The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-15
SCHOOL SOCIETIES AGAIN
CAUSE MUCH DISTURBANCE IN HILLH0USE HIGH SCHOOL.

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 The Committee on Special Instruction Be- | gan an Investigation of the Class Election | Trouble Last Evening--1ho Details Told to the Committee--The Matter to be Faliy
 Investigated-Afraid He Would be Ex- l peIled if He Cast the Tie Vote.
 | special meeting of the committee ming at the board of education rooms on Center street to investigate the trou- bles in the high school between mem- bers of the Greek societies and those who are not members. The trouble arose over the election of class officers (which was attempted at a recent class meeting. It seems that at that meet ing Principal Thomas offered his ser- vices and those of two lady teachers. Miss Johnson and another teacher, to help preserve order and count ballots. Everything passed off smoothly at the election until it came to a vote for class president, and when the ballots cast for this officer were counted there was found to be tie. Alexander Troup, jr., who was acting as temporary class president and chairman of the meeting, arose and was about to cast the tie vote when he was prevented from doing so 1 by Principal Thomas. Some one then proposed that the meeting adjourn, but MT. Thomas also prevented this. Sev- eral ballots were taken, but nothing definite was arrived at until MT. Thom- as had the class pass out the door, one member at a time, and had each mem ber tell his choice. This resulted in d vote of 81 for Kearney, the society can- didate, 50 for Conlan, for Bartholomew Ghese two non-society mem and blank 4, while the previous tie vote had re- suited in 63 each for Kearney and Con- Ian, with 2 for Bartholomew. The point raised by the non-society pupils was
 that MT. Troup should have been a,- lowed to cast the tie vote when this tie vote occurred, as it had been previously decided to let plurality elect.
 | At last nights meeting there were present, besides Messrs. Manson, Con- nor and Morgan, members of the con-
 mittee, Principal Thomas, Miss John- son, another lady teacher. and the same pupils of the lligh school who appeared before the board last Friday evening. After the meeting was called to order Alexander Troup, jr., was called upon to state the case to the committee and | did so in a very clear manner. He said that the reason why he did not cast the tie vote according to parliamentary rules was because MT. Thomas forbade him to do so and quoted an action of Iex-Speaker Reed in the national house in similar case. MT. Troup also said
 that some time previous to this the ne- cessity of discipline had been impressed
 upon the school and the pupils were told that any infringement of the au- thority of the teachers or other breaks Of discipline would cause the summary dismissal of the offender, so that under
 those circumstances he was 10th to run
 the chance of losing his diploma. MT. Troup was then asked by MT. Manson what had been the custom in previous
 class elections in cases of the sort, and replied that he did not know. When asked if the class had voted for 8 plu- rality to elect, he said that it had voted to elect a secretary in this way and had then elected the other officers in this
 way until it came to the election of a president.
 Several other non-society men were then called upon and all reiterated what MT. Troup had said.
 MT McKiernan, a pupil belonging to
 a society, who was present, was asked l to tell what he knew of the affair and told nearly the same story, but thoughs that Principal Thomas was right in not permitting the tie vote to be cast.
 l Mir Troup then told the committee lthat he thought the committee should authorize him at once to cast the vote, as he had parliamentary right to do
 at the class meeting, but which he was prevented from doing.
 MT Thomas denied much that MT.
 Troup said and stated that he would not have even permitted the meeting to adjourn even had he been compelled to lock the door to prevent the pupils ! from leaving.
 Miss Johnson told her version to the Icommittee, speaking from notes.
 No final action was taken by the conn.,
 mitltee last evening in regard to the matter and after all evidence had been
 heard MT. Manson, the chairman. an- lnounced that the committee would thor oughly sift the allegations and it might
 take some time, so that no decision could be reached for perhaps two or three weeks. He then told the boys that whatever the decision was they should respect Principal Thomas and obey him at school as usual.