St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-28

board director Oh the. Democratic city
ticket.
This is the first time woman has
been nominated for office in Hennepln
county by either of the great political
parties. The ProhibitioniStS have hon
ored the gentle sex before, but the nom
iEation from that party has hardly
amounted to more than the including OF
a name upon the list of candidates, who
stood no show of election. Besides.
good share of the ProhibitiOnistS
are women, and it was not alto
gether surprising that one OF
their number should be nominated.
When, however. q convention composed
entirely of men, representing the DOM
inant party in the city and county, Sc
lectS a woman as q candidate Tor an I'M
nortant office. it means something, and
the curiosity aroused has been followed
by genuine Interest. Who is Eva Nc
Donald. and why was she nominated?
She was nominated at the request Of
certain delegates who thought woman
should be on the school board. Their
reasons seemed just, and then Miss
McDonald'S name was proposed and so
warmly recommended that the commit
fee appointed to make nominations for
the school board agreed upon her unan-
imously, and the convention as unan-
imously ratified the nomination..
WHO Is EVA NJ DONALD?
The GLOBE reporter who was detailed
to answer this question found surprise
in store for him yesterday. He had
heard of her as a writer and a speaker
upon industrial subjects, and when he
inquired at 1907 Sixth street south for
Miss Mcdonald he was confronted by
young lady, bright and decidedly pre-
possessing in appearance. who seemed
TO be less than twenty-five years old.
His Imagination had cOnjured up quite
q different picture of what a female
candidate for school board director
would lCok like. He had not talked
with her long before he discovered that
she was a decidedly well-pOSted young
woman who had evidently thought and
seen for herself great deal. Touch
ing her candidacy in answer to inquiries
Miss Mcdonald said:
1.-The nomination was matter of
some surprise to me, as l had no knoWl-
edge of any such action until the list of
nominees was published the day fol-
lowing the Democratic convention.
intended to resign at first, but after
carefully considering the situation have
concluded to allow my name to remain
on the ticket although | would like TO
have seen some one selected for the
place who has more maturity Of thought
and is better known among the people
than myself. Yet. Judging from my
own personal experience and from the
opinions of people who are Interested in
educational matters, it seems only fair
that women should have some voice in
matters of education. 1t is conceded
that women are better fitted for teach
erS than men; their QuickneSS of per-
ception and generous SympathieS easily
comprehend and supply the needs of
ignorant childhood. Teaching with
manv women is a labor of love, the
amount of time and energy which they
eXpend in the classroom bearing no
proportion to their compensation.
They adopt their profession as
life work and consider their
efforts amply rewarded by see
ing their pupils develop, both intel
lectualIy and morally, into true men
and women. But the teacher some
times laborS under serious diSadvan-
tageS. From the careful study of the
faculties of the mind and theil order of
development, she would like to give
each pupil the training which is best
adapted to his or her temperament. In
order to do herself Justice, the teacher
needs the intelligent cooperation and
sympathy of superintendent and dlrec-
tors, so that the text books, number of
grades and courses of study may aid
her efforts 20 give the pupils an edu-
cation in the true sense of the word.
The teacher who takes a real Interest
in her work. often feels that the present
system could be improved upon If
women would take mere interest in
educational matters and use even their
present limited privilege in the matter
voting, Even one woman OF the board
of education would be able TO do some
thing toward adopting the views OF
those who are interested in having
education recognized as true science,
and giving both teachers and
pupils an opportunity to accomplish the
best results from their labor.
Many social and industrial evils Of
to-day arise from ignorance and want
of thought among the masses OF the peo
pie. Where there is liberal and pro
gressive school system the result will
be an intelligent and cultured people
Aetuated by these motives | have de
cided to remain as candidate for elec
ton to the board of education. Ever
in case of my defeat the discussion anG
interchange of thought brought fOrtf
by my candidacy can not fail to have {
good effect in stimulating women to in
telligent and concerted action at some
future time"
When the reporter was leaving with
the impression that Miss Mcdonald haC
captured at least one voter he happened
to remember seeing certain cOmmuni
cations in the papers signed
"WONIAN VOTER" ''SCHOOL TEACHER
etc. in which something was said about
her having a grievance with Supt. Brad
ley and the school board.
"Yes. l saw the communications in
the papers you speak Of" she said
"and one of them demanded that make
an explanation. There is little or moth.
ing to explain. l received a certificate
and diploma from the teachers train
ing school, but was not given a school tC
teach. although the superintendent OF
the training school said / was eligible
went to Supt. Bradley and asked him
why l was not given school. He did
not give me any satisfaction one way OF
the other. so asked the board of edu
cation to investigate the matter. The
board declined TO investigate, evidently
not caring to bother itself. | dropped
the matter and never asked for a posi-
ton since, and do not expect to again
as have discovered more congenia
occupation than teaching"