| Show SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS the mass masa co convention mention held anda gerung for the e of nominating candidates for a richfield member of the sevier seier district board of education was exceptionally exceptional well attended this is i gratify gratifying ing indeed for it shown b that our people are taking a more than platonic interest in school matters matter I 1 ellich is as it ought to be oui pub he be schools constitute a great corporation spending about a quarter of a million dollars annually annu illi illy and each ta tax x paving citizen is a shareholder hare hoIder in that corporation and has a voice oice through his school board member in determining what nhat kind hind of a school his community hall enjoy according to the motions motion earned in the co contention mention three will nill be put on the ballot as canh candidates dates H N haves vie the piment incumbent G IV coons and J F ogden all of them are citizens of the highest type all of them have hane been or are arc educating children chil ebil dien in our schools all of them are thoroughly worthy of the bonfi conn dence of the people if our personal preference i judge haes ha es it is for the reason that he be coupled with hi his ability has the ahan advantage tage of his great experience in school board affrin this is most important school board members are elected elec teil for the purpose of getting schools managed and not for the purpose e of managing schools themselves the school board selects a professional profession all trained school officer to present school policies for their apprel approval a and to organize and direct the work of the school system the board is the school legislature the superintendent ig the exe executive cutie officer and neither should a assume sume or usurp the others function professor mendenhall of the state teachers college of pittsburgh kansas once suggest cd d the fol following loing que eions one ma I 1 ask ak about candidates candidate has he be at least a common school education Is lie he reason reasonable reasonably abl successful ful in conducting his own oan business buque 7 llis ll is lie he ni cited the school while in session erion at least three times during the flie bear ears in doting otini for a teacher is lie he in influenced fluen ced by bv aci lei piol e fitness as determined by the tend or by other expert opinion rather thin b kinship local influence etca ete does docs lie he keep posted ported as to schools in other places and tr to make his crool equal q ua I 1 t to 0 or better than the a cra crage school hoa 7 it is our honest conviction thit that julge judge haes hae in ien of the abon aboe questions question the last one has a higher lating than the other candidates and hen it comes to things educational only the best ought to be good enough therefore our ace is vote for H N ies |
