The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-06-21
HIGH SCHOOL. CONTROVERSY.

HUI SkfIUDi- IUNi NDfIRol'
To form Il judgment, it is necessary tC
thoroughly understand all sides Of q
question, hence IA difficulty confronts us
as well ~ the residents of the North side
TO safely conclude who is right IN the con,
troycrsey over the principalship OF the
high school Not knowing all the facts
leading up to the enforced retirement Of
Prof Evans we must disclaim any in
tention pt making "A decision.
As a general proposition the presump-
ton Of Justice would favor the School
board The men in whose care the
temporalities of the school are reposed,
are Known TO be above suspicion. Their
long connection with commercial and
professional life has given them "A com
handing place, and no act in their lives,
70 far as can be ascertained has inn
peached their integrity or rendered
Opaque their moral vision, TO assume
that their Judgment was swayed by per
sonal peevishness, or that they were con
strained TO the position they take from
Interior motives than the welfare of the
school district, would be wrong, until
irrefragable proof isprcsentcd to the con
trary. II must be taken into consider
alton that the board has much to
lose and nothing TO gain should it be
come publicly known that it permit
ted itself 10 be controlled in SO gave
a concern by yindictivenes, malicious
ness or any other rcprehensblc motive.
II Is quite possible the School board
made a mistake. This, however we do
not know. But history tells us the Wis
est men in craftsmanship; the most learn
cd in philosophy; the shrewdest in bust
ness. the most tolerant in religion and
the most practical in educational affairs
have ut times made errors 1t is human
30 err and in all transient conditions, no
III M lives or will live whose Judgment
will nj all times Dc 80 exact IA to be in
fal!ible The intellect il fallibe and in
it's operations il IL prone 10 stumble, no
matter how great the care taken to al
ways do justly 1t would be folly, nay
more serious than that, TO insinuate the
School board has betrayed its trust.
Not for n moment can il bc believed that
any implication Of this character is made
against the three men. If mistake
has been made, IT is just one additional
proof that we are all human.
Now, it is quite possible to coniure NJ
in the mind certain conditions which
may exist which. forsooth would war
rant the change Of principals, and vel
for all parties concerned the reason fol
80 doing had better he kept secret Oh
course, people win imagine all manner
OF things they will say IL is outrageou,
The facts are hidden, yet the outrng,
would be in spreading them broadcast
To arouse into indignation when one i
only IN the possession of superficial
knowledge, is sometimes an unwise an,
regrettable bunder
There can be- no doubt but that Prof
Evans has strongly attached himself t,
the young men and women who hay,
been placed in his charge He is said (,
be All admirable tutor and that his in
structions have been beneficial 10 TIM
students. He is "A man whose rectitud
Is not questioned his relations with hi
scholars and with the larger socia
sphere, have earned FOR him full meas
nre Of respect which was attested b,
generous words and unstinted applaua
nj the public meeting On the surface