Gunnison news-champion., 1912-06-14

s.ai she did "a; shos fHvos.t.ssa.
sna thsi the sssssa sosRe Of tAs
Pepsls did sos savsses rapidly wss
because they were slow nsasrslly.
Dan Harrington. George L'srly,
Pa TomIey and Ars. Lieriy wsse
called ~ The sssad- Hsrr,axtea and
iIery ase saemhsss ot the bossd
: aey posh testified thai their chlIdrea
I'D not psaGress ~ they saoald, ths,
ehey had Examined them themselves
Dad judged their school work in that
say Astoruey McGlnnis referred
ssrcsssicslIy 10 their ability 70 judge
school Work and received saappy
snswers in several Instances. Mr..
srria9soa sd~it.ed that he had
ever visited the school dsrlng
4shool hours st all. and Mr.. L,erly
stated thai he wss there bot once.
Uhen he sent 10 Gx . clock. They
seve sstsd how they cosld know Of
- deportnsas Of the scholsss, sad
0plisd shsa they got THE infornssioa
I bo@ their children and from talk inS
9th their wives end with neighbors.
Mr. Hsrringtoa IVES asked about
BE psvsislisy shown. He replied
hat Miss Lindbers favored some
md not others-psssed some end
eept others back She favored the
ehildren of Mrs. Belle Duncan and
~ g. Niederhsk, be ssid.
Seat IL . fscs Mr. HsrriAetoa thsa
kss osiUhborhood sssrssl ssisaiaG
sp these = Tia Csp, cssssd eli this
tsusble?" he wss ssked.
The neighborhood qssrrel might
hsss something to do with the feel
iAl now-it didn't then" replied
The witness.
Mr. Lierly testified that his
ds~Ghter did not do well in school;
thsa she was Disseminated against,
paEticalarly in favor Of the Nieder-
hst child His daughter was only
allowed one chance in spelling while
the Niederhut child was given
ssvsssl. On this point the matter
Of sAe accent Of the Niederhut child
wsa brought out Miss Lindbera
sssssd that il was difficult at times to
ssAerstand what letter the girl was
ssiag snd she would often have her
repssA. Other witnesses admitted
thaA Tie girl had "peculiar" accent
bet shst il wss not 30 pronounced
tAaa il was difiicslt to catch.
Regarding the supplementary
rsadiag course, Mr.. Lierly said he
did not want it taught to his
ds~sAssr. He objected to the
gAost story" contained in the course.
Asked what the title of the story was,
10 replied that it was Dickens
Christmas Carol.
Tie attorney for the plaintiff made
mech of this testimony, dwelling
upon the beauty Of the story and the
TACT that it was considered by all
critics TO be a classic.
Mr.. Lierly was asked if there was
not feeling between his family and
The Niederhut family which made
the real foundation for the objection
TO Misc Lindbergs attitude toward
the Niederhut girl. He said there
wss some feeling but there was no
trosble because they didn't speak. "
Mrs. Lierly stated that her objec-
ton 10 the teacher was her favoritism
Tor the Niederhut girl. Miss Lind
bere. she said, allowed her to do az
she pleased, to run about the room,
and even TO abuse other children, her
own daughter in particular. She
visited school once and found il in
great disorder. She admitted tha,
the Lierlys and the Niederhuts did
not visit each other, but that they
spoke when it was necessary.
Her dasehter was not dong as she
shosld in school. and she thought
she knew what . pupil should &C.
cooPaish in . given time under