Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1874 — The Next State Superintendent. [ARTICLE]

The Next State Superintendent.

The present State Superintendent, Hon. M. B. Hopkins, positively declines being a candidate for reelection, so it is’necessary that a new man be chosen to fill his place. This office ought not to come within the sphere of politics, but as things now- are, it cannot be otherwise. Each party will nominate its candidate, and the nominee of the dominant party will be the successful man. TfeeSchool Journal has never taken sides in politics and it is not its purpose now to do so. The object of this article is to suggest to those especially interested in,educational matters, that they should begin to look about them and secure the nomination of the best men possible. Teachers can accomplish most by using their county papers, and by instructing their delegates to the State conventions. These conventions will be held in June, and between now and then is the time to work. An educator and not a politician, should fill this office.— The friends of Prof. J. H. Smart, Superintendent of the Fort Wayne schools, will most likely get his consent to be a candidate on' the Democratic ticket, and his nomination will most certainly be secured. We know of no other probable candidate of the same political faith. Mr. Smart is a good city superintendent, and if elected would do good work in the State Superintendent’s office. No candidate has yet come to the surface on th* Republican side. Let none but a good man be put forward, so that whichever party may be successful, our educational interests shall not suffer. —lndiana School Journal.