Evening journal., 1896-02-29
Root Out rhis Evil.

doubY rclieI wren the next municipal
election rolls around and The people will
have az opportunity to remove from the
board this disturbing element and elect
In It's stead q man who has no spite to
crafty; no axe to grind, and no friend
who wants Job as principal Of the High
School.
Dr. Crumbaugh's case is now In. he
has had his private detective; his IN
manly espionage; his legal adviser and
his Witnesses, and yet with all these
agencies he has not succeeded In sub
stsntiatlng any of his charges, aud a
Jury in court would render q verdict Of
not guilty without leaving the box and
without hearing q witness for the de-
fense. In short, DIR. Crumbaugh has
proved but one thing. That is, that he
has no leg to stand on, in court or out
Of court.
his FIRST witness was a lad named
Marks. The only thing that be testified
to was that the experiments In the
laboratory were satisfactory to him.
The defense could not have bad better
witness.
Next came Mas Hare. High School
teacher who figured ss a witness In the
prosecution OF charges against a former
principal and who seems to be as much
ofa disturbing element In the school nH
Dr. Crumbaugh Is In the BoSrd. The
worst that she could say Of Professor
- - IIo nd
very often, which made 1t unpleasant
for the teachers. aud that be had not
always treated her well 81 er past record
as a woman calculated to be a thorn in
the side of her superior and a frank
admission that she might be prejudiced,
destroyed what little weight her testi-
mony might otherwise have possessed.
Miss Craig. another teacher, gave
testimony which resolved itself into
question OF veracity between Professor
Berlin and two teachers. whose names
hsve not been made public, be denying
that he bsd made q certain statement
about Miss Oralg's shortcomings and they
declaring that he did make H. In con
clusion Miss Craig declared that, 80 far
as she knew, Professor Berlin had done
his duty to the best OF his ability.
The testimony OF John Neary and David
W. Mcintyre, two students who were
unable to grasp chemistry, Is not worth
considering. It is nothing new for a
scholar to be too dumb or too careless to
learn his lessons and a man must be
reduced to desperate straits when
be Is compelled TO put pupils
ID the stand against their teacher Many
other students have learned chemistry,
Latin and algebra by thesBerlin methods
and II Neary and Mcintyre could not
they should not have held themselves up
to the community as boys willing to
swear to their own mental weakness In
those.pArtlculsr lines.
Miss Pyle Is another souvenir OF the
RAIne trouble and probably knows more
Of that intrigue and the present one than
she would care to confess.
Mrs Lafayette Marks IS mother
whose son did not come upt % tie average
and who WAS put back by Professor
Berlin She has lately come 60 the con-
cluslon that her boy wasunjuslly treated.
Here Is an example OF the parent being
called upon to decide whether or not her
son should have been allowed to graduate
John Whitshead's testimony WAS so
frivolous as not toSbe worth the paper 1t
covered.
Victor Bucher, Harry Muhlhausen, J..
B, Morrow and ]. Irving HoHecker, All
former students, should never have been
allowed on the stand. All that they
could say was that they did not agree
with Professor Berlin In his method Of
teaching algebra and chemistry; and Il
must be borne in mind that they were
pupils called as judges Of principal
In short, the whols prosecution was Z
farce OF the worst description.
The Board OF Public Education has g
duty to perform. It is:
Frst-Tc adopt resolution condemn
ing Dr. Crnmbaugh for employing spot
ter without the authority OF the board,
second-To refuse absolutely TO hav
anything to do with the bin incidental T.
the employment Of such spotttr.
Third-To acquit Professor Bsrlln An'
condemn his prosecutor.
Fourth-To dismiss all High Schod
teaehers who have been concerned In tn
various intrIguss which have been tn
real trouble At the institution Tor man
years, and put In teachers who viii Wor
In harmony with the principal
There are but two elements OF discor'
One is DR. Ceumbaugh, who IS msmb'
Of the board and has his own priTal
reasons for wishing Professor bafl
removed. The teachers make up th
other aud they are the wors
There will nsvsr be a satisfaction
principal until these teaehers are II
moved. They make it their business
intrigue against their principal. Now
the,time to apply the remedy TO the oi
ease Dismiss these teachers; perm
Professor Berlin to have voice IN q
selsotion of bis subordinates; aud
shall have High School In which eve
department will work In harmony WI