Show THE CHA11GE3 AGAINST ilETGALP He is Exonerated in a Letter to the Board of Hcgents A short time ago it was stated in THE HERALD that certain serious charges had I been preferred against Principal Metcalf of the Deaf Mute institute It was also said that the board of regents of tho Des ret university were investigating the same The following letter from the advisory isory board to the regents has now been made public 110 the Board of Regents of the University Univer-sity of Deseret The undersigned a majority of the advisory isory committee of the board respectfully report report1hat we have investigated tha charges I made against Professor Metcalf tine principal prin-cipal of the deaf mute department and find he charges are wholly unsustained and in fact groundless We also report that in our opinion tho management and discipline of Protessor Metcalf has been such that it should meet I the approval of the board and of the parents and friends of the pupils The instruction and discipline of the institution in-stitution must not only provide for the mental training of the pupils but also have regard to their conduct associations and moral welare Probably some pupils on account of heir infirmity and the indulgences of pa rentshavonot at home received the methodical cal i training given to other children and the regular methods and habits of a school are new to then and especially those who enter the institution mature age and with more fixed habits of life and complaints against the most reasonable riles can easily 3e shown up especially i encouraged by those the pupils regard as friends I sufficiently appears that since the change of principal by a former board the late principal has in many ways manifested manifest-ed hostility to irofessor Metcalf and has been industrious in fomenting and circulating circula-ting complaints and exciting dissatisfaction dissatisfac-tion among the pupils and friends The complaints com-plaints againstMr Metcalf are either Ion I-on hearsayur nrc such gross exaggerations of trivial circumstances as to be essentially false DThe ease with which such complaints can be started and circulated should induce persons before formulating th ° m or giving them publicity to make sufficient personal examination to satisfy themselves there is i ground for complaint and especially not to give too ready credence to indirect reports circulated by those who are hostile to Pro Metcalf One member the advisory committee I was not present at the hearing JoinxW DoNNeiLtx IT A MAUSIIALL |