The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-06-04
Meeting Of County Superintend-
entS.

] euIS.
| Our last Legislature passed law,
which requires the State Superintend-
ent to meet the County Superintend-
ents at various points in the State for
educational purposes. The first conven-
! ton of this kind, for the counties Of
! Benton, BlackhawS, Buchanan, Cedar,
Clinton, Dallas. Grnndy, Hardin, Iowa,
Jasper, johnson, jones, Linn, Marshall
Muscatine, Polk, Poweshiek, Scott,
Story, Tama and Washington, was he'd
at Marengo, in Iowa county, May 5th
and 9Th. The Superintendents OF
the eighteen counties mentioned, were
in attendance ard the Convention was
organized by appointing Hon. d. F.
Wells President, and Supt. r. A. Crouch
of Clinton Secretary. TEa Convention
was then opened with prayer by Supt.
Hampton, of Johnson, after which a
business committee was appointed by the
President, consisting of Supt.'s Ruck,
of Poweshiek; McCampbell, of Musca-
THE Gallagher. of Scott; Dean, of Ben
ton, and StillmaD, of Jones. Interest
ing papers were read during the Con-
vention by Superintendent Gallagher,
of Scott; Dean. Of Benton, and Stillman
of Jones. These papers called out some
lively discussions and most of the ideas
were approved by the Convention
Considerable time was occupied in ques-
tioning the President concerning differ
ent points of the School law, and con-
siderable information was thus obtained
upon various important items. Every
thing passed off tremendously notwith-
standing the rain, and deep mud, and
the County Superintendent returned
to their respective fields of labor with
renewed zeal and determination.
The following resolutions were adopt
| ed by the Conventions:
Resoiced, That having MET in con
vention at the call of the State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, we, the
| County Superintendents of the above
named counties, desire to express our
qualification at the pleasure and profit
derived from the interview. That we
shall as result not only have better
understanding of school law, but also
hope to be able to secure more uniform
and equitable administration of it; that
by pleasant acquaintances thus begun or
renewed and by a free interchange OF
views we feel better prepared for the
important duties devolving upon us.
I,rosot,s1, T.ia; we review with pride
the steady advancement of the educa-
tional interest Of the State Of Iowa, her
unsurpassed loyalty and free institu-
tons, and her material prosperity, and
! that we will earnestly labor to keep the
! former fully abreast with the latter.
| Rcsotred. That the best interest of
our schools requires higher standard of
qualifications of teachers, and, we there
fore pledge ourselves to reject all appli-
cants who cannot sustain u rigid and sat
isfactory examination.
Resottcd. That the interest of our
schools imparatively demand more fire.
quent visits from the Co. Superintend-
ents and in such cases they should en-
deayor to secure the attendance Of school
officers and parents, and by careful OBJ
| servation ascertain the progress of the
pupils and recommend the adoption of
such regulations and methods ofinstruc-
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education.
Resotred, That the present want Of
uniformity and permanency Of text
books in our schools is an unmitigated
evil resulting in great inconvenience
and loss of time to teachers and pupile
as well as constant annoyance and ex-
pense to the parent or guardian.
Res0ired, That one feature of the
Convention by which we have been edi-
fled and greatly protited was the con-
versational lecture by the Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction, during which
we had the privilege of asking ques-
tions as to his construction of the School
Law, and presenting to him our deci-
sons, doubts. difficulties sna! cases o.
appeal and receiving from him direct
answers 70 sucn interrogatories.
Rcsotred, That vocal music should be
introduced into all our public schools as
regular exercise. ..
Resot,,ed, That our thanks are hereby
rendered to the local school authorities
for their kindness in permitting Us to
have the free use of the building durin6
the setting of the Convention.