Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-02-09
AN OUTBREAK OF coxEYIsn.
Interesting Meeting Of the Board of
Education.

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pills oil the High School.
1t appeared that Mr.. Phil Sayles
was chaperone OF the said grievances
but when called upon to state them,
they were SO very vague as to be ut
terly intangible. Some OF the young
lady members OF the senior class had
arrived at the sage conclusion that
they had not passed the mid-winter
or intermediate examination, and
wanted to know what they 0he afore-
said young ladies' were going to do
about it. That was the laborious task
which Mr.. Sayles undertook to per-
form and succeeded in duplicating the
effort of the king of France-he
marched up hill (of his own con-
struction) and then marched down
again. He wanted Prof. Carman to
come forward with his defense when
in the same breath he assured the
Board there was no charge. Finally
Mr.. Carman stated that he had not
examined all of the papers of the class
and did not himself know what the
result would be.
The Board called on any and all
who were dissatisfied to express then,-
selves fully and freely. Failing to
elicit as full a response as was desired
all of the members very tersely in
formed all present that SO far as they
could see Mr. Carnnan had only done
his duty and that they would sustain
him in his effort to elevate the grade
of the school and eliminate the too
common practice of imparting and re-
ceiving assistance at the examinations;
they intended that hereafter a diplo-
ma should be a token of merit.
Mr.. Grozinger especially impressed
upon the young ladies the Importance
OF study. He told them in his plain,
blunt manner that they would better
go to work and make up for lost time;
that they could not expect to pass an
examination unless they applied
themselves diligently. 1t was good
advice and should be needed.
About this time two of the young
ladies rose and informed the Board
that if they failed they would not
blame Prof Carman Others thought
some of the questions in geometry
and chemistry were too difficult, but
were soon convinced that if they had
given more attention to the text, those
questions might have been simple as
others.
The sticking point finally develop
ed to be fear that the present failure
would prevent graduation or promo
ton this year; but when informed by
Mr.. Carman that they still had fair
opportunity to make their grade il
they would apply themselves, more
hopeful feeling prevailed.
While on this subject we wish to
state plainly that whenever the pupils
of the school and the parents of those
pupils come to realize that Prot. Car
man and not Prof. Cox is principal;
that Prot Carman is not responsible
in the remotest degree for the dismis-
sal of Prof. Cox; that he is a gentle
man in every sense OF the term and
is entitled to the respectful treatment
that should be accorded every gentle
man; that he has been and will be
sustained by the Board, then the
trouble that has been such an injury
to those fomenting it will cease.
The unmerited abuse that has been
ieaped upon Prof. Carman is a dis
grace to the community. He has
borne it all patiently preferring to
struggle on, fully realizing that the
time would come when the foodgates
of vituperation would be clogged and
even those who had been most ready
to accept and circulate the calumnies
would tire of their vocation and per-
chance realize that they had wronged
one who was earnestly striving for
their good.
We believe the meeting together Of
teacher and pupils before the Board
had good effect and the Board ex-
poets to hereafter receive better reports
from the school. The close observer
can discern that the poison which has
been so assiduously instilled into the
minds Of the pupils is being dissipated
that Coxeyisin is passing into disre-
pute, and that brighter and better
era is dawning upon the school Let
pupils, teachers, the Board, and pa
irons labor with but one object in
view-to make the schools a credit to
the community. Let petty jealous
les and spites be eliminated. Let
there be, as Mr.. Grozinger said, more
work and less play and then the most
obdurate will be able to realize that
the Board acted wisely in making
the change
FRENCH WIT AND WISDOM.
All truths are not to be uttered; still
it is always good to hear them. -
Nine. du Deffand.
Wisdom is to the soul what health
is to the body.-De Saint Rial.
Thought is the first faculty of man
to express it is one of his first desires;
to spread it, his dearest privilege -
Raynal
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