Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-12
Nebraska
DELZELL SUCCEEDS CRABTREG
Governor Aldrieh Decides 70 Advance
Former Lexington Man.
ELLIOTT on BRoKEE Bow pERUTY
Pre-~at superintendent VIII Resign
In SovemSer, When, View Men VIII
Ne Instaued-Their Rec0rds
In Nebraska

CFrom a staff Correspondsnto
A(tLNCoLN. AUG. u-fSpectal In an
k--ncinE has dstsrrnination % arpotnf J.
r. DelBeli. formerly Of Lexington 20 he
stAfs superfntsn6eut % schools Whsn
supe-fnts2dent Crsbtree resigns. Govsrnor
Ai6rich to6ay made the following STATE
Esrt:
I have reosivsd notioe that Prof- Crab
ire intsnds 20 resign as state super-
intsndeut On OF about November next
In case he carries out his intsntion NY
intsnu7n is 70 sppotnt james E DeiHen
present deputy state superintendent. % In
the place made vacant hy Prof Crabtr@e.
and Mr.. DelreIrs place viii b taken bg
Robert 1 EgHu1t. nov q the Broken Bov
kchoo5s- Al lsAst- the Position vii be Of
fered him, 80 I an informed
In case Pref Crabtres carries ct his
Intention 20 resign I have deemed u vIse
% appoint Prof. Deizen for the reason
that be - familiar with the policies and
methods and details q ths office q the
preseaf state supertnten6snt and Il would
cause no rupture or other ciEappointn1snt
I an sure. n carrying On the affairs q
cur eSBeAnonaI system as dsv0lvss spon
the STATE superintendent
Pref. DelseI Is man of vide sTper-
isncs in esues tlcnsl affairs. having be=n
tdenuned vita Nebraska schools for q
quarter e q esnturT, ana Is thoroughly
familiar with ali q the various depart
meuts Of our entire hiEh school system
Pref Elliott. une q the younger super
i1te1dertE q high schools a. this state, Is
a young man Of mach promise. thoroughly
educated and in the r1Eor Of health and
strength and be certainly VIA b a vAlu-
able acquisstion IN this Office in case Prof
crAHtrss actnallT resigns On O. about
November l.
Mr.. Delzeu has climbed the sducatonal
ladder round b round. pupd In the
rural schools. as q teacher IN those schools.
a. principal q village Schools and A. super
tntendent CT city schools, he worked his
way through the state normal school a.
Il - ~ serving as janttor and doing other
zEa1si labor. When Governor Mickey ap-
pointed Mr.. DeiEsn as a member Of The
state Normal board he said:
i have fAith IN q man who has worked
his way through school and obtained his
educa13cn through heroic efforts As Mr..
Del1eIl has belisve that the interests
q an institution IKE that Of Peru I'll Be
safely guarded By one who had 70 work
h. way through II as Mr.. Delzsu I'D
~. DelEeiTs success with boys Is Pie
6tnsaAl During his long tenure Of ofccs
E-fsN4AAArAANAA - A-IA-AAeNe -- AANAN -
Il high school in the state that enrolled
graduated a higher peresatAss Of boys.
was Mr. DelEeIFs effort al Lexington
wsde reputation
he began as = farmer boy IN Antelope
county, was a student AZ Peru. principal
~ Beakslnan- superintendent al Lexington,
Junior normal principal Al North Platte
and deputy state superintendent for nearly
q year
Mr.. Delzeu announced yesterday after
boon that he had already decided upon
Superintendent Robert Elicit Of Broker
Bow an his deputy. M Elicit Is d typicsl
representative Of the progressive young
sapertntendents % the state. He Il aboui
- years % age. . native Of Illinois a1t
moved with his parents 20 Nebraska In hi
early childhood He attended the rUrA
schools Of wayne county and began teach
ING IN the rural schools IN Stanton county
>Es Is . grsduAts CT the Nebraska Norma
Aegs At WAYNE and since his graduatior
from that institution has attended the Uni
yerSity % Nebraska for nearly three years
He has served as principal ~ PllEer. Stan
toz county. and was for q tine = msmbsl
Of the faculty Of the Wayne Normal. an
from there went 70 the superfntsndeney o
wayne county. His work as CITY sgpsr1n
tsndent al ChAaron and Broken Bow Ia
attracted the attention Of educator
throughout the state. He has been slects
fer the third year as superintendent 8
Broken Bow and has served three session
as principal % the Broken Bow Norul
AfAooL
lMr Elliott Is a natural born leader an
etEsaiIsr. While he was a student in Il
university he vas q member q the stat
university oeoating team In the Iowa
Nebraska dessse. Nebraska winning unAn.
noukly. He is an able speaker.
This APPotatnsnt came 10 Mr.. EIhctt u
solicited he having been recommended
Nr. DelSel by some Of the leading ed1cs
tors Of the state