St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1894-05-05
OfRelai Proceedings of KEOnrd
OfseIO0I Directors.
oPELousAs, May lst, 1894.
All members present.
Minutes of last meeting aunravad

UPELousAs, May lst, 1894.
All mem bers present.
Minutes of last meeting approved.
On motion of DIR. G.. A. M Cooke. any
qaallfled pupil shall have the privilege
or entering any grammar grade school
in the parish, Opelousas and Washing.
| ton included. Q
The following report received from
trustees of High School and OpeIousas
schools, and on motion of NJ, r., Wilson.
the action Of trustees is approved, to-wit
To the Honorable, the Board Of Direc-
tors Or the Public Schools of St. Ian
dry, State of louisiana:
The undersigned Board of Visiting
Trustees of the st. Landry High School.
ana the public schools Of the town of
Opelousas, respectfully beg leave to re-
port that on the 26th day of February.
A. u. 1884, they met at the High and
Public school building in the town Of
OpelousaS, at the request of our fellow
citlzen, Robert Milstead, who complain-
ell ssl lnat ms son, Ohm Milstead, (who al
Jhough not living within the corporate
limits OF the town of Opelousas) had
been received in the public school AZ 4
student thereof; that he had been. only
few days before, cruelty whipped bv
Prof. Geo. w. Jack, a teacher in said
school, for which he thought the Prof.
eensurable. We met at the school build
OF complaint, and in doing SO had the
benefit Of the presence Of Mr.. Robert
Milstead, to whom we accorded full per-
mission to examine the children who
came before us as witnesses. We heard
all their statements. We then heard
those OF the Professr, Geo. w. Jack, and
arrived at the conclusion that he was
not at fault for having castigated Mr..
Milstead's son. Mr.. NJ. declared to us
that If his boy SO misbehaved at school
as TO deserve chastisement, he alone
would administer it; and that he would
not allow teachers to do it. Another
cause OF complaint was that the Profes-
sor had thrashed him on the streets with
buggy whip, The proof was that the
cnlld was ia the street at the corner Of
the school house square with other chill
dren about him, as they were all leaving
the school in the evening, and that the
lad III question was cursing the Profess
sor and loudly saying what he would
do il ne, the Professor attempted to whip
nm, The Professor approached him,
and having nothing else to use, did take
the buggy whip and gave him d few
sharp raps across the front part of his |
thighs. The boy left cursing and de-
him III outrageous Language. !
audible far and near.
For this the superintendent, DIR. V. X.
Irion, expelled him from the school. We |
lOtlIId +ii1G bDS . e0UulcI not ONLY gRry /
to the Professor, but cal |
culated, if tolerated, to disorganize the |
school, and to result in causing the par I
ents Of other children to keep them out /
Of it. We thought, and respectfully
that as the law of the public
schools places children under the care
and government of the teachers from
The time they leave the parental roof
until they return to it; they ffhe chill
iren) should be required to conduct
themselves in an orderly manner and
70 respect the teachers, who are thus
placed in the shoes OF their parents. We
we're satisfied that the conduct of the
ad, John Milstead, was uncalled for, in
sxcusable and justly punishable. We
therefore approved the action of the su-
oerintendent in expelling him, but pro.
fided, that il the boy would come for.
ward at some time and apologize to the
Professor for his censurabIe conduct. 1t
would be proper to receive him hack in
he school. This the father declares he
hall never do.
We regret the occurrence and sincerely
rust that, after anger shall have auiss
ided, and rejecting Judgment shall /
lave enabled the father to see and to
ppreciate the absolute necessity of
trict discipline and respectful obedience
n the partof children, without " i;eh no
chool can be kept up or accomplish any /