Frostburg mining journal., 1895-08-31
A Missing Reason.

Inc Nlce-prluclpdi OI bedll nlSu
school errs in stating that the JOUR-
NAL has tried to entangle him in "the
Perdew squabble."
He is also mistaken in the assump-
ton that "the outset of his career as a
teacher" is matter which the JOUR-
NAL should permit to stand between
itself and its duty to the public.
Probably his explanation of the sew.
eral declines and falls of Maryland
avenue school are correct, but he
seems, nevertheless, to be fortunate
far beyond his years
l, When his "patrous'-we use his
own word, were Unanimously favor
able to his return" etc.
2, When the School Board pro-
NOTED him in spite of the fact that he
had not asked for the advancement,
and
3, In getting-doubtless also un-
sought-a testimonial so hattering
from the trustees testimonial which,
however, appreciates his character
and attainments as teacher" but
says nothing of his success "as a
teacher" except to "wish" it for HIM
probably at Frostburg, for Mr.. Smith
the most unpromising of all places. 1t
testifies also to Mr.. Smiths "earnest
and conscientious desire to serve them
as a teacher ETC., but it carefully
omits to state as fact that the ''desire'
materialzed at the avenue school.
To the JOURNAL the endorsement"
sounds more like whisper of JOY than
a groan of anguish at separation.
For what the School Board does the
JOURNAL cannot answer. The Board
listened to some factional clamor at
Homecoming to get rid of Perdew, but
evidently wouldn't audit the 'unan-
imous favor of Mr.. Smiths patrons
to retain him. Indeed, it not only
denied the latter an endorsement of
their "favor," but they sent Mr..
Smith, unasked by even himself, to
Frostburg.
To come home. The JOURNAL has
boy just at the critical scholastic stage.
1t understands that this boy will
come under Mr.. Smiths tutelage.
With pre-conceived judgment that
Mr.. Smiths home is not the place for
either his own or his pupils scholastic
development, the JOURNAL has both
general and special reason, each
invulnerable, for not welcoming his
accession to the vice principalship.
And now, feeling that we are to be
a beneficiary-not "patron' of Mr..
Smiths confessedly maiden labors sin
the outset of his career" we have no
hesitation in assuring him that, unless
a better opportunity offers, that boy
will be placed under his charge with
undisguised reluctance.
In conclusion-a close reading of
Mr.. Smiths letter discloses no hint of
the exact reason why he was sent to
his home at Frostburg. Unlike the
trustees endorsement, there is not
enough IN Mr.. Smiths statement to
analyze.
And yet there must have been at
least one reason-a reason suppress
ed, not misstated like that given the
JOURNAL by "the base scoundrel."
In nearly all matters of dispute it is
just as essential that all the truth should
come out on one side as that no lies
should be told on the other.
Hence, we assure Mr.. Smith that he
is perfectly safe in ''relying on the
JOURNAL to publish only the TRUTH
but we want it as unit, not IN vulgar
fractions, such as the disorderly terms,
for instance, which deface his last
paragraph, save one.
Give us, in full, that reason, or
reasons, next time, subject, of course,
to analysis.