The Nevada County picayune., 1922-07-27
THE TEACHER-POLITICIAN

tractng any apprecabe degree of interest nrocedin th
 eocraec primary election to be held on August is
 e race Tor state superintendent of public instruction h tween A. $. Hill and J. C. Cubage It is matter of teo regret to the friends of education in the State bo tb f tfe oeng dragged through the political mire Here
 efe nave been contests for the position but the,
 nave peell conducted upon dgnified plane and with 2
 regard Tor the serious obligations to be shoudered
 olcS has no place in the department of olfty pohlcS has no place in any office
 Ordlnai1ly the Courier-Index takes no hand in con- IUr o!Ilce between Democrats and the only time tS policy IS not strictly adhered to is when the sna
 S serious consequence that the editor feels justified m m departing from otherwise fixed course of nentra
 t has asen in the race for state superin- ehoeht or pubic instruction and the danger that con ioIS the educational interests of the State is so acnte that the people ought to be advised of the peril
 tondo t' Cubage who is opposing A. B. Hill for superin enuet teacher-politician. Next to the nreacher poltclan the pedagague who plays politics is hont h 1oSI osturbng and disrupng factor community life
 reason o ms position of leadership and because of Ie peculiar nature of his work the teacher next o +b preacher, ought to be the man in community who sets the standard for clean living clean thinking clean dealings With his fellow men, If he is anhouS +o od vance to higher positions in his profession hn onrG t seek such advancement his merits and on his canacit to Ill more lesponsibel fields of activity '
 Mf Cubage IS very shreWd politician He noscoccos te cunning of an adrOit demagop1e He ic n15lin th race Tor state superintendent the platform of o}nos eo to proposed amendment Mo- H. when he himself was ohe or the number who signed the petition to initiate +b suehdheht Whether the proposed amendment is ooo6 UT Dad measure IS matter be determined in the oeneraI that will be held next October It is no more an issue III te primary campaign than proposed amend ment Mo- 13 or 15 But Cubage is smart enoneh to ee that Amendment Mo- II is destined to be unponnlar and m ees Il as false issue to boost himself into the state tIpeICendency over man who stands at the head of U u@le @ teaching profession in the State The Itnratnro D buuage IS sending out over the State reaks with con 'eptpe nslnuations against the abest and most o1f sacrlfcng educators in Arkansas The Courier nJo, thss the position that any man-particuarly school an attempt to besmrc m M pres his feow s13s M ;s ssse 9s ssssS t E principal of of the ward schools in Hot Springs h % sought the supentendency of the schools ot f% 1a1 e comfy through political machinatlonS, and was eee As member of the faculty of the State Normal at o p way he sought the presidency of the nSutuno o aHe m fight on Dr. J. J. Doyne then president and one 0l e o cleanest and best in Arkansas Cubage Succeeeu so embarrassing Dr. Doyne with his attacks that ne finally drove him from the presidency but the Doao oi o declined to elevate Cubage to the presidency IM
 He is now resorting tactics of this kind ana con ducting campaign of misrepresentation to torWard ms candidacy for state superintendent me euuc"1o W +L w state almost man, opposed 10 nm because lef V know him Sd we'll They know that if he succeeds n fool ing majority of the and placed m charge c te educational interests of the state the department o1 euu cation may be run for political considerations the mar monv existing among the educational forces VIII pe & Ee stroyed the statewide organization for staphg ou ,l,r oracv will % into the discard and instead o making prog ress educaonaly Arkansas will take backward step
 Amendment No. IA, proposing radical changes m m tne school taxing system, is vicious measure ana ougt lo' to be adopted but the candidacy o Mr. Cuoage S ot nee
 ssar o bring about it's defeat If he is actuaed by pa rioc motives as he loudly procans he can De o service in defeating the measure oy Wrlllllg anu aoanst it as private citizen than he can as cndloale for office He certainly open the charge that ms op position selfish he seeks to pIO5 p0h H hou I come hoforp the people with recommendation more SUD-
 nt;a than the mere fact that he is against Amendment No. IA - 1T ul
 Mr. Hill did not initiate the measure u IS the coHapof o+on of many mnds-some not engaged Tn the teachng profession Mr. Hi like most all those engaged m the teaching profession has been and perhaps now Is III lao of the amendment but Mr. Hill now realizes It IS dooeI to failure in the general election and so expressed mSe in the public prints yesterday Governor McKae mas come out in opposition to the measure oGostal'i anu anu le f sentative citizens all over the state have declared them
 selves against it. In fact to all ntents and purposes n