The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-09-25
CARL MATHIE
IS A GOOD MAN
The Democratic Candidate to
Succeed L. D. Harvey.
HIGH WORDS OF PRAISE SAID.
Wholly Fitted For the important
Duties.
HIGH WORDS OF PRAISE SAID
A FOE TO THE BOOK AGENTS
Particularly Those Who IntermeddIe in
the Politics of the State to the
Baneful Influence of Schools.

The nominee of the Democratic party
for the state superintendency of public
instruction is native of wisconsin.
He was born at Wausau, April IL, 1866,
and received his early education in the
public schools. His father, who was a
skilled blacksmith, and believing that
every boy ought to learn a trade,
placed young Mathie in workshop,
where he acquired the trade of jeweler
and matchmaker.
The young mechanic, however, had
greater ambitions than to spend the
rest of his life at trade, and after re-
pairing clocks and watches and manu-
featuring jewelry for six years, he en-
tered Lawrence University. Here he
not only graduated but took valedictor-
ian and oratorical honors. Thereafter
he attended Harvard University, where
he took years postgraduate work
In 1892 he entered the profession Of
teaching by becoming principal of the
Wausau high school. After serving
three years he entered the ministry. In
this field he remained for one year
when he resumed his educational labors
He then became the superintendent of
the Wausau schools, which position he
has filled with great credit to himself
and his city.
In the establishment of the Marathon
County Training School, Supt. Mathie
manifested considerable interest. He
labored necessarily towards creating
public sentiment and in securing the
necessary appropriations for it.
Last December Mr.. Mathie was made
the President of the Wisconsin Teach
ers Association. The coming semi
centennial meeting of the association
will, under his direction, no doubt,
prove decided success
The open statement of President Karl
Mathie of the Wisconsin Association,
that at the next convention of the
association an amendment will be offer
ed to the constitution forbidding the re-
representatives. of book companies from
being active members of the association,
is causing greet deal of talk among
teachers of the state and the movement
IL very generally endorsed, it being the
opinion that it will prove great bene-
fit to the association in removing the
book men from being active participants
in the association politics.
The leaders in the association believe
in doing as we'll as promising, and, be-
sides advocating the amendment to the
constitution stated, they have taken q
long step forward along the line of re-
form by enacting a resolution which
states in advance that all offers of sub
scriptions from book companies for the
association expenses will be refused and
that in the future no book company will
be allowed to give the badges or any
other favor to the association .-Milwau
kee Daily News.
From the Journal of Education, Bos
ton, November, 1900: "Of course the
credit for this successful association
meeting belongs to no one person, TO,
the whole city of Wausau had to lend q
hand, but chiefly to Karl Mathie is the
official credit due. Mathie is force
Warsau is his home; here he was
school boy and from here he went tc
college, both West and East Harvard
and before he had fairly begun work
elsewhere he was called home to run
things educationally, which he is doing
to the queens taste.