The herald., 1895-09-07
BLUM IOBE Investigated
The Rabbits Assignment Is
Hung Up
Mr.. GARLAND Makes charges
He and Director Pitman Get
Into a Wrangle
THE LATTER'S INSINUATI0NS
Professor Gates Accused Of Uttering
FaIsehoods
THE LATTER'S INSINUATIONS
None Of the School Board Care to Serve
as Investigators
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The board OF education, in adjourned
again refer the matter of the purchase OF
a school site in the Fifth ward to the city
council. The subject csme up on
motion to place on file the communica-
tion of the council asking that the board
recede from its former position in the
matter.
The board adopted the report Of the
teachers committee assigning the differ
ent teachers of the various schools
throughout the city to their permanen t
stations during the coming school year.
The full list is published in another col
umn.
The following was submitted:
Your CON m ttee on visiting and jani-
tors recommend that vacancies be de-
clared in the office of janitor at the Oasco
and Tenth street schools, and that Mrs.
V. r. Sawyer be elected ianitor at the
Casco street and Mrs. Dorothea Carlson
ianitor at Tenth street.
The above was adopted. The two
vacancies filled were created by the re-
fusal Of janitors previously elected to
qualify.
Director Garland in bringing before
the boardithe old subject of the French
teacher in the high school made apollo
gies in his predatory remarks for any
thing personal which he might say. Gar
land then began public statement Of
the whole trouble from start to finish, de-
taiiIng how andiwhy Miss Whitney, the
old:Frencn teacher, had been dropped
and Rabbi Blum appointed. Director
Garland made several innuendoes not ex-
actly com plimentary Ito Chairman Pit
man of the teachers committee, accusing
the latter, among other things. of having
committed several breaches of faith.
Director Garland charged Rabbi Blum.
by intimation. with divers immoral acts
claiming that the reverend gentleman
had been paid $3.50 by his congregation
to resign his position as Hebrew pas
tor, the reasons for which resignation
having been considered such as ought not
to,be made public. II have the evidence
in my pocket" concluded Mr.. Garland
''that makes it certain to my mind. at
least, that DR.. Blum is not the pro per
person to teach French or anything else
TO class of from sixty to seventy-fve OF
the best young ladies in the city,
"If whas Mr.. Garland says of Rabbi
Blum is true, or if half of it is true, the
gentleman is certainly not fit man to
teach in our Schools" was the
reply to this. ''The statement that
/ ain or ever was under any obligation,
political or otherwise. to DR.. Blum is alb
solutely untrue. He did on several occa-
sions visit mylhouse, as did Miss Whitney.
and as did 100 or 800 other teachers. l
have not seen Mr.. Blum for over six
weeks. He is out of the city, l under
stand. I and the teachers com mittee
with me will as soon as Mr.. Blum returns
interview him and if what has been
charged is true we will compel him to re-
sign. I have been honest and conscien-
tious in this matter and l want to ret-
crate here, that Professor Gates did res
port adversely against the qualifications
of Miss Whitney. no matter what Gates
may say now to the contrary"
Director Simonton stated that he had
not been present when the teacher vf
French was elected. He is a member of
the teachers com mittee and expressed
himself last night in favor, when the
selection was made ana also at this time,
of Miss Whitney. He thought that DR..
Blum, if permitted to teach French.
would in about two months bably
think it advisable to resign.
Director Fulton accused Rabbi Blum oi
speaking French with German accent,
and German with a French accent. and
of speaking English with a combination
accent of the other two languages.
Director Grubb suggested that Blum
be for the present dropped from the rolls
as teacher, and that special committee
to investigate the charges affecting his
moral character be referred to a special
committee of three for investigation.
Director Pitman again denied whaI
he considered an insinustion by Garland
branding it as absolutely false. Nr. Gar.
land made to Director Pitman the amendt