New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-02-28

utterly defective knowledge of English
compelled him to read very slowly. The
motion as read was substantially as fol-
lows: "Resolved, that Mr.. Milne be ap-
pointed teacher in the public schools
for the period of one year, at salary of
$50. per month, and that the president
and clerk be authorized to draw up a
contract" The motion was unanimous
ly carried by the four voting members
present of the board of education, and
other business was takenup. Mr.. Scher
er entered the room about 1850 p. m..
before the program regulator in the op-
posite room struck the full hour. Mr..
Scherer did not learn that Mr.. Milne had
been elected until shortly before or after
adjournment.
The minutes containing the resolution
appointing Milne were read and ap-
proved in the meeting held Oct. 6, 1893.
A letter from w. A. Milne was rea6 and
ordered filed in which he thanked the
board for his election as principal of the
high school. Since the resolution as
read and approved contained the phrase
"teacher il the public Schools or words
to that effect, with no reference, by words
or implication, to the high school or
high school principalship, the uninitiat-
ed considered Mines letter simply as
additional evidence of the arrogance for
which he had already become notorious.
MANY Of the visitors present at the meet
ing, thereafter referred to Milne as the
''self-appointed principal of the high
school," Some light was thrown upon
the matter by inspections, made in De-
cember and January, of the minutes of
the board as they now stand recorded.
According to records never officially
read or approved, L. S. Koch Is in a
roundabout way said to have been un-
animously elected principal of the high
school. It is well-known that Koch left
without completing his examination.
The minutes of Sept. 10, 1898 falsely
recorded under date Of Sept. 14) contain
the following resolution, without previ-
Gus or subsequent reference to the posi-
ton to be filed: ION motion of Mr.. H.
Schapekahm the board resolved that Mr..
Milne be appointed for the period of one
school year at a salary of $50 permonth,
and the president and clerk were author
lied to draw up contract" OF course,
no one would think of charging Clerk
REIN with purposely omittins the phrase
"a teacher in the public schoolg' after
tie word "appointed." Mistakes have
been made by more learned men than
Rein, and it is not at all necessary to
assume that the minutes were "doctored."
Our readers, however, will be surprised
to learn that on the strength of this
omission High School Principals Ger
1iticatc was procured for Impestor Milne
Nov. 21, 1898, without examination.
Pres't Northrop states that person who
he had reason to believe was still men,
Der and officer of our board ofeducation,
informed him that Milne was principal
of our high school, and that Clerk REIN
wrote him that. since L. S. Koch had
been appointed high school principal,
the resolution "appointing" Milne with
out mentioning any position, must be
construed as appointing him principal of
the high school. As soon as Supt. Nix
learned of Mines certifcation as igh
school principal without examination or
appointment, he promptly surrendered
his own Principals Certificate to Pres't
Northrop as having no longer any value
in his eyes.
Why did DR., Strickler's newspaper Or
gans, which had so much to say about
certificates and diplomas never held by
Milne, and even paraded extracts from
letters by one G. W. G. Hyde, remain en-
tirely silent relative to the only genuine
teachers certificate of high grade ever
obtained by, or procured for, W. A.
Milne? Is a person who submitted
forged letters and 'copies of testimoni-
als'' whose originals were never written
too modest to let the public know tina
ne holds II. s. Principals Certifcate2
Or was 1t feared that such public state
ment might lead to inconvenient discus
sions of spurious records, and that the
argument which procured said certificate
even if reinforced by letter of thanks,
IS too complicated to be understood by
the unlearned.
(To be continued.)