The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-16
CAN'T VOTE
! BUT THEY Do
! HOLD OFFICE
Women 10 Oklahoma Apparently
Appeal 10 The Inlsll 60 CO as
Well as ChltaITy Of Men


but they can and do hold office Inc
most attractive apparently IS that
of county school superintendent, al
though the state has commissioner
Of charity and Greer county has a
register of deeds. both of Whom are
women. In each Instance, be II said
in their defense, where the voters
had an opportunity they eselected
women and where woman formerly
women who are disfranchised. an
held office the voters, exclusive Oh
other woman was elected To continue
the duties.
Oklahoma perhaps leads all otner
states in the election OF women 10 OF
flee. Oklahoma has fourteen county
suheriutendents. Missouri comes
next with the same number. But MIS-
souri, has ia counties and the city
OF st Louis. Oklahoma has seventy
six The counties where women are
serving as county superintendent are
Martha Barrett, Beckham county;
Daisy Pratt, Blaine county; Nettie
Daniels. Cadd9; Irma Smith. Canadi-
an: Nell Snyder. Custer Pearl Brad
field. Garvin, Alma l.. Ciriswell. Har-
per; Lulu Daniel Johnston, Alice
Fleming I.atimer; Charleua Archer.
Mayes; Jappa Mason, Nowata; Anna
Burke Love, Oklahoma. Nettie Il.
Lynch, Texas ana Amanda Morgan.
Washington. The list ! scomplefed
by Kate Barnard. state commission
er charities and corrections, and May
Watkins. register Of deeds AT Man
gum.
Not Weakiing Works.
The law states that county school
superintendenis shall be az least "a
years cid. citizen of the county,
shall have taught or supervised the
schools during not less than TWO
years OF the four years next preced
ing election shall have been a stud
ent of some college, university or
normal school for two years immedi-
atey preceding election. or shall hold
diploma from some such institution,
or shall hold state certificate or
Iirst-grade county certificate.
Many and varied are the duties OF
| the superintendents. Even the phys
| zeal part is more than 4 weakling $
work. This work includes at least
one visit 10 each school each year.
In many counties there are more than
10 school districts. Tins means'
hundreds Of miles of travel much OF
which must he made during winter,
when many country r ads are bad.
Then the law reqnires the superintent
Six PnligmeetiDEgGt Different 6pojDtS
cussing educational questions, inter
H., <>tsx
with teachers and school officers and
Iyomoting the cause OF edncati
among the people In each county
there is also held teachers associa-
tion meetings in September, N0veni-
| ber and March. superintendent also
spend each year a number OF days 10
conventions or schools for the study
lof rural school problems
| Sympathy Has a Part.
So, with all these new, broader
| more important, harder ye, mere In
teresting duties, i'll addition to the old
ones imposed by law. the office Of
county superintendent of schools is
more than a factory fer grinding ont
certificates. Comparatively insignffi
cant seems the clerical WORK waes
compared WITH the leadership de-
manded and the inspiration ana sym
pathy THIS Is the Keynote Of suc-
cess. 1t brings to the tactfnl and earn
| est superintendent that cooperation
| SO vltally important in school work.
| especially in the country, And in
sympathy lies wcmans strength.
Whatever the woman superintendents
| have, cut OF an interest that was gem
| nine and sometimes, undertaken to
| enlist parents and pupils IN the study
OF rural school problems they have
| signally succeeded
The salary OF 4 county siperiniend-
ent is governed by the population cf
the county. The salaries range from
] $. 200 to $4,000 In the latter ease,
| clerk hire is included
| The work of the wofnen sneprin-
tendents in the st lie, their qHalifica.
tions and ideals. make hopeful the
outlook for education betterment.
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