The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-22
DISCIPLINE IN THE SCHOOLS.
The Board of Education's Investige-
ton of the Grammar School.

The Board of Education's Investiga-
ton Of the Grammar School.
It was after midnight last night when
the board of education adjourned its
special meeting, called for the purpose of
investigating the discipline in the gram
mar schools in the Chatham academy.
The board met with President Col Mer
Ger, Vice President DIR. Read and Messrs.
Blum, Myers, Tattnall, Arson, Estill, Den
mark, O'Byrne, Saussy and McDonough
in their chairs
Superintendent Baker, to whom was
referred the letter Of Mr. w. H. Adams,
submitted the following report:
The superintendent, to whom was referred
charging Mr. Hartridge with having assaulted
his son, Willie, in the academy yavd on the
18th day Of April, has the honor to make the
following report:
In answer to summons, Messrs. Hartridge
and Adams appeared in the office Of the
superintendent on Thursday. the nth inst.
Mr., Adams introduced three witnesses IN
Guiding his son. After listening carefully to
the testimony and the statement OF Mr..
Hartridge. a decision was reached
based based on the , following r. facts
peared from the testimony that young
Adams had been duly informed by both Col.
Spencer and Mr. Hartridge that 1t was not
proper to 20 TO the faucet after the ringing OF
the bell summoning the boys into line.
Adams, on two previous occasions, had VIC
lated this rule, and had been re-
mentioned he made another attempt to break
the rules, whereupOn Mr. Hartridge took the
cup from him. Adams then made some re-
marks which Mr.. Hartridge regarded as In
sulting. Mr.. Hartridge then slapped him
and on a repetition OF his disrespectful lam
Rusge he put him down, placing one knee on
his head and another on his Oody. Adams,
when in this posture Kicked Mr.. Hartridge In
10 fare Mr. HaTfrilpa did not DENY having
slai ped the hoy's face. Adams voluntarily
offered to make an apology to Mr. Hartridge,
and subsequently did so, which apology Mr.
Partridge accepted as satisfactory. The
superintendent then retnstated him in his
class.
The superintendent decides that at the time
the al ology was made it might have been
proper for Mr.. Hartridge to have stated vol
UNFAIRLY that he had slapped the Toy under
miSapprehenSlon, but that time having
passed he could not without humiliation to
himself and loss of dignity to his position,
ST m non the bog class and make the state
mont under coercion. He, therefore, could
not insist on the requirement. AS the boy
has been restored to his position in his class,
MT Adams should be satisfied. The boy hay
ing been reinstated, the superintendent does
not think he should now be removed from
tins school
MIR. Baker stated that the report, in
substance, had been submitted TO the gen
tlemen interested and they had not OBJ
jected to it.
On motion of Capt. Blum the report was
received and adopted
The principal business of the evening
was then brought up, and the board pro
ceeded to the investigation of the dis
cipline in the Chatham grammar schools.
Col. S, B. Spencer, principal of
school No. l, was the first to
appear He made a statement of the
management of the schools and the dis
cipline of the schoolboYs' yard. He was fol-
lowed by Mr. Julian Hartridge principal
Of school No. 2. After they had made their
statements, several teachers were called
in. There we're about twenty teachers,
all of them ladies, waiting to be called,
but the board decided that they had suffi
cient testimony to arrive at a proper solu-
ton of the matter, and sent them the
pleasant message that they could go to
their homes.
About an hour was consumed by the
members in a general talk on the matter.
The discussion was brought to close by
adopting q resolution that the superin-
tendent formulate the opinion of the
board as expressed by the members pres
ent, and submit the same at the next reg
ular meeting.
The president announced the following
visiting committee for June, namely: j.
r. Saussy, Henry Blum, j. II. Estil, B.
A. Denmark, Randolph Arson, and 7. J.
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