New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-20
scbmalhausen, Mufson and
Schneer Dismissed by
School Board
Union to Fight
Case in Civil Court
Question of Loyalty Not
Considered; Fiery Debate
Marks the Meeting

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c..r.,~ s~s Thor,ss ,'ufsor
,- A'.,, ~ ,t, No W.. Croto, Uiob
-, Who o7 November - we're
..s.5 4o- .boldi7r views subver.
.fs.s..,,.,o s~4 tending 70 under.
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~, s,,io, was taken on the recon-
-S..;o- ~ .bo bicb scboo, commit.
-. which sustained the charges
brought by Dr. John /. Tildsley. as
ss;ant superintendent, who, for two
months, has been investigating alleged
Gsoyalty IN the schools.
SehmslhauscH, who was specifically
c.srgtl with falling 10 reprimand
pupil for addressing a vicious and
rlanous' letter TO President Wilson
ard otherwise countenanc'ns unpa-
triotie sentiments IN his classroom
vas dismissed Dy vote o. 20 10 10
Iaose VINO voted against ms d''-
nissal were thomas Churenlil' former
PTeSleH' OF 'hc Oo~'u' Joseph ha'on'
dfS'' Marina Lincoln draper LFneS' l.
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av.,p IT,, vot. srai,s. scbrser wss
"a n : those sunportjnr him b.inr
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margin Of Two.
Muison was charged with saying he
vould maintain "sn attitude of reu-
''~'u i""''''a'" a" "''''uue Va "N
"4l'! u 'ne Ieis0lFe merits OF shsrch-
ism and the uresent form of this gov
erBmer. wcrc diecussed IN his class-
'V''u'
Sehneer was alleged 10 have told Dr..
Tildsley that he would not hermit a
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''-''' '' 1"'''i'' ~ sPe"h j" MS ClaSS'
room, and was accused OF having
written A bibliorraphv containing mat
w improper lot students
Three Hours of Heated Debate
IhIee hours OF heated debate, marked
By punrcut personalities, preceded the
vo,ir~
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want 10 'eii !ou' Mr' "haIeh'
w. cL..,.,, -, -,.
Ion Of tho tbroo .o,cbors 90 duc,cd
BY DR.. Tildlcy as "a most pitiablo
irsvesty of q trial" lie declared IL
vas "an inquisition" and read numer-
ous pages of testimony as showing the
chsrscicr Of the questioning by Dr..
Iidlcy.
Ibis testimony. containing several
thousand words. concerned entirely the
meaning convened when one Of the
teachers under invcsfigation "shook n.
head: whether he moved his head vp
and down or sideways. whether no
"vsgeedp IL or moved E slowly. wbetb-
tr by shaking +. bc meant '"vosv or
no; whether the Gesture SUGGESTED
guilt or innocence. whether be shook
III, head AZ All OF merely anpeared "a
shake H.
III that is tho kind Of stuff upon
which one teacher is 10 he pronounced
guilty." sbrickcd NJ Cburcbill Slam
sing the a-e rsoos ef ,os,iwop, on his
def witb 8 hang and lookinr in the
direction ~ NJ IYLsIo,' cbsirrnan ~
me birb ,cbooi committee chen r
cannot put am, crcdcrco in tho evidence
Presented against tbr other two teach
ers."
Cha,ces p,,s,ianisu :, ccbooIs
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Mr. Martin branded John Whalen's
notion 10 dismiss the teachers as "in-
Producing the prussian idea Of educa-
ton into the New York schools" lie
defended Mr.. Scbmalhausen's refusal
70 teach "instinctivo rcspect" for the
President and others in authority.
would Won have your children show
distinctive rcspccp for a Sulzor Just
because he sat in the Governors
thsir," he asked. "We have seen the
result OF instructive patriotism in the
eovnfal Of Russia. That nation has
iillen because instructive patriotism
ss preached there was not sure