The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-21
MANY SPOKE FOR Mr.. HURD
THE HEARING BEFORETHE BO1RD
F OFEDUCATION LAST NIGHT.
citizens of the Winchester District Ou'-
,poken on tho Failure of the supertn-
tend.nt to Reappo,nt Principal q. IL.
ting be Waived-Petittons with Hum
drrds of fsignatu'eI-No Action Taken.

The board of education held special
meeting last night for the purpose OF
giving a public hearing to those citizens
of the winchester district who desire
the reappontment Of George Is. Hurd
as principal of that district When the
hearing opened shortly after o'clcck
the room was filled with Ninth ward
citizens The hearing began by state
ment by Mr. Hurd In the course OF
which he referred to his work in the
schools of the Winchester district and
to the record he had made there. He
said that the best Of relation existed be-
tween Superintendent Kendall and Iim-
self. Mr.. Kendall was not present.
Attorney Henry G. Newton, who ap-
peared as a citizen in favor of Mr..
Hurds retention, and to conduct the
hearing for Mr.. Hurd. then read some
letters bearing on the case One letter
was from Samuel T. Dutton, formerly
superintendent of schools in this city,
and under whom Mr.. Hurd served as
principal for five years Among other
things Mr.. Dutton said that 1t gave him
pleasure to say that during those years
Mr.. Hurd had managed the affairs of
the large and growing district with
great Judgment and that he had found
MIR. Hurd absolutely faithful and dill
gent in his duties, making every possi-
BILE sacrifice in order to secure the best
instruction of those under his charge.
In the letter Mr.. Dutton stated "he
knows how to discipline boys without
arousing antagonism and is familiar
with all kinds of school work, He Is a
good teacher and knows how to direct
others"
It was charged by some of those who
appeared last night that the only rea-
son of the failure of the superintendent
to reappoint Mr.. Hurd was personal
difference which existed between them.
However that may be it appeared from
the remarks of the members of the
board and of Mr. Hurd that the fail
ure of Superintendent Kendall to reap
point Mr. Hurd was due to an agree
ment made a year ago by Mr., Hurd
that If he was reappointed for the year
1S99-1900 he would not ask for another
reappointment under Mr.. Kendall
The following letter written by Super
intendent Kendall to Mr.. Hurd was
read
New Haven, Conn June 2S, 1898:
Mr.. George b. Hurd,
My Dear Sir
1t Is due to you that |
should say to you before the long vaca-
ton begins that | shall deem it my duty
to make a change in the principalship
Of the Winchester sub-district one year
from now. 7 am Of the same opinion as
| have been before as to the value OF
your services to the schools as a super
vising principal. | recognize that You
have some excellent qualities and owing
to these qualities and to the fact that
YOU have been for several years en-
ployed by the BOARD of education, l am
prompted to feel that you ought to have
a full years notice of this action as
stated above / cannot ignore the fact
that as leader of teachers, as a super
visor of instruction, as an inspirer OF
teachers, and in gaining their conf
dence, as disciplinarian, in a word as
my representative in that district you
are not the person I feel l ought to have
as an assistant in such an important
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