The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-24
MRS. DOW RESIGNS.
Former Head of Miss POrter's School
 Wtu Leave Farminsion-Dr. Keep In
Charge.

Wttl Leave FarmingIon-Dr. Keep In
 Charge.
 The many friends of. Mrs. Mary E. Dow and of Miss porter's school in Farmingt0n will regret to learn that conditions have de yeioped there which hare made her feel that it is Impossible for her to remain long CT in the institution which her organizing skill and personal influence have done so much to make what 1t has become. There have been consultations and conferences and many efforts, to bring about settle ment of the questions at Issue between her self and Dr. +. F. Keep, and 1t seemed re- gently as if this migld beAreached, but let ters received Monday closed the negotiations and her resignation was thereupon declared final and positive.
 Mrs. Dow has been for more than twenty years with the school, and Miss Sarah por- ter, its founder. has often said that her greatest good fortune in its management had been in securing Mrs. Dow as her associate. In her will Miss Porter stipulated that Mrs. Dow should be the head of the school' on her old salary and with one-Quarter of the profits, but Dr. Kee.,, aASho eventually be- comes under the will the owner of two thirds of the property, and his attorney, W. $. Allis, of Norwich, were made by It trus- tees in charge. Interference with her man. agement progressed until finally Mrs. Dow wrote and asked if 1t was Intended to make her position untenable, but Dr. Keep, who had announced his intention of removing to Pennington to live and had engaged house there, replied that he proposed to concern himself closely with all the interests of the school, administrative. intellectual and ra ligious, and that he should engage and dis charge teachers as he saw fit, adding that Mrs. Dow should remember that she was only an employe and if she could not adapt herself to that situation she should with draw.
 When this became known a storm of pro- tests broke out. Old graduates, parents of scholars and parents of girls whom they in- tended later to send to the school wrote urging that Mrs. Dow be continued in her pie of Pennington sent to Dr. Keep pro- test declaring their belief that if Mrs. Dow were not retained the result would be seri- olls injury to the village and ruin to the school itself The scholars all united in q letter to Dr. Keep begging him to retain Mrs Dow. Similar expressions of feeling were made all over the country.
 A friend of Mrs. Dow, discussing the situ- ation yesterday, said that when Mrs. Dow first came into relations with Dr. Keep that gentleman had assured her that he would never interfere and she should continue to manage. Later he had gone so far as to tell her that it was his intention to minimize friend said 1t was, in his opinion, wise for her to go rather than be minimized any fur ther, and the prospect was that many of the girls to whom she Is so dear would follow her, as her gentle influence and strong wom- anly character were clements of pecu lar value In their education.
 Mrs. Dow goes to Briarcliff on the Hudson, about fifty minutes ride from New York city. All but three of the entire fore of teachers have notified Mrs. Dow that they wish to 60 with her to whatever school she may take.-Hartford Courant.