San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-02
SCHOOL BOARD
ELECTION SET
FEBRUARY IS
Herbert PEARS, Mrs. Henry
Guerra and Guy 5. Nc
Farland Will Run.
MAY HAVE TWO TICKETS
Talk About Running Henry
A. Rogers or Harry Rog-
ers for Vacancy.

With three of the four members Of
the school board whose two-year terms
of office expire in April having defln-
itely announced that they will be candl-
dates for reelection, the school board,
at a special meeting Thursday after
noon. formally called the election for
Tuesday. February 10. The ballot will
be closed at midnight, February ),
after which candidates will not be al
lowed to file their names. At special
session Of the school board to be called
at 10 o'clock in the morning of the
following day, the official ballot Will be
adopted.
Herbert PEARS, Mrs. Henry Guerra
and Guy. S. Mcfarland have definitely
announced that they will be candidates
for reelection. 1t is positively stated
by leaders of the Better Schools ticket
upon which DR.. W. II. Hargis. Mrs.
Byron Eastburn and Mrs. c. Z. Hof
were elected last year, that both Mr..
PEARS and Mrs. Guerra have been en-
dorsed by the Better Schools movement,
and that it is probably that Mr.. Nc
Farland will also receive endorsement.
Either Henry A. Rogers or Harry Rog-
ers, it is reported. will be the fourth
member of the ticket endorsed by the
Better Schools movement.
Up until a few days ago, Mr.. Nc
Farland asserted that he did not want
to be q candidate for reelection and
that he would not seek office il there
! was any opposition to him. His
friends. however. have urged him not
| to desert the school board while the
| building program is in progress, and
| Mr.. Mcfarland announced after the
board meeting, Thursday afternoon,
! that he would be a candidate for re-
! election, no matter what the conditions
were
Mr.. Beretta Not To Run.
Il do not know as yet upon what
| ticket / shall run" Mr.. Mcfarland
said. II am not sure as yet whether
/ want to come under the wing Of the
| Better Schools movement. There is
one of the candidates whom l object
| TO and it will be a difficult matter
| for me to swallow that candidate.
! However, | will run, even il am COM
PEELED TO run on an Independent ticket. "
| J. X. Beretta made definite ar
4 nounccment that he would not he a
candidate for reelection. Several days
ago. Mr.. Beretta said that he did not
want to run, due to the time demanded
by other matters, but that strong pres
sure had been exerted by his friends
and friends of the schools to persuade
him TO reconsider his determination
not to run.
The coalition ticket sponsored by
leaders of the Better Schools movement
was up until Friday morning, in 9
state of suspended animation. AL
though two members of the ticket, Her
bert PEARS and Mrs. Guerra, have al
ready been selected, no definite agree
ment has as yet been reached in regarC
to the other two candidates to receive
endorsement. 1t vas indicated that Mr.
Mcfarland would likely receive thu
endorsement Of those sponsoring thu
coalition ticket
Notwithstanding Mr.. Mcfarland
strong objections to one Of the twt
candidates already endorsed by tn
Better Schools movement and the pro
moters Of the coalition ticket, yet h
has repeatedly stated that he is in favO
of a coalition ticket, if such a tickle
!. could possibly be put out, and it !
believed that If he should receive tn
endorsement of the Better School
movement as a candidate he will be
candidate on the coalition ticket.
Although the coalition ticket is in
state Of suspended animation, there
no indication that an opposition ticke
will spring to life. 1t is probable
those interested in the coalition ticke
believe, that if Mr.. Mcfarland doe
not receive the endorsement of the Bet
ter Schools movement. that he will b
the nucleus for the formation of a
opposition ticket.
Following the disposal of matter
connected with the election, consider
able discussion was aroused upon tn
appearance of a committee from tn
Retail Merchants association. repre-
senting 931 merchants of San Antonio
The committee directed the attentiO
of the board to the fact that the me-
chants had protested several month
ago against the schools going into d
rect competition with the merchants {
the city. The protest aroused frol
the suggestion advanced by DIR. W. +
Hargis, president of the school boar