The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-05-07

these five or six teachers be paid to teach fifty
students? 1t looks to me that it will be something
that the Grand Jury would do well to look into.
Summing this all up, the fact is Prof Johnston
gave Judgment that he believed to be right on Sat-
urday, but failing to please the assistant teachers
who had their courtship during school hours so
badly disorganized, he comes back Monday and the
first thing he does is to hold secret consultation
with the assistant teachers and there gets his udg
ment OF the case made over" kinder second handed
like after which he is prepared to render another
Judgment according to specified orders.
We have majority Of the peoples afhdavits and
evidence, which the subservient School Board re-
fused to hear, to show the wrongs we are suffering
FROM Only the anti-Burgess side have had any
chance to be heard.
Now, voters of Bosser Parish, hope when you
come to elect another School Board you will look
into this matter of one-man rule Cor ruin) and see
whether or not you want one man for Parish School
Board and Superintendent, all in one and the same
person as it is now. Or do you want the majority
right to say to whom you will send your own dear
child to school and so that you will not have to sub
nit to rulings that patrons know not to be in accord
with their best interests. When the time comes
would say to you, ask your candidate where he
stands; ask for home rule then and you can get it,
Give us a School Board that has more of this and
one that has some Of the vigor Of youth and the
power OF conservative progression (for example
see Mr.. SentelPs record) and then we can have
permanent schools.
| To the friends and patrons of the Plain Dealing
High School who have stood by the local board
here so Loyalty in efforts to build and equip
new, neat and comfortable house and in the select
ing OF faculties as we'll as other duties we have
faithfully tried to perform, want to herein express
my sincere thanks and will say that the six trustees
regret very much to resign but they feel that the
prejudice OF the oneman rule against is great
that it would be best for the opening of the next
term OF school for us to get out Of the way. The
one-man rule power now have it their way. You
can now see some of the ways by which they OBJ
tain their charge well what they can do after
obtaining the management
Hoping that justice may some day be shown all,
l am very respectfully, TN. KEoUN.
| ct is an old and we'll established rule in the
Banner office that when person is openly attacked
in the columns of the paper to allow that person
the privilege to reply to the attack through the
same channel. For this reason alone we have given
space to the above. But we wish to say that in
future if anything is submitted for publication
regards this wrangle-if aamissible-it will be
treated as advertising mater eo indicated in print
and charged for at fixed rate per line. It has al
ways been our aim to discourage rather than en-
courge newspaper controversies or anything that
smacks of the like-believing that personalities in
newspapers do more harm good to a CON-
munity. 1t would be ines. nably better for all
concerned to devote their efforts to reestablishne
harmonious relations and building up the schoo
and promoting the good cause of education gener-
aly.-Editor.]