Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1878-06-28

my annual report S0dIl. nave Deen mduG.
and the question of my successor can then
be determined BY: the people. :.-s,ass :!
| For five years i have been an Office hold.
er, and though I have not proftcd In purse
have grown rich in n'experienGe. In all
that time / have received from the Super
intendencv but $75-just enough 10 pay
the interest on the amount OF abuse i havd
received; - -
Idiut not seek the Superintendcncy any
more titan Itsought the poet-oftice. In
those early days the work of each seemed
to fall naturally to me, and paffofihcd II
to the best Of my ability. 95s ~ i's%
| My experience has not been always
pleasant. The days of chiyalry have gone
by. "A woman nowadays who steps into
the arena of public life, literally takes her
reputation in her hand. Strong indeed
must be her nature and panoplied in coz
sciousncss of right, who passes unscathcd
the fiery ordeal. Her family life becomes
! the theme of fscandal-mongers. Her very
sex is disadvantage, and because of il,
she; is at the mercy of any pantalooncd
miscreant who chooses to assail her. :
There are those who snecr at .woman's
work. ! would ask such to remember,
in the years to come, when our education
al system shall have reached the pertec-
ton that the future shall surely bring,
that it was tron1an's hands that laid the
first foundation; a 1coman's mind that
planned, and aromdn's will that forced it
from its frail beginning to the full fruition
of success. sT.7r, SI1Ei - Il.
My plan for the SCHOOL, to .qnote from
the article above alluded to, is IA Union
School comprising four grades, Primary,
Secondary, Intermediate and High School,
~ Hv,1x tN<1s
ranged, and the discipline be made SO per-
feet, that pupils at the age of sixteen grad
uating from the High School will be fitted
to enter any college in the land, or TO enter
at once upon the active duties Of life"
Two of these departments we now have.
Last spring desired to create an addition
al grade, as with due economy, the city can
and should support another, but my PLAN
then. met such opposition, that l have
deferred it with other portions Of the work.
for my successor TO complete. sHs-G
l had hoped to be able TO fuInish tho
building on its completion with the apa-
ratus etc, necessary to a first-class school,,
and to this end conducted course OF
lectures. But so little interest was taken
in the matter that the proceeds OF the entire
course above expenses was but $11.4O, This
amount has been placed in the hands OF
the district treasurer to be expended ut
the discretion of the School Board a
l trust the people will give to my sue
cessor more aid and encouragement than
they ever did to me. believe that the
majority of our people earnestly desire the
prosperity of our schools, and appreciated
and sympathizcd with my efforts. But
good natured indifference, designing peo-
,,Io Inrrorofn1V- fN fhPIr
selfish schemes.
am grateful to the citizens of Burleigl,
County who gave me the opportunity to.
carry TO successful completion the work +
began on SO slight scale six years ago..
little dreaming to what grand results it
would all tend. have had the Office three
terms, once by appointment and twice by
election I'm sure may be induIged III
a little harmless vanity in the latter, since
I, d little insignificant woman, was ut one
and the same time the candidate of the
untcrrificd Democracy, and Of the grand
Republican party with the big war record
as we'll, and particularly and especially
because every man in Burlcigh County
voted for me!
thank the many kind friends WHO.
have aided and encouraged Inc in my diff
ficult work To the end of my life shall
De proud OF naElnS Deen lNc Iounuer Oi
the Bismarck schools, and shall ask, here
after, nothing more gratifying than to see.
them prosper in other hands. ~
Memory goes back to the first frail be-
ginning when our school was little hand
full of children grouped under an army
tent, and follows through the intervening
years, through discouragements and per-
picxities to the gratifying success Of tho
present. '
Looking down from my doorway, as Z
write, upon our beloved city, can see on.
the left the massive walls OF our beautiful!
new cl,ool-housc, and on the right, the
roof of ST. Mary's Academy.
The f1ct Mat they are there is sufficient
reward for me. May Gods blessing en-.
compass both!
LINDA W. SLAUGHTER,
Supt Schools, Burleigh Co.
Ei1u1. lime ~ 1873