October 21, 2025
NO PLACE FOR POLITICIANS.
Zoo Management Must Be Composed
of Competent Men.
An official of the park board said yesterday that the board does not propose to be in a hurry to formally open the zoo buildings at Swope park.
"The management and operation of the zoo is no boys' play," said the official. "The employes and superintendent must be composed of trustworthy men who are familiar with such things. It cannot be manned by political hangers-on, and this might as well be understood from the very start. Already the board is flooded with applications from men for positions who know more about running a ward political primary than they do about operating a zoo. They might as well look for other jobs, for it is the intention of the board to find men who are fully familiar with the habits of animals and know how to manage them. Such men are now being sought.
Labels: employment, Park board, Swope park
