The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-31
BOARD IGNORES
v. A. LONGbON
Will not Honor his List Of
Questions
EXAMINATION PROCEEDS
Clark and Bowen Prepare
all Questions.
Glass of Eight Applicants Cheer When
they are Informed that Mr.. Long,
bon's Questions are Taboocd.

The turbulent waters which have
been surging about the members of
the board of city school examiners,
the spray from which has been dash
| ing over the members of the board of
| education as well, were either made
more turbulent or were quieted to
| some extent, this morning. Which
| ever may prove to be the result, the
| majority of the board of examiners
| took the bull by the horns and in the
words of former United States SEN
ator from this state, "effectually elm
mated" w. A. Longbon from the
board insofar as the examination
which was scheduled for today and to-
morrow is concerned. 1t will proba-
bly rest with the board of education,
whether he has been permanently
| eliminated. Indeed the state school
| commissioner may take a hand in the
| affair before the "fnis' is written, for
MIR. Longbon will have the right t.
appeal to him.
At o'clock. the hour for the be-
| ginning of the examination and with
the class of eight applicants present,
Mr.. Bowen. president. and John II.
| over 10 where Mr.. Longbon was sit
| ting and inquired of him whether or
| not he had prepared his lists of ques-
| tlons and submitted them to the board
! for approval. This was a needless
| question for both were aware OF the
| fact that Mr.. Longbon had been notl-
| fled on two separate occasions 10
/ meet with the board to go over the
Il questions and pass upon their fair-
ness or unfairness. Mr.. Longbon ana
not meet with the board nor did he
send his lists of questions to be Pc
rused and passed upon
Mr.. Longbon replied that he had his
list of questions prepared and would
submit them when the time for eN-
animation in his branches had ar
rived.
Mr.. Bowen. who acted as spokes'
man for the board, then informed MT
Longbon that the board had prepared
lists of questions In history and ciVl
government, literature, natural phi
losophy and botany and that the boart
would conduct the examination u
reading the branches which were as
signed to Mr.. Longbon, and that M
A attention would be paid to the llst
I prepared by Mr.. Longbon.
MIR Bowen then turned to the clas
\ of applicants and informed them ina
Mr.. Clark would conduct the exam
4 nations in the branches which wer
formerly examined by Mr. Longboi
y ana that after preparing their man
d uscrIpts they should return them Z
\ Mr.. Clark. clerk of the board, an
4 that the board would pass upon then
and give them the gradings.
Right here was enacted the rea
tragedy of the morning and lttl
4 salt was rubbed into the open woun
by the applicants who could not,
least they did not, resist the tempta
ton to manifest their approval o
the action of the majority OF IN
board, by clapping their hands. I'M
might by some be considered IN IN
nature of an encore, but the applaus
was not long enough
Mr. Longbon seemed nonplusse
for "A time and all he could say 10
the moment was, 81 object"
The other two examiners went abot
their work in very methodical man
ner, giving out their lists of question
and lnstructng the applicants how
proceed with the examination
After a few moments, Mr.. Long
bon arose and asked to be excused,
No objection was raised to NJ
Longbon's departure and after he ma
gone the examination proceeded with
out interruption. everything goin
along very smoothly
There was some talk upon tn
streets later of Mr.. Longbon securln
an Injunction restraining the major
ity Of the board from proceeding wit
the examination. but no such actio
was taken up until the time of goin
to press.