Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-11-21
Township Teachers Atsociation--York
Township Ahead.

Township Ahead.
The following letter and report have
been handed to us for publication:
CAPTINA, OHIO, Nov. IL, 1867.
II. II. COCHRAN, ESQ, Sec'y Board of
School Examiners, 81. CIdirsUiLle, Ohio
Dear Sir:--I herewith transmit to you a
report of the proceedings of the first
meeting of the York Township Teachers
Association, held at Powhatan.
1t is the request of number of the
members that the proceedings be pub
lished in the County Papers, in order to
encourage other teachers to action
1 believe this is the first Association in
the County, if not, we send greeting to
any which may exist.
Please to send the enclosed report to
the Gazette and Chronicle, If conven-
lent. We will be glad to hear any adj
vice which you may give us. Hoping to
hear from you as to organization of other
associations and upon other points per-
tanning to the educational interests of
the County, &C., we remain,
Yours, respectfully,
YORK TOWNSHIP TEACHERS,
BY A. G. Robb, Sec'y.
REPORT OF YORK TOWNSHIP TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION, ASSEMBLED NOV. g. 1867.
Meeting was called to order by appointing Pc
retary.
Constitution read, and after remarks by vari-
Gus members, was adopted.
Permanent Officers were then elected, consist
ing of the following persons:
Peter Griffin, President.
NJ. r. Grouse, Vice President.
Albert G. Robb Secretary.
Miss Lizzie Weyer, Treas.
The objects of this Society are:
l. The advancement of the cause OF education.
2. The mutual Improvement of Teachers.
Q. To induce Teachers to prepare themselves
for the ful1llment of their duties and in the
"Theory and Practice of Teaching"
lecture
Subject-Arithmetic Its foundation, use, &c.
The following are members of the Society:
l.. q. Brock, Samuel Robinson, James Mar
SHALL NJ. II. Grouse Peter Griffin, Albert G. Robb,
Misses Lizzie Weyer and Calle Marshall.
Society adjourned 70 meet At Powhattan, Nov.
%, 1867. PETER GRIFFIN, Chairman.
A. q. ROBE, Secretary.
1t affords us peculiar pleasure to COM
mend this step taken by the York Town
ship teachers.
1t is a long and wise step towards an
end much needed, and If their example
is followed by the Teachers of other
Townships, we will soon have the stand
ard of educators much advanced.
The winter is about opening and many
of its long evenings could be most profit
ably spent by teachers i'm meeting to-
gether for mutual improvement. Socie-
ties of kindred kind should be formed
in every township, and by essays, adj
dresses, discussions, &C., pertaining to
the cause of education, the labors of
teachers would be lightened, their knowl-
edge increased, pleasant associations
formed, and they much better fitted for
the discharge of their duties.
What Township shall have the honor
of being the first to initiate the example
of gallant little York, and which one
shall be so tardy as to be the last? We
shall see.
while speaking on this subject we
hope teachers will not forget the induce
ments offered by the late County Teach
ers Institute, to write Essays on the
"Theory and Practice of Teachingn
Let our teachers keep wide awake and
up with the times.
There is no reason why the teachers of
Belmont County may not stand i'm the
front rank of the Common School Teach
ers of the State-there are many reasons
to induce them to elevate the standard
qualifications in and generally advance
the educational interests of the County.