Tombstone epitaph., 1922-06-11
HELEN |. BROWN ANNOUNCES FOR Re.ELecrioN.

Miss Helen L. Brown. for the pas
 two years county school superintend
 ent of Cochise county. with this is
 sue makes her announcement for re
 election at the coming Democrat, primaries.
 Miss Brown. who needs no intro
 duction to the people of Cochise coun
 ". where she hA made her hom,
 since 1911. is now serving her frs
 term as school superintendent. hay
 ing succeeded Miss Elsie Toles. who served for two terms before her cleo tion as state superintendent.
 Since assuming office. Miss Brown with a training that has fitted hei especially for the position she now holds. has taken particular interes, in the rural districts of the county and through her efforts the county now enjoys one of the best school systems in the state.
 Graduating from Teachers College of Indianapolis from the Supervisors Department. Miss Brown came to Douglas in 1911 as grade teacher. and after three years service she was advanced to the position of supervis- ing principal of the 18th street school and later 10 the same position at the A Avenue school. which position she occupied when she was elected to her present office
 At the present time Miss Brown is busy with the installation of a travel ing libary for the benefit of all the rural schools of the county. which will be ready by the opening of school in September. The library. " hich will be paid for by the districts themselves. representing small in vestment. will give to the pupils and their parents good literature which has been sadly lacking in the rural schools
 Consolidation of districts supplant- ing the one-teacher school with the grade school has been one of Miss Browns special subjects as county superintendent and through her ef- fort several districts have been con solidated and several more are now under process with the result that by September the five districts between Douglas and Rodeo will have mod ern grade school while three districts in the Palominas country will also enjoy the same facilities. With the coming Of good highways and modern methods of transportation the con solidation of districts affording bet ter avenue of learning to the rural districts has been realized by Miss Brown and with cooperation from the districts themselves. Building Of a new school at Whitewater is also project under way
 Establishing of high schools in districts where necessary. has also been accomplished during the last two years. high schools having been both at Bowie and San and recent advise from the University is that next year both these schools will be placed on the fully accredited list
 The Union High School District from the Tombstone. Fairbank and Buena districts has also been one O! Miss Browns chief objectives dur lnE ucI lHCuHlDcuCt "llu tAt lcouil that soon a modern high school win be built in Tombstone to accommodate the consolidated district.
 Raising the standards of the teach ing force in the county has arsO been one of the goals attained with the re- suit that today out of a teaching force of 412 in Cochise county only 10 of that number have not had some special course of training and county ranks among the first in the state
 The health department in connec- ton with the rural schools is one of the sources of pride of the county schools. since through the depart ment. mothers have been directly in terested in the corrective work aid ing in the home care Of the child. Next year it is hoped to add a den IA ~rtel ha