New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-01-10
university of Toronto,
Registrars Office.
November 20, 1898.

REGISTRARS Office.
November 20, 1898.
Address Reply to
James Brebner,
| Registrar
I Robert Nix, ESQ.
T City School Superintendent,
New Ulm. Mimi.
Dear Sir:
! I have again made a search re
Mr.. w. A. Milne. I find that in 1885 we
had candidate writing for Junior Ma
| circulation whose name was written VIM
j. Milne. He attended Clinton II. s.
for p years and gave his home address
as ''Blyth." Whether he is the same as
VIM. A. Milne I do not know. If he
has 2nd Glass Certificate, he will have a
certificate issued by our Education De-
Partment. and if he has gone thro' the
Normal School at Ottawa will have a
professional certificate from the same
Department. .,.
'Graduate of a Collegiate Institute"
really means nothing or might mean al
most anything. One who has taken
1st, 2nd or Sd Glass Certificate or passed
for junior Naturalization might cali him
self graduate. We do aot use the
term at all, and only those who nave passed
the Junior Naturalization or the LIST years
examination In Arts can call themselves
undergraduates of this University.
should like you to ask him to present
his Certificate of Naturalization. That
would settle the matter. It can be had
from me by those to whom they belong,
and would compel him to apply to me.
| If he has one, it would be signed and
sealed On a special form by either Alfred
Baker, IL. d. Langton or me.
| Yours very truly,
James Brebner."
The next point taken up and stated
by the chairman was, that Mr.. Milne
made false statement in his application,
wherein and whereby he stated: IT aUas
TOR three gears Principal of the Norwich
Public Schools" Mr.Milne admitted that
ne mad never beenPrincipal of theNorwich
Public Schools. He stated that if he
had known that his application would
be so closely scrutinized by the School
Examiners of this city, he would have
used the article ''a" instead of the article
"the'' IN the above statement incorpor-
ated in his application. The following
statement from Mr.. Mines autobio.
graphical sketch was then read and con-
sldered herewith: "Taught as Principal
of the Quaker St. School, Norwich, Ont.
during 1888. 1889, and 1890" The fol-
lowing postal card was then read and
considered:
"Norwich, Nov. 3Oth, 1898.
W. A. Milne was principal of school
enout two miles from here for about 3
years. and I believe gave good satisfac-
tion-was considered to be god citizen
in every way.
Respectfully,
H. S. Moore,
| Sec. Norwich Public School,"
Mr.. Milne then read an extract from
a letter from one Mr.. Brown of Canada.
which in substance stated that Mr.. Milne
had been principal of school in the
township of Norwich about one mile
from Norwich, and that Mr.. Moore had
admitted to Mr.. Brown that in giving the
distance as two miles he had calculated
the same from the center of Norwich,
Milne permitted the Secretary to read
three pages Of said letter, but re-
fused permission to read the
fourth page and to make any extract
from that letter. Mr.. Milne finally ad-
mitted that the Quaker St. School ESQ.,
called) in which he taught, was located
in the township of Norwich, in district
adjoining to the Norwich Public School
District.
The next point taken up and stated by
the Chairman was the following from
Mines said application: "At my final
examinations my Average in mataurl
science soas 9per cent, in geography
100 per cent, and in history 100 per
cent. Ihave had charge Of advanced,
classes in these subjects for foe years."
Chairman EcKstein stated that he in
| formed Mr.. Milne while he was under
going examination in September last
that he certainly would like to see certi-
Gates of these markings, and that if Mr..
Milne could produce the same, it would
materially shorten the examination: also
that MIR. Milne had shown him letter
transmitting to him these markings, but
had claimed that the same were not in
closed, and had offered to procure them
without delay. Secretary Nix stated that
he had also been shown such letter
(type-written) by Mr., Milne and Mr..
Milne had given him the same explain
alton. It was further stated by the
Chairman that under the resolution Of
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