The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-05-07
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Board Of Education III demanding |
re-examination Of all those children
who had not yet been vaccinated ane
who were In school on temporary
health certificates granted to few
children when the vaccination order
went into effect, discussion, pro anC
con, Of the situation has become gen.
eral, and to the extent that we deemed
IT our duty to our readers to inter
view all those who stand in the lime.
light in this affair and publish theii
views and their statements Of What
has been and is taking place.
In another column we present a
signed statement by Rev. F. w. Hass
Of the Methodist church, which speaks
for itself.
In conference with members of the
school board on Tuesday we were auth
orized to state the following reasons
for their present position;
That following the order for gem
eral vaccination they accepted certifi-
Gates Of inability from DR.. G. j. Da-
mon, for stipulated periods Of time.
When the periods had expired the par
ents were promptly notified, That
with equal .promptness the children re-
turned to school with renewed certif-
Gates. Board members state that
the regularity with which the certif-
Gates were renewed led them to ask
DR.. Damon to name definite date up
on which the children would be id
physical condition to warrant yaccina-
tion. This, the board states unequiv-
ocally, DR.. Damon acceded to and the
board exhibits certificate bearing a
date alleged to have been author
lied by Dr.. Damon. This we were
told occurred the latter part Of March.
Later, in April, according to the board,
notwithstanding the above arrange.
ment with DR.. Damon, the children ap-
peared at school with a certificate
from the doctor that they were still
in no condition To be vaccinated. It
was at this time that the Board Of Ed
ucation believed that they were being
imposed upon and decided To combat
the imposition.
! s I|' ansas. u hiv af.
ies, where NskS Siso the children of
Rev Hass. Df. Damon, say; the board
members who were present, was frank
" told Of the latter's dissatisfaction
and the suggestion made that Dr.
Freeman, as a wholly disinterested
physician, be called ID for conference
and to act as refereein the matter Of
granting subsequent certificates Of i'll
health.
pr. Freeman freely admits that the
Hass children are afflicted with throat
trouble, and that an operation doubt
less would sbe beneficial. But he says
he does not believe that their condi-
tion is such as to make vaccination UNI
advisable.
Upon our visit to Dr.. Damon, we in-
formed him Of the statement made to
US BY the members. of the Board Of
Education, namely, that he had told
them that the children were ready for
vaccination. The doctor stated posi-
lively to u that he had never made
any such statement That the board
must have wholly misunderstood him.
That he may have said, If anything,
that the children might then with safe
ty be vaccinated, but not before an
other examination. Thus will be noted
an alarming discrepancy in the state
ment Of the school board and that Of
DR.. Damon.
Wednesday morning we sought Dan
Pelton, whose daughter be refuses to
allow to be- vaccinated. DR.. Damon is
sued q certificate Of i'll health to the
superintendent Of schools for the Pei
ton girl, but as it lacked the counter
sign Of DR.. Freeman, which in the
future all certificates Of i'll health
must bear. it was rejected. The pu-