Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-03-24
The Howard school Trouble.
IcoMMUNIoATnD


Owing 70 having published much data
about the operation OF the unfortunate
condition At Howard School, am there
fore forced TO ask psrmission 10 roply to
the article In your papsr Of Saturday, the
22d inst sigesd O. G.. LAVA l have
nothing TO say about In what light he
may view the prscsedlngs Of tbs indiE-
when he sayi Librarv NJ
being waged VI congress-
ungrAtefui ~ 1t is cvw...,
isfersncs that nm included. do uos
understand just what he means BY the
tefm persecution - applied, unless BY
his following sentences, whers he
branches out with some illogical rhetori-
cal expressions implicating that all that
has been said and published is un-
authentic.
desire TO make everybody plainly
understand that am prepared to back
up every line of data appearing from me;
and much more that can be produced.
Why did G. @. Laws wait until Miss
Lewis left the city before accusing her Of
being the wrong one and causing this
trouble? 1t shows mean cowvrdice. /
have not word Of disparagemeut for
him being the only colored man thus far
to mustor courage to try refuting the
veracity Of the colored population Of
Wilmington. And II nspotism had not
It. admirers, G. g. Laws would bs "the
missen link" who ought to recognize
the excellent qualifleatisns Of the princi-
pie OF Howard Schooi more profoundly.
If . relative Of miue had been given q
school to teach without having to pass
the lawful average, 1 should have been
In the nght from the start. This storm
has been before the public since the frat
Of January. @. g. Laws should have
come out February the 2nd; that was
''ground hog day"
Mr.. Laws may now expect to sec his
shadow-hence the storm Is not over.
He may need more old CLOTHES yet. The
colored people will be doing Themselves
/ An injustice TO accept of the present
| action Of the Board Of Education with
out using every effort to show the public
that 1t 10 wrong. When Mr.. Laws speaks
OF Miss Kruse being without peer In
education, l credit 1t to bis ignorance.
Can Mr.. Laws show me q high school
anywhere else whoss supposed instructor
cannot produce . diploma from at least .
high schooll
Did Mr.. LAWS eve. take classic studiesl
Oh course do not mean At Howard
school. II not, then 1t Is an Insult tt
; every person who has, or those anxioul
to do so, BY attempting to humiliats the
intel ixence OF any class OF people will
such preposterous nonsense.
II Mr.. Laws has the education of BIZ
race ct stake We have very poor cri
teriou. 1 DO not desire to withhold any
due credit from Mise kruse, but II he
friends insist ON probing this matte
they may expect to get slapped. For an.
one TO say that Miss Lewis was not quail
fed to teach IN the position she wa
cowardly suspended from 10 simpl!
groundlees. Tho result Of her rcmova
has placed q lady in charge who, Il |
alleged, taught in . lower graded gram
mar room one year before she WAS able Il
, pass the 10 per cent for the position
People who have been 10 wsll-grads,
schools know full well that teacher
, ought to have at least q course or 20 q
studies higher than those they teach. FC
( instance, grammar grades ought
qualify for primary teaching, big
, course for grammar aud collegiate 70
hith course teaching. It 10 oven cell
evident Ia the present Howard School tC
day. American history 10 taught In tn
third and fourth grades Of grammar
English history ommences In the hft
and continued to the sixth gramms
grade.
| lno nun kARthHuSA ktoAS WcsV sseAJ
ing Lancashire EnQlish history wheI
Miss Lewis taught At Howsrd School
They we're promoted to tho sixth grad,
and Miss Levin had given them thei
iirst Lesson in tho Advancement wbeI
notified of her suspension. Those chill
dren, It must be remembered are nsithe
iniants, fools, nor idiots. They inform
ma they have been placed back 10 Barnes
American history and the English hislor!
taken away from them and locked up.
To be plata such course at this time
no matter how expedient, simply infer
that Miss Dover is not able to teach En-
glish history, hence this educationa
standard G. G.. Laws applauds takes I
drop down. Such procrastinatinR actor
maybe otherwise explained no doubt, tn
how long will colored people suffer suot
Iinhuman aud unjust educational treat
ment?
This Internal crusade against the truth
yeracity and position Of the colored
people must cease. II the Board Of
Education, as . body, desire to give vi
peace, they must concede US Justice
lrksome Indifference cannot satisfactorily J
end this matter. demand nothing, bui
ask all that belongs, and L believe this II
the continent Of the thoughtful colored
oitizens. We do not depreciato Misl
Kruse in anything she merits, but We
know enough and see enough to sum II
up In the old maxim:
aHonor and fame from no condition,
riee;
Act we'll your part-there true honol
l'es."
A. woRrnINGToN BRINokLEY.
March 23rd, 1890.