Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-08-27
The Recent school investigation.

Inc GcLGnt 0lnOOt ADNcslI&altOus
For the Evening Capital.
Having read an account OF the recent
school investigation" In the columns
of your paper. and having been q taxpsy-
er in the city and county for the past
twenty years. / cannot refrain from ex
pressing my opinion OF the proceedings
which transpired, 10 the school commit
tee room during the examination OF the
witnesses In the case.
have the honor to be personally &C
quainted with the ladies that represented
both sides of this case. and bslIeve them
to be the soul OF integrity and honor and
to represent the very best classes OF our
locality, and why the trustees of the pub
lie school should allow the presence Of
such q rough element. In the presence of
ladies, cannot conceive. II Is q disgrace
and stigma upon our school system, and
for the sake of the ladies present. the
room should have been cleared and the
doors closed to all but the parties directly
interested.
The principal of our public school is
lady well-knowu In our city aud should
have rallied about her some OF her lady
friends who could have met argument
with argument and the mothers VINO were
pleading before the trustees for the future
welfare OF their children would have
been spared the pain of listening to the
insulting geers of low motley crowd.
The principal of our public schools has
right to defend herself against any en-
croachment upon her vested rights, aud
should demand al examination before
the Board OF examiners, as 10 her quail
ifcations. for so important q trust as
principal, Ia the largest public school 10
a city of over seven thousand inhabitants.
She must meet the arguments and listen
10 the questions of these mothers who
send their children to the public school.
and who are ectuated only by mothers
love for the welfare OF their children.
Who can measure the depth OF mothers
love for the welfare of her children?
Let me relate an incident. During the
late war, there was q mother away down
In the State of Maine, who received q let
ter saying your boy is g prisoner and
dying" The next morning she was on
her way to Washington and seeking an
interview with the President, pleaded for
pass to carry her through the lines. The
President handed her the paper. saying.
Madam, this will take you TO the enc
my's line, but cannot be responsible for
you after that. She took the pass and
reached the picket line, the sentry looked
at her pass. and said, II do not take this
paper" Il know 1t, she said" but my
boy IL dying Ia the prison at Richmond"
Obi ''let me go to him." That sentry per-
haps thinking OF bic own mother whom
he had left In the Sunny South, struggled
her through the lines. and conducted her
10 the prison. Upon going to the hospi-
tai, she crept from cot TO cot, until she
came to the one In which her boy lay, and
putting up her her hands prayed, 20, God,
spare my boy" The alex boy raised his
hands and placed them upon his mothers
head; her voice In prayer had called him
back from the dark valley of the shadow
Of death, and he lives to-day to thank
God for that mothers love.
1t is the same deathless love, of the par,
ents for the welfare of their ch ildren
that compelled these loyal mothers to
knock at the doors of our school commit
tee rooms aud demand that their wrongs
should be righted. II is the same bound
less love of the parents for their children
that is knocking ct the door OF our Legis
lature, and Is to-day knocking at the door
of our National Capitol. asking for q
better school system that the young men
and women Of our land may be better
educated and fitted to represent the great
est tipe of American men and women In
society, and to rescue our school system,
all over the country. from the control of
a set of unprincipled politicians and place
Il IN the hands OF those who contribute
by their hard earned taxes. the means TO
conduct our schools upon Q proper sys-
tenn, satisfactory to trustees. parents and
teachers. Ii we educate the children to.
day. we save the nation to- morrow. III
the public schools are not conducted as
in the judgement of the Leople they
should be. The people should rise In
their just indignation and purge our
schools from those practices which are
not only pernicious to the morals OF the
young, but detrimental to the good order
aud discipline of the school room.
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion" should
have no place In shaping OF our school
system, for they are In direct antagonism
to everything which tend to enlighten
the human race and present to-day the
greatest obstacle to the advancement OF
the people everywhere. ! sincerely hope
that this investigation may have ten
dency to open the eyes Of the trustees,
teachers aud people, of our city and teach
them that eternal vigilance Is the price
of liberty" and that the principles ex
pounded in our public schools are to De
the bulwarks Of our national independ-
ence in the future.
TAX PAYER.