The sun., 1898-01-25
Charges Of Incapacity and Spite
Against Andrew.
WERE DRIVEN To RESlGNING
Personal Spite the Principal Cause
for the TrOuble..-BOard
Meets Tonight.

NEW ASrLE, Jan. Z4-lhe action Ol
The SrN in bringing the injustice Of Irn.
clpal Andrew before the people of New
Cast le 50 prominently has met with
nothing but general approval. 1t is the
desire of nearly everyone that tine full
facts of the principals actions be brought
up, in order to show just how he stands.
To begin with his first acts, when he
came to New Castle, he was for a long
time very friendly toward certain
of the teachers, until he found that they
would not be coerced by his over
bearing manner. He forthwith started
to give one OF them a public lecture, as is
his usual way She responded very
properly that if he desired to make any
accusations against her, he
should make them to the Board
of Education and no one else. From
this moment his despicabe manner
which lacks those qualities which 60 to
make up gentleman, began to assert
itself. He prosecuted these two
teachers to such an extent that
they were compelled to resign;
and, in fact, certain members of the
Board, who had only Andrews word to
60 by, voted against them. Later, and
to be more exact, last June, he became
provoked at Miss kast, who was the as
sistant principal at that time, and pub
licly reprimanded her before the class.
The Board pleaded with her to stay the
remaining two weeks, but it was with
the utmost energy that she was induced
to remain. She wrote letter stating
that it was not for this that she resigned,
but on account OF another offer for a
school. 1t has since trnspired that had
she not received the offer she would have
resigned at any rate. So matters have
gone until his personal spite has SO
blinded him in his sense of justice that
he really does not know when to curb it.
One OF his charges was that the reason
one teacher was incapable was because
she entertained another girls rejected
lover. Such charge as this is utterly
preposterous and has nothing whatever
to do with pedagogy. His practice Of
assuming responsibility for the morals
of the teachers under him has filled
every one with contempt. When Re
summoned the two members OF the
Board the other evening to the star
chamber investigation. he did not in
form them as to WHY it was done, and
these two members should have left as
soon as they found ont what he was
about to do. But probably they were
too dumbiounded to think Of this action.
However, a member of the school board
said yesterday afternoon, ''If Mr. Andrew !
called those two members for the pur-
pose of investigating the charges against |
the teachers, he should have either called |
the whole Board or, at least. the com
mitec on teachers. He has failed .
20 do either and us u consequence the
cachcrs were not rcprimandcd before
he board or its representatives, but be-
ore two citizens This is public
rprimand and is all the more humliat-
ny. This shows at once just how
much responsibility the princi pa! should
nave placed in him. He went 80 far ut
he time he tried to stop the dance ut
he Opera House as to call one OF the
cachrrs aside and forbid her to have
nything to do with it. lie is continue
lily reprimanding others for errors when
is Il matter Of course, he cannot speak or
write correctly, nor can he write a note
l"iNu III S'''t IIlSlIfll W." /" lilS
he kind of Il man who should dictate rs
o whom his assistants should be? Is he
me who is capable in the proper
ensc of the word for the care and in
tructon OF the children of New Castle?
When h" accused one OF the teachers for
lismissng five minutes too early, why
lid he leave the school yesterday be- .
wecn ten and eleven o'clock and 90
round the streets looking for different
members Of the Board? Surely he can- ;
ot have any more privileges rs regards {
he exemption from duty than his able I
orps of teachers. New Castle was al.
'ays noted for the efficiency of its
,achers, and there has never been any
rouble until Andrew started it. And if
lcts are carried out, the end is not yet
Tie Board will meet t"-night and some /
ction will be taken on the three or four t
which are to come up.
1t is understood hat after much per.
,asion, Miss Shellcnburgcr has been
oaxed into Withdrawing he, resignation
nd holding over for a while. This !
,urse would be by far the best which !
le could pursue; for it would prove T
'ore conclusively than anything else t
IAN the people are in accord and SYM {
athy with the teachers and will sup /
ress all efforts to oust them Justly. Il
Remembered by Friends. c
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