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Show duents. I asked one large boy if he would carry a large American flag at the head of the line. Apparently from backwardness he did not care to carry it and the flag was given to another student. After all the students stu-dents had received flags, Mr. Frischknecht Frisch-knecht asked if he might have one. There were several left and Mr. Frischknecht, the other members of the faculty and myself each took one and marched along with.the students. From the above situation there arose the report that Mr. Frischknecht Frisch-knecht had refused to carry the flag and that I had forced one upon him. The rumor was so absurd that I paid only passing attention to it, 'ridiculing 'ridicul-ing it on the few occasions when I heard it. To put Mr. Frischknecht in a more unjust position is hardly conceivable, for at the very time his loyalty was reflected upon by this ridiculous rumor, ru-mor, he was working out ways and means of increasing cfop production by a careful planning of the home work of boys out of school and also for those on half day sessions. Mr. Frischknecht's loyalty to the.cause is unquestioned by those who know him and his work. Respectfully, D. R. Mitchell, Vindication Proved of Conrad Frischknecht Since it became generally known that Mr. Conrad Frischknecht, who has been teaching in the high school at Salina, was engaged for the next year to be the principal of Gunnison Gun-nison high school a rumor was circulated circu-lated which cast unpatriotic reflection reflec-tion upon him, causing some of the people here to raise objection to the appointment of him for principal. If what was reported of Mr. Frischknecht Frisch-knecht had been true he deserved a summary dismissal. But the local schol board made investigation of the affair and found there was absolutely abso-lutely no truth in the report. In order or-der to apprise the public of the facts the reply of Mayor Crandall of Salina to the clerk of our school board is here given, together with an explanation explana-tion of the incident written to The Gazette from Principal Mitchell of Salina high school. Both letters are self-explanatory and fully vindicate Mr. Frischknecht. Salina, Utah, May 12, 1917. Mr. Joseph Christenson, Clerk School Board, Gunnison, Utah. Dear Sir:-With referencce to your letter of 8th instant, which has reference refer-ence to Conrad Frischknecht whom you have employed as principal of your high school and who has been teaching here the past year. Principal Salina High School. I believe the foregoing statement to be true and correct in every particular. par-ticular. C. N. Lund, Editor Salina Call, You mention the fact that a report is in circulation regarding his patriotism pa-triotism and reflecting on same. Personally Per-sonally I think that this is unwarranted. unwar-ranted. Salina has sent a number of volunteers volun-teers to the army and navy and has had a number of patriotic gatherings. I know that Mr. Frischknecht has taken part in these. If he was unpatriotic he certainly would not have attended these meetings or rather ra-ther gatherings. Since lie has been here I have been in his company numbers num-bers of times, have become quite intimately inti-mately acquainted with him and believe be-lieve him to be a clean, straightforward straightfor-ward man and I am satisfied that he will give you perfect satisfaction. I have shown your letter to Mr. Mitchell, our high school principal and one of our most highly respected citizens. I wanted his opinion and he stated that the reflection on Mr. Frischknecht's patriotism was unwarranted. un-warranted. Yours yery truly, H. B. Ckandaal, Mayor. I Salina, Utah, May 14, 1917, To the Gunnison Gazette: Just after the declaration of war, while recruiting was going on in Salina, Sa-lina, our school boys and girls paraded the streets carrying Amerlean flags. Prior to holding the parade I dlstrbu-ted dlstrbu-ted small flags to the assembled stu- |