The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-24
NELLIE GLYNN'S CLAIM.
She Thinks She Has Been
Used Unfairly and Attends
Clinton School.

OllLIUO1 DCuO'y1s
Clinton, April 2S.-Miss Nellie Glynn
has been attending the high school in
this town for week. although she is
Lancaster girl, and has been attend
ing Lancaster high school, The Lam
caster school is an excellent school.
Miss Glynn's reasons for going else
where are not based on qualities but
on equities. She claims that she has
been unjustly treated by Principal
Sargent of the Lancaster school.
In this claim Miss Glynn is supported
by her parents, friends and some Of
her schoolmates.
The reasons why Miss Glynn left
school were told to the correspondent
of The Spy this afternoon, by person
who knows them we'll
Miss Glynn claims that her standing
in her studies and her marking on the
books of the school entitled her to be
named valedictorian. Miss Tufts was
named instead. Miss Glynn believes
she has been Disseminated against be-
cause she is an Irish girl.
She consulted with her parents. They
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ter for her next year than they are
now, and advised her to go to Clinton
to school, Her father said he was
willing to pay the expense of 81 a week
which is entailed by the change.
Miss Glynn took her books and be-
gan going to the high school in this
town Monday. Mr.. Glynn did not care
to talk about the subject. He said:
IF Mr. Sargent wants to talk about
it, l will be ready enough to answer"
Mrs, Glynn said that the principal
of the high school was very anxious
to have Nellie return to the Lancaster
school, IS
HE has even offered to get money
to pay her way through college," said
Mrs. Glynn.
mo danger Of his doing that" said
Mr.. Glynn, scornfully. "She has three
brothers, and guess they can send
her through college" said Mrs. Glynn.
At any rate, one of Miss Glynn's
brothers was convinced that his sis
ter's marking on the register was
higher than the marking of any other
pupil in the school. The family ask
ed to see the book. Mr.. Sargent, as
they tell the story, would not let them
see the book Immediately, but num-
Der of hours after the request he did.
Now Miss GIynn her s2ther, her
mother and her brothers think that
the record they saw was not Miss
Glynns real record. They are sure
her standing in her class is higher
than the markings they saw. Mr..
Glynn has taken the matter to heart
so much that as soon as he can sell
his property he VIII leave Lancaster
and remove to this town. He is de-
termined that his daughter shall never
again attend school in Lancaster
This removal will be attended with
some Inconvenience to Mr.. Glynn. He
has lived in Lancaster for a long time
and has become thoroughly attached
to the town.
Miss Glynn is 16 years old. She is a
bright and pretty girl. She is not de-
sirous of making the situation more
unpleasant than she did when she left
the school,. The correspondent of The
| spy was unable to see Principal Sar-
| gent this afternoon. Whatever the
| rights of the matter are, it is making
much talk IN both towns. There Is
no animus against Miss Tufts in the
matter Miss Glynn is glad to see Miss
! Tufts the valedictorian, if she cannot
| nave the honor herself. Miss Glynn's
claim is that the honor belongs to hel
| school,
The text Of the opinion to be sub
| united by Attorney e. A Evans, as t.
| the weight of the protest against {
| first class license being granted to Wal
| ter j. O'Toole & Co., is a Forthcoming
document that will have many read
| ers.
The objection says that the saloon il
within 2SO feet of a school house 10
Gated on Main street. Mr.. OTooie'i
| friends make the claim that the schoo
house is not located on Main street, be
| cause the entrance to the premises il
| on Summit street
Attorney ]. ]. Shaughnessey when h,
appeared before the selectmea, reat
from the statute which governs tn
matter, to show that it takes no &C
count of premises, but of buildings on
ly. He said that the entrance to tn
school building was on Main street ant
thai therefore the building faced oil
| Main street. The map he submittet
was drawn by an engineer It give
the distance of the saloon from tn
school house on four lines. The first i
| drawn from the saloon and along Mali
street, to a point opposite the schoo
| house. The school house sets bacl
| from the road. The others are al
lines. They show the distance from
the corner of the saloon building to tn
corner of the school building, the dis
| lance from the corner of the wholesal
department of the saloon to the corne
of the school, and the distance from tn
| retail department to the school.