Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-08

that the character Of one Of tie
teachers was at stake, which seemed
to satisfy the other members of the
board. There was general opinion
of all the members of the board |
that some action must be taken to
bring the question Of the finances of
the student body to a head, but the
best manner Of doing so proved to be
quite another thing. Mr.. Holt was
very bitter in his denunclations OF
the conduct of some OF the teachers
who he said were conducting them
selves in a disgraceful manner re-
garding the financial affairs Of the
student body and said that II was
being generally circulated around
town that this body was laughing
over their ability to keep matters in
turmoil and while no direct
charges have been made against Mr..
Kinks management Of the financial
AFFAIRS Of the student body, insinu-
ations have been made that have al
most amounted to direct charges.
Prof. Kirk was at this time given
chance to state his side of the con-
trovery and urged the board to take
such actions as would give him an
opportunity to face the charges, If
any there be. InslnuatlOns have been
made that there is a shortage of
something like 800 in the funds of
the student body, but the exact con-
dltion Of the finances will not be
known until the special investigating
committee makes It's report Wednes-
day
Chairman Lafky, of the teachers
committee, called a meeting of that
committee for Wednesday evening at
7:3O, at the high school building, at
which Superintendent Powers has
been asked to attend and by reason
of the fact that Chairman Moores is
ex-officio a member OF that commit
tee, he will also be expected to at
tend this meeting.
Some One Crook.
One Of the sensational features Of
the meeting came when Principal Kirk
asked for a chance to speak. He de-
clared.
"Some one is a crook. 1t is either
or someone else connected with the
school. If am found to be the man,
/ want to leave. II someone else is
found to be that man, | insist that he
be compelled to leave The school
has been in a state Of turmoil during
the last year from declarations which
have been directed at me- / have
been charged with almost every crime
in the category, and have no doubt
allegations about my family life will
come next
Proof Of Charges Demanded.
These things must stop, ask in a
spirit Of fairness that a report on
these charges be made, and that they
be proved or repudiated."
Probably never in the history Of Sa-
lem was such fiery meeting of the
school board held. Director Holt de-
clared that he was disgusted with the
student body and the action of certain
students and members of the high
school faculty
Director Lafky said the scenes In
the student body OF the school during
this year have been disgraceful
During the preceding year we
found that some of the pupils were
unmanageable," he said, This year
we find that some Of the faculty are
unmanageable." "
Decrying what he termed "unduly
permcious actions" on the part Of
some Of the faculty members, refer
ring to schrelber particularly he said
Schreiber's part in what he termed
the performance is "child's play
unless Schneider could show by suf.
ficient proofs that the investigation
Of Principal Kirk would bring prooI
of widespread rumors Of conversion
of student body funds.
Clean.Up Of Teachers Suggested.
"lr some Of the teachers in the higt
school do not hurry to clean up these
affairs, I, for one, am in favor O
hurrylng to clean up the teachers,
continued Director Lafky
Chairman Mnorps and Dirnctnr Mile,