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Show THE SCHOOL ELECTION Discussed by a Logan citizen. Some good points are made by him. The following Is fiom one of Logan's most substantial citizens, one who has many times shown his gteat disinterested disinter-ested Interest In all thlngc looking to-waid to-waid progiess We aie pleased to picscut his communication and any others of like kind. Logan, Nov. 17, 11)01. It is quite linpiobable that many havc)et cleat ed away the smoke and etndeis of the leccnt election sulllcient-1 sulllcient-1 to temember that on Dec. "Hi we hae anothei election of moie consequence con-sequence to this cltj than the one Just past. It Is the school election. At the end of this jear the picscut lloatd of Education, consisting of live mem-bets, mem-bets, will hacsered fourcats. On Dec. "lh anothei set of tiustees must be elected, one fiom each two of the ten pieelncts. Thus pieclnct 1 and - will elect one tiustee between them: pieclnct .! and 4 will elect another and so on with the leinalnlng pieelncts 1 bellexe it of moie importance to have a good up-to-date business like board of education than a city council ol that descilptiou Some iiui not hae looked upon it in this light, but the facts ate the) handle moie of the taxes than doom citv fatheis The) employ moie people; thev elect more public buildings, and moie than this, we inliust to them the educational facilities ghen to our children. The) handle between $.15,000 and HI.OOO of the citlens mono pel annum. In the light of the aboc facts it is evident to all that out lloaid of Education Edu-cation should be men of expetlence and ability. Now let us considei just wheie to llnd the men we want At lirst thought one Is enclined to believe be-lieve they should be made of piofes-slonal piofes-slonal men, Including school teaeheis, but Is It not a fact that the labots and duties of the board ate hugely along the lines of business? While the pio-fcsslon pio-fcsslon should be lcpiesented, it is cquall) tine that the tapa)ets and the common people should be letuesentcd, but the boaid should hae a majoiity of iepiesentatlc business 'men full) qualillcd to handle the many icsponslblcdutlcs devolving upon this boaid. It Is my opinion, therefore, It should consist of three business men, one school teachet and one, say a fanner, that the varied in-teiests in-teiests of the people might be looked after. I do not consider that a membei of eithci college should be a trustee of oin distiict school. Such a thing is hardly even thought of in other and huger cities. I'tolessoisof either the A. C. oi It. Y. C. should give their best inteiests to those schools. This the) should and must do If the) evpect to do Justice to those schools, and if he does lend those best ellotts to the college fiom which he draws his salai), he gives only his second best elfoits to public schools, should he be a membei of our school board. This Is not intended in-tended asanyicllcctloiion the ptescnt boaid, as I believe they have done a good work, but we want the veiy best woik in the futuie. The salar.) is but iioo per annum oi 100 for the tenn of four) ears. Asaiule the most suitable suit-able men do not scramble for the place. They cannot alloid to spend the time for the monc). Men should accept ac-cept the place however as an honor and take pleasme in serving the people for four) ears. I note there Is a Ladies' Republican Club now organized. Let this otgan-izatlon otgan-izatlon Interest themselves in this matter. The women arc the mothers of the chlldtcn and arc usually more inteiested In the children than the men. Montivu.ma. |