The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-10-22
TRIAL OF EXAMINER LONGBON STARTS WITH
SESSION THAT CONTINUES UNTIL MIDNIGHT

nations and who were unable, ap-
parently to pass the examination"
Now / want to say that IL Mr..
Longbon believed that Mr.. Clark and
Mr.. Bowen were going to tip off his
questions and railroad through some
OF the applicants he did perfectly
right and had he not refused under
those circumstances, he should have
been thrown out of the door. But
thing cf IL, gentlemen. This speciflca.
tion says and as is reported Why
does 1t say that? How long do any
of you lawyers think such pleading
would stand In the court of common
pleas In case where man was on
trial7 Not long enough to have II
read. And as Is reported That is
fine language to use in charges against
man In a quasi-crimlnal proceed
ing.
I'm the fourth charge Mr.. Longbon
is alleged to have prepared two lists
of questions for each examination on
the same subject, one to be used IL
certain applicants appeared and an
| other to be used If they did not ap-
| pear Even If this charge Is proven 1t
| falls far short of the four charges
| specified in the statute. But ] can
see how that might happen. I do
not think that teacher for lower
| grade should take the same examine
ton as teacher for one1of thRhigh-
| er grades or one who expects TO be
principal of a school and supervise
the work of the Others, !. Therefore
this charge must fall.
"In the fifth specification you al
lege that he refuses 70 cooperate with
the members of the board Sf eeEam-
iners and refuses to sign certificates
issued by them. Well, II thu previous
charge made by Mr. Longbon that
Clark and Bowen wa VJ-fatlroad
applicants through. then Mr. long
bon was right in refusing 70 either co.
operate with the board. q; II, slsSseer-
tifcates granted by the b6htf1.
Alleged Embarrassment.
"rhe sixth specification sheges that
Longbon so conducteda eSadninations
as to embarrass the bohrd Of educa-
ton In its selection of teachers and
has proposed that 1t would be n good
thing to give all applicants certificates
and then there would be four or five
for each position and us but one could
he selected the others would go out
and fight the board of education.
II want to say to you board MEM
bers right here that If you are that
easily embarrassed-by having num-
crous applicants for each position
don't embarrass the people of the city
of Marion any longer by remaining
on the board of education. Suppose,
for the sake of argument. that Mr.
Longbon did make the remark he is
claimed to. 1t remains that he did not
pass all applicants and that he made
no effort to get other applicants to
do So If a man proposes to steal
! a horse he is not guilty of horse steal.
ing until he steals or attempts TO
, steal ii. This charge must fall like
the others before it.
I'm the seventh specification you
charge Longbon with making n speech
, to the assembled applicants at exam
ination time that so unnerved them
that many of them failed and could
, ! not do their best On that occasion
r you say that Mr.. Longbon told them
that history was his subject and he
= had been named to prepare the test
, and had the questions with him. He
!, said he had been informed by at
torneys that certificates granted by
a majority of the board would not
be valid and told them that II they
cared to answer his questions they
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