Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-28
MANY CANDIDATES
 FOR SCHOOL TRUSTEES
Douglas Promises To Bc Scene of Lively Contest On
 Saturday.

With five candidates in the field, the l prospects are bright for some real live
 excitement or a good deal of interest,
 at least, in the school trustee election
 Saturday. The friends of all of the
 delegates are out working hard for
 their election and If Saturday is one of Arlzona's usually bright pleasant days
 there will be big vote cast.
 Rufe Scott, the first to announce his candidacy, has come out strong for
 the segregation of colored children in
 the public schools. According to the statement of Superintendent Lutz
 there are now only thirty negro pu- pills in the grades of the various build ings, and according to Scott's attor- neys, who have been looking up the matter, it is now possible under the territorial law to segregate them. The thirty negro children are probably of all ages and sizes and are studying any where from the first reader to the senior class in the high school, which represents just twelve years of school ing. Thirty pupils will scarcely fill a good sized school room where the studies of only one grade are being taught. The handling of thirty pupils all of the same grade studying at least half a dozen different branches, is considered quite a task for one teach CT. In Rufe's segregated school there may be pupils in twelve digerent grades of five or six studies, for unfortunately the thirty different negro pupils in Douglas have not been growing up at once. A pretty good idea of Mir. Scott's segregated school for negro students" may be gotten from our grandfatner's stories of the ''backwoods deestrict school" where they learned to read and write and 'rithmetic about seven ty-tive years ago.
 If you want to stop the school book graft, though, vote for Alvin J. Taylor, as he states in his eightinch display advertisement. In voting for Mir. Fay Tor you will also incidentally expand, perfect and thoroughly equip the Douglas public schools and place them on the highway to what they should be. MT. Taylor is the proprietor of the Cyclone Store, so we can look for something of a whirlwind campaign between now and Saturday. MT. Tay. Tor is one of the old residents of the territory and has many friends.
 N. F. Deems, whose announcement as a candidate for the trusteeship has been before the people for some time, is an employe in the office of the Copper Queen shelter He is an cx- tremely youthful candidate but has biz ideas. His parents are pioneer work CTS in the schools of Colorado, and his cousin is a teacher in the St. Louis schools, so. as he explains, his yeara 'ng for the trusteeship came naturs' ly to him. MT. Deems says that if elected he would like to see the in- troduction of the study of the Spanish language in the schools, improved methods and more stress laid on the teaching of music and physical culture, and the establishment of a kindergar- ten. He says he has in mind several ways iii which the local schools might be greatly strengthened and if elect ed will do all in his power to assist in making the Douglas temples of learning second to none in the ter ritory.
 The names of two other candidates have been given the voters of Doug las. These men are Rev. George Logic and c. R. Temple. Both of these men say they believe that at present the Douglas public schools are second to none in the territory. They cite the fact that at the reetnt territorial fair in Phoenix the work Of the pupils of the Douglas schools carried oil more first prizes than any other school in the territory in the exhibition of pupils school work They say they want to see them keep the same high position they now occupy and if elected will i do all in their power to hold them there, and both are able to do so. i Both say they desire at all times to | make any changes in the schools which will be of the best interests and proper. Douglas International-Americ