Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-05
BOY WON'T SALUTE
FLAG; IS 0USIED
FROM HIGH SCHOOL
Son Of British Subject
Refuses to Honor
u. S. COlOrs.
ACCUSED OF INSULTING
THE STARS AND STRIPES
Mother Charges Trustee and
PrincapaI With spite-May
Appeal to British Consul.

For refusing to salute the Ameri-
ercises at the school, Leofric Temple,
16 years old, a pupil in the Cedar
Grove High School, and son OF for
mer officer of the British army, has
been expelled from the school by
Principal Seley Hutchinson.
This action was taken under the
orders of the Cedar Grove Board of
Education, to which Principal Hutch
inson had complained of the refusal
of the boy, who was born in Canada,
to comply with the school regula-
tions.
His father, Frederick l.. Temple,
Canadian, now in the insurance busi-
ness In New York, and prosperous
man, declares that he will not allow
his son to be banned from the school
without a fight. Mr.. Temple has
threatened to take the case up with
the British consul, and there are
plenty of people in Cedar Grove who
are willing to stand behind him II he
does. Others, however, are with the
Board of Education and Principal
Hutchinson in the matter, and a
merry little war is brewing
A Common Courtesy.
Tt is not believed that the British
Consul can be induced to take any
action in the matter. Not quite
year ago British subject appealed
to the Consulate General of Great
Britain for exactly the same reason
that Mr. Temple threatens to act, and
was told
..It Is merely common courtesy to
salute the flag of the country you
are visiting. You must obey the laws
of the country In which you live. even
though you are not citizen. Your
son attending the public schools must
obey the school laws, one OF Wnich
Is saluting the flag each day
The salute to the flag delivered by
the school children in the morning
also includes an oath of allegiance
This. however, alien children are not
compelled to take. Young Temple got
into trouble through refusing even to
rise and go through the form of sa-
Iuting the flag while the other chill
dren took the oath Of allegiance.
Saw Boy Insulteu u. >. toiors.
If Is said that young Temple. in
addition to refusing to take part in
the salute. has on at least one occa-
sion offered insults, or at least acts
Of disrespect to the national banner,
The Board of Education unani-
nously voted to instruct Principal
Hutchinson to expel the Temple boy
The resolution was introduced by
Trustee Arthur C. Cowie. who is also
postmaster at Cedar Grove. Trustee
Jacob Grissing for time opposed
taking any such drastic action as ex-
pelling the boy, but the other trustees
finally won his over.
Mrs. Temple todd a reporter for the
Evening Star today that Trustee
Cowie had introduced the resolution
merely because he was annoyed at
her husbands repeated refusal to be-
come an American citizen. Principal
Hutchinson, she said, had demon
strated unfriendliness for her boy on
many previous occasions, particularly
two years ago, when he refused to
allow her son to take examinations
for promotion after he had lost a year
at school through sickness.
Deny Mrs. Temples Charges.
Both Trustee Cowie and Principal
Hutchinson stamped these charges as
eroundless. Mr.. Cowie said he had
never made any overtures to Mr..
Temple with regard to him becoming
naturalized, and Mr.. Hutchinson
denied strongly that he had ever
shown any Ill will toward the boy.
Ethel Temple, the S-year-old sister
of the boy who has been expelled, is
also attending the Cedar Grove
School. She will be kept at school,
however, for she is pupil in one of
the lower grades, and only scholars
in the High School and the seventh
and eighth grammar grades are COM
PEELED to make the salute to the flag.
The members of the Board of Edu-
cation at Cedar Grove are: Alonzo
Jacobus, president: Floyd G. Steffens,
Arthur c. Cowie, Jacob Gissing,
William Bowden, Edward Scheiber
]. W. Bradshaw, George Garfield and
A. 3. Fretz