Daily Republican., 1885-04-23
Tne school EiectiOn.

The election Of eleven members OF the
Board ofEducation will take place next
Saturday week. This should be look
cd upon "a one Of the most important
held In Wilmington. Not only have
these members Of the Board OF Educa-
ton the money Interests Of the Board
houses to attend to, and frequently to
inter ere In cases Of refractory scholars,
but the greater and paramount interests
Of the rcal education of our children are
in their hands. This Is q work not
destined nor calculated for unskillful
minds to perform, but for minds which
are adapted by education and the forc GO
Of moral training for the undertaking.
Il very component part Of our whole
system Of education has an influence,
upon the whole, and as it all springs
from the people, it is very importan:
shat the source from which it springs
should have q proper appreciation Of
ats responsibilities and duties.
The public will be called upon IN
some nine days to do its duty again
Very wisely these elections are held
every year, thai the people may have {
chance to ssSk1& errors, If any hsv'
been made, and to endorse more ad
vanced and vigorous measures in favo
q education. Very wisely, too, only
half the members Of the Board can bt
elected ct one time, thereby preventing
sudden and radical changes. The PEG.
pie have 1t in their hands to make
whatever changes are necessary. II
there are incompetent members in the
Board Of Education whose terms expire
At the coming election, then is the time
TO send them adri;t and elect better
: ones.
~ the members OF the Board have
done their duties well, then let the vo-
tiers in the respective wards turn out
and give them hearty endorsement by
their votes. The school election is of
vastly more Importance to the interests
Of the community than the city election
which takes place a month afterwards,
but in all probability where enc vote
will be cast at the school election, four
will be cast at the city election.
We would call upon the voters of the
city to prepare for the school election.
Let them see that good candidates are
placed in nomination for membe OF
the Board of Education, and then let
them see that they are elected.
The politics of the candidates should
be OF secondary importance. In strong
Democratic wards the man who should
be in the Board Of Education may be a
Republican, and in the strong Rspubli-
can wards the man best fitted and adap.
ted TO the etfice may be Democrat ii
DO, that Is the man that should be cleo
ted.
In the Board OF Education is no place
for the display of partisan rancor OF
partisan bias of any description. The
public schools are the peoples schools,
where all are to be educated, regardless
OF party or sect. How foolish, then, TO
draw the partisan line in an election for
mem 5ers of the Board. The man who
poses himself before the people for cleo
tion as a member OF the Board Of Edu.
cation simply because he belongs to one
or other political party is not the man
% elect. Ii there is any one thing more
than another that should be lifted abov,
the narrow plane of party politics it il
the cause of education, and every at
temp. TO elect members of the Boar,
simply on partisan basis is only an ei
fort to bring down the cause of educa
ton TO the lower plane Of partisan ma,
row mindedness.
Let every good citizen, then, who de
sires good schools bear in mind til
school election on rext Saturday weel
and SO TO the polls and vote for goot
well informed, progressive men fc
members of the Board.