Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-15
school ROW IS
MIGHTY WARM
THE ISSUE APPEARS no CENTER
AROUND SUPERINTENDENT
kOONTZ.
ALL issue STATEMENTS
Both Warning Factions Issue Hot
statements On Eve OF the
Election.

|
An eleventh hour attempt to carry
ia. s,h,ol ho,rd ,,i,,,,,. o,oo,i. =.
'"'' ~ "'"b"B 7upP"Se" Super'h'
tthdent iight into the election was
made yesterday hy a certain faction
| headed by pau Sanger. Il was
charged by Mr.. Sanger that an but
three members of the school board
at "A special meeting last week had
decided to Dust superintendent
| lioont2. Mr. Delaney last night de-
cared nothing Of this kind occurred.
President NJ. j. Delaney of tho
school board issued the following
statement covering the situation:
In Justice to the people of Tulsa
and to the men who are aspiring for
school directors AT the primaries to-
day / wish to make the following
statement: The article which an
peared in last nights issue of the
Democrat which was written by Paul
Sanscr IS untrue in every detail and
was written for no other purpose
than to mislcad the voters.
prior to the meeting called for
March 81 spent two hours wlth Mr..
koontz and explained in detail the
object of this meeting. which was to
get the feeling of the board relative
TO the EMPLOYING of n suporlntendent
for next year.
AFTER "A discussion at this meeting
of two on more hours il was the
Unanimous wish of All that A COM
mittoe of two he selected or appoint-
cd bv mvself to INVESTIGATES the mat
ter Of employing a superintendent.
Mr.. Sunger never said this would he
a useless expense. appointed Mr.
sanger and Mr.. Bumgarner TO 20
wherever they saw III as neither of
these gentlemen were for or against
Mr.. Koontz.
Afr. Bumgarner and myself called
on Mr.. Sanger the following Friday
as they were to leave on Sunday
night and Sanger stated II would be
impossible for him to 20 then. but
he would go the following Sunday
If could get no one else. lie sug-
gested that / 20 myself or send II.
q Mcclure.
Those statements can be verified
bv Mr. Rumgarncr."
"IIow ,s il thai Mr.. Greenwood. Of
Kansas CIV. Mr.. Davidson of Leland
Stanf ord. Carol G. Pierce or any
other rerson has gone to the trouble
Of writing here as to Mr.. Koontzs
ablIity as school instructor? Who
asked for these mems opinions"
"Tas board stands now as it has
FOR ann. time II we can get
stronger man for this position we are
going to get him. committee of
1.-TWO will see SUPERINTENDENT of
Citv Schools w G. Brumbaugh Of
pbil,delnhia TODAY in regard to a
nossit,le new superintendent This
state,nanf is made without anv feel
inc ag,itst any member of the pres
emf school hoard
NJ l. DELANEY. President.
An,tber statement was issued last
rioht nv the ether fnction which ls
.tronprv in favor of retaining super.
fntandcnt Eoontz Their statement
follows.
school Candidates Make statement of
Their Position.
", poIieva i'm harmony I'm the
Is,bn,I hoard and efficiency and pro-
,r,sy i'm tb. scbools Yh,r. can bo
,, .,,,rst,rti.,l .,rner.se fan fba schools
.,,ith,, stabilftv The freoneut
.b.,,,i,a ,f thc beod ut the srhnols
is menace to the school system and
, r.urnuch ON our CITY. We have.
,o.,da am .rfnrr ia ascertain M. feel
inc of tna ucople regarding the
scboo,s and belie,e that the man
apept.ut of the schools this wear. So
r,r as the sup,riutendcut is concern
ed has been eminenty satisfactory.
I'm ftct we feel that remarkable
prosr.ss has been made during this
wear of Supcrintendent Kooutz's adj