The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-06-27
Here Are Plain Charges Against
His Record.
AN INQUIRY IS DEMANDED
Guilty of Many Acts That Form Sc
riOus Breaches of Discidline,
Honorable Conduct, Etc.

The Astorian this morning desires to
call the attention Of the school board Of
this city to It's attitude concerning Mr..
Jackson, at present principal of the Cedar
Street School, which institution has de-
servedly, up to the present year, held
a very high reputation for the attain
ments of its scholars and the efficiency
of its teachers
The Astorian states FIRST that Mr..
Jackson is a man totally untitled 20
perform the duties of a schoolteacher in
this or any other city.
b. SECOND-That since he took charge of
the Cedar Street School serious accusa-
tions have been made against his official
conduct, which accusations have never
been investigated by anybody or denied
by himself.
THIRD-That Mr.. Jackson is incompe-
tent and unable to mark an examination
paper correctly.
FOURTH-That week ago he was
caught in a fiagrant attempt to impose
upon three other school principals, by
the classification of the markings on ex-
animation papers, and that he would
make no explanation of his action when
called on by all of them respectfully to
do so.
FIFNTH-That, instead of correcting ex-
animation papers himself, he has ordered
certain of his pupils to mark the papers
of other pupils, and that, when they
marked such papers correctly, giving
them the exact averages they were en-
titled to, Mr.. jackson has deliberately
falsified such markings and told the pu-
pills who marked the papers to keep quiet
and say nothing about it.
SIXTH-That he has forwarded pupils
into grades where they are unable to-
keep up with their fellow pupils by rca-
son of promotion that they were never
entitled to.
SEVENTH-That parents of children
attending the class taught by Mr.. Jack
son are absolutely dissatisfied with their
apparent progress, and state openly that
they are no farther advanced than they
were year ago.
EIGHTH-That Mr.. Jackson's example
is in every way perniciou5 to children
coming in contact with him, and that DUP
ing the past month he has been guilty of
serious breaches of propriety that the
Astorian is able to prove: For example,
the Astorian has been especially request
ed to notice the fact that this man Jack
son, holding a high position In the pub
lie schools of this city, not only failed
to attend the funeral of one of the most
respected citizens and school directors
Astoria ever had, Mr.. ]. p. Dickinson,
but actually stood picking his teeth on
the sidewalk as the procession passed
by and then turned and walked in an op-
posite direction.
NINTH-That Mr. Jackson dare not
produce before the board the thirteen ex-
animation papers he handed to his three
fellow principals in his rooms last week,
providing that any outside party named
by this paper Is there at the time to
question him about them.
TENTHLThat any committee of un-
prejudiced school teachers of this city
will find on examination dozens of Mr..
Jackson's pupils unable to answer sim
pie questions that should be known in
grades where such school children have
been promoted to.
ELBVDNTH-That the Astorian stands
ready and willing to prove every charge
here stated If the board is willing to
allow 1t to do so.