The High School Trouble

In sorne respecta tbc city of Ann Arbor lias onc of the best school systems anyvvherc to bc found. The courses are quite complfto and thorouli, and a general eariH'stness ig tnanifested on the part oí teachon and pupils. So as a usual tbing praise should be given to the schools and encouraemei]t to the teachers. Howcver, tlxtiecent actions of some of the school offleera show a spirit decidedly unbecoming to themselvcs as men and teachers When the superintendent of a school so far forcéis his school, its best interests and all things else to satisfy personal jealoiisy, spite and ill temper, it is time to cali a halt and question that man's further usefullness in the position he ceases properly to fill. Wlien a teacher comes into a school he should receive aid and support frem the superintendent, especially so if that teacher proves a success by manifesting a talent for the work. Mr. Douglas, frotn the first showed rare capübilities, iirst for organizing new methods and beginning new studies, and at'terwards for teaching them. But all along he has been hampered by Supt. Ferry's coldness, positive unfriendliness and opposition. Tliis strange conrse it may be said, Prof. Perry is not entirely responsible for, because it is wellknown that he has been continually woiked up by another with whoin jenlousy of Mr. Douglas and his success was an incentive. By tuis carelessness for the good of the school it has now lost the services of one of its best teachers, and his place cannot easily be filled even after long search. Perry may be jubilant for a time over his peuy inurapn over one in authority below him, but in the end it will only bring Kall to the lip of those who are usiug our scliool system as a personal tooi of favor or revenge. We cannot afford to have good teachers driven out, even if they rio not truckle to the superintendent and his satellites in their whiins and caprices. This abuse is by no means a new one, and much more oould be written did space allow.