The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-22
MOVE THEM UP.
School Board FavOrs Promo
ton of Teachers.
Would Give Preference to the
Home Product.
ACTION rs DEFERRED.
VIII Wait to Elect a Teacher OF
English.
Hinted That Politics Has In
fluence i'm Selections.

AlInouSn the school board met at
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon. pri-
indflIy Tor the purpose of choosing an
instructor in the high school to take
the place of Miss Winifred Evering-
nam IN the English department, no
action was taken, due to the fact that
Miss Mary Schmalzried of McPher-
son, VINO is now studying for a mas
ter's degree at the state university,
was recommended by the teachers
committee as the logical candidate for
the job, and the majority of the board
members present were of the opinion
that it should be the policy of the
board to give members of the local
teaching force preference in making a
choice.
Furthermore. after the meeting
President Swendson of the school
board expressed himself as consider
ing that civil service system for the
local teachers should be adopted. 81
am in favor of civil service for our
teachers" said he. Let them be pro-
NOTED as vacancies occur. 1t is just.
and the proper thing to do
Would Not Be Stagnant.
Mrs. c. J. Evans. on the other
hand. declared that to adopt such a
policy as this would be conducive to
stagnancy. The board is due to meet
the first Monday evening in January,
but a quorum will probably not be
present at the time, SO it has been
made until Tuesday evening the same
week. At that time the question of
filling the high school vacancy will
again be considered.
I'VE voted with great regret" said
Mrs. Evans, ito accept the resignation
of Miss Everingham. We realized
that her work is superior and the
committee has made an effort to ade
quately fill the position. Miss Mary
Schmalzried of Mcpherson, who has
10 n TOW Of IL
ing and who is now studying for her
masters degree at Kansas university,
is the choice of the committee, and is
very highly recommended by Prof. w.
H. Johnson, high school inspector for
the state university. She has taught in
PittSburg and Cherokee county high
schools
Smith: "It looks to me as though
our teachers have no show for adj
vancement unless they go somewhere
else to study. There is but little in
cent1ve for them Ever since 1 have
been on the board I have advocated
the promotion of the local teachers.
Surely we have someone teaching in
the grades who is competent to fill the
vacancy. I think that as far as pos
sible we should fill vacancies by pro-
boting local teachers.sS ~
Judge Graver: II think that other
things being equal teachers from the
grade schools should be promoted. If
you take teacher from one of the
grades just at this time another va
cancy would be created which would
be hard to FILL
Promote Says CutI1bert.
Cuthbert: Il think the time TO pro-
mote our teachers is every time we
have chance. think the more we
promote the better it will be-
Gleed: Il have always voted for
teacher with the end in view of getting
Il Oe-%
think the consideration should not be
the compensation of teacher"
Mrs. Evans: IF you want to keep
the schools in a stagnant condition fol-
low the policy of getting in only the
local teachers. If you want to adj
vance get the best teachers
Those who voted for the recommen-
dation of the teachers committee were:
Mrs. Evans Gleed and Judge Carver;
against, Swendson, Lindell, Cuthbert,
Smith and Huston. There were eight
board members present.
The tendency of the old school
board to employ teachers from outside
of the city rather than promote those
already employed, was one of the
causes that led to the election of a
number of insurgents on the board,
although at the meeting yesterday
Cuthbert regular was one of those
who favored the policy of choosing
local instructors.
One of the members of the board
suggested that politics has good deal
to do with the attitude taken by GER
tain mem ers of the board.