Daily Republican., 1879-09-01
FIRST EDITION..
DuR STATE EDUCATORS.
|.edipgs Of the stato Teschers
location held n Aehobo'h.
I Correspondence d the REPUBLICAN,.

.ediwgs Of the staso Tesches
.ocisafon held ~ Ashobosh.
correspondence d the RErUBLIoAl
RKHoBorH, Friday, Aug. %.
Association met this afternoon q
o'clock. After reading and adop,
bs minutes, the following import
,solu.ions, as the result of th
brations, of the Committee on Reso
IS to whom the matter had bssl
Nd in the morning, was prssents
Iof. Reynolds, chairman Of tha
it,ee: Resolved, that we earnes,
vits the members Of the Stat
ers' Association formed in, O
1876, to full membership will
signing the constitution, withou
mt Of dues for the present year
imously adopted.
khis followed: Resolved that til,
sociation be requested, through
|opsr officers, to transfer to th,
alton the fund In their Treasursy
b.ion this was adopted.
report Of the Committee on pro-
Do for the evenings entertainment
,csp.sd and oomnittss diseh hsrgsd,
BIZ and aoconpsnimsas BY Nm
this was followed BY . select
g, LoDgfsllow's I" Launching ths
by Prof. A. d. Postles.
question "What can the State
|thrr to promote the cause Of Edu;
I" was introduced by j. Alexan.
plton, Esq. After expressing his
appreciation Of, and faith In, the
OF Delaware, he referred with
to what the State had done for
ucation Of her people. She had
the means Of an elementary sdu
to every child In her territory
bpplied the schools with comps--
Bachers. Had removed the ne
of a great number Of expensive
schools, an illustration OF which
cen in tho revolution brought
at Dover. Twenty years ago no
lmily would dream OF patronizing
10 school, to-day not a private
with the exception Of a Kinder
was in the town. This IL o
saving Of money to the communi-
the State has done. Our course,
80 schools, through seven grades,
b our graduates to enter unchal-
the classical department of the
|ence Academy. Thus opening to
who see fit, BY . few years. labor
bs expenditure Of . comparatively
sum of money, an opportunity
Affords q classical, scientific, bus
pr agricultural training. The OBJ.
this association Is to promote the
SO ably begun and conducted by
late. Our system does not need
|ing-we do rot want 1t changed i;
worked we'll, cut it needs dsvel.
bt-growth. Further, the State
to divide the work OF supsrin-
|g chools. There is toe much fer
Frson to do. We need county su-
|endents. Again, the State ought
bropriate money to educate q Sc
number Of the aptsst children in |
branches beyond our public
5. By competitive examinations
hpil fiOm each hundred should be
as a worthy recipient of the
) bounty. This would be a stim-
0 our schools.
|. Whitel0ck wanted the State
. stricter care of the children
lower classes. Compel them to
school, and there provide an in
al education fitting to their sta.
hus enabling them to begin life
industry and intelligence. He
ot opposed to any project for a
culture, but it was obligatory
State to care for the masses, the
strata, first.
!. Tar, of sussex, would deprive
lin troublesome, ignorant class of
5 of the right of voting, or at
ave the State compel the districts
e considerably more money than
re required now. He would have
ople attend TO this matter in a
rnse just as far as they were
, TO go, but if that was not far
b he would nave the State drive
He believed in tho people"
D far as they were open to argu
md conviction. Compulsory edu-
was indispensable TO the pro-
{ the cause. 1
Reynolds thought that we had
deal towards the education OF
Jple, and if the State could do
e, let us at least hold fast to I
7e have. We have a Supsrinten- ,
nd q State College, this is a great
our progress. But We need
We need school for teachers, {
nal school Our teachers are ,
led to seek beyond the State for {
training for their work. If the {
annot afford a Normal school let
east provide professorship in
training al our State College,
axe such other provisions as q
induce young men and women
forward aud offer their services I
State as trained educators. Nor I
lese provisions bs large, only
lough to create a healthy slim 4
nd the rest would be supplied
spirit and energy of the instruc- s
4 pupils themselves. {
Bach remarked that the dis. J
presented two lines ofargument. \
i tending to q deprivation of '
properly belonging to local COM o
s; the other at the establish n
t public expense, of schools Of L
/ a grads-that both of these II
IS were inimical to the funda- n
idea of common or public p
The State can be asked to do A
h and can assume too much.
ever done at the sacrifice of a il
sentiment among the people as D
The teacher can do a great P
'ards educating the patrons of o.
vol into a correct appreciation OF
~. He can at least impress the Il