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Show 1 AGAIN THE INNOCENT H ARE ATTACKED. H The Standard has read the article H by Kenneth B. Dawson in the morn- H ing paper, in which Dawson comes to H the rescue of the Ogden school author- H itles. We regret to learn that Mr. H Dawson, who is himself a graduate H of the Ogden High school and is work- H ing his way through the University. H and who, we understand, is a very H energetic and enterprising young man H going to school for the express pur- fl pose of gaining knowledge and knows H that he wants it, possesses some of H fha nnnliriontlnnc ft Kll rWrintfindent H Mills. Perhaps he could not escape, H since he graduated under Mr. Mills. H Wp already have pointed out that Mr. H Mills is the greatest prevaricator and H ruisrepresenter of facts that has ever H presided over the destines of the Og- H den schools, and we regret to note B that Mr. Dawson loses his temper, and M instead of defending Mr Mills or the H Ogden school system, attacks Glas- H mann and his children H Mr. Dawson says that members of B Mr. Glasmann's family entered the H ruiversity and utterly failed The H statement is false. Every member ot H Mr Glasmann's family who entered H the University of Utah made good, H snd the only members of Mr. Glas- H mann's family who has a right to be M considered in this case would be those H who entered the University while Mr. B Mills has had charge of the Ogden B public school system and that would H only include Mr. Abraham Glasmann, H This young man graduated from the H Ogden. High school above the average H credits required. The principal of M the High School informed the Editor H of the Standard he was among the M brightest pupils in the High School m He entered the University and soon H discovered that he was deficient in H many of the subjects and special tut- H ors were required. But his record in m the University seems to have been M good. He returned home with a B Freshman's sweater which Indicates fl that he made good as a football play- ir, and after all, to the average stud-nl, stud-nl, that Is the Important part. Second, Sec-ond, he only remained one year at the University of Utah, and at mid-year changed to the mining course. I Now the public is not Interested in ' the subject of Mr. Glasmann's- clill- dren, but the repeated attacks might imply that our children were deficient in something, if we remained silent, ; and the object of the Standard is not to countenance the making of the editor's children the issue( but simply to point out that tho attacks aro not only not justified but that tho children stand well among the average childron of their age. Roscoe C. Glasmanu. the eldest son, Is assistant business manager of the Standard and businessmen busi-nessmen of Ogden will gladly testify that he is a very obliging, accommodating accommo-dating and capable young gentleman. Our son William three years ago became be-came a High School student and he was out of school six weeks before the authorities discovered that he was absent from school. Perhaps there arc other parents In the city who can testify that the High School system Is so imperfect that a child could escape for a longer period than six weeks and not be discovered by tho school authorities to be a truant. tru-ant. Last fall our son William again returned to the high school and broke his collar bone in attempting to mas ter that greatest of subjects, footbal!. But soon returned to school. Then again he was absent from school for a long time and he is now in the East giving fancy exhibitions of pool playing, play-ing, which seems to be the only thing he has graduated in during his long services in the high school. He seoms to have had more time for pool than for study At any rate, later evidence develops that his days were spent in (he pool hall instead of the school room. Our only other son, Blaine V. Glasmann, Glas-mann, who Is now in tho high school, was unfortunate enough last fall to have his hip broken in practicing football and was confined to his bed for the greater part of the school term. He hardly had been able to walk again when his hip was broken for the second time. Yet we are advised he Is doing remarkably well for a boy ho pnterflfl fhn lileli Mobnnl nf tlw age of 13 years. We are further id-vised id-vised that he is an obedient young fellow, except that he declines to go through military drill, not because he does not believe In the drill, but because his broken hip is not sufficiently suffici-ently healed to permit him to bend his leg as would be required in violent vio-lent exercises. He also was present at the recent students assembly but says he did not vote. Mr Dawson, writing from the University Uni-versity of Utah, intimates that the Ogden high school graduates did better bet-ter last year than did the Weber Slake Academy graduates In the University. Uni-versity. This is gratifying and is pleasing to the Standard, and we hope that all future graduates of the high school will bo able to maintain that excellence of standing which Mr Dawson Daw-son so emphatically expresses, but we hope that in future communications Mr. Dawson will keep his temper and discuss the issue that he undertakes to defend and omit his abuse of innocent inno-cent people who are not remotely connected con-nected with the Issues in controversy. Never before have we heard of attacks at-tacks on the children for the alleged short comings of the father, except in cases of the black hand and the I. W. W. of which the recent threats to kill Governor Spry's family is a sample. Some men wbo can not have their own way would rather destroy all in sight than to surrender even those things that may be wrong. |
