The Sentinel=record., 1910-01-06
PROF. CUBAGE
 IS ENDORSED. TEACHERS OF THE CITY URGE HIS CANDIDACY FOR couN. " SUPERINTENDENT. Sign Statement in Which the Reasons Are Presented for Endorsing
 His Candidacy.

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 Be it resolved by the teachers of Garland county that we believe that q crisis in the school affairs of this county has been reached The ere ation of the office of county superin. tendent Is the most important step ever taken in the educational affairs of the county. In establishing this system it is very important that the foundation work of the office shall be properly and systematically per. formed. The county superintendent has "a great work to do.
 The organization of the rural schools, the preparation of a system attic course of study, the establishing of experiment. stations in connection with the schools, the organization of boys corn clubs and the promotion of agriculture in the schools, the for mation of school libraries, the just and proper grading of teachers ex- oIhiildtioH spdpCibs lht dfOiulHb Ol HUT nal schools for teaches, the promo tion of the Teachers Reading Circle and the general upbuilding of the teachers qualifications, the giving of advice and assistance to the teachers for the proper organization and con duct of their schools, and the holding |of educational rallies throughout the county for the purpose of arousing popular interest in the subject of ed tucation-these are some of the labors that will fall upon the county super intendent.
 If this work is properly done Gar land county will have the greatest school system in Arkansas and will assume the educational leadership of the state. To do this it will require a strong man and il .hehooyes the teachers and the voters generally to take an active interest in this matter in order that the best available superintendent may be ob. 'tained
 For the office of county superintend- ent we need man who is an. educa- tional leader of recognized ability.
 We need man whose integrity cannot be questioned and whose morsl character cannot be impeached.
 We need a man of wide experience, of practical affairs and of mature scholarship.
 We need man who has ideas of his own and who has the intelligence and the moral courage to labor at all times for the best interests of the children of Garland county
 We need man who has gentle manly traits of character and who at all times will be courteous to pupils, patrons and teachers alike.
 We need a man who has had expe- rience in the supervision of schools and who has shown himself interest. ed in the upbui ling of our schools.
 We want man who Is not seeking the office but man to whom the of flee is seeking and man who will be an honor to the office after he is elected.
 Such a man is our worthy county examiiier, MT. j. c. Cubage, and we earnestly urge him to make the race for county superintendent. We are well aware that Mir. Cubage has many times refused to enter the race. but we would respectfully urge that the educational interests of the county de mand that he shall be the county SUI perintendent. Although it may be q sacrifice pn his pant, yet We feel that by so doing he will earn the last ing gratitude of the people of the county
 We know Mir. Cubage as highly educated gentleman, who above all things is practical school man. Al. ter, finishing his work at tho Amity high school he spent four years at the University of Arkansas. wsers he graduated with high honors, taking two degrees in the same year. Tn addition to this he has given his life to the study of practical school prob lens of the state, both rural and city His wide experience includes no, only his work in the rural schools oi Garland county, but also four years work in the city schools of Hot Springs, in which capacity he has acted as principal of one of the larg est schools of the city.
 For three years he has been county examiner of Garland county. In this r1s'tion he has shown himself fail and just in conducting the efamina