The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1922-07-19
NEW COUNTY SUPT. IS
NOW BUSY ON JOB
L. P. May Starts in With Vim
Some Of His Ideas and
History.

Shortly after Mr.. L. p. May enter
ed upon the duties of his new posiS
tion as Counuty Superintendent Of
Education Monday, Leader repre-
sentative dropped in for a little chat.
whats going to be your program?"
Mr.. May was asked. "A fulfllment
of the promises made during the
campaign came the prompt reply.
'.Well, for one thing" he contin-
ued. I'm going to visit every one Of
the fifty odd white schools and thir-
ty odd negro schools in this county
just as often as possible. I'm going
to carefully. fairly and impartially
Inspect the work of each and every
teacher. and grade them on an effic-
iency basis. And I'm going to see
that each teacher is placed where
his or her talents are best suited.
My sole object is to have result get
ting teachers
Asked about the consolidation of
schools Mr.. May said: Personally.
favor consolidation. l think it is
the salvation of rural schools. But
1 shall take into consideration the
wishes of the majority in the various
school districts, and conduct my Of
fee in conformity with those wishes.
l shall endeavor to place both sides
OF the proposition of consolidation
before the people in the interested
districts, and let them then make
their own decisions"
Mr.. May expressed himself as be-
ing heartily in favor of school ath-
letics, but stated that school work
came first. I'm strong for school
athletics; / think physical develop
ment should go hand in hand with
mental development; but text books
come before basketball if one or the
other must be neglected. He also
spoke in praise of the domestic
science departments of the schools,
and gave assurance of his support of
the home economics department at
all times.
Mr.. May is truly native son. He
has never. at any time, lived great
er distance than three miles from
Brookhaven. He did ramble away
during his counting days-and
slipped over into Water Valley for
his wife.
This is his first venture in
the field of politics, though his
brother Felix in his well-remember-
ed life among us. mixed quite freely
in caucus and council, being Chan
Gerry Court Clerk for something like
twelve years.
Mr.. May has had fourteen years
experience as a teacher, eleven years
in the rural schools and three in the
city schools of Brookhaven. He feels
that he knows, first hand, the needs
of the schools of the county, and
aims, SO he declares, to attend to
those needs so far as lies in the pow
er Of county superintendent.
1t was Mr.. Mays wish that The
Leader extend to the people of Lin
coin county his. warmest thanks for
their confidence in him, and to as
sure them he means to conduct the
office to which they have elected
him for the best interests of the
whole county, from the standpoint
of educational interests.
AS a side-light to Superintendent
Mays worth and efficiency, The
Leader has been told by close OBJ
server that Mr.. May was not only
an excellent teacher while member
of the Brookhayen Public School
faculty, but that his children show
ed such commendable and superior
home-training as to distinguish
them among the hundreds of pupils
of the student body,