The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-23
USE WRISTBANDS
AS THE WEAPONS
President of School Board in
Scrap With Principal.
BLOWS NARROWLY AVERTED
PAIR ARE SEPARATED AND
FIGHT BY CALLING NAMES.
TT URLING epithets back and forth,


hands. President A. G.. Giauque
o. the board of education and Princi-
pal @. n. Mckay of the Lowell school
started for each other last night. Clerk
J. 3. MOretOn of the board stepped be-
tween them in time to prevent blows.
He could not, however prevent the
interchange Of such Kissing sentences
as these:
You are a dirty curt"
You are a lOW-dOWn pup"
There were also reflections cast on
ancestry, and threats of dire things
that were to take place when the two
met outside.
The episode. which took place at the
close of a meeting Of the board OF
education. was highly reminiscent of
incidents taking place between boys
in the school yard. where the CONVEX
satiOn runs something like this:
You quit calm me names, or I'll
LAW. you've got a rock in your
hand"
wei, you come the other side OF
the fence and III lick you without it
''Aw. you've got your gang out
there
side the school yard; III give it 10
you
School bell rings and both gladly
seek refuge inside)
Strenuous End Of Meeting.
The occurrence last night came to a
climax as the mem beTs Of the board
and spectators were putting on their
hats preparatory to leaving The Nc
Kay case had been acted on and the
members were looking at a communl-
cation from Mr.. Mckay to the board.
which had not been read at the meet
ing. The tenor Of it made several or
them exceedingly angry. Mr.. Mckay
was in the group near the south door
Now. Mckay said Mr. Giauque,
we won't have you hanging around
these rooms any longer
rs that sO2" said Mr.. Mckay AS
a citizen I shall come around these
rooms whenever I want to-
No broke in Oscar W. Moyle OF
the board, I'VE don't want you around
here any more"
II haven't been hanging around
declared Mr.. Mckay.
Yes, you have" retorted Mr..
Ciauque. You've been hanging
around here for the last six weeks"
When YOU say that you say some
thing that isn't true" heatedly retorted
the principal.
Saying this. he walked around the
row of desks. sat in a chair, stretched
his legs out in front of him and eX-
claimed in tones that were meant TO
TEEN with sarcasm
ID
Of such a thingt"
Called Mckay DIRTY Cur
Mr. Giauque walked UP to the other
side Of the row of desks. He was
trembling with anger and his voice
shook.
You have acted the part Of a. dirty
cur for the last six years. he half
shouted
Look out. Giauque. You'll go Just a
I know just what YOU are You are
a dirty curt There are a whole lot OF
things about you that you wouldn't like
to have published. You ought 20 have
been kicked out when ReddinSield was
kicked out You were the leader OF
the gang"
..WeH''-with a superlative sneer-
I'm so glad you've just found it out
so late"
And the principal of the LOweH
school started for the president Of the
board of education. who was on the
other side of the row of desks As
he reached the desk which stood be
tween them he picked up an inkstand.
BY this time Clerk MOreton hal
reached them
Gentlemen! Gentlemen" he pro-
tested.
Armed With Inkstand.
so that's the way you fight"
looking down at the inkstand still
clutched tightly in the fingers Of Mr..
AIcKay-s right hand At the same
time the president of the board Of edu-
cation armed himself likewise
"Gentlemenl Geutlemen-' again
protested Mr.. Moreton-
III fight you any way you want
was Mr.. McKay's bolt OF defiance
I'm not afraid of YOU"
Come outside
"Aw. you've got your gang out
there"
you are dirty cur" again shouted
the president Of the board Of educa-
ton. speaking slowly and with en-
phasis. and shaking his finger after
each word.
Il throw it back at you. You are
Iow-down pup shrieked the prlncl-
pal of the Lowell school
Mr.. MoretOn prevented physical nos
tiIities between the two educators or
youth. and they finally backed away
stopping now and then 10 hurl new
defiance as q phrase occurred TO them
The incident had been witnessed by
only Mr. MOretOn. two newspaper men
and the boards stenOgrap her- w j.
Newman hearing the sound of battle.
came in at the close and drew his bel
Iigerent brother member away. max
ing llTnSGlT rev CDIlEIuDNupuS AC
marks about the latter's opponent.
Cause of the Trouble.
This was a sequence of the trouble
between Mr.. Mckay and Superintend-
ent d. H Christensen, with members
Of the board OF education being drawn
into II recently On Mr.. Christensen
recommendation, May 10. the name Of
Mr. Mckay was dropped from the list
of principals TO be hired for the next
school year. Mr.. Mckay had intended
TO leave 10 take up private business,
but he claimed the courtesy Of resign
ing should have been given him. Pat
rOns of the Lowell school sent In a
petition to the board. asking that he
be reinstated.
Within the last week he again had
trouble with superintendent Chrlsten-
sen. who claimed that he was delin-
quent in making certain reports When
reminded of the Fact. Mr. MCKAY re-
piled that he would send in the reports
before the close Of the term for which
he was under contract. Mr.. Chrlsten-
sen took this letter up with the COM
mittee on school work. which decided
to recommend his discharge.
The board met in committee Of the
whole last evening TO consider this re-
port. Mr.. Mckay was heard, and after
a discussion lasting until 1875 o'clock,
the committee OF the whole agreed on
recommending the following resolution
To the board:
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