The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-08-28
OUR LETTERS.


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EDrrou GHsF1ue-
] We were glad TO read your diEnihet
/ article on tile school question ia Bius
Iev. 1t is "a marvel That the people Of
the city can Ice bound down to tLis
I con,ii iou-tiad hand ard foot, as ID
were-aHd made to pay this tribute 81
taxes TO clotIie and feed man and bis
! family against their viii. Bus they
I could endure this with less revolt it il
] were not for The fact that, with it, the
public school Is worse thun closed TO
the children who SO much need it,.
Many parents viii auJ Hilssf, iu pro
lection Of their children, keep them
out of school. for they are unable to
send them away TO school and support
them.
To the writer, it would seem more
manly If, at tire point of 81 revolver
this incompetent sl1uli compel the
parents TO give him u their scaHty
slare uEtii he WIS saIi-Eed-this Tauld
at least leave tile school uubLghtei by
his weakening. whitening iuu uyuce.
Since the appearance of your article
10 occurred to parents having children
who would be under his Immediate
supervision, to make one more effort
to reach, if possible, q lingering spark
OF mauIiuess ur honor that might Qhey
fonGIy dreamedl he found iu him. To
this end they prepared the following
petit ion, and had it presented to him,
accompanied by letter stating their
reasons for presenting it, and begging
of him to accept "a reasonable sum OF
money aud retire from the school The
petition is as follows:
10 Prof. g. HcaIurtry IIinsIey, Eausass
We, thc undersigned citizens 90 Zinsley,
having children who Will be assigned TO the
principals room iu the public schools, and
feeling that you are not successful either as
teacher or principal. and it being hurd Iusome
on u= 10 suL our oh ildreH away go school OR
TO secure q competent usasner Ia private
school, we most eurucBtly and respectfully
request you 70 resign your position as princi-
pHI OF the schools OF f1insley;
~ q HoUb, d A HCud.
= Il A5oshcr, N Roberts,
Ii z Bingham, Il W Higgins,
Kate A Higgins, + q blanchard
A. kOehIor, Mrs l. Iesi,
A Piburu, h johnson,
The petitioners stated TO him that it
WAS signed by alI, on nearly all, tile
patrons of his dePa tmeut except two
gentlemen, both of whom had signed
"a protest against his employment. 1t
has met with no response. lie has
probably heard That ''sileuce is goldeu;'
through weakness, for which lie is,
perhaps, not responsible, AID through
lack of emery stamped upon him by
long intact with the malaria on the
Wabash he IS incapable Of entertaining
more than one idea at time.
Think OF this situation: Time WAS
when the public, as ii corporation, did
not employ teachers, but They were /
by private persons, to train .
aud educate their children. Now
think of d man coming into private
families AMI forcing himself on the
parents to take charge of their children, /
not teach them (fJr this lie clu not do /
successfully and compelling them to /
What pusiIIanimous set /
they would be to submit to i'll Yet, |
in a sneaking, uEmuuIy, roundabout |
way that is just what he is dOing-at /
least, lie is forcing the parents to sup |
port him IN way they do not want to
DO. lie seems utterly devoid Of shaHe
OF manlinCss.
There is 81 way ont, with the Co
operation OF the school board and the .
impartial administration of law-Dut
there is no other way that we can
think of, since every appeal to honor
and manIjuess has failed.
1t is not every community that would
endure this. 1t may be that this one
will-we shall be sorry if it is so. We
have endured it for three years. Our
school is demorahzed. Our funds are
worse than wasted. Parents are Ieav-
ug our city aad county who would
r main with us if we had "a good
school IJ is Il shame If we endure it.
PARENT.