New-York tribune., 1921-03-20
LaWrenceville
Professor and
Wife Ousted
tc.ntiausd from psis eas,


Glory Of Going On" She is at work
now on "Thc Bell" which is to be pub
lished this spring.
For ten years her husband had beer
head Of the history department a,
Lawrenceville. During the war he was
in charge Of the A. E. F.. educational
work in England. Mrs. Pahlow as
serted that Major Abbott had evinced
nostlIlty to her ever since he became
mead master, and said that charge
OF opening his mail which had been
made against her husband was made
them. 'S0 HAA'
Shortly after Major Abbott arrived, p
she said, "a boy named Carter. Who
was in Kennedy House., needed. atten-
Ion from an oculist, and an oculist in
Trenton advised him to 60 to his own
pnysician in Baltimore. Major Abbott
gave MN ncse to his physician which
ne brought back to Kennedy House.
i. Mr.. Pahlow decided to telegraph To
ene Baltimore oculist to make sure Of
an appointment, and opened Major Alb
octt's note to relay its contents by
wlre to Baltimore. Upon learning Of
this Major Abbott openly accused him
OF opening his mail, and when MT.
Fahlow was called before the board Of
dlrecCors that was one Of the charges
against him.
1T was February IA, Mrs. Pahlow said.
mat she and her husband received the
letter informing them Of the decision
to dismiss them. They were told. she
said,. that their services would not be
required after next June, vixen the
school year ended.
Decide f0 Resivn ~ nr~~
Hex husband went before the board
OF directors, she said, and made a de-
Tense which lasted two hours, deciding
upon this course after Major Abbott
had refused to discuss with him the
cause of his and his wife's dismissal.
She and her husband decided to resign
at once, she said, and wrote to Major
Abbott telling him they did not care to
stay after the Easter holidays. The re-
ssponse to this, she said, was the letter
informing them they could depart last
tuesday but. that they would be paid
for the remainder of the school year.
"That would mean about $500 un-
earned money" said Mrs. Pahlow, "and
Major Abbott knows that we would re.
gard it merely as bribe, for ne knows
that if we are not vindicated Mr..
Pahlow intends to make public state
ment and will write to the boys
parents"
Led Boys Astray, Is Charge
The basic charge against them and
the one which she most resenty is. she
says, that she was responsible for lead
ing boys astray.
About six months ago." she said,
five boys came to me for information
on sex matters, and I explained q few
things to them: Some Of the explana-
tions were made at the request Of the
mothers Of the boys. A few days later
Major Abbott came to Mr.. Pah1ow and
said: There are bad things going on
in Kennedy House,
"My, husband asked him what he
meant and he said: Your wife is talk
ing sex to the boys
"Why, have been a mother and a
sweetheart to the boys there, and there
are hundreds of my boys in Harvard,
Yale and Princeton who will come to
my defense in a hurry.
Since our dismissal we have received
hundreds Of letters from the alumni of
I.awrenceville and from students at
Yale, Harvard and Princeton. William
Edwards-you call him Big Bill' in
New, York, don't you?-has called a
meeting of Princeton alumni in New
York to protest against our dismissal. |
Similar meetings have been called at
Cambridge, New Haven and Princeton"
Woman Slayer Freed
CLEVELAND, March 19.-Mrs. Maude !