Weekly journal-miner., 1909-12-01
CHARGES RECITED IN
 DETAIL BY BABCOCK


 les of charges against him, presented by Dr. Kendrie c. Babcoek, president of the University of Arizona, A. H. Mcclure, superintendent of the schools of Yuma, is resting about as easily as if he were seated on the top of Mt. Vesuvius with the prospect of an eruption at any moment.
 The charges are aimed at his character, it now appears, at his pro- fessional conduct as a teacher, and at his honesty; in fact the first in- timation of any trouble between Dr. BbcOek nd MT. Mcclure came during the recent teachers institute in Phoenix during fair week, when, in an address, Dr. Babeoek, looking MT. Mcclure (who sat directly in front of him) straight in the eye, said: "A member of this association has lied to me deliberately and elab- orately." It is said by those who were present that Mcclure looked Dr. Babeoek in the eye and never winked a lid.
 Some of those who were present said that the quotation was Ca mem Der of this association wilfully and consistently lied.'' Whatever the per tinent accusation made by Dr. Bab- cock was, the general tenor of it was the same-that Dr. Babeock believes that Mcclure lied to him and that he adopted the straight Roosevelt policy when he proclaimed him liar before the Teachers Association. That Dr. Babeoek referred to Me Cure when he made that terrific in- situation he himself will not deny, for he said to others shortly after the meeting that Mcclure was the man to whom he referred.
 This statement before the insti- ute was followed up by Dr. Bab- cocks asking that committee of five be appointed as a committee on discipline. The word "diseipline" was thinly yelled excuse for Gin vestigation." The purpose of this committee was nothing more nor less than an investigation of the charae- ter and didaetic methods of Mcclure. The committee was duly appointed and consists of Superintendent J. D. Loper of the Phoenix city schools, County Superintendent J. B. Jolly of Prescott, c. F. Philbrook of the city schools of Bisbee, Kirke Moore of Phoenix, and Prof. A. J. Matthews. president of Tempe Normal. It is quite probable that this committee will never be called upon to act as the territorial board of education has taken up the matter.
 The committee was created with Kirke T. Moore as chairman. The committee got together and decided that the matter was a little too much for them; they thought it was import ant enough to come before the board of education and the territorial board thought the same. A meeting of the board will be called within a few days to. take up the matter.
 The charges preferred by Dr. Bab- cock against Mcclure are very seri- Ous indeed. They have been forward ed to Superintendent of Public h. struction Kirke T. Moore. The na- ture of the charges is still somewhat obscure. It is known, however, that | one of the charges has to do with | McClure's college degrees. Mcclure on his letter heads writes NJ. A. and | Ph. D. after his name. When he ob- | tained his present position as SUD- erintendent of the Yuma schools his diploma was questioned. He pre- sented diploma with his application for a certificate and it is supposed to be one of the charges that his diploma contains various additions and alterations made in favor of Me Cure. At any rate, the authenticity of the diploma was questioned, and he passed this examination very Mcclure was required to take an ex- animation. It is to his credit that he passed this examination very cred itably. In regard to his degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Arts, which he uses on his stationery, it is said that when asekd about them he failed to give satisfactory evidence of where he obtained these honors. After persistent questioning he is said to have given the name of some ob- scure college, which is unknown to the bureau of education at Wash ington.
 One of the greatest charges against Mcclure is that he has advertised and been generally known as the head