Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-11-01

MISS GRACE SHEPHERDS
SPLENDID OFFICIAL RECORD
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR RE-
ELECTION TO OFFICE OF
EVIDENT
TALKS.

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instruction and Republican candidat
for reelection, delivered happy littl
talk before the Women's Republican
club at county central headquarters il
the Terrell block last Saturday afternoon
Mrs w. j. Ingling was hostess of tn
day and delicious coffee and cake wer'
served. The attendance was large. evi
dencing the interest which the womeI
Of Pocatello are taking in the presen
campaign.
Miss Shepherd attended the join
teachers institute here last week, and
| the resolutions adopted by the teachers
paid a high compliment to her.
In outlining her plans should she
again be elected state superintendent
Miss Shepherd said:
! In coming before YOU as candidate for
re- election as State Superintendent OF
Public Instruction I feel that a brief
report of the work accomplished in this
| department during the past two years
| is due you. We have instituted a new
| and complete system of records and filing
jim the office that is equal to any in
Ethe country Our most earnest effort
at all times has been for the educat-
ional welfare of the boys and girls of
the state, especially those in the
rura schools. The standard of the
teachers has been raised until we find
teachers better equipped by training
and experience in the schools We
haEe done much to eliminate the non
essentials in the school work and to
connect the life in the school room
with the life outside-to introduce the
practical into the school work As a
result of this, we find in many places
school gardens. potato clubs gardens at
home grown entirely by the school
children; in number of schools
throughout the state we find the child
ren making test of the seeds of the
farmers of the district, this enabling
them to grow better crops; i'm many
cases the Babcock milk tester is
used, thus helping the farmers to know
if their milch COWS are profitable.
Work in sewing and cooking is being
done in town and rural schools and in
many instances where the district can
not afford to hire a teacher for this
work, the women of the district are
doing it. In many schools the boys are
being taught manual training that
is valuable to them on the farm-the
mending of harness. tools, the construct
ion of articles useful in house and barn. |
our efforts in this line many
experts in horticulture and stock judg- |
ing are giving instruction in the schools |
Of their district.
l think it is also due you to know /
of our plans for the future.
We shall endeavor to have the vacat-
onal work carried on more widely, shall
extend our club work from potato grow
ng and sewing to some phrase of live
stock and cooking, to make the school
| community center where the patrons
nay derive benefit as well as the child
en- We shall endeavor to have the
'est possible schools for the children
ven in the most remote district
The subject that will have our most
areful consideration is the apportion-
nent of the school moneys The last
legislature was greatly handicapped in r
IS efforts to legislate satisfactorily
II this important matter because of the
ick of data which to base their +
stimates. When the Legislature met :
here was absolutely no data oH file in
le ONCE for its use. l was new in I
he work and unable to give them +
ssistance at that time. An effort
as made to secure data from the coun-
7 superintendents, who did the best .
rat could be done on short notice. A =
lmber of them worked out several diff =
'ent plans, but a plan that worked well =
one county would be very unsatisfoct-
y in another. so it seemed almost
lpossible to legislate satisfactorily in -
e matters We are endeavoring to get n
necessary data from the county
perintendents now and hope to have \,
complete when the legislature meets. :,
ID be able to suggest to them a plan !,
apportionment which will be salts
ctory to all types of school districts. a
Should / be reelected. the work of
e office will still be carried on along
ese lines; the schools of the state
We so grown that the superintendent
tire time should be given to perfect
, the school system. to placing
2 schools on d firm educational basis. in
N closing, l feel / am justified in say ia
that my training as a student in II
IN school, normal. college and univers- tn
together with my experience as ws
cher in rural schools, high school, be
NAL school and college have given tt
a breadth Of view that has eharact- eel
zed my work during my two years as on
te superintendent. | feel that ] am Fla
titled in again coming before the wi
pie for reelection on my record as yol
educator and an educational or lev
izer. fro
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