Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 14, 1913, Page 2

COMMITTEE'S REPORT. sons for asking that this teacher released, but Mrs, Parks . and Richard A. Turner, orlginators circulators of the petition, “appeared personally before the bgard @t —th Tinding of L. B, Lincoln, in South|time of its presentation and atated Windham Retain Miss Thomas. T. Lincoln's investigation con- Conn., July 23, 1913 E 1 Committee of the Town \¢indham e following communi- employsent of Miss omas-~ as -partment am school” { was signed by Mrs ark and thirteen others, chiléren in Miss Thom- rade. Your board voted to his protest to the under- r investigation and report t regutar meeting. In compliance therewith. 1 beg Jeave to make the following report based on a thorough imvestigation of the of the South The communication. not addressed to the board, mo locaiion given as to fis origin, amd undated, sives no rea- HIRAM N, FENN UNDLARTAKER end EMBALMER € Caurch St Willmantc Ct Telcobons lady Ass JAY M.SHEPARD succeedipg EL"ORE & SHEPARD funeral iveclr and Embaimer 60-62 North St, Willimantic Lzdy Assistant Tel. Connectior. A _nice variety of Fresh Fish, aise Seallopa. Ovaters and Clams, at STRONG'S FISH MARKET, 28 North Streev Peck’s Real Estat> Agency FARMS A SPECIALTY 132 Spring St. Willimantic GEORGE C.MCON OPTICIA%O'\ SnEA B Oci Tid Wil ARTI S ENNT DR. F. C. JACKSON, Dentist Painless Extracting and Filling a Specialty 752 Main Strset. - - Willimantic “Telephone Auto Truck Moving LCNG DISTANCE WORK A SPECIALTY Addresss P. A, WEEKS, or "Phone 50-2, 338-12 or 254-& Willimantic Ct. 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On July 21, I obtained from Miss Thomas' school register, & list of par- &nts or guardians of all the pupils at- tending her grade during last vear. I found a total of 29 parents with a tital of 34 children. Of these 29 par- ents, 14 parents with 13 children ap- pear as sigpers of the-ptition, and 15 parents with 16 children do not ap- pear on the petition. On July 22 1 called on all these | parents with the exception of the fol- lowing. Mrs. Carrie Roy, signer, could not locate; Mrs C. R. Doubleday, signer, absent from home: Mrs. M. Monast, couldn’t .locate, and George Stone, away on vacation. What the Signers Say. 1 am designating the parents by numbers rather than by name. with the understanding that, if it is the de- sire of the board to know which of these parents the numbers designate, 1 will immediately file with this, report a list of the names correspon to the numerals, Commencing with the signers of the petition and omitting the names of | Mrs. Park and Mrs Turner, because | of their statements made to the board | as a whole, the complaints follow: No. 1—States that she signed at the invitation of Mrs, Park and Mrs. Tur- ner. and feels that a change in teach- ers’ once in a while is good for any school. She wouldn't have signed had she known what a fuss would come of it. Miss Thomas, through her long service has become Independent, and she once slapped her child for failure at the board. She makes no report of averages. No. 2—States that she signed at the | invitation of Mrs. Park and Mrs. Tur- | ner and thinks ‘a change in teachers once in a while is desirable. Has had | seven children taught by Miss Thomas | and they have been punished, but | | never complained to the teacher ‘about | it. We might get a worse teacher | than Miss Thomas. X ates that she signed at the jon of Mrs. Park and Mrs Tur- crackers that nourishing. in crispness, in upon. And all NATIONAL BIS get what you want—soda crisp, clean, appetizing and || Uneeda Biscuit are always uniform in quality—they are always alike | | soda crackers you'can depend Biscuit are uncommon soda crack- ers packed in an uncommon way. Five cents everywhere in the moisture-proof package. areoven-fresh, | or— y are. because Uneeda CUIT COMPANY out of school. He afterward put him back in the Franklin school where he improved In his work again. He says the parent has too much of the teaching to do. No, 9—States that she signed after much hesitation, at the Invitation