Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-02-26

will Ue nominated Tor President !
on the Republican ticket. Now |
see if he don't.
Now let us hope that the South
and West may unite for self-pres-
ervation. Let all former party
differences disappear and let LIS
all Join hands to save our homes
and liberties.
We have been spoken to more
than a dozen times lately III re-
gard to the article in the Janu-
ary Hammer rejecting on the
Willmar High School Board, and
asked our opinion about it. Now
while we do not wish, as an out
slider, to criticize either party, a
few statements OF facts us they
appear on the surface to a man
up tree, may not be inappro-
pirate. The following from the
Hammer contains the obnoxious
language referred to:
| "Mr HillebOe is proud of the village
and some of it's institutiOns-nOt
least of it's High School-but he is
ashamed of it's High School board.
When he hears that this board keeps
up an Anticipated form of teachers
examinations now discarded by
nearly all other high schools, when
he hears that in addition to examin-
ing all teachers employed by it the
board Furthermore tries toinsult pro-
spective principals by making them
give sundry secret promises, such as
not to take any part in politics or re-
ligion, or tiirt with the girls, etc;
when he hears this reiterated again
and again from various parts OF the
state, he feels that the Willmar school
board is the laughing stock among
the school men OF Minnesota and he is
heartily ashamed of it. Other citi.
zens Of Willmar would feel the same
way about it if they only knew the
rumOrs aflOat about the unique con.
Germ called the Willmar High School
Board.''
Now observe, Prof. HiIleboe
does not make any positive as
sertions except in regard to one
thing, the state of his mind, to-
wit: that he is ashamed of the
Willmar High School Board
The Hammer goes ON and gives
the reasons why he is in this
state of mind, thus: when he
hears that this board keeps NJ
an Anticipated form of teachers
examinations, etc., =
, When he hears that in additio,
, to examinations, ETC., + + +
When he hears this reiterated
again and again, etc, ETC., hi
. feels that the Willmar High
school board is the laughin!
!, stock among the school men o
i Minnesota and he is hearth,
y ashamed of it,
/ It is evident that the Prof's
e state of mind in regard to tin,
;. school board is based entirely OF
q :. what he has heard, ''rulnor
/ afoat' heard by him but mo-
: known to other citizens Of Will
s mar. Evidently some person O
+ persons who have u g1.udg
j. against the board, have set ul
savory ''rumors afoat" abou
the board. The Prof. hearin.
{ these rumors and believing thel,
! true, got ashamed Of the board
and hence the articiein the Ham
mer. If we had an opinion t,
offer in this matter it would b.
! this: the school board shoul(
pay no attention to baseless I'll
mors atioat but go on and d,
, their duty as heretofore. and tn
! Prof. or anybody else for tina
, matter, that has the welfare o
the Willmar school ut heart
should when hearing rumors de
rogatory to the schools circulat
! ing, ascertain the facts in TIN
case before mentioning to any
: body and especially before put
, ting them in print. The Prof
= admits that he is proud of tn
High School,. The success of tn
! school appears to us to he tn
best proof OF the efficiency of tn
board. We can hardly believ
that the school men of Minneso
. ia base their opinions of schoo
boards on merely floating I'll
: mOrs.
While We agitate for reform il
economi; legislation for the bet
: terment of the producers, farm
y ers especially, we should not fol
s get the reform at home in on
;, private business management
e Many farmers hereabout Ow)