,,d ;r,orco,rs. with tho world
"'
iouhu community more imposeu upon NY
those "in high places, than our own beau
tirul vellage? If so, where :? Let us hide
onr f.ces for varv sh,me and sbed our
tears toge'her'
We are led to believe that In years past
il was universally understood that men
a,sc,ed to ofIices of honor ,rd ,r,st ware
'',0'e' " o. N'''
what were 'ermeu representative men
men who were expected TO protect and
promote the interests of the people In pref
araroo n hose of tho ;nd;-;d,oj-n,en who
- e " - -. -,
woulo a'io" no PriVa'e dement's "hich
could accrue to themselves or their relations
to swerve them from the impartial per-
forn,,rcs of orv dr,v which ,hev ,s ,he
'o' """'e u ""' ""'' "'i." ' so '"e
servants oil the pnblic owed 10 The pubic
men OF whom honorable mention could
he m ade without A blush. and not men
Il. III, ,,,,;, ,,,o,ao,ra, - Lo oo,-
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trolIed oy the one 'uea alohe tnat puoiic
| Office lie private enterprise" or who be-
cause, "by ways that are dark and tricks
that are valn," happen TO find themselves
on deck, and thus placed IN a position 10 do
so, could and would make the public in
terests subservient TO their own private
ends.
| BY the tone OF your remark i was nat
urally led to note the appointees PARTON
larly, and from the first struck with the
strong "family resemblance" between the
| Board OF Education and the corps of tea
chers, and thought that this was at least a
lille queer.
| noticed that Mrs. Barton, who had
been assistant superintendent and teacher
in the High School for many years, and
who was an applicant for reappointmeDt,
was not appointed, but that in her stead
Miss Minnie Yeager, (the daughter of one
of the elected members and who is at pres
ent treasurer of the Board y who has never
taught day in her lite, appointed TO that
most responsible position.
Mr.. Elitor, 70 tar 'as have been able TO
learn after making dilIgent inquiry, Mrs.
Barton has been more than AN ordinarily
successful teacher, and has been almost
universally conceded so 10 be by the pa
irons of the school, and our Boards of
Education for many years past have been
quite anxious 10 retain her services believ-
ing that she having been "lried and not
found wanting" was the one above all
others to he selected for the position
named, but it seems to have been ordained
that our present Board should he the frat
endowed with the ability to discover that
the public interest and the successful c. n
duct of our public schools required that
her place should be supplied by one with
no experience, and 80 far as known, with
no ability ns a teacher and at the same sal.
a,y as heretofore paid for known ability ana
ripe erperinee. l would no think so strange
OF this appointment if the salary had been
reduced 10 Sc or 81 per month, as there
would then have been some appearance oil