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Show Mill LIVE m ENCJMON Discrimination Among Supervisors. Another Case in Which "Pierit and Qualifications" Figured. Good Gentile Supervisor Let Out, Poor Mormon Supervisor Educated at Public Expense. CHAPTER III. ' Comparison has already boon made between be-tween the treatment of Gentllo and Mormon Mor-mon superintendents ancl principals by tho Mormon Board of Education. It might bo shown that,' while Mormon principals prin-cipals havo been promoted to better schools without reason and Gentile principals prin-cipals have been demoted, equnlly without with-out cause. Superintendent Chrlstcnscn confesses in his report of 1003: "The disadvantage of a frequent chango In the princlpalshlp of any building la at once manifest Yet the conditions alluded al-luded to ale such as to invito frequent chango ln a majority of tho schools if nicrltorlouu work Is to receive Juet recognition. recog-nition. The Interests of tho school and of the principal are placed at once In con-file con-file i. Our records will show that an annual an-nual or biennial chango in the principal-ships principal-ships of SOMI0 buildings has not been Infrequent. In-frequent. But It must bo admitted that a principal will do better work In a building build-ing during his second or third year of service there than during Ids first At, has been aptly said, his acquaintance with tho pupils, tho parents, nnd the general gen-eral conditions of his district is hla 'stock ln trade.' It requires at leasl a year to-acquire to-acquire a serviceable quantity of thla 'stock.' " That word 'some" Is verv significant when read In connection with tho Hat of promotions from tho grades to tho Uintah and from tho Uintah to the Fremont Fre-mont nf nnvoml rmiul Cnlnlu Flagrant Discrimination. Striking, however, as Is this discrimination discrimi-nation between Mormon and Gentile principals, prin-cipals, It Is not so fingrant as tho distinction dis-tinction mad6 In tho treatment of department de-partment supervisors. Much ado has been made by the mouthpiece of tho board because threo of tho four supervisors super-visors arc Gentiles. The board always makes a virtue of necessity. The supei-vlsore supei-vlsore are well paid, and the only reason rea-son why Mormons havo not been appointed ap-pointed Is that competent Mormons have not been obtainable. Until the beginning of the school year In 1903 Mrs. Franc R. Elliott was employed em-ployed as supervisor of drawing. Her work was extremely satisfactory. Beforo coming to Salt Lako sho had been Instructor In-structor of drawing In tho schools tit Peoria. IP. Under her tuition tho pupils made remarkable progress. Mra. IClllott nx a Gentllo In 1903 tno school board decided that Mrs. Elliott would have to go. The excuse given win that expenses must be reduced. Mrs. Elliott went Tho expenses per pupil for the next year were nearly as high for seven and three-fourths' three-fourths' months of school as thev had been for nine months' school under Superintendent Su-perintendent Cooper Parrntt a Good Drawer. When Mrs. Elliott was out of .the way D. W. Pnrratt, who. It is almost needless to say. Is a Mormon, was commissioned to Instruct tho pupils in drawing. Ho had had no preparation for this work, having been teaching in tho Bryant school prior to his appointment as principal prin-cipal of the Uintah school. At tho Uintah Uin-tah no got ?S2 per month. Ho Is now showing- his proficiency in drawing by drawing S122.M -every month as principal of the Fremont. Compare tho treatment of Mrs. Elliott, a Gentile, with that or Samuel Doxey Mormon, instructor In manual training. Mr. Doxey camo from Ogdon as a teacher under Superintendent Cooper Ho was not a success as a teacher, so the board made him supervisor of manual training ?f a 9,a,la.rj of S,!W ner fenr- To incroase ..... ...v...