St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-18
TOUCHED HIS TEACHER,
But She Resented 1t and Wanted
an Apology.


A tempest in teapot was innocently
stirred up in the senior class of the high
school last week, which for time seri-
ously threatened to disturb the harmony
of the commencement exercises. but
which calamity was averted by the use
of good Judgment. The tempest re-
ferred TO was precipitated by male
member of the senior class who had
well-dev eloped idea of fun and mlrti,
and who was chosen to compile the
class history just because of this gift.
The offender was George Towler,o of 1919
Thirteenth street south, who unwit-
tingly trod upon tender spot and hurt
the feelings of sensitive person, but
who afterwards made all the reparation
he felt called upon to make.
fowler in his class history hit upon
clever vein, and told the tale of the
wanderings of the class through its
four years of hard school work after the
manner of fairy tale, or the travels of
person in the mythical realm of the
ancient gods. At the recent class night
all Of the seniors and a number of teach
ers were present to hear the wondrouS
tale. Each knew that on class night
revel he might well expect hot shot. or
two, and was prepared for the bits of
sarcasm which fowler Intervene into
his narrative. With one exception the
hot shots were borne i'll good grace. but
IN the following paragraph OF the class
history fowler ran against a stump and
offended the teacher referred to-. Quoth
the class historian:
Having assured the people that our
mission was peaceful one, they offered
to lead us to the palace of their queen.
Emma, daughter of Trevette. We APP
preached the palace and entered the
doorway. l stood astOunded. My hair
stuck in my throat, and my voice stood
on end, and with great reason, for there
stood the queen. in size like unto a Cy-
clopS, and, as / afterward found out,
neither kind in look nor pleasant in word
to those who would not study. But.
nevertheless, o DIDO, there was never
a better or more thorough teacher, or
one more beloved by her pupils"
There was litter when the passage
was read. for it had oddly described the
person alluded to to perfection. But the
laugh of amusement that went around
soon changed to applause, for the entire
class echoed the good words said about
the teacher. Miss Trevette, however,
was grievously offended, and became,
1t is said, extremely angry with unfort-
innate fowler. The latter dlSclaimed all
intention TO wounding the feelings
of his teacher, and said that
before he delivered the history he
read the offending passage to several
people in the class and to one or two
teachers, all of whom assured him Miss
Trevette would not feel offended. This,
however, seemed to have been serious
error, for Miss Trevette demanded an
apology, and it is said essayed to induce
Prof. Greer to call meeting of the
teachers in order that fowler might be
deprived of his graduating honors until
the apology was forthcoming. fowler
declined to apologize. but politely
offered to make an explanation Of what
all called an error, not an insult. The
offended party was shown by her friends
that if an apology were made the offend.
ing passage would have to be reread in
order to show where the offense came in.
The entire class rallied to Towler's
support, and made repeated assurances
to the teacher that the offending speech
was not Intentional. and that no teacher
had been kinder to the class, as a
whole, than she had been. The matter
was finally smoothed over. and Ta~lAs