The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-03-23

march to the notes Of which the
pupils file out Of the class rooms,
down flights Of stairs, through the
entrance doors and then proceed
promptly to their homes. This
is a sad swat at the dear old Gary
plan but it works exceedingly
we'll.
The indirect cause of janitor
Tidball's decapitation may have
been series of persistent writings
of obscene sentiments, words and
pictures on the white walls in the
toilets. Refusal to repeatedly
clean off such contributions to
immortality and degeneracy re-
suited in stern charges Of insub-
ordination and an invitation to
resign.
Little Tidball has gone but the
good effects of his meddlesomc
insubordinate, unethical doings
remain. The offenders of today
often become the martyrs and
heroes of tomorrow.
Where janitor Tidball found OBJ
scene inscriptions last September
on painted. walls, he washed off
the demoralizing stuff. There were
pictures Of nude women with ex-
aggerated physiques. Even the
fair names Of Prin. Chadwick and
Miss Bohlke, his assistant, were
linked with vile stuff, character
istic of low groggeries and
brothels.
Whenever janitor Tidball scrub
bed off the obscene inscriptions
on painted surfaces, they prompt
ly re-appeared. Where the white,
plastered walls were implanted, it
was almost impossible to remove
the dirty words and pictures.
One day last February Supt.
Hoke came to the Stowe school.
When shown the obscenities the
good Doctor was greatly shocked.
"This is very demoralizing," he
is reported to have said. ct will
call the attention of Prin. Chad
wick to it,
Former janitor Tidball credits
MIR. Chadwick with passing the
buck to Miss Bohlke. She called
for soap and water and set a bunch
of boys at work to remove the
obscenities. They did a very poor
job.
The next night, if janitor It'd
balls story is correct, Miss Bohlke
sent some girls into the boys toll
cts to wash off the obscene in
cription. The modest little JAM
tor ordered them out, feeling that
scrubbing filthy language and pic
lures from the walls of boys
water closets was an improper
stunt for girls of an impression
able age.
Janitor Tidball firmly declares
that he had grown weary of fruit
less representations to Prin. Chad
wick and his assistant. Calling up
Supt. Hoke, therefore, he explain
ed the situation and asked:
"Do you consider that a proper
place for girls and a desirable task
for them?'
emo, certainly not" Supt. Hoke
is alleged to have replied.
In support of Supt. Hoke's ex-
pressed opinion, former :janitor
Tidball declares that the girls
proceeded to scribble on the walls
Of their own toilet the obscene
sentiments that they read on and
tried to scrub from the walls of
the boys toilets.
''They better learn such Ian.
guage at school than on the
street." the lady assistant to the
principal is credited with saying.
Mr.. Chadwick and janitor It'd
ball argued somewhat as to dis.
cipline, or lack of it, in the build
ing. The janitor made COMPARE
sons with other schools in the city
and also offered to call certain
teachers in the Stowe building to
support his criticisms as to made
quate dicipline. Since then, Mr..
Chadwick. has visited the Stowe
building much more often.
1t is alleged that an unruly set
OF boys is growing up at the Stowe
school. Some of them try to fight
back when chastised. Some weeks
ago, boy about IA years old,
actually struck his teacher in the
face with his fist. No effort was