of Mrs. Park and Mrs. Turner. Thinks Miss Rhomas is a fine teacher, but rather severe in her discipline of small children. Thinks she would make an excellent teacher in a higher grade. She does not allow the children to en- ter the school bullding until tep min- utes prior to opening of sessions. and not at all during the noon hour. Would like @ young teacher whom the chil- dren would like. No. 10—States that she signed at the invitation of Mrs. Park and Mrs. Tur- ner. Miss Thomas whipped her boy for throwing stones and she has to spend considerable time helping him with lessons at home. Those Who Did Not Sign. Following are the statements of year ago she com- Thomas_hurting her no complaint to offer | plain I child. since that_time. | No. 4—States that she signed at the | request of Mrs. Park and_ Mrs. Tur- | She thinks Miss ‘Fhomas has | Tittle patience with small chil- | but would make .an excellent | acher for a higher grad: No. 5—States that she signed as an commodation” and because she saw the names of some of her neighbors, and without fully realizing 6 her ac- tion. Says she is. perfedtly satisfied with Miss Thomas in every way. No. 6—States that she signed at the invitation of Mrs. Park and Mrs. Tur- ner, and was sorry afterward. She asked Mrs. Park to remove her name. Her child gets along micely with her studies and she considers Miss Thom- as a good teacher in every way.. "No. 7—States that she signed at | thé jnvitation of Mrs Park and Mrs Turner. She is very outspoken against Miss Thomas, claiming that the teach- er tore her child's clothing, but admit- ted that there wa= agztavation on the boy’s part. She claimed that a com- ! plaint to the chairman of the board | five vears ago gave her no satisfac- | tion. She is moving from town and says her interest in the matter has ceased, No_ $—States that his wife signed at the invitation of Mrs, Park and Mrs. Turner, that his child did well at a Franklin school, but while at South Windham hjs health failed and on the advice of & physician he took him ner. but dren, MOTHER GRAY'S SWEET POWDERS ’ FOR CHILDREN, feieny SRl room in the house. the rooms. cial sale is going on. Murray's Boston Store WILLIMANTIC, CONN, 3 | nicely and she hopes Miss Thomas Picture Sale | This week we have put on sale a special lot of || beautiful Hand Colored Art Studies, suitable for any || House cleaning and moving time always reveals | those ‘who did not sign the petition: No. 11—States that he refused to complaint to make, and he considers Miss Thomas one of the best teachers who ever entered the schoolhouse. 0. 12—States that he refused to sign as he was more than satisfied with conditions. His children bring home their books to study. but the teacher does her part. My children have been whipped about one-half as much as they needed it, nothfes un- reasonable. No. 13—States that she refused to sign the petition as she has been per- fectly satisfied with the treatment of four children. They have been pun- ished, but.they deserved it. No., 14—States that she refused to. sign as she had no complaint to make. I want to give a teacher all the help !T can. Miss Thomas is, in my opin- ion, dping her best and 1 consider her very capable. Both of my boys like her very much. No. 17—States that he was not in- vited to slgn. Is enthusiastically in favor of Miss Thomas. My wife and T want Miss Thomas to remain, No, 16—States that she refused to sign as she is entirely satisfied. Her children are getting along finely and Miss Thomas is a splendid teacher. She fs strict, but that is the way I ~ont 4 teacer to be with my chil: was mot Miss Thom- she will re- 17—States that she to sign, She lik 13—States that he refused to sign the petition, that he has no griey. ance and is satisfied, No. 19—States' thai she refused to sign, because she is perfectly satisfied with present comditions, No. 20—States that she was net asked te sign; she thinks Miss Thom- as i very niee and does extra geod work, Her ehildren have mever been punished and she hopes Miss Thoma will remain, p No, 21-—-States that she refused to and wants Miss Thomas e re- main, although she thinks the teacher 1 | | . i | will remain, has been a liitle severe .in discipline, She has punished her childrem, but they no doubt deserved it, : (0. 