Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-30
UNRULY PUPILS.
4 south Hadley Falls High school BOY
Blacks His Teachers Eye.
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4 South Hadley Falls High school BOY
Blacks His Teachers Eye.
From the Holyoke Transcript.
The pupils of the South Hadlev Falls
High school have not been used to disci-
pline, but certain pupils have done about
as they pleased. This term a new prnci-
pal. f. II. McLachin, took charge He
believes that a school without discipline is
a useless institution Among the pupils
who have attended school are certain unru-
ly ones, who dsliked the new principal be-
cause he keeps order in the school. One
of the principal offenders was Mabel
| Welcker. Ever since school began there
has been trouble. She persisted in defy
ing the authority and doing things to the
| annoyance of her teacher and distraction
of the attention of other pupils who wished
to study. Things came to such pass
few weeks ago that Principal McLachlin
moved Miss Welcker's seat from the rear
of the room to the front Here she con
tinued her annoyance and whispered to
the classes when they were out for recta-
ton.
Thursday morning of last week the prin-
cipal had to call her to order several times,
and she answered in an insoent manner.
so he says. He called her to the cabinet,
when she refused to comply with his re-
quest. He asked her to sit down and wait
until he could talk to her. She positively
refused. He took her by the arm and com
PEELED her to be seated. He told her that
he wanted to see her before the afternoon
session in the cabinet. Instead of going
there she took her seat in the school room.
He called her to the cabinet, but she re-
fused to go, saying MY father told me not
to sit in the cabinet She was then told
to leave the room, as she was suspended.
| She refused to go. Just before school
closed she was told to wait after school
and she replied, II shall not wait" She
was then called TO the desk and ordered to
bring the town books from her desk. She
went to her desk, and taking the books
started from the building. Mr.. McLachlin
went out another door and she returned
and threw the books down and went out.
In the evening the principal called on
| the school committee, and they Endorsed
| his action. He then called on Peter
| Welcker, father of the girl. Mr.. Welcker
| sided with the daughter and Mr. McLach-
| lin returned to the school committee, who
ordered him to suspend the girl He then
called on Lawyer Dwight, town attorney,
who said he had acted justly in the mat
| ter. Friday morning Miss Welcker came
and took her seat. Mr. McLachlin spoke
to her and she replied MY father told me
not to ask your pardon" When her class
was called she went to the recitation room.
! He told her to leave the room. She an
swered, I'm not leave the room for any
one but the school committee" He took
her by the arm when her brother Merrill
came up behind and struck him over the
eye with book. The eye is badly bruised
and iniamed from the blow The princi-
pal then took young Welcker and gave him
a specimen of old-time discipline. He or
dered the boy to the cabinet and he ran
out. He was caught again but let 90. His
sister then went out Officer Donaldson
was summoned and he ordered the unruly
children off the premises or he would ar
rest them. During the trouble Miss
Welcker slapped the principals face