Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-30
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After a triil in the Criminal Court, in
which the law and the evidence were
pretty thoroughly threshed out on both
sides, a jury, after celebrating only a
few minutes, acquitted Miss Kate Mason,
principal of one of the Indianapolis
schools, from the charge Of assault and
battery for whipping a boy pupil. Under
the strong and clear charge of the court
the jury could not have done anything
else. The courts charge was good law
as well as good sense, and the verdict of
the jury was right. The charge was all
good, and part of it is worth repeating.
The judge said;
without the power and authority to
compel by all reasonable means and
methods order and obedience the millions
of dollars spent in this country for the
care and management of our schools
the great buwark of our country-are as
good as wasted. The law in cases like
this not only presumes that the teacher
is innocent as charged, but the law also
presumes that in this punishment she
has done her duty in the enforcement Of
obedience and order in her school.
DO you think or believe that fine
this case will aid the teachers in this
school in their attempt to enforce good
order and obedience, or would it have q
tendency to cause others 20 rebel and
dsobey and prosecute, when the teacher
endeavored to compel obedience? The
welfare and best interests of all school
children in this country in the future, the
good of the common schools. law and or
der, each and all demand that you make
no mistake in this case"
The court emphasized the importance
of sustaining teachers in their efforts to
maintain discipline, and deprecated inter-
ference by parents to prevent reason
able exercise Of authority. II pointed out
the fact that under the laws Of the State
teachers have the same rights and au-
thofity to punish children under their
charge, in a reasonable manner for all
misconduct, that the parent Of the child
has, and the law will not interfere unless
the punishment inflicted is cruel and un-
reasonable. "-Indianapolis Journal
One of the most elaborate educational
systems in the country is that of the
Young Mems Christian Association,
which embraces the following lines Of
study: Association libraries, reading
rooms. practical talks. educational lee
lures. study clubs and evening institutes.
The system embraces class work Of the
public schools and the lecture and library
work of technical schools.
New York teachers college has bought
four lots for $4,000 which are to be
used as a garden. with greenhouses and
flower beds, and it will be an outdoor
laboratory for nature study.
All sorts Of stories are told about
Helen Keller Of Radcliffe College. espe-
cially since her remarkable autobiogra-
ply has attracted so much attention.
But there is really little truth ia many
of them. For instance. she Is said 10
20 about Cambridge on a bicycle, her
nearest approach TO this having been
with a man friend on a tandem. The
young ladies' who have danced with her
say that, except for the fact that she
is a littIe heavier than most girls Of
her size, she dances well, and keeps time
by feeling the vibrations q the body. She
can appreciate the gymnastic exercises,
too. telling the high jumps BY the door
and sppleuding.
Thirty-one trained nurses are employ
ed by the Board Of Health Of New York
to visit the public schools, zach Of the
70 schools receiving one visit day.
The nurses cooperate With the doctors
who are assigned 10 the schools.
The educational test for voting was
passed IN New Hampshire recently. a
number Of amendments to the constitu-
ton having been voted upon. this receiv-
ing the highest vote. Massachusetts also
makes IL necessary that ran can read
and write before he Is granted the priv
lege Of the ballot. The amendment ap-
piles only To voters hereafter to be quail
eed and II exempts those voters over 60
years Of aga.