Mr. Mowerson's Side
Mr. Mowerson, director of school district No. 7, Arm Arbor town, thinks the item in last week's Courier did hira an injustice. He does not desiie to uphold his son in the wrong, but in this instance believes him to be in the right. Furthermore he believes that there is not only no necessity for corporal punishment in schools, but that it is against the law. He also believes that the right kind of a teacher can manage a school without resorting to that sort of discipline, which is and should be a relie of the past. However, it was not so much the punishment as the manner this teacher took - that of slapping a child in the face. This is not the first instance of the kind, it is the third. Mr. Mowerson thinks it was his duty as director of said district to have this treatment of the pupils prohibited. The teacher said she was right in doing as she did, the moderator of the district agreed with and upheld the teacher in doing so. There was no other way for Mr. Mowerson to vindicate the matter than the one he took. The board of examiners have allowed the teacher to continue her duties in the school, but she must not again be foiind guilty of slapping a pupil in the face.
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