The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-07-18
Lime Springs Graded School.

EDITOR PLAIN DEALER:
Under the caption, Lime
Springs Graded School Closing Exer.
cises," there appeared in the CREsco
TIMEs, signed Conn.,, an article Sus
piciously fulsome of Mr.. l.. +. "A.
Ling, the Principal of this school.
This Com. is well known in Lime
Springs, and his limited information
upon the subject he assumed to faith
ON, renders the TIMES article exceed.
ingly ex parte, and distasteful to our
people.
Mr.. Ling's unpopularity here as a
teacher is no secret, and the TINES
erratic production was designed as a
whitewash, and an Endorsement
wrung from graduating exercises
brought to successful completion" by
agencies far removed from Mr.. Ling.
If that Com. had confined his arti-
Gle to the facts relating to the '.Clos.
ing Graduating Exercises" would
not object, nor would the people and
school patrons.
1t would be q matter of pride for
us to have such a communication 20
forth grounded i'm truth.
But when the graduating exercises
and wool of imaginary encomiunls
upon ''our hOnOred principaly' due
regard for truth and a decent respect
for the opinion of others, demand an
exposure of their gauzy game.
Com. was al itinerant here; not a
tax payer, nor shrewd observer OF
men and things, and there is good
reason to believe that his honeyetl
words, and straiued sentences were
tinged by niercenary motives.
Mr.. Ling's hold upon puplic esteem
here il conclusivcly shown by the
scalding fact, that July LIST, 1889 there
was presented to the school directors,
a petition signed by twenty petrons
of the High School asking for Mr..
Ling's resignation. Is not this peti-
ton Of twenty taxpayers and pat
rons of the High School very signifi-
cant when it is considered that thir-
| ty-six is the maximum number of such
patrons? Does this show Mr.. L;ng's
boosted popularity! Would not q
truly sensitive man, with refined
gentlelnanly instincts, accept such q
petition as proof positive, that his
room was better than his company,
and resign. 1t may be asserted
doubtless will be, that the petition
asking Mr.. Ling's resignation was tn.
bled ut the Monday nights meeting
Of the directors. A motion to table
was declared carried by minority
vote.
Com. parades the golden gifts
presented to Mr.. Ling as evidence Of
his clutch on our heart strings.
The golden gifts" are perfunctory
with US, matter OF course, given al
teachers from our earliest schoo
days.
Mr.. Ling's recognition therein wa,
due solely to that time honored Gus
tom. 1t Is simply caricature to cal
the action an endorsement Of the
man.
Mr.. Editor, as q public educator,
which the PLAIN DEALER has been
for over quarter OF century, dc
you consider Feasibility. pedantry
and Pecksniffisn. marks of that
scholastic spirit, appointed to pour
the fresh indulgence over the mind,
Our school has dwindled the '.hon
ored Principaly' has quarreled with
pupils and patrons, and II don't
have shake with YOU is his refined
reply when he il spoken to on the
streets.
This article is prompted solely by a
desire to correct the lnischeivOus and
wholly gratuitous statements made
by Com. in the TIMES.
Com" was duped, his calling
simplicity, and gullibility, rendered
the imposition au easy task, and the
Jeremy Diddler will look in vain for
any substantial reward Lex.