The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-11-30

| TrOubl0-B0tt6r Abandon the ErACblc0.-
A movement may be started within short
time bv residents of Woodlawn, in the LIST dis
| trict and other sections of Baltimore county TO
have the School Board prohibit whipping in
the schools. The movement grows out OF the
whipping of 10 year-old Ethel Phillips, daugh-
ter of Mr. J. w. Phillips, truck farmer near
| Woodlawn.
Last spring the girl was whipped by Mr..
| Samuel r. Fox teacher of No. School. Her
| legs and breast bore bruises when she related
| the whipping to her father some time after
ward, aud Mr.. Phillips made complaint be-
! fore the trustees of the school. Mr.. Phillips
was indignant, because he said his child had
| but short time before recovered from a Sc
| we're attack of pneumonia. Accordingly charges
we're preferred against the teacher before the
trustees, and on October 18th last meeting
| was held at which the charges against Mr.. Fox
were heard. By way ofexplantion the teacher
admitted that he whipped the child with thin
switch, but denied having treated her with any
| cruelty.
II was the desire of Mr.. Phillips at that time
| to have the teacher removed from the scnool
| The trustees, however, on the ground that
there was no regulation in the county prohibit
| ing the whipping of children by teachers, de-
| cided to retain Mr. Fox. He was instructed to
refrain from whipping the children in the
| future.
Ethel Phillips returned to the school some
| time afterward and it was believed that the in
dignation of Mr.. Phillips and few other par
ents would subside. This, however, was not
the result. Mr.. Phillips consulted Mr.. Will
liam Pinkney Whyte, Jr, his counsel, and ne
has threatened to take the matter before the
School Board and ask for the removal of the
teacher from No. School.
Mr.. WHITE said that no definite action has
been taken since the meeting of the trustees OF
the school, on October 28th ut is very prob
able though" he added "that we will take
steps to bring about the removal of the teacher.
Mr.. Phillips may soon take the case before the
School Board and ask that the teacher be either
dismissed or removed. At the same time there
will, in all likelihood, follow the movement 70
abolish the use of the rod in all the schools OF
the county"
Mr.. Fox is % years old and has been
teacher at the school for several years. Mr..
| Harry Ritter is president of the board of trus-
tees of the school and at the time of the whip
ping of the Phillips girl his brother, Mr.. Frank
Ritter, held that Office.
School Superintendent Albert s. Cook says
be is at loss to understand why so much stir
has been made over the whipping affair.
II was present at the meeting of the board OF
trustees of the school when the case was heard
in October" said Mr. Cook, but the plan OF
the Phillpses seemed then to be to take the
matter to court said if they were going to do
this there was no use having hearing before
| the trustees, although the case was gone into
at some length, and both sides were aware that
they had the right of appeal to the Board OF
"The testimony Of the witnesses was that the
| whipping had been done with a switch Is to "a
| inches long and as thick as slate pencil. The
| evidence was that three or four welts appeared
| on the child's legs, but no blood. Mrs. Phil
| lips the girls mother was at the hearing, and
was not at all complimentary in some of her
| remarks. The affair looks to me like neigh
| borhood quarrel.
"The Baltimore County School Board has
never made any hard and fast rule on the qnes-
ton of corporal punishment This is for the
| reason that in some sections the parents desire
| it. although the children probably do not coin
| eide with them. In other places whipping
would not be tolerated, and it is thus left to the
| discretion Of the teacher. do not hesitate to
say, though, that Mr.. Fox made blunder in
| whipping a girl and have told him SO. He
| was also repfimanded by Commissioner Rice.
| Outside of this blunder Mr.. Fox has made
| fine record; he has built up the school and lisa
| fine teacher.
