Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-04-16

| WIN NHe UOdTu,
u believe that s5 per cent of the
men OF this city. the men who are
TAX payers, favors The retention OF
Mr. Masters. and believe that the
action of the board was taken In de-
/ fiance OF public sentiment.
And whenever any body OF men
III position OF trust grow defiant 10
the wishes Of almost Unanimous
sentiment, they deserve to he con-
uemned, and ! do not hesitate to pro-
test against high handed methods.
Privately, these six men who voted
against Mr. Masters are all right but
they are bad In an official capacity.
They are my personal friends In prly-
ate lie, but not on the public school
board. II the present school board
has done anything Of which approve,
II was when II retained Mr.. Masters
last year after trying to get him out.
Otherwise II has failed to do any
thing at ALL
And | wish 10 bring a little con
demnatlon right home to your peo-
I pie here tonight, II Ia not alto
gether the fault of those six men. IL
IL partly the fault Of yourselves for
putting them In a place where they
nave the power to do such a thing.
school board In Tulsa or any ether
cliy should be controlled by a hi
partisan board and by the best men
whe can. possibly be selected. Other
wise the affairs Of school sys.em
are almost certain to degenerate. In
stead of the people receiving the hen.
eflt, the benefits go ont in political
rewards.
In the school board election a few
weeks ~ago-thlnk Of lt-there were
but'ls yotes cast when there should
nave been thousand, and we should
condemn ourselves IN measure for
such conditions.
These men of the board who voted
against Mr.. Masters may be good
somewhere, hut they are absolutely no
good on the school board; and if the
recall Hes In this case. I'll help circu-
late petitions for that recall.
II don't know. but we might get
out OF the present situation by annull
Ing the contract OF the board In this
case by the payment Of one years
salary TO the holder Of the contract,
and Tor my part am willing for that
to be done and to keep Mr.. Masters
In that way,
But II II must stand as II Is, let
US all help for the upbullding of the
schools. | for one shall do all can
m L hnn h.st la
.if we cannot have our way about this
thing. II Is amazing to me that the
members Of the board took such ac-
tion. One OF them told me the other
day--I asked him what the trouble
was with Mr.. Masters--he told me
the other day that the women had
circulated petitions In his behalf and
that he didn't propose to be bull
dozed In the matter!
We won't argue over the matter
that the board is Democratic. al
though there might be room for argu
ment. But our schools are good;
there are no better In the state: there
are few az good and It Is deplorable
incident Tor the children OF the city
that efficiency. character and good
citizenship loses out In this way We
ought not tolerate it--but We must
maintain the schools
And II wa can help these mem
bers Of the board return to private
life. let's do it"
II am not here TO preach tonight"
said Rev. G. W. Kerr In opening his
remarks. 81 shall DO that tomorrow;
hut l wish to tell you something OF
the Tulsa school The first years
came TO Tulsa | found the schools OF
the city being taught by Professor
Dietz and two teachers Today, one
Of our greatest aasests Is our school
system, and this ia largely due to the
effort of Mr.. Masters
II was greatly surprised when
picked up my morning paper this
morning AMI read of the action OF the
school board. ] had thought they
Could not dare to do It. And I
you'd like to know why they did II.
is It because Mr.. Masters has not
cf the schools; ask their parents. ask
the teachers; ask the business men
- your city; ask the women: ask the
ministers--it you had seen that Pc
tition the minister's presented to the
board and had been at the meeting Of
the Ministerial Alliance Monday you
Mould think the ministers favored
Mr., Masters"
Mr.. Plersol Couldn't keep still.
But there's one black sheep" said
he.
we need n growing man at the
head OF our schools, and Mr.. Mas
ters Is such man. His trips abroad
have thrown their benefit directly
1pon the local schools. and he has
been a most prominent figure In
all of the state educational meetings.
Have they anything against his man
mood? II has been exemplary. and
my father or mother In Tulsa can
point to him as an example Of right
living for their children.
They cant find one word against
him and th,y can trace him back as
Far as they like, from his boyhood on
up. and II there are any OF those six
members of the board In the house
tonight, | would like for them to
stand up and tell US why they turned
him down"
Repeated calls failed to bring for
ward any one of them, Someone es-