The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-11-02

uDerlrltenueHl 0o"A ~
before the people of the State
= for their support standing
i on his record of work accom-
I'd during life devoted to the
n;lding of the schools of Neva-
In the candidacy Of Mr.. Bray
Gate Superintendent of Schools
,oople have leader of demon
,tpd ability, not merely a candi-
If vague promises and insidious
puations.
Broad Experience
4 principal of schools in Dayton,
a Hill, Virginia City and Reno
twenty-five years he made an i'm
pss on school work in Nevada that
ndreds of his former pupils, now
ressful men and women in all
rts of the West, remember with
sttude. Every school that he
lqht felt and was improved by the
alizing spirit of his education,
Mus and his strong personality.
deputy superintendent under
bte superintendent Ring for three
brs he carried his spirit of enthusi-
b and his progressive ideas into a
pader field embracing the large
urth supervision district, with its
counties, and containing more
90 two-fifths of the population OF
\ State. His large work as an
uator and supervisor thus made
b the logical successor to the State
erintendency upon the death of
liable and distinguished chief, in
ktember, 1910, and his election
|mrally followed in November of
btyear and again four years ago.
A Real Non-partisan
|he personal boast of his opponent
Ethe would put "politics out of
schools and the people and prog
hin" is an attempt to catch votes
false premises, as the record am
shows that politics has been OUT
ler Superintendent Bray and the
spIe and progress have been no.
bly, IN. In all of Mr.. Bray's ap-
htments in filling vacancies on
ards of school trustees and county
ards of education, amounting to
arly 200 in the last ten years, the
estion of party affiliation or of
rty support has not arisen in a
lge instance. as any one of those
pointees will testify; nor have these
uditions been considered in his
of deputy superinten-
nts; in fact, the politics of two of
deputy superintendent are at
is time unknown to him; nor has
permitted or sanctioned anywhere
E drawing of political or religious
les in the selection of teachers in
i schools. He was the first teacher
ars ago, in 1885, to aid in getting
bill through the legislature taking
election of school trustees out OF
litics and having the election OF
me separated from the general
'ction; at the request of the chair
an, he appeared before the -legis-
i've committee and strongly advo-
ted making all school and Judicial
lcers non-partisan, during the last
sion of the legislature. Politics
now decidedly out of our public
lools, keep them out; the people
d progress are decidedly in, keep
EN- in.
A Progressive Leader
For years. as is we'll known. Mr..
ay has been the progressive lead
OF our state in all measures for
ucational progress; and in the last
lyears he has given much attention
the introduction in our schools OF
lustrial and vocational education.
holds that any system of educa-
N In which a child spends twelve
arS or more of his life in study and
en- graduates from a high school
trained to make his living, if neces-
~ is a deplorable waste of the tax
yers' money and the child's time.
wishes to see all the boys and
Flsof Nevada given opportunity for
ese new and most practical features
education-a work now well under
v In Nevada, as both federal and
'te aid has been secured for it,
y the successful carrying to COM
'tlon of this great work Mr.. Bray is
yond question the best fitted and