El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-11

OW would Ell Pasoans like to see
/ II women serving upon the school
L L board?
This question was put to a number
of people who arc interested in the
educational problems of the city. Some
heartily endorsed the idea and others
baked and dida't wish to express
themselves. Dr.. Z. H. Irwin. president
of the school board, said: Would I
] like to be the president Of a board
/ on which there were women? [ never
! have found mixed boards in any work
/ as effective as either all men or all
/ women. The school board takes the
| final action on everything pertaining
! to the schools and 1 think it would be
taking long chance to try a mixed
/ board Make it all women, or all men,
/ but for heavens sake don't mix them"
Senator Claude B. Hudspeth said:
/ Not that in any way I would mean to
/ criticize the school board as it is, but
I think that a woman on any school
board, provided she was a broad minded
! business woman, would be beneficial
! In the town of Kent, Texas, the entire
board is composed of women, and they
have done very good work"
Mrs. L. KOhlberg, a prominent mem
! Der of the Woman's club, said: Il en-
dorse II absolutely, because as women
are the mothers of the children, I
think they come a little closer to the
daily development of the child than
the busy men can. In several states
women are doing excellent work Mrs.
H A True, a former FL Pasoan, who
now lives in Denver, Colorado, not only
is a member of the school board in
Denver, but is the head of a school
board of men, and is doing splendid
. work am of the opinion that sex
after all does not count. 1t is a ques-
ton of the personality If a woman
were to be added to our school board
I would think it desirable to have a
teacher and is a mother. Such a per-
son would be excellent for a school
board. don't mean in any way to
criticize the present school board but
school board is, I think, a place
where a woman belongs I have ad-
vocated women on school boards for a
great many years"
Prof. r. J. Tighe, superintendent of
city schools, says he has had no exper-
fence with women on school boards.
I am perfectly satisfied with the
present school board" he says. IF |
the right kind of a woman was put on
board she might be of help, if she !
viii A woman who is in sympathy I
with school movements and who is
not too extreme; woman who has been
school teacher would be better pre- |
pared for that kind of work. Beside |
financial matters the board has to con-
slider and decide upon all matters of l
discipline, all methods and hours of /
work. and adding any new features !
to the school curriculum. A Woman's /
point of view is frequently different |
from a mans. She is a little more
sympathetic with the trials and trou- /
bles of the human race, but on the |
other hand she is not quite so prac- !
teal"
There are so very many business I
questions" said F. B. Simmons, a mem |
Der of the school board, that come up /
and that we men on the board have to
meet in our every day business, that I |
hardly know how these would be han
died if women were to be on a school /
board With all the work that is
ahead of Ell Paso's school board for
the next four or five years, it is not
going to be a path of roses by any
means for the members of the school /
board In the new buildings would |
women go and inspect them in the
course of construction, climb all over I
the unfinished walls as we did with |
the Alta Vista school while it was in
the course of construction? The work
Of the school board has narrowed itself
down to simply business proposition,
when a man has to use all the busi- |
ness ability he may possess. If we
had half women and half men, the men |
would have to do all of the work when
and 1 doubt If you could find real bust
ness men that would serve on a mixed !
board for that very. reason"
They're rounding up cattle AROUND
Deming," says C. P Hill. of the In
ternational Auto company who has
just returned from the New Mexico
town. Thousands of cattle are being
rounded up on the ranges around Dem
ing and theyaare all apparently in fine
condition. The ranges, however. are
in Door shape and some anxiety Is ,
felt by the cowmen for the welfare of
their stock this winter"
did you know that you could buv
postage STAMPS in spools like ribbon !
and thread2' Miss Erma Whitley. chief |
clerk to assistant postmaster George I
Wilton said Friday afternoon. fsWeiI !
you can. and many FL Pasoans do buv /
their stamps like they would as much !
ribbon These stamps come in rolls I
of the various denominations and NAV /
be bought for the actual cost of the |
stamps, plus three cents a roll for the
trouble of rolling them in the public
printing office at Washington. We
sell many OF these rolls for the stamp I
machines which are used in the hotels
at the newsstands and in other public
see lhere are many persons who
are only too anxious to censor ana
the school board" said school
auditor r. r. sawyer, but not one with
even suggestion of a remedy or a
solution of the problems which some
times confronts the boarI The scbooI,
belong to the citizens and instead Of
being so willing to find fault with
the board. why don't the people come
forward with suggestions and helm
which would assist the board in solv-
ing the school problems If people
were less willing to knock and more
ready TO give assistance. school mat !