The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-08-04
Principal of Skagway Schools
 is Discharged.
WOMAN IN THE CASE
Reports Concerning the Pedagogue Not Pleasing, and the Professor Asked to Resign--He Complies.

The more or less attractive career of Prof, o. B. Gwin, as the educational head of the Skagway public schools has just suffered sudden sensational termination. The professor Is out.
 The three business like citizens. who but four brief week have served the newly in corporated city of Skagwav, came to the conclusion this week that MT. Gwin has been too freely treading the primrose path of dallance during his hours out of school. Therefore they asked the professor to send in his resignation. He was to be given some time in which to reply, but from what MT. Gwin said last night he does not care for time ...-. ..-. .........-..-.-..
 "l have decided to resign" said the pro- lessor last evening without any signs of perturbation.
 In making this statement, however. the professor did not state that the school board had remembered to send him the document called "a request to resign"
 His school duties involved too much work and not enovgh pay, as the professor explained it. He could not afford to teach the young idea how to shoot (not craps) without more money and less labor.
 "l have haG three classes to teach. and the prncipaship to fill at the same ti,ne," said MT. Gwin. "and have considered that too much."
 MT. Gwin did not have everything plan ned as to his future fields when he gave up his chair.
 "l do not know just where shall go." said MT. Gwin last evening, "but likely shall go inside"
 The school board, comprising Messrs. WilcOxen, WinSloW and Ford, had some thing more back of its willingness to let MT. Gwn go than that he was not satis- | fled with the salary and the work. They believed there was too much truth in az gravated reports as to the professors con- duct. and threby hangs a tale that has been spun more or less by many tongues ir the town of late.
 MT. Ford. although not having much tc say in regard to the professors dismissal last night stated that 1t was understood Mrs. Gwin had left the pedagogue few days ago and gone south lately on the City of Seattle, and that there was another woman in the case. Some have said the other woman has been in Skagway of late, and from this it is drawn that she had precipitated the finale.
 | It has been common matter of comment of late that Gwin was not a fit man tt pose as the head of the department that i: to mould the young and tender mi nds O the children of the city. Criticism hal been raised that the professor has frequent ed games of chance in public places, ant this criticism has come from differen sources. Even boys who have attende, the schools and sat under the eve of tn pedagogue have spoken of having see their principal at the gambling tables whel they had gone into the resorts of chance il town to SC papers. A well known busi ness man last night spoke in confirmation of the report that Gwin had been at tn gambling tables.
 However, MT. Gwin last night denie that he had gambled. When told that tn report had been current that he had plave some of the games, he said: "Mr. Spencer, of the old board, aske me about report that had been gam