Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-05-26
PROF. H. HIATT, /,
WOULD HEAD THE
COUNTY SCHOOL
FRIENDS ANNOUNCE NOFaffTA
MAN FOR OFFICE OF OsSTY
SUPERINTENDENT OF :, iesyLS.
SUBJECT TO PRIMARIES

Prot. II. IL. Hiatt Of Nopol whO
was announ. .ed last week b, hs y ads
for Cameron county supcrint 36t OF
schools. has spent the greaterf A. Of
his life ia educational work. Ii
graduate NJ Iowa State TEiyr n, x and
iowa State Normal school and lcNa the
degrees of A. r.. 4. VI and ~. he
came IL Cameron county with J ia.lily
IN 11li. and soon after was tfGt 4
first grade certificate ola h. ca
tional qualifications
During period Of twelve Yea 4 Nir.
Hiatt was engaged as instrrtat3 anu
lecturer III the summer normal hHst,. utcs
uf Iowa and Nebraska lie ncl ta mis-
teaching in Sprindnle seminary, s,0wa,
and his work was accepted on fs y con
mcndatton "a the freshman We n A.. he
Iowa State university. Cornel f'llsge
and Penn College. Iowa. chs NJ
Sprlng,lale seminary he received NJ call
To take charge OF the Univef.if Prs
paratory and Normal school at3 Iowa
City. Iowa. During his Conncsti'a with
this institution the cnfollmrft tAA as
high - AK hundred pupils, aI.I 10 last
class ~ graduated numbcrrL rveEty
five. most ~ whom entered hc stats
univ rSity.
On account ~ ill health Mr. ut re.
signal this position and soon II was
clectsl superintendent Of the G. locls
~ Biokcn Bow, Nebraska. vLi.+ pSsl.
tion a. held four wears and .lE "a 70
accept the supcrintcndency Of ie. ools
II Custer county. Nebraska. " e.
elected 20 this offir three ,unsAriiire
times. aud was then nominate . fos
State superintendent by the eng cratlc
party and defeated by the naTrtw .rgis
Of fewer than three thousand toissa.ith
the rest ~ the Democratic ticAet
In 1901 h. was appointed b. SEC
retarv of the Navy 10 take chAg4 the
educational work on the Islam HOf am.
This appointment was made ~ ta- -e-
quest OF Commander Schr"e,.-r sf. tbs
navy. who was then Governor ~ Wy am.
This position Mr. Hiatt held rwt rarS
and then resigned on accoun' oife.e IA
health of his wife
Concerning Mr.. Hiatt, Jucse - n
Dean of Broken Bow, Neh, aIi-'tF Of
the Nebraska Supreme court .Hu .ys.nc.
cratic presidential elc'tor aE ia' te fe-
Nebraska in 1913, SAYS. Al
III II. Hiatt u Br0WnSyB.e Tsx-s.
was "a one time the slperiIl sEr-Ht ct
our city schools az Broken B - fcr
three terms he was super.L ssE&fat ef
public instruction In our c0ul y nd ~
later period was the nom er ;he
Democratic party for State sspeT. .taSd
cnt II Nebraska. For the Ste 2 -iDr-i--
tendency he was defeated bl l--1r
margin. az | recall ID being isA shc-
5000 In that election the ~ I+ Demo.
cratic ticket was defeated
There is no man within u saGa'n-.
ance for whom / could say ar44T tt-
for Prof Hiatt. lie IL a mat a f;rn;
and commanding personality s-<s f-
had a large and useful expe 4el+- wy
teacher in which calling he sa-afl~a. \
lexcelled
Personally owe much 10 ~ H.st.
became acquainted with lii .l.Lr
wears ago and there are few me-. uDsr
whom | have relied more f. 9u-sel
than upon him. His ideals ar@ A.h anI
he has the faculty of imprC Six apon
those who come in contact IN ~ IL al
aspiration for high ideals d-F .-caf-
Gates desire in the mind al = III o.
the individual with whom Ee a.
sociated to aspire for someritEa lat .5
worth living for.
Il will always appreciate sse - ~
fluence derived from ny is1 stio.~
with him. ! know OF man. So ,sBstT
men who would gladly psg q j. i--ib-.~
TO his worth as guide, cor &c ~ s-l