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Show A.C. IMESGHED HERD OF SCHOOLS OF UTAH A C. Mathesou is the new superintendent super-intendent of public instruction, succeeding suc-ceeding the late A. C. Nelson He was appointed by Governor Spry at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon out of a field of no less than a dozen r-ceptlve r-ceptlve candidates, including a num ber of the mot prominent educators in the state. For ten years Mr Matheson has been, in the office of the superintend cut of public instruction, acting as secretary to Mr. Nelson In that capacity ca-pacity he has become thoroughly acquainted ac-quainted with the work and duties ot the office. Mr. Matheson was called to the governor's gov-ernor's office late yesterday afternoon and tendered the position After a conference with the governor he accepted. ac-cepted. Mr. Matheson said It would be his aim to follow as closely ns possible in the footsteps of Mr. Nel son. The appointment is effective Immediately. Imme-diately. It will be In force until a year from now, or until a successor, elected at the next regular election, qualifies. A. C. Matheson, the new state superintendent su-perintendent of public instruction, was born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1870 . When S years of age he came with hLs parents to Parowan. lhah, and as a boy worked on the farm and at tin-carpenter's tin-carpenter's trade. His first educational work was dono as a teacher in the Parowan public schools. 1890-92. He then attended the Brigham Young college at Logan, from which he received a diploma and later the University of Utah, by which he was graduated in 1895. After leaving the University of Utah, Mr. Matheson again taught school until, in 1890, he became assistant as-sistant to the late A. C. Nelson, state superintendent of public Instruction. He has been In that office almost continuously con-tinuously during the last thirteen years. In regard to future policies, Mr. Matheson said la6t night: "Mr. Nelson's views and mine, on educational matters, were almost identical iden-tical In every respect. Having been In his office for so long a time I am familiar with his proposed future line of work, and I shall endeavor as near ns possible to carry out his poll-There poll-There was only one A. C. Nei- a and his work was the result ol .i svonderful iersonallty and years of experience. "Just what I expect to do I prefer pre-fer to not make known at present, but rather let the work speak for itself. The press of Utah has always lent every possible aid In educational matters, and I am not afraid to trust It to make known the results of ray efforts. During the N. E. A. con ventlon here last year there was much comment upon the co-operation of the press and the educators In Utah, and it was declared many tlmda that this co-operation was not equaled in any other part of the country. When quebtloned as to his probable successor as assistant, Mr Matheson declared that while he had thoughl of the matter, the appointment had not yet been given any serious con lderailon. |