Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, December 31, 1911, EDITORIAL, Image 12
4 -w :-ie Omaha Sunday Bee PART TWO ' SOCIETY PAGES ONE TO TWELVE PART TWO EDITORIAL TAGX3 ONE TO TWELVE VOL. XU-NO. 2S. OMAIIA, SUNDAY MOKN1NG, DECEMBER 31, 4 SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. Nebraska Public Schools Under Supervision of Women f"11 ff'1 jj 1 j" " '-' ' " "" ! ""' ' V ' "w ALMA HARLAN CO. l , X l ' ' V fJfS ' 2? in HUZZA. 2T. "&mT ALLIANCE., BOX BUTTE CO. OitTY-FOUR vouien hold the important oijlce of county superintendent ot schoola in the state of Nebraska, thus . tajojice what was Iods considered the apwial privilege of men aa to orflco-holiliug in tho great field wherein the public schools exercise their influence. These women officeholders draw salaries ranging from 11,000 to $1,800 u year, the latter amount being drawn- by Superintendents Josslo 13. Prytlo of Gage county and Mrs. K. 73. O. "Williams of Saunders county. Superintendents Mary K. Foster of Cass and Abbia M. Newberry of Knox draw $1,600 a year, while eight otherB draw $1,400 a year, and flfteen get $1,300. Eight are paid a per dlein of not less than $5 for all tliuu actually given to the work in the sparsely settled counties. ' That theso women are successfully discharging the duties devolving on a county supurinteudciij, la proven by the fact tliat many of them have been re-elected from two to four -times by the voters. The four-time winner in tho list ia Mrs. Genevieve Richmond of Keith county. The women superin tendents in Cass, ChaKe, Cheyenne, Clay, Cuming, Hall, Valley, Wayne and York counties have been chosen for third terms. Thirty-one In tho list are serving a second term, which would seem to indi cate that tho voters of the school districts of Ne braska give preference to trained administrators of school affairs regardless of sex. The office of su perintendent of schoola In the ninety-two counties of the fat ate ia now held almost equally by men and women, the nieu having only a shade the best of it. In the office of the state superintendent of public instruction the women outnumber the men, having an assistant superintendent, a head secretary and tix assistants, besides two members of the board of examiners for state certificates. Of course, in the uctual work of teaching the women outnumber the men probably in the ratio of six to one. KUeml Has Been Increased In the case of the county superintendents, It is rather interesting to note that an Impression is prevalent among the state teachers that a law passed at the last session will have the effect of bringing more men into the race for this office.. The law iu question provides for more liberal com peiiKatlou fur couuty superintendents, and this is expected to make the place attractive to men bolil 1:. teaching certificates. Up to this time well trained, competent men could get more money for tit air work la cities and towns than iu looking After IJO rural schools. It must be said, iu this coucec liou, the recent electiens did not give any strong evidence of tho dciro for a change in Nebraska. cuuaUcs already having uomeu eupcriuteuueuU. rLATTSMOVTH fASScS um mummf -"--- ' v ' ,.1; I ' ! Kix '' 7ck. curn viz ve i r brown co. Kill mmmm 1 1 1 1 .1 1 nmaammJ in nine counties Boyd, Dakota, Fillmore, Frontier, Harlan, Knox. Lincoln, Pierce and Sioux. Thus the women 'candidates were successful in holding their own, ahd a little better. It ia generally con ceded that where they set themselves seriously to the task they prove campaigners worthy of any man's best effort. This Is not bard to account for. since a clever woman, lias a great many opportunities to lmpresa her personality pn the school community even more than a man. Her duties take her into every sec tion of tho county where a school is located, and in her travels she meets more of the mothers having children in school than a man would. Itran easily be understood, too, that she gets closer to the teach ers, since the rural schools are almost entirely taught by women. The duties of a county superintendent are multi farious and almost never ending. There la all the routine of the offlco to be attended to, which la no small chore, even with an assistant, which very few superintendents have. A great many blanks -are bandied and distributed through the county su- ' perlntendout's office, nuraeroua reports have to be made out, examination papers passed on, and a hundred and one details kept In hand. ' It la the field work, visiting the schools and supervlaing 'their conduct and management, that consumes tho larger part of the superintendent's time, liesldes traveling on trains, much driving bus to be done, as every school should be visited ut least once a year, to comply with the state law. In the compact counties, like Douglas and others in the eastern section of the state, the superintend ents find it possible to visit their schools several times a year. In many of the larger counties, espe- Roster of Women Superintendents i As a result of the voting in November, men will succeed women superintendents In only seven couu tiea Burt, Hitchcock, Johnson, Kimball, Nuckolls, I'eikiua and ScottsbTuff. Women will succeed uieu Following aro the counties having women super intendents, with their postoflice address: Banner Mrs. M. M. Bellan, Harrlsburg. Boone Hannah C. Johnson, Albion. Box Butte Delia M. Keed, Alliance. Boyd Mabel K. Hadsell, Butte. Brown Kmma Burritt, Ainaworth. Cass Mary K. Foster, riattsinoutn. Chase Leocla Fletcher, Imperial. Cherry Cora Thackery, Valentine. Cheyenne Kdltb H. Morrison, Sidney. Clay Edith A. Lathrop, Clay Center. Cuinlog Emma K. Miller, West I'otnt. Dakota Margaret A. Murphy, Homer. Dawes- Carrie I.. Munkres, Chadrou. Deuel Vera I.. Yockey, Chappell. Dundy Lorna L. White, Benkelman. Fillmore Alice Jennett, Geneva. Franklin Hutu Erfinan, liloomlngton. Frontier Ruby P. M. Larson, HtockviUe. Cage Jessie U. Prytle, Beatrice. Hall Dorothea Kolla, Grand Island. Harlan Mrs. Mattlene Bragg, Alma. Holt Mlnnlo B. Miller. O'Neill. Keith .Mrs. Gonevleve Hicbtnond, Ogallala. Knox Abiia M. Newberry, Center. Lincoln Cleo Chappell, Nonh Platte. Lo..p Mauel McKluucy, Taylor. I'.Icl'iierson t lura Nichols, 'iryon. Merrick Margaret. McCutcbeou, Central Cit, Mortill Coiu A. Thorn pbow, Bridgeport. Nance Lucre'la Conaid, Fullerton. eiu:ila L. Nemaha i larke, Auburn. i'awiieu Lulu S. Wolford, Pawnee City. Phelps Iiuldah Peterson, Holdrege. Pierce l.cttie Hcott, Pierce. Polk Amelia Kusiuussen, Osceola. Hed Willow Anna McDonnell, McCook. Saunders --Mrs. 10. U. O. Williams, Wataoo. Kioux Mary J. Fenske, Harrison. Thomas Inez. OaUes, Thedfcrd. Valley Eva B. Pliumsn, Ord. Wayne Mrs. Elhle Llttell, Wayne. Webster Gertrude L. Coon, Red Cloud. Wheeler Edith HowW. Bartlett. York Alice Flprtsr, York. - - :; : - - ' ' .-, . MJSS ALICK FLOUER, , Yurk, Vork County. clally In the west, southwest aud northern sections. If every school ia visited once a year the superln tendent has been right busy. Superintendents have the sole supervision of cer tain Bchools in the counties and exercise partial supervision over a good many more, in the smaller Cities and towns having a local superintendent. It la up to them to see to it that every rural school 1 kept as nearly as possible at the high standard set by the excellent school laws of Nebraska. In the case of a certain class of rural schoola, the super lntendent fills the role of principal, too. .This duty; .(Continued on Page Six.)