The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1923-07-07

SATURDAY
know that Bentley was at the bot
tom Of the discord.
Bentley augmented the athletic
factor in the Henderson high school
on the athletic map, but he failed
to give the high school'a soul. The
Missouri man coached the Hender-
son high school football team with
such zeal and energy as to get It
into the championship class, which
appealed to the young men on whom
athletics had a stronger hold than
Mrs. Winstead once was q high
school teacher in Henderson. She
taught Thomas d. Hodge the essen
tials Of mathematics. Today, Tom
Hodge Is superintendent OF the
bloom and rail mill Of the Minne-
sofa Steel Co. In Duluth. Mrs.
Winstead developed other winners,
hence she must be credited with
bein: a real educator. She also
kept pace with the New Education,
even to the extent of taking sum-
mer work at Chicago University
and other places. Finally she QUIT
teaching, married. reared a family,
but retained her interest in and
knowledge of educational work. So
cially, by the way, Mrs. Winstead
occupys a front rank In Henderson
society. ". r. ~.
She may not possess Mrs. Julius
II. Barnes wealth, but she Is more
prominent socially in Henderson
than Mrs. J. R. McGiffert, for ex-
ample, Is in Duluth.
The story has been told previous
ly OF how Mrs. Winstead and anoth-
er prominent Henderson lady in
terviewed Prin. Bentley concerning
matter of discipline in which a
young man in the high school was
involved.
The temperamental principle SO
resented the appearance OF the
women and their inquiry into the
matter that he became so con-
vulsed with rage that he could not
talk. His face was livid with pas
sion and his hands were clenched.
He finally regained possession of
his temper and proceeded with the
interview, but nothing satisfactory
| was the result. The raging and
bluffing that Prfn. Bentley did on
that occasion confirmed Mrs. Win
stead in her opinion that "Mr.
Bentley Is a buffer, a boor and
lily bred, hence no gentleman.
She also declared that he was auto
cratic and lacking in q proper
sence of justice. There are thou
sands in Duluth who win fully
agree with that estimate.
Although Mr.. William Elliot was
hypnotized by Bentley and despite
the fact that the banker dominated
the board, he failed to secure the
increase In salary from $1,000 to
$4,000 o year for "the man OF
vision, as Bentley educates his
boosters to call him. Later. bank
er Elliot resigned from the Hem
derson school board because he
was baked In debating the selec-
ton OF a high school principal,
thereby showing that he was about
as temperamenta1 as his friend and
church brother, the autocratic edu-
Gator with the road roller methods.
Miss Ina Cabell almost Ii an
institution in Henderson, as well
as high school teacher of many,
many years successful experience.
When the Rip-saw scout called on
her, he learned that she had been
off duty for a year as q result
OF broken hip. He found her to.
be lovely Southern lady with
white hair, kindly heart, a dignity
and graciousness natural to the
| typical Southern woman OF culture
and refinement. While she was not
harsh and resentful, she did not
hesitate to speak frankly In her
estimate of her former superior
( and co-worker In the Henderson
high school, where her position by
the way, was teacher of English.
'Mr.. Bentley wants young teach
ers around him." Miss ICabell said.
When In Kentucky, he insisted that
young teachers understand children
better ana are more successful in
handling them than older teachers
or long experience. He, maintained
that q teacher has reached the
heighth Of her usefulness at 80
years OF age. Mr.. Bentley praised
my work, but knew he wanted to
get rid OF me because OF my gray
hair. He discharged some of the
older teachers In the high school
and had slated others to go before
he left himself"
In Duluth, be It observed. Mr..
Bentley seems to have changed
front and now sets great store by
teachers with gray hair and ma
ture years. If his attitude in the
case Of Miss Gertrude Carey can
be taken as an indication.
eat the time Mr.. Bentley lost
out in the Paducah schools" con-
fiunnd Misc raholJ The x,roex