The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-06-29
AN EDUCATOR
Of HIGH ABILITY
STATE SUPERINTENDENT WILSON
is so RECOGNIZED IN ALL
QUARTERS.
HAS SERVED STATE ACCEPTABLY
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
| I, 1914, was born in Kentucky in 1873
At the age of IS years he moved with
his parents to Texas. where he com.
pleted his college education and en-.
erred the teaching procession to which
ne has devoted his life, After resi-
1ence Of twelve years in Texas. dur
ing which time he alternately attend
ad and taught school, he moved to
yhickasha, Oklahoma, where he
taught in the city schools until the
coming of statehood when he was
elected County Superintendent of
irady County. In that position he
showed superior ability as an execu-
tive and organizer and placed the
schools of that county upon a plane
second to none. During his admins
ration as superintendent of Grady
county. he placed his county in fourth
rank SO far as the number of first
grade teachers employed was con
eerned, with the average term Of
school longer and the salaries paid to
teachers higher than those of the
average counties of the state despite
the fact that Grady was a newly or
ganized county, and the entire educa-
tional system had TO be built from the
ground up
Mr. Wilson's broad experience as
county school teacher. city teacher.
of schools, county superin-
member of board of educa-
ton Of the city of Chickasha, and
president of the Oklahoma School
officers Association. eminently fitted
1im for the office of State Superin-
.endent when he was selected four
7ears ago
In addition to these qualifications. |
le now has had one term of expert. |
'nce as State Superintendent, and he |
las given the state as much service |
Is has been given by any other officer |
n the same length of time.
In view of this, his friends do not |
lesitate to urge his reelection to the !
'tlice which he has filled so we'll The |
chools under his administration have |
developed as they never developed be-
ore. The work done during his ad-
has received national |!
ecosnition. The teaching force Of
he state has increased fifteen per
ent in number and the efficiency has
increased in greater proportion This
5 demonstrated by the fact that all
I the increased number of teachers /
ave been Of the first grade certifi-
ate class and college graduates.
Oklahoma cannot afford to take a
tep backward educationally, and the
e-election Of Mr.. Wilson guarantees
D everyone in the state a continua-
on of the progress made in the past
18th increased efficiency, due to his
lcreased and ripened experience as
n administrator Of large school az
airs.
Mr. Wilson is in the prime of life,
young man, six feet tail, brown eyes
nd black hair sprinkled with gray,
nd weighs 200 pounds. He is a hale
ellow we'll met, and his friends all
eight to call him Bob" He never
ops TO ask the question whether or
OF a thing can be done but only
etermines whether or not il is right
kind father, a devoted husband, a
lodel citizen with the white rose
clean and noble manhood upon his
reast; man fearless, serenely
oised. calm and patient under the
dummy of false and slanderous ene-
les, evenly balanced. alike in defeat
nd victory: kind and accommodate
g, ready and willing to forgive those
no oppose him; one who never takes
Ie time from his work 10 worry over
hat those who oppose him may say;
svoted TO his duty and TO the peo-
e who elected him; strong execu-
We. loved and respected by all who
low him. a natural leader OF men:
lch a man IS Robert H. Wilson. State
lperin;endent Of Public Instruction
Oklahoma, in whom the boyhood
ID girlho0d Of the state have their
,pes.