The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-03-15

there is that other fellow on the boar,
with you who also has voice in mat
tiers.
He is not intellignent nor fair-mindet
and never could have been elected bu
for the fact that the office went beggins
at the time of election. He has always
claimed that his children did not re
ceive their share of attention at schoo
and never learned much of anything
so he was determined to have his niece
from Melville come and teach the
school. She taught the school after q
fashion for two months and then got
married and everybody was glad when
school closed. This year he has been
against the teacher all the time and SO
have his children. He let's bunch OF
hoodlums have the school house for
dances, and the next morning the desks
were scattered about the house and out
in the yard, there were pieces of pie and
sandwiches on the floor in the corners
and whiskey bottles lying about the
yard. Children coming to school after
wards drain the bottles it there is a
drop left in them, and think they are
doing something smart. You we're away
from home when school opened this year,
and the house was not cleaned nor
busted for the opening. Dust covered
everything, there were dead flies and
wasps in all the windows and on the
floor, there was no broom fit to sweep
with and not scrap of cloth about the
house for buster. The water bucket
and tin cup were so dirty and grimmy
the teacher and some of the larger girls
went all day without drink rather
than drink from them, there was no
crayon, no register, no ink, only one old
eraser and an incomplete supply of books.
He is queer narrow minded fellow, and
if ybody goes to him with complaint
about the school, he expresses his SYM
pathy on the spot, without knowing
whether the ground for complaint ex
lists or not. Anybody can tell him a
few lies about the way the teacher con-
ducts things, and he will Immediately
proceed to criticise the teacher promis-
cuously, thus destroying her influence
and making matters as bad as possible.
You tried leaving the management of
the school to him for short time, and he
never kept fuel supplied at the time it
was needed, never had broken windows
repaired until some of the children we're
sick with cold from sitting in the
draft, offended the teacher when she
asked for an appropriation OF S3 for
writing paper and 80 cents for decora-
ting material, and, in short, it is pity
he was ever elected, but he is. His in
fuence in the community is bad and
it always has been; his boys are growing
up just like him and there can be no
progress in anything that he dominates
There is generallya figurehead on the
school board; a man who qualities and |
seldom or never does anything; man
who is, guilty Of missing opportunities
to do good, and ought to sit up and
take notice Of what is said
TO PATRONS
Properly, the patrons of a school are
those who live in the district and share
n the social and business life of the
community, whether they have child
rem or not. The school is kept up to
1elp the home. To enable all to get
certain training and education that
could not be given at the homes, but
should be in very close touch with the
ZONES. Parents especially should know
What is being done at school and teacher
should know more than they do of the
wishes OF parents Schools are main.
aimed for the benefit and advancement
II the home. The duty and privilege of
he parents is not done when they pay
heir taxes and send the children to
chool, leaving all the rest to the
eachers.