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acted the part of a gentleman and I honor him for the 

 manly act. 



For the reason that the public money can be used 

 to publish only falsehood "for the use of the dis- 

 trict, " and also because I do not wish to put in print 

 any more records of the proceedings of the last few 

 months than is really necessary, I suspend publish- 

 ing, for the present at least, several pages of manu- 

 script relating to the disgraceful proceedings of last 

 September. I will simply say that I did protest 

 earnestly, as a teacher and a citizen, against a course 

 which so completely ignored the sacred rights of 

 others. I did not refuse to comply with any legal 

 order of the committee, until I was ready to resign 

 the charge of the school. The chairman, through 

 that whole disgraceful affair, seemed to have only 

 one idea in his mind, and was willing to sacrifice the 

 rights of a hundred families in order to please a woman 

 who comes with unreasonable demands, accompanied 

 with a threat. I was reminded through the whole 

 affair of a man who lived some centuries ago, named 

 Herod.* 



He was asked to admit but five and admitted five with- 

 out claiming any increase of wages. He refused to admit one 

 who had been transferred and did admit one who had not 

 been transferred. 



*See Matt. 14: 1 — 12. 



