St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-03

mystic hour of midnight warned the
Jealous patriots that unless a sus-
pension of proceedings was had
shortly, the duty that man owes to nat
ure would be sadly neglected, and it
was then that an adjournment was had
until next Tuesday evening at O'Clock.
Similar to the session of Tuesday after
noon, the meeting was devoted largely
to taking the evidence that the teachers
OF the high school had to present. Some
OF it was favorable to Principal Carman.
while great deal was drastic and a
positive arraignment of the professors
administration of affairs at the school,
The GLOBE has given its readers a
graphic recital of the exciting and
breezy proceedings in the Carman
trial thus far. Supt. Gilbert preferred
set charges. and the charges are
the subject of the inquisition that
is now being conducted. These
charges. it is related, were form
uIated at the instance, in a measure, of
a member OF the board. This board
man has asked for reports upon this and
other matters, and it is probable that
this investigation into the maintenance
of ordinary discipline and the guard
ianship of good morals will be carried
into other than the high and manual
training school.
One of the teachers. it develops, has
questioned the claim that Prof. Carman
ever had thought of securing the
Il - nth
Pennsylvania, and acting upon this idea
has had considerable correspondence
with the trustees of that college.
seemed to the teacher in question
a signal victory of her claim.
The trustees did not know Mr.. Carman,
and this necessitated more explicit ex-
plantations on the part of the principal.
At the time he was rendered an increase
ill his salary from $4,000 to 81 900, be-
cause of the statementof the presidency
offer, the negotiations were entirely
with McGill, who was the retiring pres
ident of the college. He came on to st.
Paul and asked Prof. Carman to allow
him to nominate him for the presidency
at salary largely in excess of anything
that st. Paul could afford to pay. Mr.. Car
man then laid the matter before Albert
Seheffer and other members of the
school board, and 1t was Prof. Brldgman
that introduced resolution in the
meeting of the board making the in
crease In the compensation alluded to,
and he supplemented this with an elo-
Quent and feeling tribute to the worth
Of Principal Carman, stating that the
increase was protfered the man and not
the position.
Under which King?
But the point that Prof. Carmen
esteemed as most worth was a change
in the rules of the board as to the con-
duct of the high school. The high and
the manual training schools were at
this time, and at this very meeting,
merged under the one management, and
Mr. Carman was burdened with the
duties. Moreover, it was his positive uu-
derstanding that the latitude of his
control was largely extended. In SYM
pathy with the spirit of the change the
board created a new standing committee
which was dominated the committee on
high and manual training school. 1t
was the purpose that the principal
should confer with this committee and
that he should choose his own faculty
and the like, and submit the same
to the committee referred to for
approval. All this is claimed as actual
history by the principal. who is now
under the ban of investigation. He was
assured, he maintains with some show
of spirit, that he was Tree to introduce
certain principles that he urged would
result i'll the good of the school. Things
went on swimmingly we'll for a time,
but collision set the faculty on edge,
and investigations galore have spiced
the dry routine of pedagogic life.
j. u. Pyle, an eX-member of the
board, and who was member of the
committee on high and manual training
school at the time the action above de-
Scribed occurred, was one of the wit
nesses that testified last evening. He
was positive the high school was in no
way removed from the domination of
Of the committee on high and
manual training school. Still, he
conceded that the principal was aetu-
ally in charge of the faculty, and could
nominate teachers, as well as to pre-
scribe methods and principles to be OBJ
served i'll the regime of the school. He
also testified concerning the moral at
mosphere-purely upon Judgment. how
ever--that perYades and permeates the
precincts of the high school. But he.
does not want this portion of his evil
dence put in cold type. In other words,
he holds that it should remain the pri-
vate property of the board unless that
organization sees fit to report it for pub
lie inspection.
DIR. Bird gman's Letter
DR.. Bridgman sent a letter to the