The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-05
THE SCHOOL ELECTION.
"Education" Argues in Favor Of the
Ladies.

Ladies.
Editor Beetle voters of school
district No. will be called upon
Saturday, April 6, at the school house,
from 2 to 6, to elect two trustees for
the ensuing term.
male or female, who has resided in the
state of Montana one year and in the
school district thirty days is eligible
to vote at this election. No registration
is necessary.
The candidates are w. N. Noffsin-
ger and b. F. Knapp, two of the pres
ent incumbents, and Mrs. Theresa
Broderick and Mrs. Isabel M. Gray.
Two only are to be elected and
every voter is entitled to vote for
two and no more.
AS the school board consists of five
members, it has been deemed only
justice, and in the interests of a
proper administration of school affairs
that the women should be represented
on the board and with this purpose in
view Mrs. Broderick and Mrs. Gray
have been nominated.
Their ability and competency as
| we'll as their devotion to the cause
of education are unquestiOned and the
only argument that has been heard
against them is that as there is to be a
school house built, the women can not
do the work as well as their oppon-
ents.
| OF course no thinking person would
pay any attention to this argument as
everyone knows that all the trustees
have to do with it is to let the con-
tract and employ competent superirl-
tendent to see that the work is prop
erly done, for even if one of the board
of trustees was willing to supervise
the work he could not very well do 50
and avoid the suspicion tina. the con.
tractors might pay him for the time
he was pretending to donate to the
district.
AS to the need of lawyer on the
board, wouldn't it be good idea to
build one school house without law
yer on the board in view of the mud
die that the board got us into with
the other school house, and isn't CHEAP
legal advice always the most expen
n sive?
Even after the women are elected
there will be three men on the board
and surely DR.. Macdonald. "A. }.
King. and Mr.. Weightman, along with
Mrs. Broderick and Mrs. Gray car
let the contract for the school house
tent supervisor to look after it, ant
if Mr.. King isn't back in time, an
other gentleman from the west sid,
of town can be appointed in his place
so that there is no valid or reasonabl,
argument against the election of tn
women.
Most important of all is the prope
management of the schools and EN-
ployment of competent teachers with
out regard to whether they are close
ly related to the trustees.
Isn't it about time to dismiss thos
trustees who have seen to it that du.
ing the greater part of their terms
daughter or sister, or some near re
alive, has been employed by ther
as teachers.
Il If these relatives of the trustees ar
competent let them take their chance
of being hired by those who will hir
:, only on merit, and do not make tn
Ischools of Kalispell an asylum fc
NEEDY relatives of the trustees.
!, 1t is a shame that this practic
III has prevailed so much in Kalispel
In many states there are laws again'
trustees having relatives employed {
teachers and there should be la
against it in Montana.
Such system works against IL
u interests of the schools, for the tru
Il tees will trade with one another
get their relatives hired as teache
al and disregard the interests of Il
:. school. Messrs. Noffsinger and Knal
"a are the only members of the presel
board who have been parties to al
such practice.
st Let us try an entire school boar
ne no member of which has a needy rel
he tive to be provided for and which W
work only for the good of the scho,
The offices of school trustee al
Its school superintendent are the on
in ones given women to hold, and
nd would be a shame indeed If the chi
airy of Kalispell would defeat two
competent ladies as Mrs. Broderi
IS and Mrs. Gray in order to elect NJ
- Noffsinger and Mr.. Knapp
ID AS one who has lived here since Il
town was started, and who has Il
interests of education at heart. I a,