South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-15

near him at the time indicated. The
case was later dismissed by Deputy
Prosecutor Aldo Simpson at Ulery's
request
Charges that certain witnesses
were 'intimidated" with yelled
threats Of retarded progress i'm
school work were roundIy denied
by the superintendent and principai
These officials declare they express
ed entire willingness to go to trial
for showdown" and that the dis
missal was upon Ulery's own initia.
tive.
Discipline strengthened.
Goshenites were particularly stir
red by accounts Of the affair. owing
10 the widespread prejudice against
corporal punishment Of any sort
inflicted by the teachers. Discipline
in the high school, however. is
pretty generally admitted To have
been ineffective until this year. The
advent Of Supt. wilkinson. who
stands squarely for the most rigid
discipline. TO be enforced with the
rod if necessary, as a last resort
however. has worked an improve
ment in this respect and il is this
Improvement that the superinten-
dent and principal feared would be
rendered negative unless stringent
measures were taken with young
Ulery
We regret very much the motor
iety which has come with this af-
fair" said Supt wilkinson. discus
sing the matter Thursday. and we
feel that a great injustice has been
done Mr.. Allison" To explain the
situation accurately. the principal
described briefly the unsatisfactory
conduct of Ulery previous to the oc-
currence of last Friday
Unless we have discipline we
cannot hope TO accomplish any
thing" Mr.. Wilkinson continued.
Now the teacher is within the law.
we feel. in administering sucn cor
poral punishment as might proper
~ be administered by a parent
that is the express provision or the
statutes. While we resort TO this
right only in the most extreme
cases, still. il is undoubtedly neces-
sary, and I believe Mr.. Allison
did only what was necessary for
this purpose. l furnished Mr..
AllisOn's bond because it was evil
IDENTIFY my duty as the executive
Of the school system. the instruc-
tor not being a freeholder in this
state, and we should have been
perfectly willing to proceed 10 trial.
We believe. however. that the dis
missal, since il was entirely volun-
tary on Ulery's part, was the bet
ter method of ending the matter "
Denies Allison to 80.
Supt. Wilkinson emphatically de-
MED reports that the dismissal had
been effected with the understand
ing that Allison was TO be asked TO
resign. He said the school board mad
not considered the case and in an
swer TO the direct question. as to
whether Mr. AlIison's position was
in jeopardy. he said. no sir. il is
not"
A different view Of this angle of
the situation was obtained from the
school board however. one of the
members OF which said that after
the Christmas vacation Allison
would not be a member or the /
faculty Of the high school. He in
timated that A1lison's passing would /
not be a matter Of form"i action
that the teacher would simply give
way to another. The board which /
is composed Of Milton Wysong. Sol !
Dembufsky, and /. w. Brooks. will |
not hold another regular meeting |
until January. 1t may meet at any
time. however, on call of the super !
intendent
''EXaggeratiOn'- Says Allison.
Allison himself, ia discussing the |
incident, declared that he felt a !
grave injustice has been done him
through what he termed "exa ggera- |
ton" of the case Ulery is said To |
have acted at the instigation of /
certain other students and ex-stu- J
dents who bear q grudge and not
with the advice of his father w. +. |
Ulery. who is employed as a baker |
here. The boys mother is dead.
Citizens generally are in urques- /
toned sympathy with Supt Wilkin- (
sons effort 10 raise the standard of F..
the local schools and this i'm spite
of the general sentiment against /
corporal punishment. Mr.. WilKfn- /
son assumed charge of the school /
system this year and is given cred I
it for a considerable improvement T.
in that short time. Board members 1
also have implicit faith in the abil- I
ity of the superintendent to cope |
with any situation involving the ad- |
vancement of the schools.