The Fair Sex Has a
Say on the City Schools
Tuesday night at 7 o’clock the new council elected last
Tuesday in the city election was sworn in and immediately got down to business
with the election were sworn in and immediately got down to business with the
election of the school board to have supervision over the city schools. The
other election of officers in the gift of the council were held over until a
future meeting. The City council is composed of Dr. D.A. Stanton, mayor; John
W. Hedrick, councilman from the First Ward; W.L. Stamey, councilman from the
Second Ward; E.K. Ingram, councilman from the Third Ward; F.P. Conrad,
councilman from the Fourth Ward.
The school board as elected by the city council Tuesday
night is as follows: Chas. F. Tomlinson, chairman and member at large, residing
in the Fourth Ward, for five years; Mrs. W.C. Jones from the First Ward, with
one year term; Mrs. C. Dunbar, from the Second Ward, two year term; J.A. Davis
of the Third Ward, for three years; and S.L. Davis of the Fourth Ward for four
years.
This gives three gentlemen and two ladies on the school
board. The First and Second Wards have the distinction of furnishing the women
who will sit on the school board for the first time in the history of the city.
The board was of the unanimous opinion that only fathers and mothers were eligible
to the office, believing that one could best appreciate the position of the
children and thus do better work who had children of their own.
The city manager, record, city prosecuting attorney, city
attorney, superintendent of water and light department, chief of police and
various other officers will be named at a later date.
The appointment of women to the school board seems to have
met with popular favor.
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