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Show parent wouidy;S:.v rig.ht thin? o 1 make 'J such a Wm1 st 'i plete confi(ienH .. ferson SchojV- T 0rvi1 Clark p "' Jane N. Strong n : Gardner, tZ Ruth Lowe p, " in the school business. He has the interest of both the children child-ren and teachers at heart, and deserves the love, admiration and respect which he receives from those under his jurisdiction. jurisdic-tion. Otto B. Collings, Bertha Ber-tha B. Johnson, Sarah Hutchinson, Hutchin-son, Catherine D. Wills, J. Wayne Nelson, Irene Moon. Dear Mr. Richins: We, a group of parents, feel you have over stepped your bounds in attacking the Jefferson Jeffer-son .School and its principal. We know the facts of the situation sit-uation you spoke of and the things you said were very distorted. dis-torted. We don't approve of any parents making public attacks on teachers. You must be very proud of yourself for slandering one so fine as Principal 'Wendell Niel-son. Niel-son. We have all been closely associated with Mr. Nielson and the teachers of the Jefferson School. A finer group of teachers teach-ers you won't find anywhere. Their attitude toward their students are above reproach. Mr. Nielson or any other teacher teach-er should not have to 'take abuse from any parents. They know best the conditions and situations of the schools. We should rely on their judgment and cooperate with them for the betterment of our children and schools. They are teachers, not baby sitters. During cold weather the doors are not locked to any student, but during nice weather the Forum . . . In Answer Editor's Note-The Sprmg-viiie Sprmg-viiie Herald welcomes contributions contri-butions to the Forum at aU times. The opinions expressed are those of the writer ent.rely and his name must be signed to the article. , The article submitted by Fred Kichins and published by the Spring vUle Herald m last week's paper concerning locking lock-ing the Jefferson school door, wis entirely Mr. Kichins' account ac-count of what happened and his opinion. The answers published pub-lished this week are likewise the opinions of those whose names are signed. This newspaper news-paper is not responsible in any way for the opinions of the writers. We the teachers of the Jefferson Jef-ferson School, wish to register ja protest against the publication publica-tion of such an article as appeared ap-peared in last week's Forum, "On Closing the School Door. Your paper states that articles ar-ticles will be printed as long as they are not of "a slanderous or controversial nature." According Ac-cording to Webster, slander is "the utterance of false reports about a person in order to defame de-fame or injure him; to injure the reputation of a person by spreading false reports." This article was both false and defamatory. de-famatory. To any thinking reader, or to those who really know the principal prin-cipal of the Jefferson, this article ar-ticle deserves no answer, for the character of the writer is revealed in the ridiculous charges made. But for the casual cas-ual reader may we make a few things clear. 1. It is the policy of the school to encourage children to arrive in the mornings not earlier ear-lier than 8:45. Exceptions are made where it is necessary for children who live a long way from school to have an earlier ride. . 2. The doors of the school are not locked to children on cold mornings. 3. This so called "evil face" referred to by Mr. Richins, belongs be-longs to one of the kindest, gentlest, most thoughtful and considerate of men. 4. The Jefferson School principal prin-cipal is one of the best loved |