Letters, Feb. 28, 1949

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This town has been torn asunder by a minority faction of irresponsible parents and adults who . . . have tried to crucify and persecute a fine educator and school administrator . . .

MRS. AXEL H. JOHNSON, President Twinsburg Parent-Teachers Association

JANE B. HONENS, President Twinsburg Kindergarten Association

L. N. ROACH, Commander Twinsburg Post Veterans of Foreign Wars H. G. STEWART JR., President Twinsburg Alumni Association

ROBERT NORTON, President Twinsburg Citizens League Twinsburg, Ohio

Sir:

. . . Congratulations on exposing what is certainly a deplorable condition, and congratulations, too, to the parents who are trying to correct it.

HAL E. CHASE Astoria, Ore.

Sir:

. . . You have printed about as disgraceful an article as you could about our school trouble. Even if it were half true, I should think you would be considerate enough for the people of Twinsburg to refrain from putting it in print . . .

CHAS. F. GROUSE

Twinsburg, Ohio

Sir:

I am but one of many who are very grateful to find a publication fearless enough to present the Twinsburg picture as it is ...

Our purpose, backed by the Real Estate Owners Association, is to give all children here someone to guide them, someone who has understanding of human nature and can lift up the youth instead of dragging them down until they are dull clods of purposeless, nonthinking individuals. The real test of an educator lies in his ability to create a desire to think for one's self. Training is cut and dried routine with initiative removed. Education is the unfettered search for real knowledge . . .

EMILY G. SHUPE

Twinsburg, Ohio

Sir:

Your complete distortion of facts and motives concerning Glen L. Powell in his dispute with the self-appointed "deliverers" of Twinsburg is appalling . . .

Your recognition of the fact that Twinsburg has had its "fourth superintendent in six years" would logically lay the responsibility for the trouble on Twinsburg itself, and not on Powell . . ."

Mr. Powell finds himself in his present unfortunate circumstances, not because of any specific action on his part, but rather because he has dared to stand up against the subversive element in Twinsburg which has constantly tried to undermine the power of the school authorities.

As former students of Mr. Powell, we know that he ... is truly a man with the interest of the students, the future of his school, and school-community relations at heart . . .

MELVIN KNOPF

(AND 24 OTHER FORMER STUDENTS)

West Richfield, Ohio

¶TIME, standing by its original story, hopes that it did not show too much of the black and not enough of the grey or white in the Twinsburg picture. If Superintendent Powell's voice was scarcely heard in the uproar, perhaps it was because he was less vocal than his critics.—ED.