Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-25
CALL PRINCIPAL
APRO-GERMAN
Removal of Or. William A.
WetZeI of Trenton H. S. Asked
by Mayor DonnelIy.
By Special Correspondent.

TRENTON, July 25-Mayor Fred
erick w. Donnelly. of this city. has
sent a communication to the Trenton
Board of Education. charging DR..
William A. Wetzel. principal OF the
Trenton high school with pro-German-
ism and calling upon the board to in
vestigate the matter.
The mayors accusations against
Wetzel, II true ARE very damaging.
and he asserts. are very damaging
educators of prominence and former
pupils, now citizens of this city, to
prove his contentious hat the princi-
pal has thought. talked and in every
way shown a preference for the Ger
man methods.
He refers to the singing of 'Die
Wacht Am Rhein," the German ma
tional anthem by the high school body
for years, although Wetzel, answering
his criticism had stated that this was
done at h suggestion of the pupils.
Another piece of evidence the
mayor claims is to the effect that q
well known educator OF this state will
testify that DR.. Wetzel at a public
meeting. since the breaking out of the
world war, spoke in advocacy of Ger
man methods of teaching in the Tren-
ton schools and in the course of his
remarks said:
81 am a German and 1 am proud
of IT."
DR.. Wetzel is accused Of pointing
out the superiority of the German
spelling method over the English; that
he would never admit the French Ian
guage to the curriculum of the high
school, but insisted on German, IL
h pupil did not choose Latin, and
that in his 1917 report, the first item
mentioned was the award of medals
for proficiency in German. Wetzel is
charged by III mayor with having
made the following statement soon
after the United States entered the
wari
az have always looked forward to
spending some time I'm Germany. /
am afraid it viii be a long time before
an American will be received very
cordially In Germany because of the
way America has treated Germany"
The mayor also refers to the speech
made by the high school principal be-
fore the legislative committee which
was giving a hearing on the military
training bill for schooTboys in the ses-
sion of 1917:
"T submit Germany is ef1cient be-
cause the German people have learn
ed to think straight. They have tho
courage of their opinions" he is cred
tied with saying on this occasion.
do the Germans think straight?' p
0pRN NhO hAdyOA VI bAG DOhIu Vi Euu-
cation, regarding DIR. Wetzel. do
good, loyal Americans praise the
thinking of the hell hounds who sank
the Lusitania, ravished Belgium and
France. destroyed hospitals and hos
pital ships and Who have brought sor-
row and anguish into thousands OF
Am erican homes7"
Continuing the mayor says in his
letter of charges:
with the announcement of the
heavy casualty lists of our brave sons
soon to be published I would suggest
that your board now PROFOUND a query
to DIR. Wetzel, DO the Germans think
straight?' The man who holds that
the German is a superior mortal, thai
his language and spelling, and meth
d of education and processes OF
thought are superior-the man who
expresses such sentiments is a pro-
German and I care not whether the
description fits the principal of the
High School or a drill master in the
Prussian guard"