The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-08-24
SCHOOL BOARD
job MUST PAY
IN TULSA
Town Has Three Sets OF School
Officers and Two Full Corps
Of Teachers
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| Special 10 the Daily Leader.
Tulsa, okla. Aug. 24-After a
school fight OF six months between
the two factions into which he Tulsa
school district has been divided,
| Prof H. G. Masters, considered by
! one Of Iulsas school boards as ex-
superintendent OF the Tulsa schools
land By tne other two boards rs SUI
lperintendent has fortified himself be.
Ihiud boited doors al the high school.
He has fifteen high school boys
watching The high school by aay wheu
he IS locked ia fhe office A. night
eleven men guard the sehoolhouse
Tulsa now has three school boards.
Eali ri which We're elected BIZ popular
vote. There is some talk of holding
.-o.ber election for a fourth board
III G Masters, who has been snperiH-
tendent of the schools here fiTe years
was discharged last March by the
first board S r Downing, formerly
OF the Claremore schools, was elect
ea in his place Alr. Downing was
recommended by Champ Clafk The
anti-Dowsing faction SAYS that Mas
tefs was oiisted 20 make 4 place for
Downing, just because be is q life
long friend OF the Rev $ W Marris.
la member Of the original board
TWO Hundred Teachers Hired
Ordinarily Tulsa employs abont
ONE hundred school teachers There
are eight buildings here Two hun-
dred teachers have been employed 50
far Each Of the boards employed
about the same number Each board
has employed a ianitor for each Of
the buildings All the ianitors who
We're working when Professor Mas
ters was discharged sided with the
people who wanted Masters back
They We're then discharged When
the new board was elected they We're
hired again Nearly every school
room in the city win have two heads
fighting fer supremacy when school
starts September All have con
tracts signed BY one or the other OF
the boards for a years employment.
Both corps Of teachers expect 70
start teaching September q one set
viii have to be ens0lned. There VIII
be about one hundred suits flied on
contracts for salaries ranging from
5000 to $4,000.
- II ,''0 daars l@, % go haan n,iad ooea
,s,1ic1,,,,,. f,s,.e. g.aa,, ,,Iane5 or ey,,are.
- i.,,.to,.s 80 80, o,[lare5 fror,
49, i,,ifdfao 7roee meetings have
49,, hrId tpaea 7ha 1araona1
character Of every member OF the
three boards and many OF the teach
ers We're assailed
80 =. -. ~. - hoard Nras+ars
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49,. t4-ls,,os.4a,. f,Tvl,,e -bo naornino Il
CilIasria Fa,.n,e. ntar,,h.r M the
1.o;-l..s,,,a Ta,fol I4,,n. ana Albert
n ts,. ~ ,,,,l.l~s ~ tha @rsf
haa,.d ,r.rt VI fbe nigb scbo9i The
-. 49, (, rbarge and his wife
- ,',-,o,,J,,., amt ths oaica size was
-5oros frnn7 fha huflding At shat
Io6n yonpg her husband. chased the
three school board members from
the building.
e..o.t eo,r,, Throton Transoro
NTey',hers mi The old board entered
,f--'ls-,.s re,ce tbaf nirbt through
.r.,s,,,, -rha,, ratiaead the Yale
- ,.i,h ancthar The dasls owned
~. 9r,ste,e MAS nlsbed back into the
. e,,,,e.tttat.dapr D0wuings
49, ,yae niif 81 its place. A COM
-.+s..o. NJ elovar men entered the
- bo,qo Thursday morning and
,...'.s 9l,,.,tre,e Iask
'issl. N'@ q. -. ~ tbe oid boarl
~ ~ s;eb .cbooi T4arsdat ar
...f,t, $50 nolicemou They
~. 1.n+staa doere az the
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