The leader., 1903-05-13
THE REVIEWERS REVIEWED.
The Leader Defends Itself Against
Reckless Criticism.

Anc Leducr DeIcnuS ltSeH AGAIN!
Reckless Criticism.
Two articles in the last issue O
The Lincoln County Times, on
by Mr.. T. P. Scott, principal, an,
one by Mr.. M. D. McGrath, sec
retary of the old Board of Contro
of the Public school, furnisl
the occasion for our referring
again at this time, to the dis
orde: which occurred at th,
Brookhaven Graded Public Schoo
on Friday night, April oath
Both of the articles referred tt
lcondemned the account and criti
cism contained in The Leader O.
April Goth, as greatly exagger
ated" regarding the disorder com
planned Of; and, as unfair and un
lust to the school, the principal,
the board of control and the towr
officers. In view of the we'll
known facts and abundant evi
dence to sustain what The Leader
said, the editor of The Leader anc
all others conversant with these
facts were certainly very greatly
surprised to see these gentlemen
trying to bolster up such a trans
parently weak case; and, at the
same time, losing sight of the
main issue involved.
Now, we want to say before
proceeding any further, that The
Leaders, editor has carefully
reread what appeared in his
paper of April 20; and, in the
light of the facts at hand wher
the editorials of that date were
written, as we'll as others which
have come to our knowledge
since, we see no reason for chang
ing or modifying single SEN
tence that was written at thai
time.
We were prompted by severa
considerations in saying what We
did in connection with the dis
order at the public school at the
time stated:
(D We regarded it as fragrant
injustice and lack of consideration
that the young people who fur
nished the splendid program pro
vided for that occasion, should
have been placed, by any over
sight or dereliction of duty on the
part of those in authority, at SC
serious a disadvantage for lack 0.
proper order.
(2) 1t was a rank discourtesy
and injustice to patrons of the
school and others, who had beer
invited there to witness and enjoy
the entertainment, to be subjected
to such disorder as prevailed or
that occasion, unnoticed and un
rebuked by the authorities.
(3) Because such things canno
be silently tolerated without thu
most serious injury to the schoo
as whole, an institution which
The Leader regards as of mor'
value and interest to Brookhaver
at large, than any other educa
tional institution of the city.
As to whether The Leader over
shot the mark in its report ant
criticism of the occasion as ALLEGED
by Messrs. Scott and McGrath
let us refer to a little of the evi
dence corroborating our account
First, we wish to re-publish tn
resolutions adopted by the studen
body on the subject. Here the,
are:
Whereas, There occurred on las
Friday evening during the anniversar
exercises of the literary societies @
the school a most disgraceful state Q
disorder and interruption of the exel
cises; and,
Whereas, We believe that this disol
der was instigated and chiefly carrie
on by those who are not now pupils q
the school and for the deliberate pu,
pose of injuriug the school; and,
Whereas, We feel that this disorde
is an undeserved reflection on tn
good name of the school and it's pupil
} and teachers; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, the pupils of tn
Brookhaven Graded Public School, d
) disapprove of and denounce in ur
qualified terms the above mentione
disorder; that we offer to those presen
} on that occasion, our regrets an
apologies for the occurrence of thi
disagreeable episode, while they wer
} our guests; and that we promise to US
every means in our power in the futur
to prevent a repetition of such an OF
casion. SHERMAN MCNAtR,
KATIE ALLEN,
MATTE PURSER,
MATTE PURsER,
Committee.
GA most disgraceful state Q
disorder and interruption of tn
exercises" is the characterize
, tion of these resolutions signe
by a committee of the pupils
and brought to this Office for pub
lication by the principal himself
before he ever knew the Leade
would have a word of commen
on the subject.
The Leader does not claim tina
these resolutions were adopted a
the suggestion of the principal 0
. drafted by him, because we hav
no information on this point; bu
we do know, for certainty, tina
, he brought them to this Office fo
publication and spoke approving
y Of the action taken by the stu