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Show SMIEHT OF SCHOOLS DISCUSSED Board of Education Infor mally Considers Several Candidates SELECTION IN DOUBT t t Local Man Will Have Pref ere rice, Provided He Shows Qualities For the purpose of d .cussing candi dates for tha po-ltfon of Super ntendent of the Salt Lake C ty schools a meeting of the city board oT educat on is he d last ii ght In the law off ces of President W J EaVrette In the MeCor UlCk bU d D5 According to several members present no defln te action wan taken The board met bh a committee of the who e and made Inquiry Jute- the qua flcatfong of the vet nus cand dates for t e posit on There wai nothing at last nights meet Ing lo suggest t at assu ance of the ap po ntjuent had been given H B W eon of Topeka Kan according to members of the board who were tt tha mee ng and all were prefient except J C How ard who B I Chicago Part of the t mo of the meet ng va? ' devoted to d acuss on or ways and n ean& j or felt ng nfo mat on concern ng ke y I educ.tors who m ght be a a ah e for ho appn ntn cut tod f om -whom one pre cm nent y f tted for the pos t On might be chosen No Selection Made Several members of the board have al ready gone on reco d to the effect that un ess a man of surpass ng quftl I cat ons la lo be had f om the ou de a oca i man won d be prefe ab e They ake I e i eland that of two eand dales of reatlvey ; equal qua If cat ons and ab t e? the local man must be tha more va uab e to the schools and tha more loglca candi date Mr Wilson who wtfl In the clly dur ng the weelt and he d conferences u li the members of the achoo board cams here at tha In vl tat on of Prescient Bar et e though Prefi dent Ba retta exnla ned to the other membe 9 of t a board that the In ftatlon was e Tended n a persona and tinoff c a soose Mr W eon s now su K ler ntendent of the schoo s of TopeJca a ( tiy o 601)00 Inhabitants (h a selioo enro ment of about 8000 pupils The teaching force numbers j2 Eaton Is Candidate Whl e there aa been a We def ned and pars stent rumor that a n ajor ty Of tha members of the board of educat on had already agreed upon a cand date for the Euperln tendency each member approached j protests that if tha la so he is not ij party to the al eged major ty agreement A grow Tig sentiment In favor of ! George A- Eaton Is not ceab e In school j c re es Pr nc pal Eaton la admit ed y i qua T ed for the pos t on and unusua y we acquainted w th the. loca cond tlons ' say those who are Inters ed In J s can ' d dacy It has been po nted out that a cand data from outs de must be ona of evtraord nary qualff cations to prove of more value to the c ty schoo s than wou d Pr ncipa Eaton In the p oa t on. of super j In tendon t- j |