The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-12
BOARD IS ASKED
 TO PUT MEEN0CH
 BACK IN SCHOOL
Twenty-eight Parents Attend Mass Meeting and En-
 dorse Resolution.

| the Junior and Senior High Schools Saturday evening adopted a rssolu- ton deploring the dismissal of Prof. Harrison w MeenOch from the staff of High School instructors and ask ing for his reinstatement Features of the meeting, called by the Senior Student Assembly. were the admis- sions of students of misconduct in Professor Meenoch's classes and charges made by them that the latter was the goat" of shortcomings of others. No attempt was made by the stGd ents to gloss over the fact that they had made light of discipline in the classes of the dismissed teacher and virtually every student speaking ad- mitted both Junior and Senior High School students had taken advantage of Professor Meenoch being easy"
 Barraear Introduces Resolution
 After considerable discussion, in which both students and parents par ticipated, J. E. Barragar introduced a resolution depl0rtng the injustice done the teacher and requesting the School Board to reinstate him for the remainder of the term. An amend ment was offered by Allen Shattuck changing the request for reinstate- ment for the balance of the term to one for his reinstatement until a competent Instructor could be em- ployed to fill the position. A second amendment was offered by Mrs. John H. Dunn emitting from the resolution any reference 10 the period for which reinstatement should be requested. simply requesting reinstatement. In this form the resolution finally passed.
 Tell of Petition
 The object of the meeting was stat ed when the meeting was called to order by Jacob Britt, who said the Senior Assembly took that method of acquainting parents of students of its action in petitioning the School Board to reconsider it's dismissal of Professor Meenoch Miss Daisy Oja and Miss Tecla Jorgenson told of q student committees conference with the School Board Miss Jorgenson saying that an impression was gained at the conference that Meenoch would be re employed and allowed to finish his term. Harry Ellengen, John Janiksela, William Clark, Wayne Summers and Jacob Britt said that the senior student body had pledged itself to support the teacher if the Board would reinstote hin. Clark declared Meenoch had seven classes under his instruction. while other in structors had but four and five. He admitted Standardization of the students in some of the classes he had under Meenoch Students stood around in the class room and paid no attention, others were defiant, while some, he said, conducted themselves properly and got real benefit.
 He absolved Meenoch entirely from responsibility for the conditions that prevailed in his classes saying tha. the fault was evenly divided between the students and Supt. J. E. Lang; the former because they took ady1n tage of the fact that Professor Nee noch was "easy' and the latter be cause he refused to support the teach CT under fire when he attempted ta discipline refractory students.
 Janiksela declared "bribe" of SSt had been offered Meenoch to leave town quietly and when he refused il had been increased to $160. Ht said Superintendent Lang had no supported Meenoch in his efforts tg handle insubordination. Wayne Sum mers said that the students believe they had done MecnJch an injustice and in an effort to right it hat pledged future good behavior if ht was restored to duty.
 Dunn Makes Talk
 John H. Dunn criticised sharply the conduct of students that had le. to the dismissal of Meenoch. "Wher we do things wo ought not to do we always repent of them sooner oi later" he declared "ln petition.nl the School Board for tho reinstate ment of the teacher you have don( no more than your duty in trying to remedy an injustice done him"
 He doubted whether anything could be done to remedy the situa tion but later voted for the resolG tion.
 Mrs. George Maud, president 0 the PIT. IA, rapped the School Board which she said had utterly failed 1T it's duty. She said she was opposed to the reinstatement Of Meenoeh who, she claimed, was utterly un qualified for teaching. Things hayi transp.re1 in his classes which n, teacher would permM she said. ang recfted instances. She said seyera students are now paying private tu tors because they are not able {. make headway under him, and crit cised the School Board for not dis missing him earlier in the season She also attacked the school man agement generally.
 Frank Garnick also objected to th reinstatement of Meenoch. He ha a boy in some of the dismissed teach er's classes. Rev. E. C. Rice said "l seems to me Meenoch is being mad