-w.r in una ucimrimeni tno board did something that had never l-on done before. It appropriated money to send Mr. Doxey to Chicago to study manual training. He received $100 and expenses for tho trip. Other supervisor" yveie required to equip themselves for tht-lr duties at their own cost. Mrs Elliott El-liott a highly satisfactory instructor, was let out In tho Interest of cconomv But . Brother Doxey was qualified for his position at the expense of the taxpayers. Chanco for Mormons. The other supervisors arc Gentiles because be-cause tho board cannot fill tho places with Mormons But If thero Is enough money In the treasury tho board can ln tho course of a year or two. fit Mormons for tho work at public expense. Who I foclish enough to- Imagine, after rcad-intr rcad-intr the records of tho principals, that real, "merit and qualifications" will retain re-tain Gentiles in those high-salaried positions posi-tions when Mormon applicants aro readv to fill them? r Letxit not be thought that the opposition opposi-tion to Mormon control of tho schools arises from a projudlco against Utah teachers. Utah Is a your.jr State and it Is generally for tho Interests of the school" to go to the Eaatorn cities for mon and women of sufficient experience to fill the highest positions. Just as tho great universities uni-versities of the UnJted States seek tho best of the European professors. But it is unfair to assume that "Gentile" teacher teach-er means an outsider. Very manv of the teacher who go lo make up the" "70 per cent Gentiles" ar? graduates of the Utah norma fl. The figures show that, out ot a total of ;J39 teachers. 107 arc from Utah sHiools and only 112 aro graduates of outside out-side Institutions. Many of tho latter are Utah born and raised and took their Instruction In-struction -abroad because of tho superior advantages afforded by the oldor schooh Even though all outsldo graduates be classed as outslclora, the percentago of blah-educatcd teachers stands 01 to 3C per cent In other words, 31 per cent of the teachers graduated In Utah and employed em-ployed in tho Salt Lake schools arc Gentiles. Gen-tiles. What Fight Is On. ' Friend of the schools do not, and novor have, objected to employment of capable Instructors ln any capacity. Their fight has been, and will be. on tho vicious custom cus-tom of displacing able, experienced educators edu-cators of recognized merit with those of less ability, leas experience and no reputation repu-tation for purely sectarian reasons. But what is to be expected of a school board such as that which now manipulates manipu-lates tho school affairs of Salt Lako CUv? The board Is dominated by the combine known as "the solid six" Byron Cum mlngs. L. Frank Brantlng, Arnold G Giauque, William J. Newman, O w' Moyle and B. S. Yung. tho latter now succeeded by Mathonlhah Thomas Messrs. Newman, Giauque and Brantinir are bishops counselors. Giauque Is presl dent of tho bourd and chairman of the committee on rulciall three are members of the all-powerful committee pn teachers and school work,, of which O. W. Movie anothor good churchman, Is chairman and Cummlngs and Henderson tho y! J malnlng members. Cummlngs, while- nominally nom-inally a Gentile, has stood firmly with the Mormon combine, leaving Judgo. Henderson Hen-derson as a minority of ono on this committee. com-mittee. Thoso Throe Meet Again. Newman. Brantlng and Glaiique. the three counselors, also appear together nn tho committee on buildings and grounds. With B. S. Young a3 chairman, they havo absolutely controlled this Important committee. com-mittee. W. A Ncldcn, a Gentile, Is awarded tho empty honor of tho chairmanship of tho committee on finance, while Newman, Moyle, Cummlngs and Glnuquo run it. Henderson Is chairman of the committee on school law, but the real power In wielded by Moyle, Curnmlng.s,x Young (or Thomas) and Glnuquo. Tho one committee commit-tee on which tho Gentiles nro allowed a majority Is tho committee on rules, which meolH about once a year and has nothing to do then. From this enumeration It will bo seen how sensitive aro the nerves which run from the board to the bishops of tho church wards and thenco lo tho presidents presi-dents of stakes and tho Bee Hive. Power of a Committee. It Is In the committee on teachers and school work that ecclcslastlclsm ha done Its deadliest work. This committee, together to-gether with tho Mormon superintendent directs and controls the employment of teachers, promotions of teachers and principals, prin-cipals, tho fixing df salaries, etc. Having a majority of the entlro board Its decrees are final and tho ratification of its acta by the board Is merely a harmless formality. formal-ity. (To bo continued.) |