The Stanford interior journal., 1911-06-20
SAYS STANFORD GOT
A SQUARE DEAL
SPRINGFIELD SCHOOL suPERIN
TGNDENT WRITES ABOUT
TOURNAMENT TO !. J.

The Interior Journal has received
from Prof Colvin. superintendent OF
the school at Springfield. very
courteous letter. replying To certain
statements made concerning the
treatment by the Stanford school
children during the contests at tho
Tournament held there. The !. J.
personally had no knowledge what.
ever of the matters under discussion
the report of the Springfield Tolirna.
ment being furnished II by teachers
and students who attended II under.
stands from men here who know him
that Prof. Colvin is a very high.
class gentleman In every respect and
that he is not the Kind OF man TO sub.
ject any visiting school to the treat.
ment which the local children and
teachers complain Of
Inasmuch ms the report Of the
Springfield affair was furnished We
paper. II is very glad to print Prof.
Colvin's reply thereto. and Its col
umns are open To any who may wish
TO be heard further in the matter
Notwithstanding it, sympathies are.
of course. intensely with Stanford. II
does not intend that anyone shall
not be given square deal' in It's
columns Prof. Colvins card is as
follows:
Editor OF the Interior Journal:
VIII you kindly allow me space In
your paper TO correct some Of the
statements made in the report of the
Tournament held in our town June
Z. y. and 3.
I shall make no attempt to answer
part OF the article referred TO. IL Is
personal and should be answered by
Supt. Ireland rather than myself.
Probably ne himself could not pre-
vent it's publication.
II ls inevitabe e that where so many
and where they are 40 evenly pre-
pared some OF them must be disap-
pointed But In the Tournament this
year. there was less objection. less
criticism OF decisions than in any |
have known. The letters received
from all who took part have but EN-.
rhasizod this fact
Every Judge in defamation. every
Judge in music came from cities not
represented IN the contests The
character and standing of each OF
them is sufficient warranty OF their
honesty and In his article Prof Ire
land says. we do not charge dis
honesty on the part of the judges. 20
Il ~ happened that IN the declama.
ticn and vocal mu ,ic contests Spring.
FIELD won most OF the medals Blu
this was not unusua In every con
test of this kind that We have enter.
cd We have usually won. Our school
deyutes more attention To this work
than any OF the rival schools and thil
account for our success On the
other hand Stanford only weakness
was In these contests
1t is objected BY Prof. Ireland that
no one was consulted as to the
points to be considered In declama
ton and music" Vet the rules gov.
crning the oonte u this year were
the same that have governed these
contests for fourteen years; the
same that governed when the Tour
nament VAS h"ld IN stamford. They
do not specify what shall constitute
= dec amation. This has always
been lett to the Judgment of the
schools competing They can enter
any sort of speech. only It must be
Judged as a declamatioo. Prof. Ire.
lands entries illustrate the scope OF
these contests: one Of his speakers
rccited a dramatic selection. another
an oratorical selection. still another
a humorous selection. each one being
chosen. ! have no doubt. because II
afforded the speaker an opportunity
to dlsp'ay his or her particular tai.
ent
Again II Is objected that Caldwell
College entered sublnstructor in
the piano solo contest. The young
lady from Caldwell was a graduating
student from that institution this
year Springfield had an entry In
that contest. think We wanted to
win It and we could not hurt other
schools chances of winning Il with
out hurting our own. Besides, PROF
Ireland himself told me that he had
no objection to the entry from Cald
well at least a week before the Tour
nament was held He did sobject "a
some Of the supposed entries; he
thought the Louieville High School
would enter in athletics and when he
was assured that they would not he
expressed himself as satisfied Will