The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-09-08
COMMUNICATED.

nal this morning a communication urg
ing that the !. |. & C. should not open
this year; he is booster who thinks
the /. |. & c. should open in its own
building. 1t was my honest opinion
four months ago that the school should
not open until the building was ready
but when the board of regents met
with representatives of the school
board and Commercial club Of this city
and made arrangements whereby the
school could open In conjunction with
the High School of this city and elect
ed such teachers as they deemed nee
essary for carrying ii on with the help
of the High School faculty, | was in
duced to resign the chair of English
in the Central State Normal at Ed
mond and accept like chair in the
!. |. & C. / received last year $1,500
and had been reelected and was urged
by the president not to resign, but
II came with my husband, who also
resigned the chair Of mathematics in
a normal school. We have done here
two months hard work for the /. /. &
|C. We would have opened with TWEEN
ty-fiye boarding girls and at least fifty
local pupils and as we are receiving
letters every day from others who
would enter If the school began, / am
sure the boarding patronage would run
to one hundred pupils before the end
OF the scholastic year. In spite of our
efforts to stop the pupils from com
ing, there were two girls from Delhi,
two from Mayfield, one from Duncan,
one from Tuttle, one from Boyd, two
from Cement that reported ready to en-
ter. We received yesterday letters
from four others ready to come as
soon as they could hear from us. Be-
sides. our two months labor, we have
spent $500 directly and indirectly for
the sake of the school. What is $4,000
to this town as whole compared to
the sacrifice made and the loss sus-
have given up good positions and are
thrown out to wait twelve months for
something to do? These teachers who
are making life profession of teach
ing, who work from love of the pro-
fession and have given the bulk of
their salaries each year to charity, the
church, and other philanthropic enter
prises and depend each year upon their
profession for living? Now, do you
ask, "Why should the l. l. & G. begin
this year?" If it does not begin, who
lis responsible to these teachers for
the loss which they have incurred?
The positions which they could have
been filling are already taken by 9th
ers. Governor Haskell's daughter has
the position which resigned, and
which | should have been filling doubt
less today if this same booster had
not boosted so much or had not ceased
to boost. l am not blaming anyone for
the present state of affairs. only
know these teachers are the innocent
victims Of somebody's mistake and
feel that Chickasha as whole should
make good to them as far as possible
have a college and university educa-
tion, have done nothing all my life
but teach. l am ready for work, and
If the l. |. & q cannot open. l am pre-
pared to take private pupils can
teach them almost anything they shall
want in a literary education, although
have specialized in English and an.
cient and modern languages. Let all
who do not go to the High School and
wish to have private instruction, see
me at once.
l am very regretful of the circum-
stance which calls forth this commu-
nication, yet feel that it is just.
Respectfully,
Mrs H. B. Abernethy.
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