The Washington times., 1911-06-19
HIGH SCHOOL PAPER
SLAPSAT TEACHERS,
AND WAR |MPENDS
Failure to Have Articles Gen.
sored Back of Conflict
Over Fraternities.

Because the Mckinley High School
publication OF which Horace w. Trues-
dell was editor-in-chief has been public
ly censured by the principal of that
school, DR.. George Myers, 1t is expected
the first clashes in the war which the
High School Teachers Association has
opended against the secret societies will
be fought about that young senior.
The attitude assumed by his publica-
tions in printing articles that had not
been submitted to the teachers, and in
praising Lenox r. Lohr, who had been
suspended from school and temporarily
deprived of his commission as Lieuten-
ant Colonel and editor of the school
paper because of fraternity trouble, will
be submitted as proof that the secret
societies oppose discipline in the schools.
The charges also are made that they
breed snobbery and the formation of
cliques. which seek to control athletic
and social affairs, to the detriment of
the school as a whole.
Considered Slaps.
The appearance of the articles in the
publications which Truesden headed
were taken as direct "slaps" at their
instructors, and evidences of insubordi-
nation on the part of the fraternities
printed, 1t was expected Truesdell
would be graduated. and that the state
ments were the final ones to be made
before he left high school. But Trues-
dell was not graduated with his class
last night. He "flunked'' in two studies.
Lohr, who was reported to have failed
to get a passing mark. was graduated.
The claim was made by ths oppo-
nents of fraternities and by DR.. Myers
in a general assembly Of the school on
Friday that there appeared In the last
issue Of the Hand and Mind articles
antagonistic to the best interests of the
school, and articles which were never
submitted to the instructors for censor
ship. as required by the faculty COM
mittee.
All of these assertions will be brought
out by the teachers, il Is expected,
when they are called upon to substan-
tiate their statements that secret So
cities should be decided out.
Want Them Abolished.
The teachers have opened the frater-
nifty war by filing with Superintendent
A. T. stuart a resolution adopted by
the High School Teachers Association,
calling for the abolition of the socie
ties. The members of the societies will
make a vigorous struggle to maintain
their ORGANIZATIONS. They are convinced
the war is but the outgrowth of the
J1chr incident At the time DR.. Myers
the Young mans dismissal
and the withdrawal of his commission,
he was charged with having threatened
to use the power OF his fraternity to
compel the school authorities to change
the date of a high school play. This
was given as evidence that fraterni-
lies participate in high school politics
md attemDt TO ''r1In the school" " HT. |
Myers has been opposed to high school !
secret societies for a long time. and 1t
IS expected he will be the leader in the |
crusade that has been inaugurated.
Superintendent Stuart has never been
disposed to shut out secret societies In |
he school, and has never felt that they |
brought any great harm. What his at |
itu1e will be now that the Teachers |
has taken action is not |
Known.