The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-04-04


come here to make him explain what he
has against my daughter that she should
be so ANONYMOUSLY turned out of her
position, as she was then" J.
Superintendent Whitakeys arose to re-
spond and said my acHbns have been
all right and whatever cqestructionlpther
people have put on thehAto twist theIAf
have nothing to do with it. AtsssHover
may create the impression in the minds |
of the members of the School Board that
l was notified about his daughter beiue;k
selected as substitute. deny enphat#
cally that received any notice whateYsfs
l have an office and my Office hour 6Te !
on Monday and Tuesday morning URtil |
quarter past nine o'clock. They missahBve !
sent notice after that. l failed6t9i see
the messenger But, then, LETTER box
is there and letter could have been
dropped into it So far as receiving notice |
that Mr.. williams had selected Miss Glover |
as substitute, that is not the case In the |
next place, under the rules, have the |
right to select substitutes, and no other |
person has any right tn do that The |
School Board has delegated that power to |
the superintendent, consequently when /
sent Miss Hess there az a substitute was
only doing my duty / have the right to
make this substitution. Now, then, am
not responsible to you, addressing Mr..
Glover)or any other body, for my opinion
in this matter. have put in that school
young lady thoroughly qualified,
who holds certificate from the
State Normal school, and is per-
fectly we'll qualified. I used my
Judgment in putting that teacher there
and, consequently, have done straight
act and any way of twisting this to make
a reflection on your daughter is not of
my doing If Mr.. Williams selected your
daughter, the fact does not carry my
appreciation with it and if 1 have not in
other cases taken action in regard to
teachers in the same way it does not say
have no right to do it now, and you have
no right to say how | shall discharge my
duty as a sworn official of the schools
reflection upon your daughter you
are mistaken. l didn't do it
with any intention of that sort. Some
body said it was on account of a difference
in the certificates. said nothing about
that but to your daughter and If any
claim has been brought on that account
it has been brought by herself. l know
of some reasons why left Miss Hess there
in preference to Miss Glover, but don't
think l am obliged to give all the reasons
why made that selection. am not sup.
posed to be afraid of criticism. l am
supposed to do what is right, and that
have done"
Mr.. Glover reiterated his statement that
notices of his daughters selection as sub.
stitute by Mr.. Williams had been sent to
the Superintendent and added "What
complain of is that Mr.. Whitaker has
permitted this right to place substitutes
to pass. l have not denied that right,
. but do say he has not exercised that
right with any other substitute and that
I think that custom in this case certainly
would have been a very fair one to have
> been followed, and when Mr.. Whitaker
denies that he knew my daughter was
! substituting there, he certainly knew
p it when he went there and saw
\ her teaching that she was there. think
the question, if it was no worse than a
mistake, was at least a grand mistake
because il he had promised another he
: could have said This position is already
4 filed l would ask in regard to his
, statement, saying he didn't say to any
4 one else that she didn't have permanent
f certificate, are all your teachers in 6
+ position to do teaching and substitute P
4 Superintendent Whitaker again arose
, and said, 81 would state that it has been
. the policy of the school district since 1885
and during my term on the School Board
r l know there was motion passed fixing
i. a grade of certificate under which nc
q person would be employed to teach day
a school. Now, as to qualifications in that
q respect, l found certain customs in exist
4 ence when became Superintendent and
@ one of those has been a custom upon
p which your complaint is based. Teachers
were permitted to select their sub
q stitutes when they were sick anC
9 could not find the Superintendent
n or would not have time to find him. So i
n became a custom. Another custom wa
a i this: When in need of evening school
II or extra teachers the Superintendent
Il preceding me had been in the habit o
n issuing certificates to those who leave ou
"a High School to teach for the term, an,
n that is how we issue provisional certih
a Gates, and that is the intention of tn
? certificates 1 wouldn't feel justified, t
n be candid, in placing a teacher holding
. one of these certificates to teach three o
Iv four months; but this is a matter for tn
u board to decide, and not for me"
m Mr.. Glover 81 would like to knoV
f: whether the other certificates are bette
IN than my daughters, which was granite,
At by an examination by the County Super
II, intendent and your own endorsement, o
le have the others better standing in tn
Of eyes of the board would like to knoV
y. why this slur is particularly throw
ar against mine and no one else since th