| Identifier |
S_bx02fd02_024 |
| Title |
bx02fd02_p19a |
| Article Title(s) |
Letter, Thomas Riach to his uncle, dated March 26, 1906 |
| Page |
19a |
| Subject |
Letters; Student expulsion--Utah--Salt Lake City; Student suspension--Utah--Salt Lake City; School discipline--Utah--Salt Lake City; Students--Utah--Salt Lake City |
| OCR Text |
Show seems set in his purpose and says nothing else can be done. If I had of been fixed so that I could have kept it away from him I would have done so, but under the circumstances I could not keep it from him, and thought I was doing the honest thing in telling him the whole truth consequently this is what I get for it. I know it is a great disgrace and am very sorry about it. Especially on account of the girls. I dont want to leave them here alone to come home alone when school is out and I don't know what to do. I know it would make them feel awful had to have me go away and leave them. I think Sweazey is going entirely out of his sphere. He seems to want to judge me by my past actions not by what I am now. Anyway if I ha of had one of those dreaded diseases it would have been different, but since it was nothing but <br> [Continues on next page.] <br><br> |
| Further Information |
In this letter to his uncle, Thomas Riach writes that he is facing expulsion from school and regrets having to leave his sisters, who are also students at the school. He then complains about the school's principal judging him unfairly by his past. NOTES: Refer to page 22 for a letter from Thomas Riach's uncle to Principal Sweazey of the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute of Salt Lake City, Utah, to find more information on Thomas Riach. |
| Creator |
Riach, Thomas |
| Date |
1906-03-26 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Source |
Letter, Thomas Riach to his uncle, March 26, 1906 |
| Setname |
wc_tw |
| ID |
1096667 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vm4b5c/1096667 |
