The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-11-21
Declare They Will Fight tn, Order
Making Them Live in the Town.

The Trustees Say the TIaos Was Going to
the Dogs because Of a Dearth o Soc lety
YounE women-The Fellows Had Or
Ranissd an old Bachelors Assooia.
tion q Hsroio Medsurss HAD to be
Adopted 10 save the Town.
WooDHAvEN, L. l., Nov. 81. Politics,
che Ohilian question and all such AFT airs
appear as nothing to the citizens OF this
place, In comparison with th great fight
between the 16 pretty school teachers
Of the town and the school trustees II,
as has been hinted, the girls striks or
take their case TO the court, tho town
will be 10 au nproat IL is all the RS
suit Of S'TulS passed by the trustees
making II obligatory on the teachers to
reside'tn " oodhRven. There are three
schools here, and Of the 10 teachers 1a
have been living at Brooklyn, Williams
burg and Long Island City.
President kirkland, Of the Board Of
Trustses, saysi This school district
pays about 81, 500 ia salaries to teachers,
and i think this money should be spent
in the village. If the teachers reside
away from tho village they are liable to
DO late at the morning session and also
In hurry to depart in the afternoon.
Besides, this place has long needed
suitable number of educated young
women as an addition tc society. Last
spring the young women organized an
''Old Maid Society" " and later the young
mon organized an "Old Bachelors Con-
ISOLATION Association. " When things
come to such an issue it is time some-
thing should be done for society in the
Nrf11 i -. Il. L
ing the teachers reside in the place l
think the young men of the village
should feel grateful to me. We have
selected as teachers young women who
are both handsome and cCOmplished ~
AT the request of the Board OF Trustees
all the teachers signed an agreement to
reside in Woodhaven. This soon became
very irksome to the girls who had re-
sided elsewhere. They did not want to
live away from their parents homes
Finally one girl, Miss MoKenna Of Long
lslan5 City, hired a room ia Woodhaven.
Her brother, James McKenna, ran on
the Democratic ticket for Assem- biymRn,
and was defeated by Mr.. Weeks, re-
publican, Of Hampstead. Although
Miss MCKenna rented a room in Wood
haven she went to her Long Island City
home every night, The other young
women tried to give the impression that
they lived in WoodhRveD, although they,
too, went to their homes in other places,
and did not go to the expense of hirin g
a room as Miss McKenns did,
President Kirkland and his fellow
trustees are reported TO have visited
the Woodhaveh churches at all of the
services on Sunday. They did not see
the young teachers there. They inquired
pleasantly Of the teachers, when they
met them atterward, IL they liked the
church services. The teacners all re-
piled yes" but the trustees show ed
that they knew that the young women
had not been to church in Woodhav en-
then. The tpustees told the teachers
that theV must abide by their contracts.
The you lg women held caucuses, and
voted the whole board OF trustees per
fectly horrid creatures, and positively
declared that "they never, never would
submit .... uI u.. r-
But they did submit. Within the
last week all of them, except Miss
McKenua have moved their property to
WoOdhaven aud now reside there. They
are free TO go home on Friday nights
and remain till Monday, but some OF
them declare that just for spite, - they
will not take advantage OF that priv
ilese. They are n very angry lot OF
young women and declare that they will
never speak to any of the Board OF
Trustees unless they must. ...
1--WE have no place to 20 in the even
ings when our school duties are over, -
said one Of the pretty teachers yesJer'
day. ''lhe rates of board are very high
and our salaries are not. We believe
the whole scheme has been concocted
for the bonsht Of the boarding house
keepers Our hard earned money is
.N.l -. l. t..
genial here. We obey the new rule onl y
under compulson. We are afraid we
will bs discharged IL we do not, and we
cannot afford that ..
School Commissioner John b. Merrill
says he thinks that the contract between
the trustees aud the teachers would uot
hold good il the teachers chose to rebel
The trustees, he says, are created by
statute aud have only such power a,
the statute gives them. There is NJ
claim on the teachers time after sohoo
hours, for school, purpOses He main
tainB that the same rule which deprive
the Board Of jurisdiction over the schoo
children after they leave the school yar
applies equally to the teachers.
Sc hool Superintendent Smith, wht
has charge OF the w oodhaven schools
and is the immediate superior Of tn,
teachers, said that the contract give
the parents an opportunity OF meeting
the teachers il tney so desire, and the
knowledge Of this had good effect upor
the scholOrs, When the teachers re
sided out OF Woodhaveu there were to-
many cases OF tardiness among tn
scholars, aud it WAS ditliCuSt to reprov
the children for this when the teacher
set so poor an example. Mr.. Smit
says it is his duty rs superintendent t
enforce Jhe contract ana he intends t
do 80.
Two Young Ladies KnIsd