The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-06-22
AN EDUCATOR
Of HIGH ABILITY
STATE SUPERINTENDENT WILSON
is so RECOGNIZED IN ALL
QUARTERS.
HAS SERVED STATE kCCEPTABLY Y
For These and Many Other Reasons
His Friends Believe He is Justly
Entitled To Another
Term.

State Superintendent r. II. Wilson,
who is asking for denomination at the
hands of the Democratic party Aug.
(, 1914, was born in Kentucky in 1873.
1t the age Of is years he moved with
lis parents to Texas, where he com
Dleted his college education and en-
cred the teaching profession to which
le has devoted his life. After a resi-
lence of twelve years in Texas, dur
ng which time he alternately attend
ID and taught school, he moved to
Nhickasha, Oklahoma, where he
,aught in the city schools until the
coming of statehood when he was
elected County superintendent OF
'rady County. In that position he
showed superior ability as an eXecu
i've and organizer and placed the
schools of that county upon a plane
,econd to none During his admins
ration as Superintendent of Grady
'ounty, he placed his county in fourth
~ank so far as the number of first
yrade teachers employed was con
,erned, with the average term Of
school longer and the salaries paid to
teachers higher than those of the
average counties Of the state. despite
he fact that Grady was a newly or
ganized county, and the entire educa-
,ional system had to be built from the
ground up.
Mr.. Wilson's broad experience as a
county school teacher, city teacher,
principal of schools, county superin-
tcndent, member of board of educa-
tion of the city of Chickasfla, and
president of the Oklahoma School
Officers Association, eminently fitted
him for the office of State Superin-
tcndent when he was selected four
wears ago.
In addition to these qualifications,
he now has had one term of expert
ence as State superintendent and he
has given the state as much service
as has been given by any other officer
in the same length of time.
In view Of this, his friends do not
hesitate to urge his reelection to the
office which, he has filled so well. The
schools under his administration have
developed as they never developed be
fore The work done during his ad-
ministration has received national
recognition. The teaching force of
the state has increased fifteen per
cent in number and the efficiency has
increased in greater proportion. This
Is demonstrated by the fact that all
ot the increased number of teachers
have been of the first grade certif.
cate class and college graduates.
Oklahoma cannot afford to take a
step backward educatonally, and the
reelection of Mr. Wilson guarantees
to everyone in the state a cOntinua.
ton of the progress made in the PAST
with increased efficiency, due 10 his
increased and ripened experience as
an administrator OF large school af
fairs.
Mr.. Wilson is in the prime of life
! 4 young man. six feet tall, brown eyes
and black hair sprinkled with gray
and weighs 200 pounds. He is a hale
fellow well met, and his friends all
delight to call him Bob" He never
stops to ask the question whether or
not thing can be done, but only
/ determines whether or not it is right
IA kind father, a devoted husband a
model citizen with the white rose
J If clean and noble manhood upon his
breast: man fearless, serenely
poised calm and patient under the
,alumny Of false and slanderous enc
mics. evenly balanced, alike in defeat
/ and victory; kind and accommodat
.ug. ready and willing to forgive those
|Uho oppose him: one who never takes
/ he time from his work to worry oyeI
what those who oppose him may say;
/ devoted to his duty and to the peo
/ 1ie who elected MIN; a strong eNocu
I i've loved and respected by all who
snow him. a natural leader Of men;
such a man is Robert II. Wilson. State
Sunerintendent of Public instruction
y Oklahoma. in whom the boyhood
md girlhood Of the state have their
lopes.