They were not necessarily good scholars and moreover had been at the school for much too long. We considered for a while, then several were forced to retire. We did everything by the book, according to their contracts.
學問未必都好，而來校既久，看了中國教員的闌珊，也跟著闌珊起來，我們斟酌了一番，辭退幾人，都按著合同上的條件辦的。