Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-15
Tucker in Trouble
Again in Kansas

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J. B. Tucker, formerly principal OF
the Belt Valley high school during the
school year of 1918-1919, has beer
fired again, this time IN Pittsburg
Kansas, according to The Sun of that
place.
In the article discussing the trouble
new light is thrown on fuckers COM
ing here in October, 1918.
He claimed to us that he had diff
Guilty in getting released from his du-
ties as principal in Garden City, but
The Sun states that he was discharged
six weeks after the beginning of his
second year there. From Belt he went
to Chinook where he soon got into
trouble and an investigating commit
tee learned that he had falsified in re-
gard to his educational qualifications.
This evidence was placed before the
state board, who revoked his certifi-
cate.
Tucker then resigned (f) at Chi
nook and this is the first we have
heard of him since. But it tkappears
that this is his second year sY princi-
pal of the Junior high school ID Pitts
burg, and that he has not learned a
lesson from previous experiences,
The opening clause in the resolu-
ton Of dismissal reads as follows:
Whereas ]. B. Tucker has been found
inefficient, careless, negligent in the
discharge of duty, disloyal to the in
terests Of the schools and guilty Of
conduct unbecoming the high position
of teacher-"
When Tucker went to Chinook his
letterheads appeared with the degree
B, s. following his name. In getting
his state certificate, Tucker swore
that he was graduate Of the four
year course of the Nickerson State
normal, but inquiry disclosed the fact
that Tucker had attended that insti-
tuition IL weeks and that most of the
work taken there was either begin
ming high school courses or subjects
like reading, writing, arithmetic, PEN
manship, ETC.
In the same affidavit, Tucker swore
that he had spent 10 months in study
at the University of Colorado, while
the registrar of that institution certi-
fies that he was there only six weeks
in the summer of 1911. Three sub
jects were taken by him there but he
received credit in none of them and
two before the summer was
over.
While in Belt Tucker posed as a
Mason, was superintendent of the M.
z. Sunday school and cut quite wide
swath- He had large amount Of
cleverness but the fact that he could
never remember what lie he told you
the last time, caused him to make
mistakes.
Before leaving Belt he induced Rev.
Schaeffer of the M. E. church and DR..
to prefer charges against
Superintendent Remington to the
state superintendent for refusing to
give credits where they were due and
Of giving high school credits where
they were not due. The case Of Marie
Kirk was the one on which the charg-
es were based, but when brought to
the attention of the state department
that the principal Of the high school
keeps the records and that the super
has nothing to do with them
md when the records themselves
showed that Tucker had used violet I
Ink to make his entries each month
md had changed the marks Of pupils
IN other places with the violet ink,
the original entries were in
black and besides had omitted num-
Der of credits which Marie Kirk had
brought from West Virginia and had
destroyed her papers SO that dupli-
.ates had to be obtained, the state de-
psrtment dropped the charges and
nothing more WAS ever heard of the
matter.
Many people have never appreciated
the reason why the findings of the
State Board of Education were not
made public so that schools In other
portions Of the country might be pro-
.ected against fuckers activities.