Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-06-22
10 the Voter of Cameron County.

thS idCe LOT county
superintendent of Schools.
am a democrat, having affiliated
Win the party early in my voting
career, and ! have remained in the
party and have never repudiated or
iought the party, its primaries or
its nominees.
believe like other educators that
the schools should be divorced from
politics, and shall keep politics out
OF the schools, as | have always done.
Rural High Schools.
heartily approve the rural high
school law which was passed by the
last session of the legislature. Under
his law the rural schools are 10 be
Classified, graded and a course O
f1dy adopted, and at central points
"a the rural districts rural high
scaools are to be established and or
sanized where agriculture, manual
training, domestic science as well as
he ordinary high school branches
ere taught.
This law does not abolish the
all rural schools, but instead it is
advantage in that it provides the
les of good high schools with
the country chill
r.
minated in July and
,eu w November, shall provide
curse of study for the rural
< ..ools, classify and grade them, and
begin at once to secure large tracts
Of land for several of these high
schools and as fast as | can get the
tion we will locate three or four OF
these schools.
| shall not revolutionize but ! will
raise the standard and efficiency of
Jul present school system.
Trustees.
] shall insist hat the people elect
s'eir own trustees, good men who
low the needs of their respective
lmmunities and men who Will
: Re pride in discharging their du-
ties under the law.
Teachers.
cho1I InnA N influnnpn tn main
tain the present standard of the
teaching force, and at the same time
raise the standard Of efficiency.
/ shall expect and insist that the
ustees whom the people have
en-, select the teachers: however.
shall use my influence in seeing
nat each community gets a good
teacher, and one too. who is ac-
uuainted with the environments Of
the community and most acceptable
.Ato the people.
We have some communities where
good teachers of Mexican descent
are preferable and most acceptable
to the people. Such communities
should have the service Of good,
competent, faithful, and conscicnt-
ious Mexican teachers who can en-
ter into and elevate the social, moral
, a intellectual life of their com
.unities.
We have some good Mexican
teachers but we need many more 10
assist in the solution Of our local
problems.
shall let the people rule VIII
mot discriminate between the races.
have many good friends amons
he Mexican people, and the Mel
can people as a whole have no better
friend than am.
Qualifications.
Under the present schoo law
, county school superintendent must
hold a first grade or higher teach
ers' state certificate, and must be a
teacher Of practical experience in
tpaCnlnR anu III oup'i iSih ~
schools, and a person who is capable
of organizing school systems.
received my Permanent state
Teachers Certificate or life certificate
= ten years ago when an applicant was
examined on twenty-five different
branches, and | have had fourteen
years experience in rural and cit
school work.
| have attended the local teachers
institutes, the district educational
associations, the state educational
assoeiations and Southern educa-
tional associations. thereby keeping
I'm with the profession, and ! now
enjoy the fellowship of the best edu-
Gators of the state.
Very respectfully,