New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-09-13
CALLING THEM TO TIME.
The Board of School Examiners Reads a
Moral Lecture to Certain Parties.
a Just Reb,1l>e to SnealSing Insinuations
and Uni just Accusations.
few Facts about the Examination of
Mr.. Koch that the Public
Doesn't Know.


The following are the contents of an
article handed to the Review yesterday.
It explains itself.
Editor New Ulm Review While the
undersigned School Examiners have too
much selfrespcct to take notice of the
scurrilous reports concerning their official
acts recently circulated by persons whose
code of honor is so singularly at variance
with the moral code Of all enlightened
nations, they do consider it their duty
to the Intelligent readers, however few,
of certain sheet known as the New Ulm
News, to correct one of the numerous
intentional mlsstatemcnts Of fact for
which said sheet has become notorious
TIL. News of Sept. 8, 1898, contained
the following:
THE New Tim public schools opened
last Monday, but without principal for
the high school,a the local board of ex-
aminers refused to give Mr.. Leon S. Koch
a certificate and he left the city Monday
night
We brand the statement relative to
the refusal of a certificate ;ts a base false
hood either invented by the editor with
intent to deceive the public or dictated
to him with malicious intent by some
well-known associate in deceit. Mr.
Koch left the city Monday night, Sept. i,
without completing the examination re-
Juired hy law. No member of the Board
Of Examiners stated that Mr. Koch would
not be certifcated; on the contrary, the
applicant was repeatedly encouraged by
us 70 continue with the work, although
on Monday afternoon member of the
Board Of Education, after an interview
with President Strickler, intimated that
it might be we'll to discontinue the ex-
animation.
Three hours before leaving the city,
MIR. Koch called on a member of the
Board of Examiners, He stated that he
would not have applied for the positicn
If he had known what branches he would
have to- teach; ''reading between the
lines he had inferred from President
Stricklcr's letter or letters that an oppor-
tunitv would be given him to teach his
specialties, Latin and German. Mr..
Koch claimed that he could pass a cred
liable examination in the branches to he
taught if sufficient time were given him
for preparation. When he suggested
that his predecessor might take charge
Of his classes for a week or two, he was
informed of the resolution of the Board
If Education to 'sdispense with the ser
vices of Mr.. G. Fischer from this date, -
and declaring Mr.. Leon S. Koch to be
liable, competent, and DESTROYS of enter
inc upon his duties at the commence
ment Of the school year without the as
sistancc of any other teacher.' This re-
solution was genuine surprise to Mr.
Koch. He denied most emphatically
that he had ever expressed any such de-
sire to President Strickler or any other
member of the Board of Education. He
asserted that he would have been only
too clad to avail himself of the assistance
of Mr.. Fischer.
Mr.. Koch shook hands with two of the
undersigned before he left: he also
thanked them for the courteous treat.
ment he had received at their hands. We
have reason to believe that he dic!. not
bid atieu in person to any member OF
the Board of Education.
Although we do not wish to parade
aey applicants ignorance we desire te
state that further ''intentional misstate-
ments OF fact concerning our official
acts, if made in print, may be followed
bv the publication of the written work
of applicants and of a full report Of the
oral examinations conducted in the pre-
sence of Prof. Rein.
The Board of Examiners:
Jos. A. Eckstein, Chairman
r. Nix, Secretary. -.
c. A. Hagberg.