Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-10-14

~ NOE more The janitorial influence that in the past
" has scandazcd in the public mind the admins
trstion of the Wilmington High School has shown
itself This time, VIC are pleased inform the pub
Tic. ~ has net proper rehukc The principal OF the
school Professor A. H. Berlin has asserted himself
and that too, to the discomfort Of the iantor, who
In the past. has exercised such mysterious and 20
tent influence over certain member Of the Board of
Education that IL has been matter OF critical public
comment
The trouble between Professor Berlin and the High
schoo iuaitor, which eliminated in a manner so
pleasing to tho public over the opening of the
Tieh school building yesterday The flags and pen
nants to he used by the school children in the Old
Home Week parade yesterday stored in the
building Professor Berlin said he wanted the build
ing to be kept open the parade material might be
distributed there.
Tho iancr, IL is said rotorted that he had orders
TO that effect that he would not open the school
unless he received them Il also is said the ianitor
had made ARRANGEMENTS to so away for the day and
that il did not ht in with his private plans to be at
. tic school
Professor Berlin decided TO carry tho matter before
the Board Of Education II IS said he sent letter
the Board Of Education asking that tho High School
anitor bc directod keep the school open. he did
that. the letter suppressed because 1t was not
read at the meeting Of the Board OF Education on
Monday night
That Professor Berlin asked in form that the
school be- kept open is made apparent however by
the assertion OF DR.. r. o. Cooper, member Of the
High School Committee and friend and supporter
Of the lanitor, that principal Berlin should have asked
sooner that the building be opened"
That Is charactoristically Cooporcsquo. II voices
the spirit Of subservience janitorial influence and
convenience that caused the present High School
administration to become reprOach in the public
mind 1t is the spirit that forced the members
OF the graduating class OF 1914 TO refuse to enter
tain their parents and friends in whitewashed base
] I,fo fapf
caused item hold their play in The Playhouse and
/ their reception in the Hotel DUPONT and aroused a
/ city-wde storm of protest against the ianitor the
High School Committee and the Board of Education.
1t is the Knocking, trucking spirit that led 10 public
demand that the High School be administered from
the Offices the city superintendent and the princi-
nal and not from the coal bin and ashpt of ianitor
with a mysterious and wholly unnatural pull with
a Board OF Education clique
why should Professor Berlin have asked sooner to
have the High School building kept open yesterday
n Dr. Cooper and his associates ON the High School
Committee and their pet ianitor had been attending to
their own business with respect the Old Home Week
parade OF the school children they would have known
that the building should be kept open and 1t would
have been unnecessary for Professor Berlin to have
done anything about It. II may have gone hard with
Dr. Cooper and his associates to interfere with the
closing and oneday vacation plans Of their janitorial
net but II speaks we'll for their discretion that they
did it and that the school building was kept open.
And now closing word this ianitor-ridden little
CLIQUE of the Board of Education The Wilmington
public has had all this ianitor business that 1t pur
poses standing II viii not consent any longer 4
High school administration from the coal bin an
the ashpit It insists that such administration be Il
the hands OF the city superintendent and the princi
nal and that those two officials shall give orders to
and not receive from. the ianitor In addition
IL thinks It would he amiss for certain ianitor
ridden members Of the High School Committee t
retire and for their places TO be filled by men wh'
have higher than they OF their duty to the pub
lie tho children the superintendent the principal ant
the teachers