New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-01-17
m, WEDNESDAY 1874 WHOLE NU1lBEF $50
g AREFUL REVIEW.
Complete Refntation Of the Charge that
Milne was Treated Unfairly
Good Evidence to Show that his Oompeten.
~ IS not Deep Seated.

cy Is not Deep Seated
. No Trickeryp Resorted to 81 Nix and Eek
stein as asbeen Shamefnlly Asserted.
q Some Unpublished Facts Regarding Mil,
ne's Examination.
! Notwithstanding he was Given Every Op.
portunity and Advantage.
] Ills Failure in Many Important Branches
was Remarkable.
The Board Of Examiners have been
accused of trickery, bull DOING and dis.
honesty. They have aonclu deds to. speak
! for themselves. Read their report on
the manner in which Milne was treated
when he came here and see If you think
the charges are true. 81:
Editor Review You will confer .
favor by publishing in the next issue Of
the Review the following history and re-
port Of examinations held in September,
iSl893, by the undersigned, who at that
thine constituted the Board of Examiner
Of this district.
q. Fischer, instructor in the high
school and grammar departments, havs
I ing resigned, DR.. Stricken and "a. 3
REIN were appointed q committee to SCI
cure applications for the position. Under
former Boards Of Education, candidates
had been required to submit orig final tes-
Itimonlals, certificates If standing, ETC.;
to file a biographical sketch; to give re-
ferences, etc. These papers were turned
over to the Board Of Examiners, to as
certain whether the candidates in ques-
ton appeared to be qualified to hold the
Limited certificate Of this district. After
the original papers and the Examiners
report had been fully discussed BY the
Board Of Education sometimes several
sessions were held, to obtain additional
llnformation) the selection was made.
For most positions preference was given
to graduates OF ourState normal schools
The examination Of the newly elected
teacher seldom required more than two
or three hours. His complete and auth
entic record was before us; we knew
what work he had done, and how he had
done it; we were generally familiar with
thestanding Of the institution from which
he had graduated. In such cases the ex-
animation was oral; questions we're ask
ed to ascertain whether the given stand
ings required correction; it was seldom
found necessary to change the ratings
brought from our State normal schools.
Five members of the new Board of
Education, DESTROYS of Improving our
schools, were evidently determined to
substitute something better for this old
fashioned method Of selecting teachers.
There were certainly some strong men
among the ~ applicants The one who
had the smallest number Of recommen-
Saations, was chosen. =. S. Koch had a
single recommend ation, a letter from a
1 Mr. Hazard, Of a Minneapolis teachers
1 bureau. Mr.. Hazard could well afford
to write that letter for a commission Of
$45 Is per cent. Of first years salary
T.. s. Koch laimed to be a graduate
4 of some college at Naperville, III.
i where he had taken the degree of B. a.
The Board Of Examiners gave him three
i weeks time to file his diploma, certif-
q Gates Of standing, teachers certificates
original commend ations, etc, intend
ing to give him the usual oral examina.
/ ton if his papers should be found salts.
factory. The Board Of Education was
notified IN writing that the examination
would be held Sept. S. Koch was
i in the city Sept. 4 but stlickler kept
him away from the Examiners by inform.
1 ling him tha It he would be examined Sept
The Board Of Examiners met again
Saturday Sept S. Koch appeared
4 before Us Withont dip ma, thout Ger.
Itifcates ana testimo nlals IN short, with
out any papers VII atever. He had AZ
old catalogue Of some institution, il
which he had entered his standings OPP
4 posite The branches studied aby him. He
asked Us 70 accept those percentages -
lieu Of an s animation This We refused
] ||sto do. By Stric ler' Gee the time
Ileft for Iexa minat ion before the opening
Of schools Io1a - Sep. had ben
4 Ireduced q ! sing Is as u decid slto
\ IS anime orallI inning
i Koch as ~ M