The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-09-27
SCHOOL SUPERVISORS.
Congratulations Extended to SuDt.
O'DanlsI Tor His Work.

aNHh Eooa NShh9 Dcete hPSh 'HS
wisdom OF your advanced step IN
education in employing two super
visors TO assist you in making your
rural schools really efficient.
l believe the children in the
country arc entitled 10 as good
schools az those in the towns and
cities. This they can not have with
out supervisors. You have so many
young. inexperienced teachers that
It Il impossible 70 have good schools
without some older head TO direct
them and 10 help them. We have
tried to get along IN Kentucky with
out supervisors for fifty years. with
the result that the town and city
schools are far ahead OF the rural
schools in their work. This 10 not
fair 10 the country child. Besides II
Il taking your beet people out Of
the country 20 town to send the
children TO school. As you remem-
Der when we went over your cour-
~ we found many OF your best citiz-
ems getting ready to leave the
country to get better school advant-
ages In the towns. Supervision will
90 far toward improving your school
conditions. Your county is so large
and you leave so many schools so
far apart that you can do little to-
ward supervising. The best you can
do 10 hurried inspection.
This advanced step has put you
into good company. West Virginia
has scores OF supervisors at work
o'nd wherever they labor the schools
10 improved greatly. New York has
slllssed law that every county shall
thtye one or more supervisors at a
putary OF $1,000 year and expenses.
this the up-to-date states are taking
mon Wise step. In Kentucky sixty
"a supervisors are now at work,
a. oNt is only question Of lit
held lme when all the progressive
vaiieyles win employ them. You
Congrswo supervisors: Warren coun-
James three; Union County, the
their corn growing county has
meeunf'aviess County has fifteen
bach seven schools--and so
me The state. In all forty coun-
+ ties have supervisors and wherever
,they labor the work Is getting bet
ter,
I want 10 congratulate you on
your choice OF Supervisors In ah
kentucky. among hundreds o;
schools visited found no better
teach-rs than John Ekers : nd Miss
Lmma Thompson II were patron
OF the schools employing young
teachers In your county. would
see TO Il that these able supervis-
ors saw TO It that my scho,. was up
with the best The money yon are
spending for supervisors is the best
money YOU could possibly spend u
Is foolIshness to spend thousands OF
dollars for teachers salaries WITH
no one to see that the work be well
done. For lack OF supervisor. ! know
you have wasted thousands Of dol
lars. For lack OF It. you and saw
some OF It wasted.
find over the state two classes
OF people who oppose the employ
ment OF supervisors. One class is
composed Of good men who do no.
yet know the need OF supervision
and who honestly think It a useless
expenditure OF money. These good
men ought TO be shown the need OF
supervision to save the money al
ready being spent and to save the
school for the children. Another
class is composed OF men always
looking for some personal or politi-
cal advantage. They are wholly self
ish. They care nothing for schools.
nothing for the children. nothing
for the state. They are willing for
the public money to be squandered
BY the thousand upon inexperienc-
ed and inefficient teachers II they
can make little cheap capital out
OF appearing to save few dollars
In the salary OF supervisor. You
win probably have some OF both
claSses in your county. You should
be patient and fair with the first
class: you should ignore the second
chss. You have too many good wise.
npselfish. patriotic men in your
county to let a great cause suffer.
Your county is now one of the lead
ing counties In the state from IA
educational standpoint In common
parlance. you are on the map. Push
the good work. Your children are
the greatest asset of your county
stand by them. and the good people
viii stand by You and your board
and the good people are in the
great majority Again we congratu-
late you. The state Department Of
Education 10 Watching you and ex-
pocting you to make good. The eyes