The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02
SHENANDOAH SCHOOL MATTERS.

SHENANDOAH SCHOOL MATTERS.
A Manly Defence of the Action of Directors
of That District.
Communicated
EDITOR HERALD The action of certain School
/ Directors in appointing qualihed' instead OF an
/ i1,xperienred music teacher for the Shenandoah
/ Public Schools has naturally aroused the enmiy
of % few narrow-mindod and disappointed per
sons who would sacrifice everything TO sell inter
est i'm the placing of instructors in our admirable
school system But happily in this instance de.
sire to be just backed 10y precedent and state
law saved the fearless and Consclghuou7 4lIeJ-
tors the humiliation of stulutying their manhood,
and opposing the wishes OF their constituents .
who Overwhelmingly endorse the Judgment oXer-
cised in the particular case Slurs and innuendos
/ nrorupted bv defeated selhshness, have APP
pcarcd from time to time in Potsvile paper
with the object of creating disatecuon among
/ the few who do not fully understand the motives
/ which led to the satisfactory result attained
The constpated ideas and venom exhibited by
/ this spleneuc correspondent may as wei receive
7 am auGdote now as az any tu,dre time. Directors
who have the moral backbone to stand by heT
! convictions, and not be swayed by those who are
endeavoriug to advance personal interest at the
/ expense of our school children do not deserve TO
/ be ibeled and malgned 10y party OF midnight
politicians who would cheertully violate estab-
/ lished customs and law in their efforts to gam
Believing in the principle that economy, JUS
tice custom and State law should govern the ac-
tions of School Directors in the hllng OF vacan-
| Cies in our corps of teachers, we feel satisfied
that this principle has been adhered to in TINS
| case. The selection we made was clearly IN line
with the old established rule Of promoting any OF
| the old corps of teachers to higher positions
when they present the proper credentials. surely
no right-thnking person can see any vindicuve-
! ness in such a course. No wire-pulling, political
| influence or other pressure would be suthcient to
prevent upright men from carrying out such a
policy. The people who elected us gave us credit
for possessing at least the common instincts OF
manhood, and we shall continue in all our future
actions, as in the present case, to Justify the es-
innate placed upon us, the idle vaporings and
mouthings of disgrunted people to the contrary
| Notwithstanding
our defence if any is needed, for doing what
was eminently just and proper, may be summed
up as follows:
an inexperienced person to fill a responsible
position especially when we have no less than
TWENTY-FIVE '22 tried and Competentreachers from
our old corps who could give us inhmtely oetteI
2. It would be direct violation of the law
with penalty of loosing the State appropriation,
.or about sIgooo.oo to elect music teacher VINO
lacked the necessary certificate OF qualification.
. 3. Acertihcate is the only and safest guide III
, / controlling the selection of teacher.
A. The election of Miss Wasey to the position
made a vacancy in the corps of teachers which
we could fill from the ranks OF "a ola eaPPffamllls PPf nus
all graduates Of and holding Normal school Ger
tihcates. -Four of them have been knocking at
our doors for four years, How unjust II would Ds
TO shut them out, and take up an inexperienced
person on first application.
+ g. We allowed the light of reason to enter into
our deliberations and not views evolved IN the
I clouded atmosphere of midnight resorts
o. In promoting from our rank and hle and MI,
4 ing the vacancy caused thereby, with Normal
graduate we save to the School District the mod
5 est sum of $4,000.
Is this economy right or should we have squan-
! dered this money.
fl l., we @ ueiIoE - ~ - 20 80 - - r,7t,tb when ,ye
s can secure an experienced Normal graduate at
$500. " .,.
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