Gas to the desirability or practicability of
| entirely abolishing corporal punishment In the
| schools, / do not care to express an opinion at
| this time"
Doctors Have Interesting Time.-Dr. ].
| n Mccormack, of Bowling Green, KY, rep
resentative of the American Medical Associa-
| ton, visited Towson on Tuesday as the guest
| of the Baltimare County Medical Society. He
| spoke in the afternoon at the Guild House be-
| fore the doctors on How to Make County So
cieties Thoroughly Useful in Everyday Life Of
| Physicians and People" and addressed pub
| lie meeting at night DR.. Mccormack was ac-
| companied to Towson by DR.. Marshall l..
| Price secretary of the State Board of Health.
| At the conclusion of the afternoon meeting
| the members of the association were sump-
| tuously entertained at the residence OF DR.. K.
| O. Massenburg, in Towson,
This Ought to Bring Out the Talent
/ At the meeting of the Sweet Air Lyceum, Sat
urday evening, December 7th, the following
| will be discussed:
Resolved That it is the sense of this lyceum
that President Roosevelt acted unwisely in
| ordering the motto "In God We Trust to be
left off dollars hereafter coined.
i ResoIved, That it is the sense of this lyceum
that a general law should be enacted by the
| next Legislature making local option possible
whenever a majority ofthe votersin a6y given
locality may declare for it.
1.-THE Union Must Follow Him.-A min
lister who was stationed several years in Balti-
more county writes us as follows: For four
wears read THE UNION and was always glad
TO see the local county news And here l
want to express my gratitude to you for the
paper. Now that | am up here in the Cum
berland Valley-away from all my friends in
Baltimore county, would like to continue
to read your excellent county paper. En-
closed find check for years subscription"
etc.
Volunteer Firemen to Meet.-The first
general convention of the Baltimore County
| Volunteer Fircmen's Association will be held
at Hamilton Hail. Hamilton Hartford road,
on Tuesday evening next, December Sd, at 3
o'clock An interesting program has been ar
ranged to follow the business meeting. Each
volunteer company is requested to send as large
delegation as possible.
Sale of Small Farm.-Mr. Thomas W.
Leight, who lately inherited from his father,
William l.. Leight, the old homestead near
Wesley Chapel, 10th district, has sold the prop
erty to Mr.. Wagner of Baltimore, on private
terms The place contains All acres, is well
improved, and was for many years the home
of the late Mr.. Leight
Towson Improvement Association.-The
annual meeting of the Towson improvement
Association for the transaction of business and
the election of officers for the ensuing year,
will be held at Guild Hall, on Wednesday even.
ing next, December 4th, at o'clock. Every
member is urgently requested to be present.
Dwelling Burned.-The home Of Mr.. SAM
H. DeHoff, near Mt. Carmel, 9th district, was
destroyed by fire early on Wednesday morning
last. The fire started in the roof and the flames
spread so rapidly that practically nothing wa
saved from the house. The loss is about 0OC
and is only partially covered by insurance.
Work of the Orphans' Oourt.-In the Bal
timore County Orphans Court this week let
ters were granted on the following estates:
On the personal estate Of Casper Kremer ia
Joseph and Harry Kremer, executors
On the personal estate of John r. StandiforC
to Keziah R. Standiford, executrix.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
TOaDs0n N. B. Church.-Preaching every Sunday
at II A. M and p. NJ. by the pastor, Rev. Thos
e. Copes. Sunday school at $50 A. NJ. Epworti
League at tbs P. N. Glass meeting Mondays. al
sP. NJ. prayer meeting Wednesday,. at ?. NJ
LdkevteaO m. e. Church, Duldny's VdILev.-Sun
day, December /: Preaching at P. M. by thu
pastor, r. v. Thomas e. Copes.
Baltimore Circuit, NJ p. Church.-Epsom, Tow
son, Sunday school. 9.45 A. M; preaching. II A
NJ; Junior @. E., P. n; Senior @. E.. 73O P. N.
preaching, p. NJ Rev. H. e. Wright, pastor.
Hunts II. q. Church, SherwOod-H. Wilson Bur
gan. pastor.-Sunday services: Preaching a
iOB A. NJ. and P. NJ; Sunday school, $50 A. NJ.
class meeting. at 1l.55 A: NJ; Epworth League a
7.3O P. N. Prayer meeting, Wednesdays. at P
NJ Junior Epworth League (Rockland), Satur
days, 4P.M