White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-23
EXCELLENT MAN
FOR SCHOOLS
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION Is SPLENDIDLY
EQUIPPED FOR THE DUTIES.

Progress and the adoption of up
to-date methods in the administra-
ton of school affairs in the State OF
Nevada is now an out-spoken popu-
lar demand. The state has passed
the stage where 1t will be satisfied
with back-woods methods in educa-
tional matters. Every man, woman
and child is interested. Hundreds of
new families that are contemplating
making Nevada their future home,
look upon the schools of the state, as
of first Importance.
So, when there was a vacancy on
the Republican state ticket caused by
the death of Nevada's veteran eduea-
tor. Orvis Ring. the central COM
mittee diligently sought for the right
man to place at the helm of schools
of the state.
They selected Dwight I. Smith of
Virginia City, instructor in charge
of the State School of Mines of that
place. He is a fine scholar, an ex-
perenced instructor and keenly awake
to the needs of Nevada schools, both
in the centers of largest population
and in the remote and sparsely settled
rural districts.
He believes in a uniform standard
throughout the state. He wants a
pupil to have the same advantages in
one section as in another section OF
the state. He wants this uniformity
of standard to apply to scholarship re-
~quirements, on the part of the pupil
and to individual efficiency on the
part of the teaching crops as a whole.
He also believes in sufficient latitude
for the development, individuality
and aptness along special lines. He
believes in specializing in teaching in
the larger schools. He believes in
free text books, so hal the poorest
child may have an equal advantage
with the child of the most wealthy.
But he would have the free text book
law so drafted as to guard against
graft scandals in this state.
Professor Smith was born in Es-
meralda county, raised on a ranch,
and educated in Nevada public
schools, until the course mapped out
by him took him TO Laurel Hall
Military School in California and to
the University of California. He
completed a course in mining en-
cheering at Berkeley and followed
with postgraduate work in science
and literature. His university retain
ed him later on, as one Of its corps
of instructors in science.
For a number of years, he was
field assistant in the work of the
United States Geological Survey, per
forming important services in the
oil and gas regions in southern Cali
fornia. Under this bureau, he made
a geological survey ana report on the
Yerington copper district in this
state, which is an authoritive work.
When the University of Nevada
wanted a man to take charge of the
School of Mines at Virginia City, a
telegram was sent 10 the University
of California TO recommend a man.
That university recommended Dwight
T. Smith. He got the position
against some twenty odd applicants,
and has conducted the Nevada School
of Mines for the past six years most
successfully. He is eminently fitted
for the work needed at this time in
the public schools of Nevada, and
If elected. before his term is over. will
have done everything possible to
place them on a par with the schools
of any other state in the union.
Personally, Mr.. Smith is energetic
and full Of enthusiasm for whatever
task he undertakes. He is in the
prime of life and yigor, with qualid-
cations and experience TO make him
one of the most valuable servants of
the people.