Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-06-13
MORRISON BLAMES IT ON
HYSTERiCAL SCHOOL NAM

Through with politicians and pol
itics and all that goes with it for
ever" Henry G. Morrison Of Middle
town. has resigned as assistant secre-
tafy OF the state board OF education.
Blaming 'hysterieal school ma'ams''
for the agitation over his famous Nor.
rison school code, rejected BY the leg
isla tors, he admitted that this was
the underlying cause for his action.
He leaves at once for Chicago where
he has accepted q professorship in
school administration in the Unirer-
sfty of Chicago.
The resignation was sent to Dean
Frederick S. Jones OF Yale university,
as temporary chairman Of the new
state board Of education, which was
said to be overwhelmingly opposed to
appointing Mr.. Morrison as secretary
in the place OF Charles d. Hine. Al
though 1t is to take effect June 50. it
| was written several days ago and Mr..
| Morrison. upon clearing his desk at
the capitol on Monday and turning
over his papers to Secretary Hine, left
| the resignation at the Office with in
structfons that 1t be mailed to Dean
Jones.
Mr.. Morrison said his resignation
was due to his entire Inability to
keep them waiting any longer"
| Asked if his idea of keeping them
waiting" was to see if the new board
Of education was going to make him
its new secretary, he replied: II great
| " prefer the professorship. It's much
| more important has more money in
| it. is out Of public life and means my
farewell to politicians and politics and
all that goes with it forever
DO you mean that it is more i'm
| portant than the seeretaryship of the
Connecticut state board of education
or the assistant secretaryslip' he was
! asked.
Both"
Does that mean that you would
not have accepted the secretaryshir
| If the new. state board had seen I'll
70 appoint your
! "Of course, If the situation had beer
| different, if there hadn't been all this
uplaeaval and breaking-up. it is quite
likely that I should have liked to be.
come secretary here
| "Do you refer to the agitation
brought about by the presentation o.
the so-called Morrison code?"
THAT was nothing more than az
episode--not essential to the well-be-
ing of the state"
you mean the Morrison Code wa;
not essential?''
! w IS yes +NV UIlo llllLS5 ID SSSCi
tial to the well-being Of the state"
But when you speak of all the up
heaval and breaking up"
well. all that business about tn
legislature, J. mean
Then the Morrison Code affair &C
ftua1ly is the underlying cause of you
leaving the stste?'
IN a way, / suppose it is. But
expected to leave long ago"
How do you feel about the peopl
of the state of Connecticut"
st have the highest regard for them
Because lot Of hysterical schoo
ma'ams go off the handle at the wis
Of q bunch of politicians does not re
fleet on the people of the state in gen
!. ersl"
Asked about his relations with Sec
rotary Charles D. Hine of the stat
board of educa ton. Mr.. Morrison in
, sisted that they were not antasonistis
: although I'VE should probably disa
gree on many things" He said tia
: the talk about two factions in the Of
! beard OF education was "all tommy
rot"
! MFR. Morrison came to Connecticu
r in 1917 from New Hampshire. wl1er
| he was supcrin tendent OF the stat
: school system.