Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-05-05
CENTRAL FALLS.
Two Young Girls Missing From Home
Prize Drill This Evening.

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Prize Drill This Evening.
Venie Sherman, who lived on High
Street, and Maggie Duff, who lived on the
"Bowery," girls about IA years of age,
have been missing from home since yes
terday morning.
They retired to their rooms as usual
Tuesday eight, but could not be found the
next morning.
The Question of Teachers And Trustees.
| William II. Gooding remarked yester-
day morning: "Well, the school trustees,
as they call themselves, have got into
nice box now, haven't they?"
When asked what was the trouble he
explained by saying; "Well you see
they had hired Mrs. Patti to serve as
teacher for one year at salary, think,
OF SIS per week. She has now nine more
weeks to serve, believe. The trustees in
violation of their contract with her re-
duced her salary, and she resigned and
they will have TO pay her the full amount
OF her salary until the end of the term for
which they hired her. OF course we
know that her salary was reduced az
snub in order to make her resign, as
they had some one else for the position.
She has taught school for about, or nearly
twenty years, and II is not right that she
should be removed. | always consid-
cred the committee-or at least some OF
the committee - fairly intelligent men,
and don't see how they fell into the trap,
as have stated, unless in their hurry To
get rid OF Mrs. Patt they failed to look the
matter over carefully enough. Anyway
it's bad job for them," and he laughed
to himself and fumbled his glasses.
The remarks OF Mr.. Gooding show how
unjust and biased are the opinions of some
men and also what a story they can build
up without any foundation and not
single truth to bear them out on their as
sertion.
Now, in the first place, Mrs. Patt was
not dicharged, neither was she snubbed.
She resigned of her own free will, and IL
she has served as teacher for twenty
years she must indeed have tired OF the
arduous duties of her position. And also
the fact that she has served twenty
years is no argument why she should be
retained unless she is as qualified to teach
now as she was a score OF years ago, which,
undoubtedly, she is, and, added to her ed
ucation, is experience.
| Some years ago Mrs. Patt was principal
OF the Broad Street school, and then her
salary was SIS week, which is the regu-
lar pay for such position. She wss re-
moved to another school in the position
of common teacher, but her salary was
not reduced. This was unfair to the
other teachers and needless expenditure,
and the trustees decided to reduce her
salary at the first annual meeting this
year to the same paid to ordinary teachers.
That was the proper thing to do in
justice TO the district, the teachers and
themselves. 1t was not meant as snub
to Mrs. Patt or anything OF the kind, but it
was the duty OF the trustees They also
say that Mrs. Pats year has expired and
she can collect nothing.
Statements such az Mr.. Gooding made
find ready believers from those who are
opposed to the trustees, but il the other
side OF the question is looked at, it will
be seen that they did not mean to, AID
have not done, any wrong.
| Prhe Drili This Evening.
This evening at the fair OF Court Flower
OF Dexter i'm Foresters Hall, Lonsdale
avenue, there will be a prize drill for
handsome gold medal. The drill will be
in the old tactics, and three cadets have
entered and will compete. They are
Burke OF the Grattan Guards, Providence;
Cooney of the Central Falls Temperance
Cadets, and John Cleary. II will be very
exciting as all are well-drilled and fine
exhibition may be expected. The drill il
not for the championship OF the State
neither can any other drill be until Ser
geant Curran OF Providence is challenged
and accepts. He holds the champion
ship, having won it fairly, but is not in
possession OF the medal which all believe
rightfully belongs to him.
A sad Case.
This morning before Judge Goff Maggie
Farrell, aged 10 years, was arraigned as
lewd and wanton person. She pleaded
guilty and asked to be sent to the Reform
school.
After the Judge questioned her he said:
"You are not tit subject for the Reform
school" and sentenced her to two wears
in the Jail.
The Coming Concert.
Sunday evening the Hope Concert Com
pany will make their first appearance be-
fore the public in Temperance Hall, High
street, and judging from the reputation
the artists who will appear, 1t will
be one OF the best the people OF the
place have ever had the opportunity OF
hearing.
Among those who will appear are Miss
Louise Curran OF st. Xavier's Academy,
harp soloist Miss Loretta Brennan of the
Boston Conservatory OF Music, soprano; I;
Miss May Connery OF the Kate Claxtop
Company, elocutionist.
Interesting Items.
The Davis Club meets tonight
The Temperance Cadets visited the
Mcagher Guards in Providence last even
ing They will go to Lonsdsie the Goth
and to Fall River the 2ist