The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-24

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of the most enthusiastic observers of the
adnirars progress through New York for
Mai. y. X. Pangborn of Jersey City
achieved Dewey's friendship with that
now historic rawhide as completely as he
enforced discipline in the school where he
swung it.
The story of the encounter has not been
completely and accurately told in print.
Here it is in the majors own words:
81 was a student in the University of
Vermont in the fall of 1915 l was poor
and had to earn my way. School teach
ing was the only method I could think of
and / asked Trustee Briggs to give me
charge of the State Street District school
of Montpelier. The judge looked me over
] am not tall, as you see. and then 1 was
not stocky My weight was about 30
pounds. As he sized me up an odd smile
spread over his face.
You know something about that
school, suppose?" he queried.
Il told him I'd heard it was hard
school to keep, but added that I'd like to
try it if he'd only. agree to keep his hands
Dll. ne tttllilioGu INC ANdL Two teachers
had been thrown out of the school-house
The previous winter but when I said be-
leved l could whip the whole school if
had to and wouldn't hesitate to try any
way, he said he'd send for Trustee 6pald-
ing. lie came in soon and asked my
terms | put the price at about double the
usual figure. That turned the decision my
way and I was hired then and there.
Eighty Boys and All Bad.
There were about eighty pupils in the
school, and there were seven full grown
young men among them. They were APP
prentices under the old-time system, and
entitled by law 10 three months schooling
every winter. 1t was the apprentices who
made the trouble mostly. II was their
plan every winter 10 get one or more of
the younger boys into trouble with the
teacher and when the latter attempted 10
chastise the culprlt TO rush to his rescue.
understood this, and ! also learned that
they had selected young George Dewey,
'Aen 49, &c be the scapegOat. George was
one of he brightest boys in the school,
but inclined 10 be wild. His father. Dr.
Dewey, had been classmate in the medi-
cal school of my fathers who was doc
Tor also, and had told me he'd object to
nothing | might do TO George If only Id
m him behave
There was no trouble the first week.
hut he fun began in earnest Immediately
alter the afternoon recess of the second
Monday. George Dewey did not return to
me school room when | rang the bell and
sent S sea innate for him Dewey sent
word in that he wouldn't come; further
more, and in exact terms, that l might
go TO The devil" I said nothing then
after school was dismissed for the day
young Dewey, who had climbed into the
nt lfrV of the house qfOea Y
fnowbal,s at the smaller children and 1
ordered him 20 stop. Again, and pro-
fanely, he refused to obey.
Next morning | was prepared for a
hsht, | knew I'd have more than George
20 deal with-that he was only q stalking
horse-and that il was the apprentices |
must conquer. I'd never displayed either
ruler or whip IN the school room and
didn't begin then, but l hid a rawhide on
top of the blackboard for young Dewey
and arranged q little pile Of round straight
sucks Of cordwood on top of the wood
hoN for The apprentices. l meant TO con-
quer that school or die. At about 10 |
called George up and asked him to apollo
$40. lie grnned, refused pertly and i'm
pc0enlly, without the quiver of an eyelid.
l'etofe the words were out of his mouth
was striking him with the raWhide any
Where | could and as hard as I could l
hurt him, too; made him bleed on the
'"AHt ANA the SHOCK OF surprise WAS 30
great that he fell, crying, 10 the floor as
any boy of his age would have done That
was the end OF him so far as that fight
was concerned. Then | had the appren-
tees to look out for.
Clubs After the Rawhide.
Fortunately fer me they had been os
mach surprised as George had been, and
We're little slow in attempting his rescue
~ seven OF them started, though but as
they had TO file down the aisle only one
could come a a time. caught up one Of
my clubs and hit the leader a humping
clp right in The middle of the forehead
ne went down like a log and | didn't
Know but I'd killed the chap. I ordered
we others 10 Sit down. and they sat,
remember very well how one of them. big
Swapping chap nearly once and half as
Dig as ], brought clenched first into the
ohen palm OF his other hand and gasped
out God a mlghlyr as he dropped into
his seat
dressed the hurts Of the wounded As
ven as ! could, sent the apprentice home
ana Kept Dewey with me ill school was
oyer for the day. The apprentice was
Heed some weeks and his relatives talke1
'-out having me arrested. but they
Couldn't compass it. / had no more trou-
,.e or course. and Dewey was one of the
'e.l boys after that in the whole school
Wo or three years later, when | was
lLhclpal Of the La Noble Academy. al
'9nnson W, George Dewey came into The
'lnooi-room one day smiling.
We always claimed I'd lick you as
ION as l got big enough, he said, but
! haven't come to do that now I've come
90 90 80 70 school TO you some more. You see
,d'"er wants me to go 10 college and INe
nlpnlsed TO prepare for Norwich Universi-
y II l could be with you. May ! Gomez
Almost Missed Annapolis.
a. was pleased. OF course. and took him
H. lie went IN the same classes with my
"lo,aer, who was one of my pupils and
~ he mad 20 board somewhere, we took
nm 10 our boarding house ana he rocme3
"..n my brother and ate al our table FOR
= wear or two. l iaught him the beginnings