A TEACHER'S APPEAL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1388, 14 March 1912, Page 4

A TEACHER'S APPEAL.

♦ ■ STAGI'OOLE CASE RESUMED. (By Tclcffranli.-Prcfs Asßociatlon.) Palmcrston North, March 13, The hearing of dm appeal by the Teach. pis . Institute iign.im.-t the dismissal of I honns Slagpoolo, teacher nt ],inton, by tho \\niigiuiui Education Boanl, was re. ?""^ l L to ," l,;iy ,le, ' o, ' o Jl >'- K «r'"i S.M.. Mr ]{ Xl'Nab, aiul Mr. E. 11. Broad. ' .Mi'. A. A, Moody, chairman of the Linton hcliool Committee, was subjected to a further two hours' examination bv Mr Piram (clininnnii of the Eduoatiou lloard) as to tlm resolutions of protest against btngpqole s dismissal, mid the inquiry by the commit ee and Teachers' Institute into the statements TCg«v,lmj the actions nl. Oi'trnHiHing-1 lisnootor David Stewart, at Lintou School. Mr Moody said that htngpoolo told him that Cliief-lnspcctor Jlruik told him to drop tlio Stewart business, or he would lie dismissed The Appeal Hoard continued its sittinue to-night, when various children wero examined regarding the statements that the organising-inspector had put a piece of chalk in their mouths to make them open r.nd spenk properly; swung one girl behind a blackboard and left her there for an hour; pushed a boy against tho blackboard; pinched a little girl and hit lier on the hoad with a reading book for inattention; and told them all to look nt him because they would never see. such a line-looking mini as ho was. Tho childri'ii were subjected to considerable crosseXaimnatioii, This was the fifth day, and Mr. kciT, S.M., --aid it would be "tiecossnry lo finish on Saturday evening, or it must bo adjourned indefinitely la permit of his magisterial work. Mr. I'irnni stated tliatOrgauisiiig-lnspMor Stewart would Rive evidence later, as certain statements had niado I his necessary.