The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-30
SUED BY MISS SUE
SHE ASKS FOR A MANDAMUS IN
DISTRICT COURT.

She Thinks She is Entitled TO Certificat
to Teach on Her Examination Paper
and Wants the Board to Give Her On
her Father, the Ex-Assistant Attor
tendent Mackey Alleges That She VIC
lated the Rules of Examinations and
Hence Can't Demand a Certificate.
Miss Sue Campbell made application
for mandamus in the district conr'
yesterday TO compel County Superlh-
tendent Charles ]. Mackey, o. W. Jones
and A. D. Taylor to issue her a certifi-
rate to teach in the public schools OF
this county. The gentlemen named
constitute the board Of examiners fo1
the teachers Of the public schools OF
Sedgwick county. Miss Campbell alleges
thet she was duly examined and passed
the examination provided by law and
hence is entitled TO a certificate. The
certificate, in reality, has not been re-
fused her but the board of examiners
postponed granting it until the August
meeting at which time they will decide
on certain matters touching her quail
fcation to teach school Miss Camp
bell is the daughter of ex-Assistant At
torney General W. P. Campbell and her
father is her lawyer.
The mandamus case will be heard
next Wednesday and Superintendent
Mackey and his colleagues viii be rep
resented by County Attorney John
Davis.
The mandamus by Miss Campbell sets
forth that having passed the required
examination she is entitled to the Ger
tiicate now and that August would be
too late for her to get a school or make
contract for one.
The board of examiners will claim
that Miss Campbell, in her examintion,
violated rule Z Of the conditions under
which the examination was held and
that as penalty for such violation the
person taking the examination shall be
barred from a grading. Rule says:
Giving or receiving aid, or commune
cation in any form, is strictly forbid
den. The papers Of any person so Of
Tending will be subject to no grading"
1t appears that in a difficult question
Of mathematics Miss Campbell wrote a
note 10 another party in which she ask
ed for said party to tell her how the
question could be answered-the prob
lem solved. This was a plain violation
Of rule Z. superintendent Mackey has
the note sent by Miss Campbell asking
for the information and he says that
she acknowledged having written it.
This is not the only ground upon
which the certificate has been withheld.
There We're some complaints sent to Su-
perintendent Mackey from school di-
rectors at Baynville, where Miss Camp
bell taught, in which they said she used
to go to country dances while teaching
school there. These complaints, how
ever, We're sent in long before the ex-
aminations were held.
Mr.. Mackey acknowledges being in
an embarrassing situation. He does not
wish to be placed in the light Of doing
anything against the young lady's pur-
suit of her profession and yet he thinks
II he allowed the rule of examinations
10 be broken and one applicant to help
another to pass, that the entire system
would fall TO the ground and the public
and school directors would have no con-
hdence in it,
All the facts in the case will doubt
less be brought cut in the hearing of the
case next Wednesday, and
Mr.. Mackey seems to be confident that
Judge Dale will not issue the man
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