The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-02-05

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should or should not be punished for
violation of those rules.
The Principal stated that Horton |
McKim ran out OF school simply be-
cause his mother and father lad told |
him that II he thought he IS to be
whipped for him 10 run home, and he
further stated that the boy would never
have run out Of school had not his father
aud mother told him to do so.
Mr.. MeKim asked on what authority
the teachers OF the school inflicted cor
porsl punishment upon the children, to
which the Principal replied that the
Board Of Trustees had = right 10 make
and enforce any reasonable rule or reg
ulstion not ia conflict with The Consti-
tuition and laws Of the State OF Nevada,
and In standardization Of his statement
read Section |, page II, OF the School
Laws OF the State Of Nevada, which is
IS follows THE Board OF School
Trustees Of the respective school dis
tricts are hereby given such reasonable
and necessary powers, not conflicting
with tho Consultation and laws of the
State OF Nevada, As may be requisite to
attain the ends for which the public
schools are e.t2blishod and 10 promote
| the welfare OF the school children. y
| The Board had gives the teachers that
power aud the Principal stated that he
saw no reason why Mr.. MeKim : boy
should be exempt from punishment,
when he had violated she rules of the
school.
The Priacipal referred to the records
| Of the court, which showed that in
| 1885 Mr.. Nekim sat on y Jury that
tried Principal Fay for assault because
he had whipped girl 16 years OF age
and the jury in the case acquitted Prin-
cipal Fay and by their decision held
that he WAS entirely justified in doing
as he did
The Principal stated that Horton
McKim ran away from school without
| the permission OF his teacher, and as
| this was the second oifense OF the same
kind, he WAS ordered whipped by the
| Principal, and that there was no mo-
| tive OF spite, malice or vengeance In
whipping the boy, but that he Was pun
ished in fairness and justice TO the boy
and to the other pupils OF tho school.
The Principal stated that in each
case Horton McKim had run away from
school because his parents had told hin
to do 50, and that in neither case was
he threatened with whipping before
he ran away.
At the same meeting of the Boaro
Miss Wittenberg made the following
statement:
"Mr. MeKim called about p. M.
asked him in and invited him to si
down He said, Horton tells me thai
you whipped him today. | replied
that had, He said What did yol
do it for?' | replied, Because he de
served it. He then said You know
that did not want him whipped ant
you did it In open defiance OF me-
replied that did not, but that Horton
had violated the rules of the school ant
Mr.. Butler and had talked the mat
ter over and decided that Horton
should be whipped and that | SHOULD
do it. | told him that Horton was no
punished severely, and he replied, Il
made no difference, il it were only
tap; you had no right to touch him
and you dare not do 1t again. | tolC
that | was sorry he looked at It In tina
light, and asked him If the rules of tn,
school were made for one child or 10
all, to which he replied: / care moth
ing for the rules of the school, nor wha
happens to any other child. Ny rule
are that Horton shall not be whipped
My mother entered the room Just a
Mr.. McKim made the statement-,Y
are not lady. On hearing this m,
mother said: Mr.. McKlm, you arr
the first man who has dared TO say tina
May is not lady He then said, Don !
misunderstood me; don't mean tina
she is not lady, but | say that II sh,
were not lady | would wipe the stree
with her.
aHe said, 4 consider corporal punish
ment brutal, and, looking me straigh
in the face he said, The person wht
inflicted it is brute | told him tina
il had not whipped him Mr.. Butler
would-have done so, Is we both agreed
that he should be whipped He said
Il will see Mr.. Butler and wipe ca,
street with him. would sooner have
had my right arm cut off than to hay,
had z ,on whipped,
n reply 10 the statement that Mr.
'.ie ig made before this Board a few
t. ia1tes ago, that Horton was fright.
ebed at Mr.. Butlor's treatment of chill
dren. will state that no could not hag,
been frightened, as Mr.. Butler had
never whipped . single pupil In my
room
Mr. Ackim then advanced to the
door and said as he left: 4 give Won
this warning, thatif ever you dare te
lay hands on Horton I'll 90 further
made no unkind remarks to cause him
to treat me in the ungentlemanlv man.
ner that he did