Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-30
THOMAS SELECTS A
PART OF HIS FORCE
State Superintendent Will Have
Skilled School Workers Associ-
ated with Him in His Labors.
10 WORK FOR RURAL SCHOOLS
Will Seek Greater Permaneno for
Teacher and Labor to Keep Boys
and Girls of Nebraska
on the Farm.
(From a Sad correspondent.l


LINCOLN. Dec. s-(Specla1.) Estate
Superintendent-elect A. o. Thomas has
made a selection of a portion of his Of
flee force, though he has assigned none
,of them vet to any particular position.
Some Of them will begin work with him
when he takes charge of the affairs Of
the state superintendent office on Janu-
airy Z, while others will be assigned as
they are needed. Members of the old
force will not be turned out in the cold
world al once, but will be given chance
to secure other positions before they are
let out
Miss Alice Stanley OF Kearney will hold
one Of the new positions. Miss Stanley
was educated in the schools OF Michigan,
in the New Mexico Agricultural college.
and holds a bachelors degree. She Sc
cured a business training in the Detroit
Business university. She was an assistant
to DR.. Thomas while president of the
Kearney Normal school, and had much
to do with the organization of that school.
She filled the position of secretary to the
president and was his assistant for many
years.
Picks SarpS Man.
Superintendent H. A Collins Of Sarpy
county has been for the fourth time
elected county superintendent OF that
county. He is graduate of the Fremont
Norman and also Of the Nebraska state
university. He is considerede one of the
real live wires in educational work in Ne
brasla,
A. ". Teed is county superintendent OF
Dixon county, having been elected to that
position six times. He is one of the Oldest
county superintendents from point OF
service In the state, and has built up a
strong school system in Dixon county
Miss Lulu Wolford is county superin-
tendent of Pawnee county, having served
two terms. She was formerly connected
with the state superintendent OFFICE
during the administration of State SUI
perintendent e. C. Bishop, assisting in
the domestic science and manual training
departments in the sboys and girls or
ganization of the state.
owen P. Stewart is superintendent OF
schools at Sterling Mr.. Stewart is q
graduate Of, Nebraska Wesleyan univer-
sity and has been very successful edu-
Gator. 1t is probable that his work WI
be in the department of certification'
Prof ]. D. French Is one of the bes'
known educators in the state, having
been county superintendent OF Saline
county, city superintendent OF schools al
Broken Bow and was several years city
superintendent of schools at Hastings
He served one term as president OF the
state Teachers association. He will also
be Connected with the Board Of Examina'
ton and Certification. At present he re-
sides in Lincoln. 1s,lsf Hss tss r'
Retains Gregory.
G. A. Gregory, who has peen connected
with the normal training department OF
the present state superintendent's office
will be retained In that department for g
item at least. according to DR.. Thomas.
DR.. Thomas also announces that there
will be consolidation of the department
OF examination and certification. DR.
Thomas also announces that there will
be no special efforts along the following
six lines:
To take UP the problem from the stand
uoint' Of the taxpayer as well as from thu
standpoint of the teacher and the pupil
To strengthen the work wherein pos
sible throughout the entire system o.
education, and to emphasize especially
the work of rural schools, including thu
training of teachers especially for rura
schools, to give longer tenure and higher
requirements for county superintendent
To emphasize the essentials of tht
common school education and to give
greater thoroughness to those thffss will
which every citizen has to deal. together
with wider use OF life materials m edu
cation.
To give such an education as viii tent
to keep the boys and girls ON the farm
which presents Nebraska's greatest op
portupity.
TprEive greater pefmanecy to the pro
feSsions of teaching, and to cooperate
with eli those who with to make tn
schools of Nebraska the best the countr,
affords. $3.50,
sirnplitied. effective school laws.
Mr.. Thomas wishes to express publici!
his appreciation of the courtesies Of Su
perintendent Delzell and his assistant il
opening their records to him and assist
ing him to such information as he ma,
need in acquainting himself with tn
affairs Of the office.