22—States that she refused to sign as things have been satisfactory. and the children get along micsly with their lessons. She hopey Miss Thomax No. 23—States that she refused to sign. She has been In town for fif- teen years and Miss Thomas has al- ways suited her. Her child gets along will remaln, Mrs. Park and Mrs. Turner were yis- ited and asked if they had anything further to add to thelr statements made on July 8th, and they stated that they would be present at the Augus meeting of the board to make a fur ther statement. The Teacher's Statement. July 23rd I called on the teacher, Miss Augusta M. Thomas and recited to her the complaints of the petition- egs, and offered te her the privilege of explaining or & reply to the charges. Miss Thamies states that she thinks sign the petition because he hag no ! places where new pictures will add to the appearance of |/ Here is your opportunity this week while this spe-- YOUR CHOICE OF THE LOT AT 25 Cents Each THE H. C. MURRAY CO. it_best that a system of marking be adopted So that the average standing {of each pupil may be known, that she 1has never been asked to adopt such Isystem. She asserts that no children have been kept outside the school - bullding in the rain to her knowledge. She claims that but few of the pars ents ever visit her school and are therefore incompetent to judge of her work as a teacher. Regarding a rubber hose, she says the hose belonged to Miss Kingsbury and ‘was kept In Miss Kingsbury’s desk, that she has used it but twice, once on a Keller boy and once om the Mathewson boy. This punish- ment was for impudence and for stone throwing. She says she has done a lot of extra work in heiping the duller pupils with their lessons. She_considers the Park and Tur- ner children well mannered pupils and she likes them very much. They are good. readers, fair spellers, but more or less inaccurate in arithmetic. She asks mo child to get her lessons outside school except to practice spelling. Misg Thomas states that ‘her work 2 teacher was consideped good enoush so that when Miss Sibley was en- gaged for the North Windham school she came to South Windham, stat- ing that Mrs. Spaulding, the acting school visitor, sent her there to ob- serve her methods. - Miss Thomas stated that if the board desirés any further statement from her she is willing at any time to appear before you. I find that the town of Windham has entered into a contract with Miss Thomas to teach for another year at this_school, commencing September next. If the change in training schools is made which is under consideration and seems probable, an enfirely new corps of teachers may possibly be en- gaged at South Windham. The above facts are respectfully submitted to the board. LOUIS B. LINCOLN, Committee. COMMENDS MISS THOMAS. School Committee Passes Vote on Teacher Against Whom Petition Was Filed. 5 The regular meeting of tfie town school committee Wednesday evening was one of the most exciting in the history of the board. The following members were present: Dr, F, B, Guild (chatrman), Curtis Deane, L. B, Lin- coln, Dr. Keating, G, S, Elliott, T, I, Kelly, C, C. Case, Mru, Kate Spauld- ing, The committee adfourned to the common council chamber when tha matter of hearing the petitions for and against retaining Miss Augusta Thom- as,primary teacher of the South Wnid- ham school, cams up, A large delega- |tion was present te suppert the re- Jeetion of Miss Thomas, who came out of the battle victerious with fiying eol- ors, Mrs, Park, who oppesed Miss Thomas, stated that Lawyer Kelly had nothing te de with préparing the per tition anttagenistic to her retention, Lawyer Keily stated it was not neess- sary’ for him te deny the asceusation, and that the presé representative whe printed the statement did se with the knewledge that it was met trus, Mrs, jadies whese hames are umkmewn to The Builetin reportes spoke in oo - sition to Miss Thewme __ - =ied a8 | teacher of the ©. 