The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-27
SCHOOL BOYS WANT
 TEACHER TO STAY Petition Will be Presented to
 Board of Education
PUPILS LIKE PROF. ADAMS
High School Boys Sign Petition That He Remain and Not Be Made Principal of a
 School.


 Birmingham high school will be presented to the board of education today asking that Prof Samuel Adams be retained on the faculty of that school.
 Prof. Adams was recently elected prin- cipai of the Barker school, the new ele- nentary school on the North Highlands which is nearing completion. As set forth in the petition, however, the boys feel that they and the entire school would suffer a great loss in the resignation of Prof. Adams.
 The election of Prof. Adams as princi- pal of the Barker school was consid- ered distinct promotions but 1t is un- derstood that he Is willing to remain in the faculty of the High school
 The petition Is regarded as a high tri- bute to Prof Adams. as 1t was signed voluntarily by every member of the school. A committee consisting of Ralph Barrow. Clarence Going. Clement Wood and Sam Clabaugh, drew up the peti- tion and circulated in through the school without the knowledge of Prof. Adams. nhey had the consent and approval, how ever, of Principal Cunningham and every other member of the faculty.
 In discussing the matter, member of the committee said:
 Students Views.
 The fact that every boy in the school, except possibly a few who were absent from school on the day 1t was circulated, were eager to sign the petition, shows the high regard in which Prof. Adams Is held by the High school boys.
 When the school gets into the new building, we will feel the loss of Prof. Adams He has encouraged the boys in athletics and also in their studies, and his relation to them Is hardly defnable. He has been their friend and counsellor. as well as their teacher
 "It is rather unusual that in the en- tire school there was not single boy who was not anxious to attach his sigma ture to the paper. We trust the board of education will seriously consider our pe- tition and if 1t is practicable take favor able action on It."
 The petition is as follows
 The Petition.
 "Whereas, We, the undersigned pupils Df the Birmingham High school, believe that our school would suffer a great loss in the removal from it's faculty of Prof. Samuel Adams, and that his years of association with the boys have given him a knowledge and understanding of them that few men have the fortune to pos- sess; and
 "Whereas, We believe that in addition to his efficient work as teacher of Latin and Greek he has for number of years encouraged athletics and manly sports among the boys To his efforts we attri- bute the success of the High school in the various branches of athletics, and
 ''Whereas, He. has also encouraged the pupils in their studies, and with Principal Cunningham and the other members of the faculty has done a great deal in cul- tivating the High School spirit among the pupils which has been an important factor in the success of the school in all lines. and
 ''Whereas, we believe that the High school now entering as it is upon new era, would suffer great loss and athletics in the school would receive severe blow by the severance of his connection with the school; and
 "Whereas we recognize our great need of his leadership
 Therefore, we, the boys of the Bir- mingham High school, do humbly petition your honorable board to retain Professor Adams as a member of the faculty of the Birmingham High school, and to elect his successor as principal of the Barker school.
 The Signatures.
 Ralph S. Barrow, Sam F. Clabaugh Clarence J. Going, Clement R. Wood, T. B. Dryer, Paul West. Leon Bradley, Oli- yer Cox, Tom Senn. Lee Allen Brooks, Anglin White, Charles Estes, William Garrett, Sterling S. Laner, Henry G.. Weiss, Edmund C. Armes, James Mont gomery, Robert H. Bradley, John M. Cald- well, Sam Robbins, Clarence Barker, Tru- man Thomas, Jack Glenden, Joe Berry, Joseph W. Johns, Robert A. Lewis, Charles Young. I. L. Mayer, Percy Guice, Lee Wood, Joe Neel, Vernon Harris, Charles Martin, Wallace McAdory, Henry Leigler, Tom Estes. William Harsh, Flu gene Gonzalez, Bracket Watkins, Rod erick Beddow, Cecil Collier. Frank Ridout, Lewellyn Graves, Robert Brown, Frank Hamilton, Leslie Adams, Lem Dunnam, Pollard Jones, John Marks, James Sloss, Hugh Humph, Glen Harris, Walter Hib- bier, Franklin Keiser, Richard Bowron, Charlie Self, William Sannemann. Louis Echllinger, Palmer Thomas, Anatole Lux, James Moore, George Copeland, Lewis Burruss, Henry Harvey, Harry White.
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