New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-01-10

regret. It does not provoke anger
to the extent that it does a feeling
Of sorrow, for the methods by which
it was accomplished are for the time
being lost in an acute appreciation
of the great harm thath has been done
and the gross injustice with which as
faithful servant Of the people has
been treated.
During the past two years there
have been many deeds performed in
this city that have aroused a just
sense of the public wrath-many
that have gnawed at the feelings
and good natures of our people in a
manner that will never be forgotten.
But all of them combined have not
left the sting and wrung the public
conscience to the degree that will be
reached by this latest action of "a
body of men who profress to take an
intense interest in the welfare of our
public schools.
The removal of Prof Nix! Who
would have thought that the Board
could so far have forgotten their own
promises, their own manifestations
of regard? Did we not hear them
repeatedly tell the people that Nix
would not be discharged; that they
wanted him to be retained by all
means? Yes, but then, that meant
votes, while underlying it all and re-
ceiving constant nursing to keep it
| warm, was base determination to
remove him at the first opportunity
no matter what might be the out
come. What a pity that the wolf
', must still abound in Sleeps clothing.
Removal of Prof. Nix! That,
then is all that a man is to get
from his fellowmen after long years
of sacrifice and arduous labor. In
return for educational ability that
any other town would be proud Of,
in return for making the schools
under his charge, handicapped as he
was, among the best in the state, in
return for remaining here in order
to perfect his work, when he could
have bettered his financial condition
Eby going elsewhere, in return for all
this he is to be rudely removed un-
der the lying pretense that he had
not done his duty. That is the
gratitude@of ignorance and jealousy
not of men. 1t is the same spirit
that prompts brute beast to turn
upon the hand that has befriended
it.
What is to be the result? For
ten years Mr.. Nix has been at work,
Installing his methods of instruction
into our schools. His assistants in
the work adopted his ideas and have
carried them out with practical sue
cess. The method has proved good
one. Educators throughout the state
have been at loss to account for
the remarkable thoroughness attain
ed in the New Ulm schools. They
have admired and praised it repeat
eddy. And now all of this is to be
changed. Some new man will take
the place of Supt. Nix and he will
have methods of his own, The
teachers will not be accustomed to
them; they will be new to the pupils
The work of ten years will be upset
and materially destroyed. No mat
ter what may be the standing of
Nix's successor it will take him years
to overcome the disastrous results
of Friday nights work. Nearsight-
edness, hatred and disgraceful poll
tics, have, we regret to say over
come public Interest and struck a
terrible blow. Men, either incap-
able of knowing what they do, or
else married to the role of envy and
meanness, have reeked their re-
venge by making the children suffer
Isn't it a shame that our most sacred
institution, the strength of our Re
publican principles, can be made a
plaything of men who do not love it
Creatures who boast of what they
are going to do for the sake of votes
and act only in deceit and revenge:
There is no danger that los. A