New Britain herald., 1916-07-05
POWERS THAT BE
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Principal Slade Demands That Athletic Council Discharge Him

As previously chronicled in the Herald, and repudiated by the faculty members of the High school athletic council, there is a serious breach be- tween that board and the powers that be-. The latest chapter in what looks like the beginning of a more or less sensational wrangle, is the demand of Principal Louis F. Slade that the council remove Dr. Frank Zwick as athletic coach. Indications are that the faculty members of the council, Marshall F. Davis, James c. Moody and William E. Fay will abide by the principals order which, in the opinion of other members of the coun- cil, is but whim of Superintendent of Schools Stanley H. Holmes. Two of the graduate members of the council, Howard Timbrell and John H. Curtin, however, emphatically declare they will permit no outside interference with their management of school ath- leticS and will not abide by the com mand. If it comes to shoWdoWn they will resign. Tn this they have the backing of the alumni body and if the issue becomes acute there is little doubt but that athletics at the High school will be dead as far as alumni interest is concerned.
 Demand Zwick's Removal.
 Hast week members of the athletic council and Principal Slade held an informal meeting at which the prln- cipal urged that the board take no final action towards appointing Dr. Zwick as coach. His first argument was that it would be more courteous to wait until the new athletic instruc- tor at the school could pass upon him, but further discussion proved the fallacy of this argument and finally Principal Slade admitted that he was simply voicing the sentiments Of Su- perintendent Holmes. The council had previously been informed that the superintendent of schools had made the assertion that he would not stand for having Dr. Zwick reappointed coach. This meeting adjourned with the alumni members of the council, at least determined to stick by the coach Then came the following letter Monday to Secretary Davis:
 My dear MT. DAVIS: becauSe ol the publicity given through the press, to our informal deliberations of We'd nesday evening, it would hardly be subversive of harmony and efficiency in the high school administration and ir,sthe conduct of our athletic actlvl- ties to allow the coach recently ap- 1 pointed by the athletic council to serve during the coming year. It therefore becomes my duty to inform 1 you that the services of coach as l provided by the council action of June 22, 1916, cannot be accepted by me as principal" Signed, Louis P. Slade.
 I1,seems inconsistent to the alumni body that any coach should be dis charged because certain publicity has keen given meetings held by the coun- ci1. It also appears rather strange to them, that the principal of the school should be the last word in the man. agement of athletics. If the prin- cipaPs word is final, then what need is there for any council at all, argue the High school students and alumni.
 Coach Won't Resign
 Dr. Zwick states that he will pay no attention to any request for his resignation and if he is to be removed as coach it must be by action of the council.