Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-08-01
To the votsrs, Tax Payers and Es-
peciaIly- to the Fathers and Aothers
Of the School Children Of Our

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peciaIly- to the Fathers and Mothers
Of the School Children Of Our
County
] feel that it is my duty as your
servant and officer, whom you pay
5000. 90 per year to watch the school
interests of the County, that / make
an effort to acquaint you with some
of the facts in the present County
Superintendent fight"
AS you all know / took the Office in
May, 1913, and have been in office
one school year.
Word comes to me from those who
are interested in the welfare of our
schools that the following political
DOPE, as they call it, is being spread
over the county in an attempt to de-
feat me for the nomination for my
second term as County Superinten-
dent:
No. /. That the expenses of my
Office for one year were so GREAT
that the County Commissioners re-
fused to appropriate the sum ex-
pended.
No. 2. That / had formed trust
of the teachers not to teach for low
wages.
No g. That 1 had too. large a
Common School graduating class
this year.
No A. That 1 spent too much
money on our Common School gradu-
ating exercises getting the children
flowers, band music, etc.
No. 5. That 1 had purchased for
my Office costly County Superinten-
dents library from county money.
No. 6. That 1 neglected to per-
form my duties as President of the
Board of High School Trustees.
No. T. That / hurt the interests of
Trego County by holding joint
session of Teachers Institute with
Ellis county.
No. s. That our teachers com
planned that i insisted on spending a
see if the pupils were being taken
care of properly and if they had all
their work in the grade or grades in
which they belonged.
No. 9. That 1 am too exacting in
my demands of teachers and pupils.
No. 10. That / take too much in
terest in the country schools.
L will take these charges up in
| their order as stated above.
No. l. In justice to the County
Commissioners l must say that they
cheerfully granted me every thing
for which / asked them. This state
ment can be verified by interviewing
the Commissioners or examining the
records in the County Clerks Office.
Furthermore, the School Boards all
over the county will testify that ]
made a request from anyone of them
for any material or school equipment
that was not promptly granted. AND
THIS THEY WOULD NOT HA We
DONE HAD 1 BEEN EXTRAVA-
CANT. l conducted my own office
with the same care purchasing only
such supplies as were absolutely
necessary to do the work well.
Perhaps / might also add that
when l took the office there was
nothing to be found in it in the way
of supplies my predecessor Offering
| bIlO OApIdlldO1Ou LtldU SIlG ndU lOuDO
the office SO over supplied when she
was elected as to give her little choice
of material for her work so she had
''thoughtfully' left the office in a
condition to leave me free to choose
everything needed for my '. ork. This
compelled me to make an expendi-
ture at the very outset
| No. ,. The reports coming in from
the School Boards show that, on an
average, the wages of teachers for
next school year are practically the
same as last year. District 4S, better
known as the Blue Ribbon School.
which has an enrolment of forty pu-
| pills and which is the largest country
school in the county, pays the high
est salary of all of the country schools.
/ understand the School Board of
that district increased the salary of
their teacher to keep the city schools
from getting her.
No. 3. / admit that / had a large
graduating class and / AM PROUD
OF 1T. 1t is my ambition for the
coming year to so interest the boys
and the girls of our county that a
greater number than ever will wish
to graduate and will not begin to
drop out of school when barely reach
ing the 9th or the 7th grades.
No. 4 The average cost per graou-