The Clayton citizen. [volume] (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1906-19??, 1916-11-02

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one and his answer which is Honey
Lou" to say the least. Here it is:
"Date of Expiration Of present valid
New Mexico certificate. Professions
al" Surely our readers and all the
voters would like to know how to man
ufacture a DATE out of the word
PROFESSIONAL" But that is evil
IDENTIFY a secret Of jimmyoeracy. But
the worst is yet to come. That report
requires a statement Of the total num-
Der Of days attended by all the pupils
enrolled in the school and also requires
a statement Of the average daily at
tendance of all and actually tells the
teacher how to find this in the follow
ing line: Number in Average Daily
Attendance. (Note Divide total num-
ber of days attended in each case by
the number of days School was ac-
tually in session to get average at
tendance.)" Now Thompson gives, as
the total number of days attended, in
that report, 53,495 and 1863 as the
number of days school was in session.
which would give an average daily at
tendance, according to the direction
in the report, of 316.5, but Thompson
reports it as 418.1 a difference Of
1915. Now there is evidently lack
of competence and fitness in such
work. Do you think a teacher who
cannot make out a correct report to
the board' of education where there
is only one small village concerned
would be competent and fit in an Of
flee where hundreds Of such reports
must be checked over, handled and
corrected every year? If he cannot
make one correct report how can he
correct his own or others errors? Do
you wonder why the board of educa-
tion OF the village Of Claytn refused
to employ this man this year?
In 1914, school district 78 sold So
600 in school bonds. Thompson was
agent for Sweet, Causey Foster Bond
Company Of Denver, Colorado. He
told the clerk of the school district,
in the presence of the county super
intendent, that he would bid not less
than 06 when the bonds were offered
for sale. The, result Of this confidence
in him by the clerk was that no other
special effort was made by the board
to get other bids The bonds were adj
vertised am on the evening before
the bids were to be opened he sought
Information of the county treasurer's
offce as 10 how many bids had been re-
ceived and the Office unsuspectingly
informed him that none had been re-
ceived whereupon he submitted abid
for $1SO6 instead of at least 1920
and more If the market would justify,
what he promised to do in the first
place. If you doubt these facts, ask
f. c. de Baca, your county treasurer,
or L. r, Byrne, his deputy, or H. J.
Farr, clerk of the district, or II. H. Err
rett, county superintendent Of schools.
Does this look like getting "for the
districts the highest price," or even
keeping good faith with the district I?
That is how he "gets higher than that
offered by any other company" for
the school districts.
The question is, Do you want a man
ike Thompson whom you have never
tried as county superintendent man
who has been tried as village super
intendent and found wanting-or do
you want a man whom you have tried
for five years and not found wanting
in anything-a man approved by all
your higher up educators in the state,
by all your higher up school officials,
by the democratic governor of your
state, by all the teachers, boards of
education, boards of school directors,
and patrons of the school of your coun-
ty?
w. S. Rowley, member of school
board at Corrumpa, says in letter to
Erretts 1--WE certainly congratulate
you upon your success and efforts in
getting the bill through giving US
more school" And Rowley is dem
ocrat,
]. NJ. Moss, another democrat and
member of school board says: "Say,
that Z months school sounds good to
us out here. We feel under many OBJ
legations to you and others for your
untiring efforts in behalf of the poorer,
rural districts. think that is the
greatest blessing that could fall to our
lot" L's'
| Miss Nora Connell, one of Union
county's best teachers says:
"Mr. Errett, / must say that my