The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-28
SAYS MR.. CONNER
DIDN'T REMEDY
Prof. kenna Writes Card Telling Of
Some Of Work Done BY Prof.
WoodIey.

The following from Prof. ]. M.
Kenna, principal Of the grammar
school. is self-explanatory.
Editor News:
Dear Sir-Mr. Conner in his talk
Tuesday night at the opera house did
the superintendent of the city schools
an injustice which he started out to
remedy in his card in yesterdays pa
per; but which he did not remedy,
for what he had to say was simply a
reiteration of what he had said at the
mass meeting. In the first place,
when corrected as to the number of
hours and days that the superintend-
ent works in the year, he did not cor
rect his statement. He said that Mr..
Woodley only worked $50 days in the
year and five hours per day at that,
which statement is not in accord with
the facts in the case. Being associa-
ted with Mr.. Woodley, as a teacher
in the city schools, l happen to know
about the amount of work that he
does, and the number of days he
works in the year. In the first place,
his work is never over when the
schools close in the afternoon, as
there is almost always something to
be attended to at some one of the
seven schools in the city. l have
seen him frequently going home after
five o'clock in the afternoon, and
after he goes home his work is not
over, as from the time he gets home
till late at night the telephone is
busy, either some teacher wanting all
vice or some patron to talk about his
child's work.
In the second place, his work is
not over when the sessions work is
ended, as it is his business to look
alter the interest of the schools dur
ding the summer. There are always
several teachers to be employed and
he must be on the lookout for teach
ers to recommend to the board Mr..
Woodley's vacation was very short
last summer, and if | know when
man has worked l wish to say that
he has been as hard at work since
the schools opened as any other man
in Hattiesburg. not only during schoo.
| days, but on Saturday as well.
1t is simply preposterous to com
pare his work with that of day la
borer, all respect to the laboring man;
but no one will deny that preparation
and experience are worth something
in any line of work. The gentleman
who attacked Mr.. Woodley would not
take an unsllilled man to work in his
store, and the people do not wait
some Cheap Johnnie to experiment
on their children. The superinteal'
ent of the Hattiesburg schools is 70
Cheap Johnnie" and is worth every
cent OF the salary that he gets, AID
more. Surely no one with any senae
will deny that Mr.. Woodley's twenty
five years experience is worth some
thing. | wish to say that in other
parts of the state he is considered
one of the best, If not the best, school
man in the state.
have written this without Mr.
Woodley's solicitation or even his
knowledge. l admire him as a man
and I admire his work. He has the
interest of the school children Of
heart, and is doing a great work here
The facts in the case can be very
easily gotten and any one who loves
fair play can see the injustice that
those remarks at the mass meeting
and in the paper, are to Mr.. Woodley
In our zeal to carry our point, let's
not overlook the facts.
am, very truly,