Show Higher er ray ay Due Teachers V w. w IK jf f Blame BlaIne Laid to the tIle Public K i i IK i i Si i i School Boards Exonerated HAT the people generally T THAT have reached the opinion that the method of ot SelectIng selecting selecting select Select- ing school boards and the administration of their duties has completely broken down own and that the method of ot selecting these boards In his opinion would soon be changed chan was the statement of or William VillIam M M. Davidson superIntendent superintendent superintendent of ot city schools of oC Pittsburg Pittsburg Pitts- Pitts burg Pa in tn an address addres given Iven at atthe atthe atthe the general session of ot the convention convention con con- of or the National Education Education tion association this morning Inthe Inthe in the tho Tabernacle The existence of at a a. high class school chool board must be he a a. reality before tore the public can expect to have ha high cla class s sup superintendents and to retain them att after r they are once secured said Mr Davidson When the taxpayer and the school t teacher and supervisors get getto getto et to throwing brickbats at the same time the school board stands as asa asa a buffer to the storms from either cither direction said G. G A. A her Iverson on member of ot th the Salt Lake L city chool board Our only refuge Is b behind the statutes of at the state The Tho school board furnishes the tho initial energy that sets seb in motion the te educational education education- al aJ machinery machinery- The cry r r for or batter bolter salaries and conditions among amons the teachers rs has been he heeded ded by 1 every school board in the nation and responded to to the best of at the resources at their hands declared Mr Ur iverson Mrs V V. V IL II Miller chairman atthe of at the board of at education of Tacoma Tacoma Taco Taco- ma Wash said that the weakness weak weak- ness in the present foundation of at educational systems was due duo largely to the lack of or knowledge on the part of ot the public It Is the school boards board's place to give this knowledge to the tho public she bhe said Mary Marr D D. Bradford superintendent superintend superintend- ent of ot schools of ot Kenosha Wis said caid that the answer er to tho the solution solution tion was contained In two malters matters matters mat mal namely the establishment of ot ofa ota a pension system and the exhortation exhortation exhortation tation of ot superintendents so that they might challenge and demand the tho Interest of oC high class men and women In their work W. W F F. Geiger Geler city superintendent superintend superIntend- ent of at schools of Tacoma Wash Vash said that It was the duty dULY of at the superintendent nt to inspire and en encourage encourage en- en courage the slowest worker in the schools the tho father and mother of or every ery pupil and every er board member mem meni- ber her It Is Js the school boards board's dUl duty to support them without tear fear and with faith he Without con con- chided I |