Smyrna times., 1888-02-08
For the Smurlln 7rmes.
TOT We Smyrna Times
Superintendent Bessey's Reply to the
Editor of the Smyrna Record

Editor of the Smyrna Tgmes.-For
nearly one year / have had the ra.o
opportunity of reading the learned eJi.
tor1GtS OF the Smyrna Record. 1t is a
very fortunate thing for Socrates that
the great and gifted editor of the SMYRNA
record did not live in his day: for if
ne had, the Delphic OracLe would surely
have conferred upon him the honor IF
Delhg the Wisest Of men. This method
OF malicious attack is by no means nv
ana IKE the greater part of his Drod,,c.
ttOhS Is entirely devoid of originality
Eyer since my appointment the editor
Of the Smyrna Record has aDjIf,JJ,,
"''SrePTesented not only me, but also
my work. He says that this nnestioO
Is on my examination paDers viz
VINO make our grammar ?d 7 cboI'
lenge him to produce an exami.ot;o,,
paper OF niue with such a question,
one OF the best professors of Lafayette
college frequently asked the FOLLOWING
question; " Who make our grammars95
Inc professor taught the class that
grammar Is merely a record of usage
ana that our best educated writers and
speakers make our grammars. did
ask the same question, but not as stated
by the smyrna Record Now il seems
u me mat a gentleman who has such a
reputation for scholarship as prof
fiahcls a. March, and whose comDar-
aIlFe Grammar of the Anolo-Sovop
Language and Method of P6iloIooiooi
study OF the English Language" are
uSGd as text books not only in the best
colleges vi America, but also in the
universities Of Europe, l say that snch
an eminent scholar as DR.. March oupbt
10 Know almost as much as the editor of
Vhe smyrna Record or ana of his assisf-
ans. have sent to the editor of tho
SMYRNA ZINES the 20 words used bv
me IN the recent examination of teach
ers In and for New Castle county civ
ing corrections for the same whenevar
sucn were necessary and using Webster
as the standard Of authority as it has
Deen adopted by the State Board of
Euucatlon for the State of Delaware
NOW l challenge the editor of the
smyrna Record, lChO neCer makes n mis-
take, to point out one error in the Gst
OF words furnished by me with the
teachers names on the papers pronerlv
corrected. Please show one instance
where each and every candidate exam
med dld not receive full credit for the
work ON his or her paper in orthogra-
phy. The Record says that this Is a
small matter, but in the opinion ofmanv
II Is not half so small thing as the ed
ltor OF the Record In the Record's
issue OF December 81, 1887, there is a
Gerry d6te criticism on my school booL.
statement for New Castle county
The omniscieHt editor Of the PecoTd
says That the statement is neither tfiII
nor correct" Now | wish to state that
submitted the accounts in dispute to
eX-Supts. Williams and Carpenter pre-
Vlous to this publication and
these accounts were accepted bv
them. The same statement was
submitted to the State Auditor the
State Treasurer and the Legisla alive
committee, which met at Dover last
month. This statement was examined
oy the aDove-named parties and ac-
cepted. Every dollar was properly ac-
counted for and honestly paid. Now
who Is right, the parties who have ex-
amlned the statement from the begin
ming to the end, or the editor of The
RECORD, who has never examined il ,
BE 1t said to the credit of the news
papers Of New Castle county, that so
far as am able to learn, none of them
ever go beyond the limits of their own
county to make malicious attacks upon
the superintendent of Kent or Sussex
counties. They have dignity and sense
enough to attend to their own business.
/ We regret that the SaYoa ooOoo+ r.
truthfully said of the editor of the
Smyrna Record. New Castle county is
fully able to manage her own affairs
without any aid from the editor of the
Record or from any of bis satellites. I
shall IN the future treat all of his at
tacks upon me with silent contemDt. for
am well assured that if he should
state truth 1t aOOuld be By mere accident.
HERMAN BEssEY.
Odessa, DEL, Feb. It'll, 1888.