Show OTHERS VIEWS School Board and Married Mar Mar- Married ried V Women Teachers Editor The Record On March 3 1931 the Duchesne School Board passed tl this s resolution resolution resolution tion Moved by Mr and seconded b by y Mr Allred that the board of education adopt a policy not to employ married women women women wo wo- wo- wo men teachers except in special cases when it would be for the I best interest of the district district- I Carried That makes the principal qualification qualification qualification of a teacher that she be unmarried The board should employ employ employ em em- ploy both married and unmarried ed teaches upon their natural and acquired qualifications A good goodteacher goodteacher goodteacher teacher is born and education helps but a person that is not naturally fitted to be a teacher i cannot be made a good teacher by education The school board has refused to re-employ re Florence Bates and Florence Madsen rad en at Duchesne both of whom are exceptionally good teachers and Mrs Madsen as a primary teacher has few equals and no superiors These two teachers ars saying nothing but a petition of prominent citizens of Duchesne was presented present present- ed by a delegation to the school board for their retention in the Duchesne school for the coming year only to be ignored in silence It is possible that the judgment of that school board is superior to the intelligence and desire of the patrons and of Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne but the people of Duchesne Du- Du Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- chesne think they know what they wan want t and as they are primarily interested and as it can make no difference to the board either personally or officially their desires desires desires de de- de- de sires should avail and such approval ap- ap approval approval ap ap- by the board would have been an act that would have exalted exalted ex ex- ex- ex alted E the board instead of belittling belittling belittling it Firmness is one thing and stubbornness is another The former with intelligence makes a abig abig abig big man while the latter tends to destroy an otherwise intelligent man It is rc e th a t th e b g u. u u u school board refused the reasonable reasonable reasonable reason reason- able request of ot the rank and file of the people of Duchesne as s to wh what t they want locally when that th-at request would have been for the best interest of the schools and 1 inasmuch as the school board Isan is isan isan an irresponsible body that body that is no voter can vote for more than one man on that board and four- four fifths of us are disfranchised asto as asto asto to choosing the board the board should have a particular desire to satisfy an intelligent and worthy worthy worthy wor wor- thy desire of the citizens of Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne which desire also confirmed confirm confirm- ed the resolution which says in special cases teachers shall be emp employed oyed when it Is for the best interests of the school district and also when as a matter of sound principle the resolution should be rescinded and the school board be required to assume the of choosing teachers teachers teach teach- i ers on fitness alone and not onan on onan onan an unsound resolution L. L A. A HO HOLLENBECK |