The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-06-01
CHARGES SUSTAINED.

that E. L. Bryan was neglecting
his duties; that he was not visit
the several schools of the county
as required by law, also, that he
had neglected to make financial
report last June as required by !
law. These statements were true
and the GAZETTE will prove them
to the entire satisfaction of every
voter in the county.
The law states that the school
superintendent shall visit each
school of the county at least once
a year. During the year 1898,
district No. 90, two miles west
of Corvallis, was not visited at
all. Two weeks ago he came out
there, arrived at II o'clock and
in order that the children might
see His Honor the teacher con-
tinued the school for ten or
fften minutes during the noon
hour. The school in Fairmount
remained unvisited altogether,
so it is claimed by residents of
that precinct, until the board of
directors demanded a visit from
him, when he made them a call.
A district only two three miles
south of Philonath has received
none of his valuable attention
during the past year. Another
district in Blodgett valley has
remained unvisited. 1t is claim
ed that other schools have also
received none of his attention.
Two departments of the Corvallis
: public school in this city have not
been entered by the superinten-
dent during the present Scholastic
year. Other grades have been
visited by him for a space of time
: varying from ten minutes to an
hour. At the principals room he
had made two calls.
In the county there are between
fifty and sixty districts. Provid-
ing he has paid the same atten-
ton to each as he has to those
mentioned-from ten minutes to
an hour-the average time spent
at each school would be about
! thirty minutes, or all told thirty
hours. But this is not all he did.
He held an institute in Corvallis
a couple of weeks ago. The law
: says these annual institutes shall
be held for three days but Bryan
didn't care about the law, you
! know, so just held it two days.
4 He also held local institute in
! Phi1pynath, that must have re-
, aday or two more, besides
Id quarterly exalnina-
aachers, in which work
= er Joe always assisted
t and for whose services the county
t always paid extra. These fou,
a examinations must have required
a at least eight days more. A re-
f capitulation of the time actually
a spent will.show visiting schools
t day and a half, but for good
measure we will be willing to
n call it two days, four days hold
S ing institutes, and eight days ex-
. amining teachers. We now have
| a total of fourteen days spent
during the past year in the dis
!. charge of his official duties, after
: allowing him credit for every.
- thing even to the schools he
+ failed to visit. Mr.. Bryan him
self will probably not claim that
t he has spent over thirty days
eight hours to the day-in this
work, yet his conscience never
n pricks him when he draws his
n monthly stipend of $50 besides
1 $500 or $4oo annually in per-
n quisites. On the proposition that
t he takes thirty days each year in
: which to perform his official
e duties and he receive the same
e amount that he did year ago,
he is paid at the rate of over $50
per day.
: After dilligent search in the
: achives of the county clerk S
= office last week the GAZETTE
. 1nan failed to find Bryan's annual
= report. This he claimed he had
, sent in. and on Saturday evening
/ a piece of paper was found on
which was written, partially in
r ink and partially in lead pencil,
, the following:
, PHILoMATH, Or, June 80, 1898.
HON. w. S. HUFFoRD,
Corvallis, Oregon.
Il, DEAR SIR: Following is statement
/ of money applied to County Schools dur
, ing the year just past:
State Fund. Observation-Disclosures. $9277. so
County Fund. ................... o3o7.4
On the same sheet of paper he
had scraw1ed a bill for services
which he never rendered-and
had been detached and filed with
the bills. The Times says that
the bill was signed ''E. L. Bryan,
Superintendent That sheet