The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-04-11
AGAINST PROF. WOLFE.
Charge Made Against the Lamber-
ton School Principal.

The daily papers OF Tuesday OF
last week contain report to the
effect that there is charge pend
ing in the Office of State Superin-
tendent of Schools Lewis against
Prof. Wolfe ofthe Lamberton village
schools. The charge is to the effect
that Mr.. Wolfe opened the examina-
ton papers received from the State
high school board last fall before
the day of examination and subse-
quently drilled his pupils thorough
" in the answers to these difficult
questions.
cat the request Of the high school
board the case was taken up by the
State school inspectors, who found
Supt. Wolfe guilty. It is thought
that he is now in danger of losing
his certificate.
SIN his own defense Wolfe ap-
peared before the State superin-
tendent and declared that he was
not guilty; that there was not a
scintilla of truth in the charge, and
it was instituted for the purpose Of
injuring him by his enemies. He
said he had come to St. Paul to de-
mand a full and complete investiga-
ton, The circumstantial evidence
against Wolfe appears to be found
ed on the fact that the papers from
Lamberton were of such uniform
good character that suspicion of
collision was at once aroused.
''The matter was found in abay-
ance, and the action Of Supt. Lewis
problematical. .
It is extremely doubtful whether
Prof. Wolfe is guilty of the offense
charged. For if there was any
truth in it every pupil of the school,
belonging to the class required to
stand the examination, would know
something regarding the matter,
and it is stated positively by some
of these pupils-most Of them-that
they never received drilling the
day before the examination COM
menced.
Prof. Wolfe seems to have been
successful in making number of
enemies at Lamberton, and these
enemies are after him. One of his
enemies was made by reason of
Prof. Wolfe attempting to put a
stop to the habitual morning tardi-
ness of his children. It is claimed
that these children, every morning,
arrived at the school house from
seven to ten minutes late. In at
tempting to put a stop to it Prof.
Wolfe, it is claimed, ordered the
schoolhouse locked from nine O. clock
until some time later, during the
opening exercises. This com
PEELED the tardy pupils to remain
outside of the building, and on cold
mornings the outside wait was not
pleasant. The fathers of the chill
dren entered complaint, but it ap-
pears that the board stood by the
teacher.
Prof. Wolfe made other enemies
by his alleged severe punishment
to the boys who insisted on taking
the lunches of pupils who brought
their noon lunches to school with
them. The complaint from this
source became quite vexatious to
the Professor, and after laying a
trap whereby he captured several
of the pilferers registered an en-
phatic protest, but without avail.
When the examination story was
passed around it gave these par
ents an opportunity to bother the
Professor, and it appears that they
availed themselves of the opportun
ity.
Supt. Race was seen regarding
the matter last Wednesday morn
ing. He was very reticent in say
ing much regarding the matter. He
did say, however, that he believed
Prof. Wolfe was an honorable man,
and would not do any such thing
as that with which he had been
charged. He thought that he might
have been little severe in his pun
ishment Of alleged evil doors, but
he regarded Mr.. Wolfe as a first
class teacher, possessing unusual
executive ability, and good teach
er for any school. He did not be-
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