The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-03-14
CHARGES SAID
TO HAVE BEEN
ERRONEOUS
TEACHERS DECLARE THAT
THEY ARE LOYAL TO
SCHOOL HEADS
Protest Against Certain
Assertions

All Schools Represented-Ti Times
Report Complimented as Ac-
curate- Salary Raise Discussed /
at the Board Meeting.
Strong protest against certain state |
ments made by speakers at the school |
board meeting Monday night were
voiced by teachers from all the schools !
last night at an adjourned meeting
OF the board The statements Oh |
lected to were those implying that
there was lack of loyalty and respect
for the superintendent and principal
on the part of the teachers, and that
some of them knew things derogatory
to school management which they
were unwilling to state publicly for
thirty days, lest they lose their posi-
tiOns. The speeches in which Il es
intimations were contained were in
an account of the visit of the pro-
testing delegation published in the
TIMES Tuesday, without any com
ment whatever either way on the part
of the paper.
The high school teachers were rep
resented by Professor M. c. Mitchell,
who declared that voicing the unani-
nous sentiments of the high school
faculty, as expressed at a meating
which had just adjourned, he desired
to protest in behalf of himself and
the faculty against the erroneous i'm
putations contained in the address
quoted; that the charges were not
true and that the teachers had moth
ing to conceal, and were. not intimi-
dated
The Bickel school teachers appt ar
ed in a body, and entered their nro-
tests personally, and in a very emphat-
ic manner declared the assertions re-
ferred to which were made at the
; meeting to be untrue Misses Shot
Well and Perkins, supervisory teach
ers, also protested vigorously that 'he
assertions were incorrect, and declar-
ed themselves indignant that tn ?
should be made. All declared their
respect for and loyalty to Superin-
tendent Blue and to the school board
The Lincoln and Washington school
teachers sent in resolutions which
were read and spead on the minutes
The Lincoln school resolutions fol-
low:
We the undersigned. hereby make
a statement in regard to the fol-
loing accusation in Tuesdays issue
OF the Twin Falls Times He said
teachers were intimidated and afraid
to tell what they knew for fear al
losing their places. "Wait thirty days
and we will tell, after our positions
are secure"
There has been nothing in Mr.
! ,t~4~ ., s.,4s lok ...
and we are not afraid to tell now any
thing we might know for fear of los
, ing our positions.
Miss Hcwett,
Jane Lois Shaw,
Myrtle NJ Whaley.
Media r Poke,
Freda Bailey.
Marjorie Metcalf.
Hazel Bishop,
e Nellie Hinchliff,
Oral Anderson.
Mamma Fleming,
Eva p. Mcdonald,
Blanche Hedges.
Lois Stewart,
Maud e. Schenk,
Cornelia l.. Fraser,
j. Hulda Anderson.
Alma Ludwig,
Zula Ballinger
The Washington school resolution
read as follows:
Wednesday, March 1S
We, the teachers, wish to expres
n to the Board of Education and Sup
Blue that we feel grossly misrepre
' sented by the article in the TIME
e purporting that we had been in an
- f,,ti of 70
: We take this occasion to assure yo
p of our loyalty and cooperation fo
the future as it has been in the pas
Grace Sinema.
1. Juanita Dean,
x Emma Jones,
v Clara Billiar,
Ie E. L. Warren,
Y. Laura Younger.
Alice c. Taylor,
Edith Dygert,
Minnie Ridenour
The board then took up the matte
II oi salaries The sentiment was tn;
S some increase would be equitable, o
-e account of increased cost of living
m but no formal action was taken.
8 Many compliments have been extenC
d. ed to The TIMES from both partie
ST as we'll as from neutrals regarding th
ID fullness and correctness of the TIME
a account Of the Monday night meetin
a. which the protests we're made. |h
following compliment from w.
Nixon, a member of the board to til
reporter covering the story is a san
rs ple "I want to compliment you O
st the fairness and accuracy of you
to account of the meeting l have see
le a number of meetings of this kin
n reported, and want to say that you
I'd report was the most impartial that
sr have ever read in cases of this sor