Omaha daily bee., 1874-09-16
The County School Superlntend-
encV.

ency.
SARATOGA PRECINCT, Sept. 10.
EDITOR BEE:
We write in reference to a matter
which is now occupying a great
deal of the attention of the teachers
outside of the city and in the coun-
try, to-wit: the nomination ana
election of County Superintendent
of Public instruction for the ensuing
wear. Under the law the present
incumbent, Professor John Rush, OF
Elkhorn, appointed by the County
| Commissioners on the resignation
| of Professor Beals, holds his office
only until the next (this) regular
election, and then the candidate
elected fills the Office but for the
unexpired term of Professor Beais,
i. e. until a year from the coming
October. We will not pause to
comment on the apparent useless
ness of this law, but turn to the
consideration of the subject proper
who shall be the next County SUI
perintendent of Public Instruction
in Douglas county? There being
several gentlemen who, to our per-
sonal knowledge, are willing To
have the office, if elected, and are al
present working for the nomination
by the several parties, the gentle
men being residents of the city aud
not teachers, we cannot consider
their claims. The schools OF the
city and county are, as to their
management, particularly indepen-
dent of each other. a certificate
from the County Superintendent
does not entitle the holder The PRIV
ilege of teaching in the city schools.
Nor one from the City Superinten-
dent grant the holder the Fight to
| teach in the schools of the county
generally termed the country dis
e trict schools.
This being the case the country
as n matter of course can ella IN the
! right to control its own affairs, when
even the maladministration OF the
same for arguments sake) would
9 NOT effect the interests of the city.
Our County Superintendent rave
U heretofore been residents and prop
erty owners in the city, and, with
s out speaking except in the highest
G terms of the ateincumbents, Messrs.
Benin and Beals, We may say that
there has been in the country gen.
! eral dissatisfaction asst this arrange
IS ment, not, let us be understood, to
" tbe officers, but to the fact befoIs
mentioned. AS a strong argument
: in favor of our proposition that til,
l. county can further benefit i
i schools by having country superb
tendent: let us remark here.
:. that a teachers institute County
:, that great help to the profession has
IN not been held in Douglas for Owe
i three wears. Arrangements are a
s. present being made by Professo
Rush to hold one in a short time
and that being after the election
there may be a good chance, .judg
ing the future by the past, that W
re do not have it. We conclude tileI
rs that is now time for the countr.
ID part of the county to continue Il
n make arrangements, as 1t Is com
mencing, looking toward d noni
W nation and election to this office Q
ne a gentleman from the country
ne Such a one at present holds the OF
,ir flee, giving general satisfaction.
Having been a practical teache
OF in the country districts of the cnUn
Id ty for many years, and having file
IL the position creditably in some 9
nm our best schools, knowing u iac!il
~ ties and wants, able to supply o.
OF his practical experience all ira
which is lacking in new teachers
to well known 10 oil and having tn
po confidence and respect alike {
e teachers and directors, and spend
~ ing his entire time in the duties
sG. the office, we cannot see thai W
Of can do better than to retain PROBES
re sor Rush in his present position
INV Confident that the good sense an.
~ Justice of the people of the city wi
ne see that our desire is a rgI
Der one, it remains only for the peopl
of the country 20 say whom the
will have to fiji this very importar
position. AS it is not a political o
a flee lei us not subserve il ity maxim
,o a political point of il, but like Pro
Beal's nomination last yea: by bot
parties, let it be unanimous. Lett
JUS hesr from the balance of the coul
So try upon this point. Others ma
hold different views than we do, b'
none more honest. Let us he;
~ from them. Yours, &C.,
for TEACHER.