Bisbee daily review., 1907-02-28
SCHOOL TEACHER VICTORIOUS
 IN FIGHT
Tombstone In Tnroes of Edu- cational Squabble That Now Promises Sensational De- velopmentS,

Following on the heels of the sum- dyko, pr.AcipAi of tho Tombstone and her subsequent reinstate- ment at the hands of the school trus- tees after County Superintendent Roekfellow had taken the ease under comes now tale of strife in school circles that looks like no ending until those interested have seen the resignation of the school board and the deportation of Superin- tendent Chapin, lately imported to sue ceed Superintendent Berner, now clerk of the board of supervisors.
 Concerning the early stages of the educational battle. the Tombstone Prospector has the following to say:
 "The trouble in the Tombstone city schools, which was precipltated Thurs day by the dismissal of Miss Ruth c. Opdyke as principal. was settled late this afternoon by an order of the board of trustees reinstating the lady in her positigh and recalling their former orders in connection with the case.
 County School Superintendent Rockfellow had been appealed to for a review Of the action of the trustees and was backed by innumerable peti- tions and popular call for further in- vestIgation and opportunity extended for a defense. The superintendent. conducted the examination and 1t be- came known to the trustees that the charges of characterization alleged were not substantiated. as at first in- timated, whereupon an agreement was reached with the superintendent to withhold decision until meeting of the trustees was called. At this meet ing the board unanimously recalled and rescinded their former action of dismissal and reinstated Miss Opdyke as principal, thus thoroughly vindicat- ing the lady of a manifest injustice, and by the same act manfully remedy ing an apparent nasty and uncalled-for action.
 The Prospector believes that this act of the board of trustees will be hailed with practically unanimous ap- probation. It is doing simple justice to a lady whose devotion to the inter- ests Of education and the welfare Of her pupils is a household word. It is also a matter for congratulation that the Tombstone schools, which are con among the best in the terri tory. will now go uninterruptedly for ward. diffusing education in all their branches. It is also to be hoped that in the future no discordant note will disturb the harmony that should pre- vail in educational circles.
 Later, it is learned that the board has called for the resignation of Super intendent Chapin, which is asked for as a result of the trouble.
 C'harges and counter clarges of in trigue add only to the interest of the case wherein petitioners demand the resignation of the present school board of school trustees composed of County Treasurer J. N. Gaines, Joseph Mac Pherson and George B. Wilcox.
 The petition circulated for the rein statement of Miss Opdyke is said to have had at least 95 per cent of the taxpayers and residents of Tombstone; it is claimed that the petition now be ing circulated asking for the resigna- ton of the entire board of trustees will have the same sisneTs as had the first, with possibly few more.
 A startling incident of the petl- ;ions lies in the fact that they are the first ever allowed to be circulated under ground in the mines of the Tombstone Consolidated Mines Co. This would indicate that those at the head of the mining company are talk Ing an active interest in the matter and that their interest is resounding to the benefit of Miss 0pdyke.
 It is charged by the friends of Miss Opdyke that when the new superin- tendent. MT. Chapin. assumed his duties. he went to the extreme of tear ing the printed matter from the school letter headings containing the name of Mis- opdyke as principal c' the high scho:l. the position she has been Oc- cupying prior to the shaking up at the county seat.
 Further there is well founded ru- nor to the effect that scene occur red et the investigation when Miss Opdyke and MT. Chapin were both presant. It is alleged by one close
 to the inside workings in Tombstone that George B. Wilcox took to task
 in no very light manner. Mir. Chapin for a surly remark to question Dy
 Miss Opdyl1e. Whether this incident had any influence on the later action
 of the board in reinstating Miss Op-
 dyke is not known. but change cf