The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-20
Lively Tilt Held Before the
School Board.
LONGDON ADMITS MISTAKES
Only Two in Recent Exami
nation Passed.
City school Examiners VIII Hold An
other Examination, the New Rules
OF the Board VIII Prevail.

clal meeting, fTluay evening, the Sec
ond within week, for the object of |
ironing out the differences existing
between members of the board of cit;
school examiners. Ordinarily before
an ironing Is done there must be a
wash day. but with the school board
1t was not so. Washday and ironing
day were combined. The dirty linen
was washed first by the board Of ex-
aminers and then the board of educa-
ton attempted to do the ironing One
member of the board wanted 10 do
little patching but another member
declared Immediately that the school
board was not In the patching bust
ness. After the smoke had cleared
away 1t was discovered that little
had been accomplished but 1t was evil
dent that swords were still unsheath-
ed and there was still some whetting
going on.
The outcome of the whole affair is
that the board of examiners will hold
another examination. August 81 and
September 1. The questions In all
branches will be passed upon by the
| whole board before they are submit
ted to the applicants and the grades
by the board, as n board. In the
meantime all manuscripts about which
there has been any objection, will be
canvased by the board to determine
whether there have been mistakes or
Irregularities in grading.
The members of the school board
were little tardy in getting to-
gcthcr and some time was spent watt
ing for President Hill, the only mem
Der of the board not present j. w.
| Jacoby was selected chairman in Mr..
| Hills absence and the board got
down to business I'm very short order.
The board talked for some time about
| double expansion bolts. while the
| spectators looked on in horror. Won
dering whether they were anything
like n Hotchkiss, but the tension was
| relieved when Il was learned they
were nothing more or less than n
fastening for outside doors. II was
taken to mean that the school board
members were anxious that the bolts
he drawn, go There would be easy
egrcss from the room should a hasty
departure be necessary. The mem
bers wanted the going to be good.
The way having been paved and
made as straight as possible, T. c.
Bowen was called upon to state the
nature of the trouble existing between
members of the board of examiners.
Mr.. Bowen took the floor and did not
lose time In getting at the meat of
the cOcoanut Neither did he mince
words about the matter. His remarks
were to the effect that at the last
: examination held by the examiners
the questions In history were out of
reason. He made the assertion that
there were not ten persons In Marion
county who could have secured a
passing grade. Mr.. Bowen stated that
| he has inquired OF the applicants
their opinion of them and they de-
clared they were simply awful"
Naming Mr.. Longbon, Mr.. Bowen de-
clared that he had endeavored to en-
harrass the board both with the ques-
tions he had propounded and the
gradings he had made. He referred
to the case Of Miss Peadon, one of
the applicants who took the exam
ination and was granted two years
certificate. Miss Peadon declared TO
members of the examiners and to
others that she had failed and she re-
quested regarding of her manu-
script in history. The matter was
referred to Mr.. Longbon and when
Miss Peadon spoke to him about it,
he declared that he had made mis-
take and given her sixty-five when she
was entitled to only hfty-fve. Mr.,
Bowen stated that Mr.. Carmine and
Mr.. Bolander, two of the applicants
who failed claim they were discrim-
| I,,u htF Nr n
applicants claim they failed In the
examination, yet they We're granted
certificates. one applicant stated to
Mr., Bowen that she had not gotten a
grade Of more than twenty in the eN.
animation.
Mr.. Bowen wound up his remarks
with the statement that the conduct OF
Mr.. LOngbon has made the work OF
the board very unpleasant and en-
barrasslng and the members are beinl
subjected to a great deal of unjust
criticism and that he must decline tC
serve under present conditions with
Mr.. Longbon on the board.
, Mr.. Clark was called upon for re.
marks, but he declared that he had
nothing to add TO what Mr.. Bowen had
already stated.
Mr.. LongbOn, who had been present
. all of the time, was asked whether
he had anything to say to the board
The question was useless for II was
soon very evident that Mr.. Longbor
had something to say and he pro-
ceeded to say II right out in meeting
Mr. Longbon stated that he con-
sidered the examination i'm history
and literature very fair. He said hc
has asked at least seventy-hve per-
sons their opinion of the tests anG
, they had all declared they were very
fair and some pronounced them easy
A number or the ladies In the city
, declared them to be very fair He de,
, clared that he was not trying to EN-.
barrass the board of education; thar
the two men who failed. Mr.. Bolandel
and Mr., Carmine, were total stranger.
to him before the June examination
and that he had no object in failing
them. He declared that after tht
June examination, in which they fail,
ed, these two gentlemen came to his
office and pleaded for mercy. They
stated that they We're without EN-.
,Io,,,,,ant for the wear and tbot .ba,