Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1886-06-24
Charges against Harvey Tappan.

lOuIt IOI Tue COuily w ~ >'f'' 49,
undersigned respectfully represents as
follows
/. That he is citizen of the United
states. his age is twenty-one years, and
he has resided IN the County OF IT.
Clair for twenty years. with the excep-
ton of four years, during which he re-
sided in the State Of Iowa.
=. He has taught the following
schools in the county of st. Clair, as he
believes, to the entire satisfaction OF the
different school district officers, to-wit:
School district, No. 5. town OF Wales;
district No. /. kenOckee; district No.
=. Wales: district No. .. Wales; district
No. =. Clyde and Kenockee; district Nc.
.3, Birchville; during all which time he
held certificate as Il teacher or the
third grade from the Board of School
| Examiners of the County of st. Clair.
Z. The undersigned holds written
from the officers or every
Eone,df the above Districts with one ex-
ceptiou. and he believes hA,,las given
general satisfaction in the conduct or
| his schools. and he states that lie has
always borne good reputation ana
sustained good moral character
4. That he attended the last regular
examination. before the Board of School
examiners Cor the county of st. Clalf.
composed of Albert Fisher, Chas. Nc
Cormick. and Harvey Tappan. and on
April Il. 1856. received II letter from
the Secretary of the Board stating that
| he had passed the examination in the
various studies enumerated, ranging
| from 60 to W. such percentage being
higher in every study than is required
| by such Board to entitle teacher to u
third grade certificate, and he now be-
| lieves for reasons which he subsequent
| ly learned that his grade was purposely
| lowered in some of the studies by liar
vey Tappan, one of the members of
said Board. The undersigned further
states that Messrs. Fisher and Meteor
mick are new members upon such Board
of Examiners and in his case have been
influenced. MS he believes. by Harvey
ITappan to his prejudice and he acquits
them OF any malice or desire to do him
any wrong :
). That under the laws of this state
he Is entitled to a certificate. because
he has passed thorough and full ex-
animation and has been found qualified
i'm respect to good moral character.
learning and ability. to Instruct and
govern a school; his standing under the
head of Government" being ~ and un-
der the head of Theory and art of
teaching" 81.
q. The undersigned represents and
states that Notwithstanding the facts
aforesaid. the said Board of School Ex-
aminers have refused to issue any GER
titicate to him, and I'm that respect have
been controlled entirely by the said
Harvey. Tappan. who, he believes, has
acted with malice and unfairness and
who for that reason has been guilty of
neglect of duty and is an unfit person
to longer occupy a position upon such
Board of Examiners. The undersigned
therefore charges that the said Harvey
Tappan is guilty of neglect of duty in
not issuing certificate as a teacher to
him. and has also been guilty of incOm.
potency and neglect of duty in the fact
that he influenced and prevailed upon
the other members of said Board not
to issue the said certificate. And he
further charges that the said Harvey
iTappan's unftness and incOmpetency to
act as a School Examiner will be shown
to this Court by letters and other efforts
which he has made to injure the char
acter of the undersigned. and manufac-
ture some excuse for his arbitrary con-
duct in refusing to issue the certificate
aforesaid. and in this. he charges that
the said Harvey Tappan has been
guilty of falsehood in stating that UNI
favorable reports regarding the under
signed had come to the notice Of the
Board, during the terms when he was
holding certificate therefrOm, and in
also stating in letters written by him
to the officers of School Districts where
the undersigned had taught that some
complaints or charges had come before
the Board in reference to him. The
undersigned will also show that the
said Harvey Tappan has tried to pro-
cure persons to make unfavorable
charges against him by sending un-
truthful Statements to such persons
and trying thereby to obtain their en-
dOrsement or some statement from
such persons and under this charge re-
fers to William Thompson, of Birch
vile and Ephriam Green of Kenockee.
Z. The undersigned also charges that
the said Harvey Tappan having receiv-
ed report favorable to him from VIM
Thompson, school inspector of the
township of Birchville, afterwards. by
false statements, induced Mr.. Thomp-
son to change his favorable report and
make one unfavorable or of an indiffer-
ent character; thereby acting rs pre-
JUDGED and unfair man and showing
his uniitness for the position he holds,
which position calls for judicial fair
ness and unpartiality. The undersigned
therefore requests this Court to remove
said Harvey Tappan from his position
as one of the School Examiners of the
county of st Clair and asks this Court
to make an order for the hearing of the
charges aforesaid and fix time and
place when and where they may be in
vestigated, and when the undersigned
will be ready to produce witnesses in
sHbstantation thereof. G. Is. DRAKE.
!. State ofAichigan. County of st Clair
IS. {. b. Drake being duly sworn says
that he signed the foregoing charges
and the same have been carefully read
to him and he knows the contents there
of, and the same are true as therein
stated as he verify believes.
Subscribed and sworn to before me.
SUSIE BENNETT.
Notary Public. st. Clair Co. Mich.
Mr.. Drake further says: 1T might be
asked what are the motives which
actuated Mr.. Tappan in my caseY" to
which would say, beside personal
animosity, which will probably come
out on trial of my cause, / believe by
what Mr.. Tappan has told teachers,
that he intends to make successful
teachers only Of those whe attend what
he is pleased to call the st Clair County
Normal school. Now am not an adj
Vocate of said school and my reasons
are as follows: LIST, Mr.. Tappan never
received Normal training himself and
is therefore not'qualified tQ give Nor
NAL instruction.: I'd, The plan of work