Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-07-03


should be the business of the Super
intendent. / also believe that the
Superintendent should be consulted
and his ideas taken into considera-
ton in the selection of the teachers,
but Superintendent Warner has claim
ed as the aprerogatlve of his position
the sole right to nominate and select
teachers, and, in this position he
was on May 31st sustained by a
to vote of the school board In the
selection of 10 new teachers The
following are the names and address
of the 10 selected:
H. f. Pfingsten, Oregon City, Ore.
Louise Grebe, Aurora, Minnesota.
Pearl Alton, Creston, Washington,
Enid Elliott, Salem, Oregon.
Sarah Martin, Springfield, Oregon.
Maude Johnson, Aberdeen, s. Oak.
Lucille Evans, The Dalles, Oregon.
Ruth Romig, Newberg, Oregon.
Margaret Bridge, Franklin, Ohio.
The tenth teacher is not finally de-
termined as there is doubt as to
whether Miss Lucille Chase of Cor
Wallis, Oregon or Miss Lucy Crawford
OF McMinnville, Oregon, Is to hold the
position, both names being selected
and it being a point of controversy
as to whether or not the selection was
made.
Out of this list there is only one
teacher from The Dalles, and she Is
new conner who has never been
in any way identified or connected
with the local schools educationally.
And in this list there Is one teacher
without experience and as to one ap-
plicant doubt as to her health.
l had carefully and conscienciously
given some two to three days time
at intervals in looking over all appli-
cations on hand, there being nearly
300, and | failed to see at all about
100 applications of teachers which Su.
perintendent had alone rejected and
returned to the applicants as in his
jud gment such papers were not worthy
people and their friends wrote me
directly calling attention to their
applications and some of them were
highly recommended by persons who
hold educational positions or places in
connection with school work.
| doubt if any other member of
the board examined as many as so
of the applications on file, and l
think that two members of the board
did not examine any applications.
know that Mrs. Eta ID. Bell did not
examine or see any of the applica-
lions until the Board meeting of the
3lst when the election was held, for
she reported that she made repeat
ed trips to the High School and did
not find Mr.. Warner in his office, and
that she was refused the opportunity
to examine the applications as Supt.
Warner had left orders to the office
clerk to not give out the applications
or permit the examination by any one
during his absence.
l realize that all the best teachers
are not living in The Da1les or have
been educated here, and if nine out of
the ten teachers selected had been
from The Dalles and Wasco County,
| think that the community would
agree that the home teacher" had
been favored to the detriment of eff
ficiency, but at such board meeting
there were IA local applications on
f''e as fellows:
Irene Haskins, Graduate of The
Dalles High School and who has had
two years experience and attended
Normal each summer since gradua-
tion.)
Mamie Bailey successful teacher
of Grass Valley, Oregon, and who has
a home in the city,;
Marjorie Speed, "a Dalles girl who
graduated from the High in 1918, who
this month graduated from the State
Normal at Monmouth);
Elizabeth Martin, Graduate of the
same class and who has been teach
ing for the past two years..
Margaret Swift, (who was a sue
cessful teacher in the Wamic neigh
borhood few years ago.
Mrs. w. V. Chambers (who Is a
graduate of the Texas Normal school.
Miss Gertrude Ferguson (who has
had three years teaching experience,
IS graduate of the La Grande High
School and who has had some Nor
NAL training.)
Miss Louise Rintoul, (who has
taught in The Dalles schools for sew
eral years, who is the holder of a
Life Certificate, and who has made
a success and popular record as prin-
cipal of the Shanio schools)
Miss Laura Andrews.
Miss Nola Radliff, The Dalles.
Miss Harriet e. Bamber, (who Is a
taxpayer in The Dalles and who
comes strongly recommended by peo-
pie who know of her work in this
portion of the state.)
frankie Allen, "a High School and
Normal graduate, who was raised in
County, tributary to The
Dalles, and who has relatives here.)
Margaret Whsaldon, "a graduate of
our High school, later a graduate of
college.)
Lou Hostetler, "a student from our
High School who later completed the |
course in Whitman college with honor,
and who has for the past two years
been teaching in southern Oregon
High Schools.)
Now of this list of fourteen, I con-
tend that there were several teachers
Nho are worthy IN mnnf tha raruira