Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-30

holds than am to be minister to St. James
court The pupils have no respect for him
whatever and continually make fun of him
right before his face without his knowing
what they were saying. He would grin and
let on like he knew what they were talking
about, but they we'll knew he did not.
Mr.. Dawes at one time became so desper-
ate regarding his fear that he was not
being considered the real superintendent
that he prepared a set OF rules and regula-
lions which he had the incompetent board
OF trustees to approve, and had them
printed. The word superintendent ap-
peared so often that they became the laugh
ing stock Of the school, They provided, in
effect, an entirely impractical change in
business all around"
They made the superintendent a detail
man in every branch of every department,
and four competent men could not have per-
formed the duties assigned to the superin-
tendent. The words written report thereof
and superintendent" constituted about
one-fourth of the printed rules and regula-
tions. Everybody about the institution that
knew anything at all was perfectly dsgusted
and in few days the following caricature
rule appeared all over the school, which
shows what was thought OF the new rules
and regulations:
1.-The superintendent shall be the superin-
tendent If anyone douts that the supern-
tendent is the superintendent they shall
make a written report thereof OF their
minds action to the superlnt endent. II the
superintendent is in doubt about being the
real thing he shall make a written report
thereof to the superintendent, and the su-
perintendent shall superintend the superin-
tendent in fit and proper manner. and he
shall note on the back Of the written re-
port thereof the manner and number of
times that the superintendent has super
intended the superintendent"
Aside from Superintendent Dawes ad-
mtted incompetency as an instructor OF the
deaf he is notorious juggler of the truth
and all the pupils know 1t. / have per-
sonally known of him telling four untruths
America His incompetency is plainly vis-
ble around the school to even the unex-
perienced One occasion / will relate to
demonstrate.
After he had been in charge of the school
for one term and about four months of his
second term, he attempted to adopt the Me-
| braska course of study as the course OF
study for the deaf school, and he began to
assign classes to their proper (?) grades.
| In this case he told the teacher of a class
| to have the pupils OF that class take sixth
| grade work. The teacher knew, of course
/ that he knew little II anything about the
standing of any of the pupils, but was dumb
| founded at his assigning that particular
class to the sixth grade, and before the day
was over convinced him that the class
should begin in the first part of the fourth
| grade. The fact is that, without examining
| the records, the man could not tell by the
personal examination OF a pupil whether
| the pupil had been in school one year OIL
! ten, much less determine to what grade q
pupil should be assigned.
| In addition to incompetency and untruth-
fulness he is mere putty in the hands Of the
| rotten democratic gang OF cutthroats oi
| Douglas county, a gang that knows no law
| has no principles and could not be true tc
any one. The loss to the deaf children OF
the state from this incompetent and dis
| graceful management cannot be computed In
dollars and cents. 1t Is a loss they never
| can regain. The failure Of school 10 open
this year 80 far, and no probability OF Il
| opening ip the near future, should cause all
| fairmlnded people to demand a change II
the entire management. The Board OF Trus
tees should be removed, as well as the su-
| perintendent. Trustee Cardwel turned
against me because resolutely. but politely
made him keep his hands OFF OF the sacred
funds appropriated for the maintenance o
the school. trust the people OF the stat'