Board of School Commissioners v. State ex rel. Sander

Dissenting Opinion.

McBride, J. —

In my opinion a fair statement of the precise question involved and decided in this case is as follows :

The necessary preliminary steps having been taken, the German language was introduced as a branch of study in the schools of the city of Indianapolis. The board of school commissioners of the city (corresponding to the board of school trustees of other cities and towns in the State), assuming that this branch of study was thereafter to be dealt with precisely as any one of the other nine required branches, graded the schools accordingly, and assigned it its…