The Omaha guide., 1936-12-12


year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. o. C.
Fage, 1928 Patrick Ave-, pushed
and showed little Joseph Beckman
and Ronald Jakes on Monday after
noon, Nov. 30th, at Long school,
he and the other two boys were
kept after school. The outcome of
these boys stay has caused no lit
tie unpleasantness in the commun-
ity.
According to Mrs. Page. when
Donald failed to come home from
school Monday afternoon, she sent
two older children to find on what
had happened. They, upon arriving
in Donald's room, found Donald
seated in a chair crying. Upon be-
ing told by the teacher that Don
aid was being kept until he quit
crying, they sat down to wait. Mrs.
Page waited and when the childen
sent failed to return, she and three
other children set out for the school.
Arriving here, she too found Don
ad crying. Asking the teacher, Mrs.
Jean w. Pomeroy what was wrong,
she was informed that Donald, who
had been kept for pushing and
showing in the hall, had been cry
inc and that he would have been
dismissed earlier had he not been
crying. Mrs. Page said that she was
also informed by the teacher that
her orders from Miss Anna T.
Healey, principal, were to keep in
children who had fights at the
school in order that they might
finish their fights in the teachers
room that evening and that she
had let the other two boys hit Don
aid, giving him a taste Of his own
medicine.
Upon being told that such were
Miss Healy's order, and due to the
fact that it was impossible to see
Miss Healey that evening because
she had gone home, Mrs. Page said
she returned to the school the fol
lowing day and interviewed Miss
Healey. When questioned by Mrs.
Page as to whether or not she had
told the teacher, Mrs. Pomeroy, to
have children re-fght all battles
started on the grounds, etc, Miss
Healey emphatically denied ever
having given out such information
and Immediately sent for Mrs. Pom
eroy. When questioned in Miss
Healey's presence, with regard to
there the orders came to have child
rem fight out all differences, Mrs.
Pomeroy, according to reports,
seemed to be unable to answer for
a few minutes-later stating that
he children had told her that such
were Miss Healey's orders. Miss
Healey said that such statement
coming from her was a lie and sent
for the Beckman and Jakes child
rem and proceeded to give them a
lecture on making up things and
telling them as having come from
her. In a letter to Mrs. Page, Miss
Healey says that Mrs. Pomeroy,
the teacher, had merely asked
Donald how he would like it if the
other boys bit, pushed and scratch
ed him, and that before the teach
er coud realize what had happened,
one of the little boys had hit DON
aid.
When interviewed by an Omaha
Guide reporter Wednesday after
noon, Hiss Healey expressed her
self as being very sorry that the
whole thing had taken place. She
described her six and one-half years
experience with Long school child
rem, their parents, etc. She also
praised Mrs. Pomeroy, who, is, she
said a conscientious teacher, spend
many hours overtime in the interest
of these children. According to her
statement, when the three children
were kept after school, having in
mind the golden rule, Mrs. Pomeroy
merely asked Donald how would he
like it if the other children were to
do him as he had done them, telling