1 Windham school. <t claim was that the schelars had been too severely punished and that Mfss Thomas did nol use & Ppropet | system of marking. Mrs. Turnes fur- ther complained that Miss Themas re: fuged to dismiss pupils for necessary purpeses. After thls, Miss Kingsbury, principal the Bouth Windham Miss Thomas, who had given her pu- pila privilege of leaving when neces- sary without making a formal request. | Miss Kingsbury also spoke of Miss Thomas' admirable work as a teacher. Many others also supported Mlss‘ Thomas and requested the committee to retain her. A petition was read by Mrs. Spauld- ing, secretary of the bourd, from Mrs. A. C, Sweet and 36 others endorsing ss Thomas and asising for her re- tehtion. The report of L. B. Lincoln, | then read. After this The Bulletin rep- resentative made a statement to the school committee, saying that Attorney Kelly's attack on him was untrue, Mr. Stone stated that members of the school committee had told him they Capital $100,000. profitable. Surp:us and Protits $160,000. 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HOURIGAN, 555, PHONESStere 61-3—Heuse 85-5 ‘| offered ‘a resolution Igmmendin' Mrs, | Paric and Mre, Furner and twe other | school. demied the last charge uxalnstiwmei ingi which appears in full elsewhere, was| Norwich; Fanny Smith, Soutn Wind of procedure to petition Kelly asked The who 1t “who in- d )(r" tone” declined % “and £ ] , saying, that the members of the committes were where they could for themselves. Lawyer Kelly on asked Mrs. Spaulding if she gave Mr, Stone ‘the Information, and. she replied “did toll him she had )““t?o that he ) prepared the petition. Mr, Stone further stated that at Mrs. Park's request he corrected the state- | ment made in a previous issue of The Bt fas Lawyce Kelly prepared | i etition, and “the correction was o before Lawyer Kelly's letter de- fiding o retraction had been receiv- ¥ The Bulletin management. Tho committee finally voted to com- mend Miss Thomas iur her fine work \as teacher of the South Windham | school for 17 vears. Lawyer Kelly then Turner and Mrs. Pafk and signers of the oppesition petition for their pub- lic spiefl, manitested 1n_school matters | at South Windham. This resolution was carried, Curtls Dean, George S. Elliot and Mrs. Spaulding voting in negative. R "-"u.‘i‘!.‘.aex committee voted to grant ihe petition of Principal Burr of the, Normal school to have the odel #chool transterred from Willimantic to South Windham. The matter of hiring a successor to Miss Kingsbury, who resigned as Prin- cipal of the South Windham school was left in the hands of the teachers committee, with power. Bids are to be asked for furnishing spring water for the Natchaug and Windham high schools, and the matter’ for printing| ‘the .ahnual repert was left with the secretary. For Clerks’ Field Day. The sporting events at the clerks® fleld day at the fair grounds next week Thursday have been announced by Physical Director McLaughlin of the Y. M. C. A, who has the matter in chiarge, and are as follows: 100 yards dash, one-quarter mile run, pole vault, running high jump, running broad jump, baseball throw and base run- ning. Prizes will be awarded to the winners of each event. The contests are open to all and there will be no entry fees. Many Going to Wildwood Park Today. The Willimantic Board of Trade and Business Men's assoclation will be largely represented at the outing of the business men of Fastern Con- necticut today (Thursday) at Wild- wood park, Alexander’s Lake, between Putnam and Danielson. * More than half 2 hundred business men of this city are expected to attend. and the trip will be made with automobiles. The delegation will meet in" front of Chesboro’s store on Main street and will leave at 10 a. m. WILLIMANTIC CAMP GROUND. Miss Elsie J. Chesebro of Norwich Wins in Silver Medal Contest of W. C. T. U—Second Day of Epwaorth League Institute. Tuesday morning a good sized audi- ence gathered at 8 o'clock in the taber- nacle to listen to the second lecture of Professor Hewitt