St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-27

PRED that he had come to make applh
cation for the very position of snperini
-tendent.
One of the letters was addressed to
W. B. Mitchell. ESQ.,, and the other to
a member OF the board of education
the board as body and each and every
officer thereof having been overlooked
in the matter Of SUBSCRIPTIONS. l
deem 1t proper here to say that Supt.
Kiehle has more than once sought to
affect the action of this board through
outsiders while ignoring the board
itself.
l was made acquainted with the pur-
port of these letters through the cour-
tesy of their recipients. They were
similar i'll substance, aud to the effect
that the writer and bearer were eduea-
tiOnal friends and intilnates of long
standing; that the latter was known to
the former as superior educator and
organizer stress was put upon "Organ-
izer," evidently to tit (?) the present pc
culiar case. as it was known that our
district was about taking on added pro-
portions of perhaps so per cent?, and
that at his (the writer's) urgent solicita-
ton the bearer had been prevailed upon
to repair at once to st. Cloud and tender
his services to the board in what tickle
fancy" seems to have pictured to the
mind Of the honorable superintendent
as our dire extremity, or pivotal period.
The naked fact is, that to-day-lesS
than year later-wlth all the c0ntem-
plated addition of territory to the dis
trict made, and without the aid of the
"organizing" talent referred to, the
public schools of ST. Cloud were never
before in so wholesome and promising
condition. And this, under the direc-
ton OF one board, i'll place of four, as
formerly.
L have no wish to cast any reflections
upon this applicant, who shall be name
less. and who in personal interview
impressed me as being live, intelli-
gent, rustling man OF the world who
had quite out-grown his pedagogical
iabiliments. He voluntarily admitted
that for the nine years last past he had
been out of the school room and into
government Office and active politics,
as his old friend Kiehle well knew, and
which it was reasonable to conclude had
unavOidably disqualified him for the
position applied for, however, cumpe.
tent he may once have been.
When it is remembered that the sue
cessful teacher of to-day permits no
evening to pass without making due
preparation for the work of tomorrow,
there is reasonable and just ground to
fear for the cause OF education in
state whose superintendent of public
instruction seeks, under any preteXt
whatever, to foist upon school district,
and especially upon one so INSTRUCTED
in the line of progress by negative forces
as this has ever been, man to preside
over its schools. who he knows has, for
almost a decade. led life that would
naturally tend to lessen his fitness for
companionship with the young, and
render him incompetent from want of
experience Stating it mildly TO prop
erly fill such position.
The only apology feel called upon to
offer in closing. is for having so long
time withheld from publication, as if
the property OF but few individuals.
matter that so nearly concerns the peo-
pie of the whole state. will add that
the foregoing was written without the
advice or knowledge of any other per-
son than myself. Respectfully.
o. +. CARVER,
st. Cloud, March 2J.