The Arizona sentinel., 1910-03-17
SCheOI Election

district No. l will be called upOl
to decide an issue of more i'm
portance than ordinarily comes
before them. School election.
are normally quiet events, beins
but the selection of citizens t.
supervise the conducting of leca
school systems. as directors serv
ing without provided compensa
tion or the hope Of emoluments,
any such being a contraventior
of the contemplation accompa
nying the framing of school laws
Individual profit and private gair
injected into such, violate the
high principles of equity and
ethics that are presumed to shield
such planned unselfsh and un
seeking exercise of good citizen
ship and altruistic safeguarding
of that most important and over
topping task-the education oi
children.
Nothing should enter into ar
election Of this character thai
may in any wise work against
the best interests of those most
vitally commemorative pupils Of
the scloolS.s
No more than personal profit
should individual prejudice and
partisan politics be permissibly
injected into a school slection-
nor any other consideration that
may possibly endanger the con
ducting of the schools upon the
highest obtainable plane Of in
struction. discipline, efficiency
and morality.
Upon such proper lines the
Office of school director is solely
the exercise of high civic duty
divorced from selfish returns anG
subject to the penalties follow
ing upon conflicting judgment:
and opinions.
1t therefore follows that re
sponsible citizens whose time
and peace of mind are worth
something eathe.ll are generally
reluctant to assume the duties O.
this position, knowing that i
seldom carries with it even the
reward of general appreciation
of conscientious service.
While some mems sense Of
responsibility as citizens is ST
jealous that they voluntarily )
seek opportunities like this tC
perform it, this is seldom the
case; and, as a rule, when a mar
seeks the Office of school director
and campaigns vigorously fol
his election, it is through some
motive of personal profit fol
himself or associates, or to graf
ify some individual gfudge Of
prejudice, or TO enhance hi.
Importance in the community
When either eff these motives
or similar ones, are unmistaka
bly, demonstrated to be the ami
mating purpose, be is marked al
unfit for the position and hi.
election becomes a menace to the
best interests of the schools, thu
patrons and the pupils.
During the next year the di
rectors of school district No.
will have many duties to per
form and matters TO consider
financial expenditures and audit
ing, school improvements, tht
selection and employment o
teachers, etc. The forecast o
none of these, however, ha.
entered into the present schoo
election, to take place Saturday
March 26, to such an extent a.
TO form dividing issues, excep
the last named, and that is limit
ed to the appointment of on
instructor, the principal Of tn,
grammar schools.
One Of the Hrst duties th,
school board will be called upol
to perform, after the election
takes place, will be to decid,
whether the present principal o
she schools, Prof. A. H. Mcclure
shall be retained as the heaC
thereof during the next scboo
year, or be replaced. OF til,
two hcld,over members of ths
board, one, Capt. G. V. Meeden
is pronosncedly in favor of Prof
McClure's retention; the other
George II. lockwood. is as pro