Nogales international., 1927-05-22

Reports in circulation that
number of present members o.
the faculty of the Nogales schools
have not been hired to teach dur
ing the next school year because
they were opponents of DR.. w. F
Chenoweth, defeated mayoralty
candidate in the recent city cleo
ton, are being probed by a com
| mittee of citizens appointed by
crank J. Duffy, who was chair
man of a citizens mass meeting
leld Thursday night at the Civic
Auditorium.
The committee will make its re-
port at another mass meeting to
oe held Monday night at 8'o'clock
at the Civic Auditorium
Friday nights session went on
record as being opposed to any
,eachers being . discharged, no
salar es to be reduced, and the
school term not to be cut from
aine and one half to nine months.
The meeting was one of the
'warmest" held in Nogales in
ears. and proved that the public
N general is intensely interesed
n the present school "war" which
oroke out last week when it be-
came known number of mem
oers of the present faculty have
lot received contracts for the
lext term school term and that
ne school board had decided to
ut tie school term from nine ano
ne half to nine months.
Fully 200 people attended the
meeting. C. C. Crenshaw. alder
.an-elect and a vigorous oppon-
Mt to Trustee w. F. Chenowetn
nd SUPERINTENDENT Frank w
Rose. called the session to order.
raak j.. Duffy was named chair
1an and Robert E. Lee secretary
purpose of the meeting was to
.scuss the school situation, the
ession being held under auspices
the Progressive Citizens Clu'
which sponsored the victorious
,icket in the recent city primary
campaign.
It was brought out that in order
or Nogales high school to remain
n the accredited list of schools
must be in session full MIN
1onths school year-at least &c
,eeks or 180 school days. On ac-
,unt of holidays, the school would
ot be in session nine months if the
arm is reduced from nine and
ne half to nine, it was stated.
trustee ]. C. Tovrea was the on
v member of the board present,
Mrs. Anna B. Ackley being i'll
and DR.. w. F .Chenoweth being
ont ont on a professional call, it was
reported. Mr.. Tovrea stated ne dld
Mt vote at all on the question OF
nine months school term. ne
sad he had been told the cut was
made in order to curtail ex-
nanses rt@ Mayor Duane Bird IN
sp;sted that even if the term IS CUT
off two weeks the school Will pe
IN session nine months ana tn.'
~ ~ viii remain an accredited insti.
!. t,,+;on Wv, as are the high schools OF
Tucson. 1%U,e Phoenix, Flagstaff anu
ther places which. he sald' nave
a nine months term.
During the discussion it was
stated that the superintendent ana
his secretary are the only two peo,,
ple paid for twelve months, ana
that the high school principal Is
Maid for ten months.
Mayor Bird urged that the board
be petitioned not to cut the school
term, and not to reduce salaries OF
teachers. State Senator Andrew
Bettwy asked that aft davits be
presented substantiating the
charges in circul alton that a num-
her of teachers have not been hired
for next year because they did
not vote for DIR. w. F. Chenoweth
for mayor at the recent city cleo
ton. 80
az oppose cutting dollar off
the school budget, and / hope this
meeting will result in an increase
in school expenditures" said
Mayor Bird.
II was announced during the
evening that Mrs. A. j. Welty,
widow of the we'll known mining
man killed recently in an automo-
bile accident, has been appointed
to succeed Miss Newcomb as a
member of the faculty. Mrs. Welty,
mother of several small children,
has had a number years experlen-
ce as teacher.
After Mayor Bird had spoken
several times, Victor j. Wager
took the floor and urged that the
speakers of the evening be limit
ed. Charles V. Fowler objected
to Wager's suggestion and insist
ed that everybody be allowed to
talk just as much and as often as
they cared to.
Mrs. Glissan stated Miss Lucy
Chatham has been hired to teach
Spanish in place of the present
Spanish teacher whose contract
has not been renewed by the
board.
Trustee Tovrea said all three
members Of the board signed the
contracts for next year.
DR.. A. L. Gustetter, following