The daily sentinel., 1903-04-24
Candidate For
School Director.
ADVERTISEMENT.

Sullivan. ID. 7. Stone, U. G.. Ramey,
j. W. Stevens, James Weir, @. P. No
land. and all others signing petition.
Gentlemen The petition signed by
you. numbering over thee hundred
names of voters and taxpayers of this
school district, requesting me to
again become a candidate for election
to the office of school director of this
district has been this day presented
to me by one of your number and
signers.
1 had hoped that some other citizen
of this district would be requested by
you to take upon himself the duties
and responsibilities of this office. I
have twice before, been elected by you
to this position, and have rendered
you the best service could. | have
repeatedly told my associates upon
the school board. and others, that l
intended to retire at the close of this
term, as my personal business affairs
demand my time and attention. The
duties imposed upon n school director
during the coming year will be many
as the present board has just let the
contract for the new school building,
which is now in course of construc-
tion and is to be completed and ready
for use and occupancy by the COM
mencement of the fall term.
The office of school director, as you
we'll know. is purely gratuitous one,
and the duties thereof many and ar
duous. if properly attended to. No
citizen can hardly afford to devote his
time to this work unless the public re-
quests his services, and unless he is
interested in school work.
No motive could certainly prompt
any individual to take upon himself
the burdens of this position, other
than a desire to lend what aid he can
to the public, in the education and
culture of the youth of the district,
and to build up and maintain the ed
ucational institutions of the city, of
which [ trust we are all equally
proud.
| 1t is a significant fact that while
many of us disagree upon questions of
| a political, social or religious nature,
and adhere tenaciously to this doc
| trine. or to that, each believing his
own party creed to be the best and
stubbornly yielding to his opponent S
| view, yet in educational matters, in
| the promotion of the welfare of our
children and of posterity-in the ell
ovation of humanity and the search
for truth, there are no dissensions.
we meet upon common ground. and
| unite in common cause.
/ assume from the unanimity of the
petition you have presented to me,
| that you endorse the course our board
has pursued during the past years, and
are willing to entrust to the same
| board the management of the affairs
of this district during the coming
term. IL any patron however, is not
entirely satisfied with everything in
connection with the management of
the schools, or the districts affairs.
he should not hesitate to come
promptly before the board and relate
his grievances if any, and de nand
that the wrong be rectified.
The board has never failed to act
promptly when officially approached
upon a subject relating to the interest
of the district.
While we would have much pre-
ferred that you select some other citi-
zen of the district to act for you, yet
we feel hardly justified in ignoring
your extensive petition. and have de-
cided to become candidate as re-
quested for director of this district
We desire in this connection to state
uneauivocally to you and all other
patrons of the district, that in accept
ing this nomination, do so under the
same conditions as 1 have done in the
without pledge or promise
either directly or indirectly. 20 sup
port or vote for any special person Tor
any position within the elective
power of the board. and further de-
clare, that while we have always
given preference to home material in
the selection of teachers for our
schools. vet merit and capability is
the only standard by which all anpli-