The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-07-06

nificent work that has been done
in this town. The boy and the glrl
in Ardmore has as good advantages
and We may tell the truth and say
better educational advantages than
the children in any other city OF the
union. Banks and factories and
newspapers and schools do not de-
pend so much upon the amount oi
their capital in dollars and cents
as upon the capital it has in brains
1t is the man behind the work and
the men and women associated Wlth
him that makes the school what L
is Prof Chas. Evans has done a
vast work in this city. His teachers
are enthused with the work NO
other city today in Oklahoma has
so many teachers doing summer
work TO better prepare them for
the 1910 and 1911 work. Look at
this partial list: Miss Anna Mat
thews at ChautauqLa, New York;
Miss Toy Mayhem at the same
place. Miss Grace Williams in the
state school at Denton, Texas, Miss
Edna Jones in New York, Miss
Edith Morgan at the state uni
versity of California, Mrs. Carrie
Morgan at the same place, Miss
Mabel Roper at the state univer-
sity of Kansas, Miss Margaret No
BILE at the state university of Col
orado Mrs. C. e. Washington in
New York. Miss Sadie Gaskins at
Springfield. Ills. Miss Thadie James
in New York, Miss Blake Jones in
New York, Mrs. Sallie Jordan in
New York, Miss Regina Blank at
the University of California. Miss
Mamie Roberts at Austin, Texas,
Miss Eugenia Nivouche at Austin,
Texas. Miss Nellie lkard at Austin,
Texas, Miss Pauline Higdon at Aus
tin, Texas.
These women are taking special
courses during the summer and are
using their years salary to pre-.
pare them better TO look after the
interests of the children of this city
It is inspiring to contemplate the
great work that is to be done.
The city schools will start abou,
the middle of September
In the high school there will be
one other teacher. Five were en-
gagged last year and six will be en-
ployed for the next year. English
and history were combined last
year, and this year there will be
one teacher for each of these de-
paltments. There are 40 seniors, 10
juniors, so sophomores, and in the
freshman class there will be 80.
The grade teaching this year will
be the best ever known in the city.
Great care has been taken in the
selection of teachers. Prof. Evans
has gone back to his old home, by
way Of Kansas City and Chicago.
He went for an outing combined
with the business of procuring
few special teachers. He saw many
teachers and it is remarkable he
says how few of them measure
up to the standards of the re-
quirements of Ardmore.
At Marion, KY. where Prof.
Evans came from to this city, he
was given dinner by his former
pupils. Some are lawyers, some are
doctors, and some are business men
and some are farmers, and they all
gathered around their old teacher
to do him honors. Prof. Evans had
a letter today from the school there
and they say they will not take no
for an answer, that he must come
back, that they will pay him what
he receives here. etc. But Prof.
Evans has already contracted to
stay in Ardmore.
The material that is being turned
out in this city is sufficient to swell
the peoples hearts with pride
Among those who have succeeded
so well are Fred Tucker and George
Williams. Tucker was employed at
Milburn last year in the schools
Mr. Gill. a member of the school
board from that town, said Tucker
had established a system of schools
there that they could not afford to
drop. Every effort was made to keep
Prof. Tucker, but he came back
to this county, and this member OF
the board wants another teacher ed
ucated where Tucker was educated.
and George Williams will be sent
over there to carry out the good
work begun by Tucker.
1t is results that count and the
city schools go in for results.