The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-06-10
ACrowd Remained at School Build
ingMany Hours LastNight.
The Investigation of Charges Against the
Superintendent Was Completed But no
Verdict Rendered.

L perintendent where teachers opposeI
= him, and sne said there were differen
2 kinds of firmness. She said Superin
9 tendent Hatfield had not visited
' her room as often as once a month
but did not say he was not in the room
: as often as once a month. He came q
, ask about the room, the windows, oil
something else. She said she was more
or less acquainted with the duties OF
superintendent, but some controversy
arose, as to her expressing opinions and
the court ruled the question out. She
said the superintendent had treated
her courteously as a lady but not as a
teacher.
Miss Mary o. Murray was called to
the stand, but was reported i'll.
Miss Susanna Kirk said she could
not remember how many times the su-
perintendent had visited her room but
she remembered Ave distinctly, when
he heard Rotations. She did not
know the time nor how many more he
may have made. She declined to
make any statement relative to the Ii
brary affair, or to whether or not her
sympathies were with Superintendent
Hatfield.
Mrs. Minnie Herndon said superin-
tsnnent Hatfield had heard one recits-
tion in her room during the year. He
had been there several times, once to
get . clock to repair and at other
times to ask questions.
A controversy arose as to what is re-
quired of the superintendent relative
to visiting rooms. The prosecution
claimed the superintendent is compell-
ed TO 60 more than merely walk into
room and look around, IS there would
be no benefit to the school, the teach.
er, the pupils or the people. from this.
were it the meaning of the rule re-
garding visiting" the rooms. The
court decided the facts could be shown
and the committee could construe the
rule. The evidence then showed that
the superintendent had not visited the
room but once in a year.
The witness stated great Indignation
was aroused by the superintendent's
action regarding the library. She said
statements previously made about the
incident were strictly true.
She related an incident about
wedding to which she and another
teacher were invited, and was absent
from her room five minutes. She was
reported absent by the superintendent
a quarter Of day which was deduct
ed from her selary. She corroborated
the statements previously made about
the library books. She said her feel
ings towards Superintendent Hatfiel d
were friendly. She stated further that
she was at meeting of teachers Sat-
urday. that Prof. Spidsr asked them
to remain. The charges were then
read but no agreement was made as to
who should testify. She said in re-
Spouse to a question that she heard or
said nothing on that occasion that
was not true.
Miss Clara Moore, a teacher at the
Washington school, said the superin-
tendent was in her room once before
Christmas, and twice subsequently.
One time was to fix a heater, another
to bring some Ralph Bingham sdver-
tisements and another to get list of
studies for a report.
She said she had been delayed a
number of times by finding men al
legged to belong to the Golden Gross
order engaged with the superinten-
dent and two or three times had been
compelled to leave without transact
ing her business. She had also seen
citizens and others compelled to wait
while Mr.. Willis, one of the Golden
Cross men, was with the superinten.
dent.
She was asked relative to demoting
children in the schools. She said the
superintendent at the close of the first
term of the present year denoted two
children. Here a wrapgle arose and
Judge Berry Significantly said if they
didn't want an untrammeled investi-
cation, he would have to abide by the
courts decision. He then allowed the
witness to be cross-examined. She
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