, 1874-05-23
WOMEN AS SCHOOL.0FFlCERS,
Tho Eloycn Ladics Elected in Illinois rs
Suporintenlonts Of Public
Schools.
All About Them.
Their Educational Career, Cnpn.
Diiitics, Appearance,
&C., Sc.

corrs.pondtnca Of The CHICAGO Tribune.
YoAKv1L1s ILL.,, Mny 10. 1874.
Fhr boyont my indusgenca III acntmental'sm
lll&,st bo tho pride Of ovory citizen or Illinois over
o ,no,aat manner In w1icl, tho first 1atos oloot-
MI N Office ii, this State camo before tho people
Az candidates, aud, aftor tholr election, assumed
control Of their official prerogatives. It was nat-
ura1 that Massachusetts had to loudly shriek In
hor attempt to aro,1BD tho world to tho fact shat
ladies' OF tho "Hub" had beon eligible to tho
noutra1 o{1ico OF Gchool-Directors. Wyoming,
too. 80 far away on tho eastoru breast OF the
Rocky Mountains, has caused hundtods OF toio-
grams to announce ler tlamplng OIL old cus-
tons, Illinois, however, nltercd hor laws with
out disturbing tho universe, SO that her
women could bo oiigiblo to tho respon-
siblo oflico Of Superintendent Of Public
Schools than which there ure few oillcea per-
Laps uono in our country. upon tile viso ad-
uinistratlon Of which so much depends In an
undemoustratiye wny. Tho season Of political
cnnyaesing for candidates, nominations by c0r'
yputious, and catvassng for ballots, came last
year in its oriler bringing before tho electors Of
tho State the names of thirty -four iafcs, single,
married, and widows.
THE WOMEN OF ILLINOIS
nccepted tho privilege granted them by tho laws
with gratitude, bnt did not nuke the shrioking
tint arosc from either Wyoming or E1aBsach11-
gotts They did not Rona single telegram or
cablegra,n announcing tile glory tint man Ind
opencd tho Ways for tlou,. Thoy did not brnit
their cgotism to tic world, but quietly and
rcsolutely detormiucd to 30 III tho fnhlmens
OF their duties, and, when time passed,
tic Statc afterwards tho world, m'Bus
know whether they-the women Of l'linois-had
proven themselves worthy the trust Or nos. a
n,,arter Of u ycar has pissed since, without shout
Or demonstration, e]ovou OF tho most refined,
highest t-ouitiyatod, accomplished ludies or this
Ytatc began their ]abors rs school-superin-
Ecut1cuts. Fortunately for tho experiment, md
bnnp;y for tho law-mnlters who framed tho
statute which qualified thoso women for TINT
orre. they aro 1ocatel III different countoB.
widely separatct, 30 TINT no one region III alone
IN the experiment. Alexander County, thepoint
farthost south iu Egypt; Boone, away north !;
vii, County, noareat noighbor to Cook; Mercer,
on tic Alisslsnippi; Green, Dewitt WinnobaEo'
Peoria, Kankakce, aro separated sufficiently to
give the triNl range. Knox, one OF our moas I'M
portant counties, presents noble woman, and
Cnss clama much for hers.
OF tho ,.-.....
THIRTY T-foUn IADIEa NOMINATED,
the following eleven were elected !: MisB Amanda
e Frazior Of erser liea Mnry a ;c,, Messi f., Of
r. A. Taylor, Of Alexander Mrs. Mary F. cra-
Mrs Kato Hopkins, Of Green Mrs; - nfsry 9T',,;L L.
lido, sUp Of pooru Miss Mary Weleh. ct Dewitt /;
and Miss Nettis II. Sinclair, Of Kankakee.
Tho twonty-three defeated, mostly SO BY their
own innate modesty, which dictated M IN tnneslon m!et
se1"s sen s Rs Rspis' fs%I's9 g. s Brose
der: Miss 81. r. Housekeepor and Mise Louisn
plaster Of Caha Miss Jonnio n1cKinstrey, OF
Coles Miss Naomi Tomlnson, Of Crawford !;
E. 4' E. Mi siaynll, q HancocS; Alius \:
Phelps, OF Henry; Miss Frances II. Duncan, of
Jackson; sIrs. Frances T. Hickman, II 15aeon;
2 q E homsp ss Of inna & o
n1oultrio; Miss Anna Combs ct fiatt; Misa
Harriet 4. Fyrc, Of Putnam; Mrs: Nancy 9:
Malone, Of Randolph; Miss Mary Howard, OF
hs Ma r rncr sli.s ii Aeoss
Gillia, Of Whiteside; md Miss Anna Painter, Of
TYoodford. ;,
All Of these ladies arc edncationa!ists: oil
hnro carnca 1aurels us successful teachers;. ,rs-
us lcads Of seininarios, colleglato institutes.
ind graded public schools. We find that
nrnong tho elected are ladies' Of rare culture mat,y
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, and woll-trained minds. Their
social standing is tho most elevated. Some OF
them arc allied to the best society Of the Me-
tropos Of the State. Their families arc among
tho moot etail, Their brothors or their fathers,
aro honored men III Our stato. and comprise
Judges, lawyers dvineH, merchants, and, none
the less noblo horny-handed tillelB OF the soil
None Of these ladies are, or ovor hhve boon, IN
My manner, woman-auffrnEe and
ng We give the biographies, all must acknowledge
that il a cotorio Of oHciaIB we're ever elected tt
p1aces Of trust md emolumcnt on their merita
they certainly were. And VIC Gun invite MasHa
ohuuetts, Wyoming. aud all Thinking men ane
women Of the country, to consider those nov
administering tho onarous dutle9 Of County
School Superintondonts iu Illinois, ind answcr
Where around liz arc their eQnaas
When nun is eleyated in tho scale Of being,
tho press does not wait Tor tue public to inquire
Who Ia he, and What his merits, that he hat
hecn, or is to be honored BY tellow-n,an bn
'scarchcs tile way out for publishing glowing %
bcon nuniis under tlese ladies' instruction, an
their thousa,.Gn Of friends, including thoso VII
cast their ballots for them, their ho'dsmeu
uro watching tito signs Of the times to know ho'
woman will uct IN the new rolos assigned he,
must be Eocnly Interested Us they rcalizc for til
first time, by reading tha article. the toll al
before they run for office. Not alone In tho nc
tual real havo they livod and muRcd, but som
have trod upon tho roses and thorns OF apPa'
Although it ig with Biographies Of tho electe
that we are mostly interested, the writer wi
sny that worlds t,i mart cliag. around the live
pt many Of tho dafeated, which vii come befoi
Eho public III u er yenra, who' the wheel tur'
plicinls in.
First, bocause nearost tue Metropolis, md tt
closest watched by the lurgest nnmbor OF vi
'neAecg an1 bocnllAe slo stands 90 fur above IL
nycrnpo woman let uB tako the name Of
SINS. SARAH NEIL CURTIS M'1Nros11,
Superintendent elect Of the Public Schools {
vii! County WHO waa born ~ stockbritlge, lor
ehira County. Maas;, April ~, 1857 Her mntdt
numo was Sarah Neil Cnrtiss Turning to Mass
cLugatts lliatory, wo ind her ancestors amor
The very earliest aattlers Of the western part
that Gtate, aud their record bright az tho brigll
sa.gui,lc-bIoils temperament. lior hatr
dark. Iior Dyes arc decp-blus, and she Ia
ncar-sighted as to require tho assistance ;.
glasses. I found har affnblo and courteous, ,
rntIl aIBcoru the required lrtnnoes ind daclHls
..annaunru Ia mako thu BlccnhaflIl tepchl