The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-25
MISS R0DMAN WANTS
JOB TO REPLACE LOSS
Suspended Teacher 10 LooN So,
Post That Will Pay $1,000
in Ten Months.
SHE NAY WRITE PLAYS

'1 am going out at once - nun, p.
n lob" said Miss Henrietta Rodms- Las.
night when asked what she would n. roa
that she has been banished from IN.
public schools until the first OF next Son
tember. "Of course" she added. Il shah
remain in the New York schools. rs ,Na,
Is my real place. but In the meantime
must and something to do t. make Y,
for the loss Of ten months salary II
IL rather hard to say just wha' o.r
do--probably no private schools woud
consider a teacher with the stigma ~
gross misconduct attached TO her uarse
When Il was suggested that she nigh.
try some OF the colleges or other educs.
tional institutions Miss Rodman smiled
vaguely and said: ut has always h..n
my ambition 10 write plays
I'VE cannot be absolutely surS what
the next step IN my case will be- said
Miss Rodman. but l think shall Apply
for reinstatement after the first Of 1anu.
airy. when eight members or the Board Of
Education go out ana eight new ones
como In. OF course, I have not N.
inquest idea that they will reinsta,s ma
hut I shall give the new members a
chance to say whether they think the
writing OF a jocular letter comes under
the term or gross misconduct
Appeal ~ New Board Won't ACT.
"If they decide the case unfavorsby
shall appeal the case 70 Comm. ssIoner
Finley. and 10 he decides against me. tn III.
supreme Court. As last resort. In case
the Supreme Court falls me, 1 shall sr-
peal TO the Court OF Appeals. We shaI
not leave a stone unturned, FOR 1 feA
that my loss OF salary. the stigma tina,
has been attached 10 my nam" ard ne
severe treatment ! have received at the
hands Of the board are nothing as com.
nared 10 the effect OF this decision m
the 10000 other teachers in the public
schools. IL my lack of courtesy and jeAs
ment In writing the letter can he ternet
gross misconduct then there II no uo-
lection for any teacher. and tho Boa7d
of Education would be able 10 suspend
teacher for anything. As 10
| teacher can be charged With neglect n;
! duty after one days absence
Miss Rodman has sent her four-year.
| old adopted daughter to the country 70
| await better days for the teacher N New
York.
Il consider the danger in the aut'c-a-"
| Of the public schools more OF a menace
| than the Same SNss'Il 'H' i'T'..'''
in any other OF the city department.
| said Miss Rodnan. FOR IL affects 'Ns
children and the generation 10 come lto7
can We be expected to educate me Nov
| York children on democratic rTncipeS
| when we ourselves are ruled under ms
severe autocracS
| Doesn't Say Trial Was Unfair
| 81 do not say that my trial he d
| closed doors was unfair 1t has Nl. 8
been the policy of the board 10 hold no
! trials In private and ! suppose thew 'Nn0
not waive the rule IN this case. or 'our"
the other members In the city depar' men"
are given public hearings. but ]
this rule IL really for the prot. "U
the teachers. Personally ] asked ''.
public trial. as felt that the pub wa
entitled to hear my side of the que %
"Of one thing ! feel almost "''t
There will never be another v0.ut'
charged from the public schools ~ "
York for the bearing OF child.
trial and suspension have gained ''''
else feel that public opinion is nov
surely on the side of the teacher-no'he"s
/ What happened in the meetrG 80
/ committee when Miss ROdman was 'r.'
last Tuesday IL still moro or less
secret. but prominent member 90 ~
committee said that Mrs. Norris, o.. o..
attorney for Miss Rodman, had Al a0''Ns'
to the board written out. Miss Ho'nt
refused to sign IT, Thence the - 'fo-e7''
! of opinion' between Miss Rpd,nar .'+ no
woman lawyer and her decisicn - "a
Gilbert r. Roe, Jacob Bernstein 80 NT'
Frank Cothran as her lawyers
II consider the punishment r7''"r 90
we're" said Mrs. Carrie Ch1pmaH 'd'
| and think Miss Rodmsn should e'N"
have received lighter sentence 'r N'''
comp,etely discharged"
"The penalty was too great 20 80
| crime" said Miss Montague Of CNuWhN
but Miss Mary Garrett Hay. nrcs '"7' -
the Woman Suffrage party, said 'I. ''''
wa. very mpertinent and she cons i'r'
the BOARD Of Education was JUS Nsi ~
it's decision.
Miss Rodman's new Job must NAV. NJ
for the loss OF $500 her salar' ''r ~
months