The evening times., 1897-06-28
MISS PITTS And MIR. LANE
Friends of the Teacher Continue TO
Criticise the Principal.
Various Charges Made by Them
Against Hin Explanations Re-
gardIng the Accusations.

The Indignation of the part sans OF Miss
Pitts continues at a hgn pitch beca :'Se
Of that lady's removal fIum tn" position
of teacher in the high School. Her friends
trace tht. mp!eaSantnesS between Frinci-
cal Lane and Miss Pitts 10 a date soon
after tue death OF Principal Fanl. They
maintain that IL was the habt of Princl-
pal Paul To hold teachers meet ngs IN HiS
office, where all were equal, tut taat
PunciUal Lane holds these meetings IN
q classroom, whele he occupies a sat n a
pIatform, willie the teachers occupy the
pupils seats. They ChaIge that seats aIe
no longer reserved for the teachers on The
platform during commencement exercises.
IT Is also cha1geJ that the teachers have
not been sustained IN matters of discipline
l,y the principal. Al one of the facIity
meetings Teacher Mullen proposed system
by wnichthe students would receive - man, /,
dement's tor each infringement OF the
rules. and when certain ruuher of de-
merits lad been reoei-'-d, the often der
should he dIsu i>scd. pT Lane opposed
this. Miss rUt, favored - did other
tea,h,r> TIL" plan wa, adopted = IS
charged tHat 10. Lane d.d his utmost Ia
prcvcnt the application of this Iulc, AMI
that tleIc WAS bad tIuoa iety-cyu ilr. Lane
and Miss ptti> ium that time.
Daring the Teachers Bazaur held for ihe
bencfi; oT the Teachers Ala and Annuity
Society Swori was donated. which was
e. 20 TO the most popular il@h cho"l Cadet
officer. II is charged that Principal Lene
circulated books containing votes, these
votes 10 Toe ,cid al 10 cents each. Miss
Pitts protested against thS on moral
grounds. declaring that the purchase cf
votes was "A bad thing TO Ice practiced hy
American youth
The friends uT Miss Pitts cit". as an in
Nuuation against tie management OF the
High school. that the colonel OF cadets :
receives from The Government $3.50 an
nuaIly aud that ne is required t. promise
before assuming command that he viii
turn this salary over 20 siajor Ross.
Prinriral Lane was seen last night. He
said tina; during the incuubency Of Prin-
cipai Paul there were thirteen teachers at
she High School. There are now forty-twu.
The office OF the principal L. about twelve
feet square. For these reasons the teach
er>' meetings are now held in one 0f the
VIdSS rooms.
Where large number OF teachers come
together theyare apt to express di~approval
Of certain rules for the government of
tie schools. These matters are wituin the
jurisdiction of the board of trustees and
such rules as that body prescribed must he
followed by the teachers.
when the board % trustees asserted 80
the proposition to raise money for the
Teachers Aid and Annuity society, 10y
means Of Teachers Balaar, various plans
for realizing money were discussed. II
was decided by the board of trustees that
no rafting of articles would bee permitted
Many things were contributed 10y the nie:-
cnants Of Washington. Tho question OF
disposing Of these articles on the vote
plan was discussed and decided to be :,
legitimate way of raising money.
Principal Lane stated that the colonel
of the High school cadets j. allOTed $500
a year. and that this is paid 60 prill In
Struotor RoSs There are four instructors.
Instructor Ross. the colonel. the lieutenant
oolrncl aud ma jOr. The colonel and
lieutenant colonel had 20 tBo dfill only X hen
the cadets drilled a. a regiW",it I he ma ior
instructed only when a battailsn was being
put through The company instruction fell
upon Major Ross No man before assuming
command OF the cadets was made TO
promise that he would turn his salary over
to Major Ross The salary was turnedover.
though This fact was known to the board
Of school trustees. and had been passed
upon 10y the auditor Of the Treasury for
the War Department.