The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-04


er's theory Of an absolute control of charity work
in the Whitewater district. Both Melpolder and
Giles have this in common they are autocrats and
will not tolerate opposition to their plans. The
man that crosses Melpolder or Giles is marked
Ramsey had to pay the price for his independ-
ent attitude toward Melpolder. When the paid
agent of public philanthropy last winter tried to
bulldoze this principal he met with rebuff that
sent him scurrying to Giles for support
| The citizens of Richmond are not SO dull that
they cannot see why Giles fired Ramsey. The
principal was too big man to fit into the organ
ization which Giles is building up Ramsey did
not fear the Car of the Richmond schools, and
so the Car used Russian methods to get rid of
him.
! 1t is a crying shame that man who has done
the noble work Ramsey has done in one of the
hardest sections of Richmond must fall before
the Vaccinations of Giles and Melpoder It is
disgrace to our community that a sterling man
cannot be retained because superintendent OF
schools, who last winter opposed the giving of
free lunches to hungry children, wants to vent
his spite on defenseless man.
Compare Giles and Ramsey if you want to see
glaring contrast.
! Ramsey saw distress and suffering among his
pupils. He saw little boys and girls coming to
school hungry, with insufficient clothing to keep
out the blasts of winter, unable to keep up their
school work because of the poverty of their par
ents. What did he do? He did what MAN
would do. He tried to remedy conditions.
/ Giles saw these very same little children 60
| ing into the Whitewater school. What did he
do? Tried to keep band of noble women in this
community from giving them sufficient food,
tried to check the philanthropic work of prin-
cipa who had love and sympathy in his heart
! Giles has never answered the charge made
against him on this score last winter
i This is the kind of man that is superintendent
of the schools of Richmond Only this type of
man would cruelty principal whose heart went
out in sympathy to little children.
Not Ramsey but Giles ought to be kicked out
Of the Richmond schools.
The patrons of the Richmond schools ought to
rise in revolt against condition that permits
man of the Giles type to preside the destin-
les of the system.
He has forfeited every claim to the job he
holds. His presence in this city as school SUI
perintendent is not desired.
IL TILES I1reQ ramsey so CnaL Cne ScnOOl Ceacn-
ers who depend on him for their jobs will be
frightened into tame submission to his plans and
will not dare to enter voice of protest the city
of Richmond is perpetuating tyrannical auto
cracy that ought to be crushed.
| Every teacher may ponder the fate of RAM
F! sey. It means that they must bow in humble
submission to Giles, or be made to walk the plank.
| We never could understand this man Giles.
His opposition to the efforts of good women to
provide nourishing food for little children and
his close relationship with Melpoder are facts
that no one in this community can understand.
His letter to Ramsey is one of the most dras-
tic and curt dsmissals that teacher could re-
ceive.
We hope that the school board will hand him
his walking papers in terms equally to the point.
He deserves no consideration.
sa son, Irene Schreel, Lola Haddix, Edith