of Wesleyan univer- sity upon the Old Testament prophets, His subject was ‘Amos, the Prophet of Disaster. The second hour was under the di- rection of Evangelist Laumaster. He spoke on Christian service, stating that every Christian ought to find out his peculiar gift and consecrate it to God's service. The next hour was for the various department heads in the several so- clety cottages, the same as yesterday, {save that instead of the secretaries, the treasurers met at the Niantic house under the leadership of Miss Ethel Kennedy of Danlelson, the dis- trict treasurer. i The_ fourth perfod was in charge of | Rev, Mr. Gilbert of Boston. who read | 2 soripture selection {n a very impres- sive manner, Quotations were read in corcert from a pamphlet put forth by the Methodist Book copcern, contain- | ing an excerpt from the Episcopal ad. dress at the last general conlference upon progressive industrial measures The last hour of the foremcon was canducted by Lester Cles of Providence whe further emphasised boys' werk, | Ha gpolke of the need of teaehing the bey self relianee, | fa "o 'aftorncon fhe tnatitute had its usual time ef peereatiem In the! basebaii game between the Reds and the Biues the Reds wem, 7 to 1, The tennis teurnament was alse eentimued. Gold and Silver Medal Contests. Wednesday «———mevn Was tri-county field day for the W. C. T. U. of Tol- | land; Windham and New Londen coun= | tles. At 130 p: m. the tabernacie was | interested listeners. 'The follewing were the titles of the different num- bers in the erder given: the Battle Cryj selection, The Vulture of Civillzation; sele, Ceme Down, Mountain Streamleti seleetion, Bridal Wine Cup}r sels, The Curse af selection, The Conviets Warn- solo, Mether's Veicei selection, The Man of the Heur{ sele, Just a| Wearyin' for Youj selection. Baptized {n_Bloed; selo, The” Breken Pinion, 'The contestants were as follows, in tie order named, the musical and ora- torical alternating, and the former having each two selectionsi Bilver Musical—Elsle J. Chesebro, Norwich; Mabel Clinotn, South Wind- ham; on Richardson, South Wil- lington. Gold Oratorical — Mabel Hagberg, ham; Robert L. Greenwood, Rockville: Helen Huntington, Mansfield; John Richardson, Seuth’ Willingten. While awaiting the decimion of the Jud the audlence enjoyed a solo. The Holy City, by )quest, by Mre. Mary Sweet Shippe of Providence, always a favorite on the camp ground. An encore was_desired. Mrs. M. M. Rogers of New York, state temperdnce evangelist, made a fow interesting and practical remarks upon the benefiss of the medal contes The medals were awarded by Rev. W, O. Nuzum of the Methodist church, Willimantic. Medal Winners. The gold medal for oratory was awarded Robert L. Greenwood of Rockville, and the silver musical med- al t§ Miss Elsie J. Chesebro of Nor- wich. The state superintendent of medal contests, Mrs. Nellle A. Gager, of Wii- limantic, has engaged Mr. Greenwood s one of the contestants for the grand gold medal to be given on the first evening of the state convention, which wil} be held at Bridgeport on the even~ ing of Oct. 1 3. Dr. Fisher's Lecture. The first lecture of institute week. which was thrown open to the public, was delivered at’ the tabernacle Tues- day evening before a large audience. It ‘was a fine portrayal of the habits and mertal traits of the Orientals and their consequent contributions to Christianity when they shall have turned to Christ s nations. BALTIC. Herbert Wheeler, J., has just com- leted at his home a Wireless receiv- ng set,. The young man picks up several stations near by each evening. He made the greater part of the set himself, and later intends to practieally filled by the hundreds of |a larger and mere complete statioh. children ot Waterbury are guests ef Splo, Seund | Mr. and Mrs. Amede Belair, “Tne | Douslas of Willimantic were gu “of | Mrs. farm, Franklin, recently. Hartiord, Commencing Thursday Morning and contin- ving for the rest of the week we offer many special vacation values in both Hosiery and Underwear fo. 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