La Junta tribune., 1908-10-03


County Superintendent of Schools
No friction arises among the direct
ors and the patrons OF the various
districts, problems OF tax levy and
new school houses are solved, eff
cient teachers are found in the school
rooms, well-trained children become
helpful citizens. Everything seems
easy and natural and you hardly take
account of the quiet force at the
head of affairs which controls the sit
uation, and foresees and prevents diff
ficulties. Did you ever think what
qualities are required for county
superintendent? Here are few of
them. A broad culture which comes
from contact with the world and
from education; ready -to-use, def
mite knowledge of the best thought
in educational matters: gracious.
sympathetic tact in dealing with peo
pie; a clean, sound judgment: good
executive ability; constant. faithful.
honest effort to do the right thing.
There are many others, but these
will serve to show that 1t is not
easy to find the right person for a
position which means so much In the
right conduct of our schools. Such
a person, has. however. been found
and proved.
For the third time. Mrs. Money has
received the nomination for the third
time the people stand ready to give
her their hearty support. She is
known and loved in school and home
in every district in the county. Her
natural ability and her training COM
bine to make her well fitted for the
work She is eager and enthusiastic
in her chosen profession.
Mrs Money Is a woman of strong
and charming personality. Go into
her office any day and she meets you
with an infectious enthusiasm that
sends you away feeling good. Her
teachers feel the inspiration and get
the benefit that comes from contact
with the bigger things in educational
work She can make political
speech that counts, or she can bring
down the house by making silence
eloquent She can make gradua-
ton address that does the young
folks good. She can conduct an in
stitute in such way that an upiift
is felt by Instructors and teachers
and carried away into the shoools
for their betterment throughout the
year.
Mrs. Money has been well trained
for the work she has carried on so
successfully for four years. She has
had nine years actual experience in
teaching in rural, graded and high
schools. This makes her familiar
with the real problems Of the school
room and helpful in overcoming
difficulties. She did high school
course in Ciermont, Iowa. studied in
the Normal school in Winona. Mimi.
and graduated from Cornell College,
Mount Vernon, Iowa. before her mar
rage to Rev. Kenneth Money.
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While associated with him in minis
terial work, in health and in sick
ness. she still kept in touch with
the educational work which held her
strongest interest. by an extended
course of kindergarten department
of the La Junta schools. She is still
alive to the necessity Of constant pro-
gress, for since she has been the
county superintendent she has com
nIeted course at the State Normal
school at Greeley and has entered
for work looking toward a degree In
the Denver University.
Such a strong professional spirit
Ia not without its effect upon the
/ teachers under her JURISDICTION.
More of the teachers haves attend
cd Institutes and Teachers esocia-
t,on and State Normal sch0ol this
year than ever before and nDre OF
them have taken up systematic pro-
fessional reading. These things