The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-06-30
therefore, acted in ba- ialth and with
| the utmost inSlnCeritv.

II On one occasion he aid to me that
he was opposed to corporal punishment,
f soon afterward, whiIt visiting mn.
f schools he saw boy act dlsorderlv nj
: ranks Mr., Blanton r,prmanded the
: boy severely and NOT being obeyej tbe
superintendent became very much en-.
} ragged, apparently, and cba,lised the how
1 Such conduct seemed vtry nconsisten+
to me. To my personal knowledge he
was absolutely not on speaking terms
with our principal for week. And on
one occasion he was 50 volublesand
boisterous in is abuse while talking with
Prof. Whsenunt near my room that il
was impossible for me to conduct the
recitation at that period This condnct
was exceedingly demoraizjng to the
children in my room and | heard thar
its effect was felt throughout the build.
ing. He has never given me helpfpl
suggestion nor has he ever created the
slightest interest among the pupils Of
my ROOM. His manner was never spch
las to inspire confidence or command re-
spect from either teacher or pupil
There seems to be a great want Of
magnetism in the makeup of our super
Iintendent. | do not hesitate to say that
his manner. is more calculated to pro-
duce antagonism than to promote bar-
mony. He seems TO have no settled
plans or purpose in the management Of
schools In conclusion | will say Mr..
Blanton is absolutely unapproachabe by
the teachers, much the same as the Gar
by his subjects.
To say that Miss Phillips received an
ovation is indeed a mild expression. The
applause was deafening and continued
several minutes
When order was restored Mr. Smith
desired to know why Miss Phillips had a
not submitted these complaints to the y
board
why" she replied. Il did not think
1t would do any good. If the board will
permit the expression she said, softly
and sweetly, Il thought the board was
Blantonized =
What" exclaimed one of the board
members, "Blanchardized?
No, sir, said Blantonized. ;"
Then followed an outburst of ap-
pause, waving OF handkerchiefs and
clapplng of hands, under which thea
board had recovered from the indict-
ment of Miss Phillips Then followed
a colloquy between Mr.. Smith, Judgeps
Moncure and Miss Phillips. Judge
Moncure expressed great surprise, re-
greet and modification on having been
signallzed as one of the board being
Blantonized. He reminded the Young
lady that he had been kind to her which
she admitted and acknowledged III gra-
cious words, but she maintained her po-
sitlon admirably and provoked sec
ond outburst of applause
A CLIMAX UNEXPECTED.
he press representatives. realizing
the disadvantages by which they were
confronted and the impossibilty OF OBJ
tanning such report as is desired BY
tie public, resorted to stratagem How
the press obtained the full report, almost
verbatim, in the face of what seemed an
1mpossibllity, is one of the secrets of the
profession. The press on such occa-
sions work in harmony as when "execu-
tive or secret sessions are held. from
which all the facts essential are OBJ
tanned for publication While the ap-
pause was in progress there was OBJ
tanned in twinkle of an eye reports
desired and which perhaps could not
have been obtained. What happened
may be better understood by the follow
ing narration:
Where is that report?" demanded
the president, looking in the direction
of the press representatives.
Give us the report 1t is ours Where
is 1t? What have you done with it
were questions fired at the press men
standing in the Jam near table in the
center of the room The report was
passed from one to another until Inc
last man hurried from the room with 4.
That report is the property OF ne
board and you have no right to u
shouted Mr.. Herndon, jumping towards
seat and pounding the table with li'
list. who has that report? MIR. Gfos-
lean, we want it.
Mr.. Grosjean, editor of The Caucas
an, stated that he did not have 4 aila
mad passed it on to another reporter
Who is he? where is that report
and pounding he table his ns
demanded f. B. Herndon, r., again
,lenching his FIST and applying ms
marks to The Caucasian represen
i've. Where is that report' You nass
10 right to it ; get it. We must have "
More confusion and an uproar.
he duCdSfJn man replica ME-