The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-09-12
carro1l conntx Teachers. Associalion.

Reported for the Democratic Adyocate.l
The Carroll County Teachers Association
met at Central Hall school house, Westmin-
ster, on Friday, September 4th, as customary,
preparatory to entering upon school duties
the coming year.
norman; the secretary read the minutes OF
the April meeting, and the treasurer made his
report, showing a balanc. in his hands, that
NAV be further increased by the payment OF
back dues by delinquent members. The an
nual election of officers was held. Chas. ii.
Baughman was chosen president; Joel Ebaugh
vice president; Geo. II. Gist, secretary ire
elected): A. III. Zimmerman, assistant secre-
tary; A. W. Buckingham, treasurer (re-elee-
ted; and Daniel l.. McSwiney, editor. by
a vote of the Association the last two othces
were made stipendiary. Thus all the officers
of the Association but the president and wee
president are now salaried lone dollar per
session and perquisites); the honors conferred
upon these two being deemed sufficient re-
muneraton for their labors. Some amuse-
ment was created by Squire Tipton's protest
against any allowance being made the treas
urer for his services. Mr.. Upton held that
treasurers should not be paid; that treasurer
held the bag; that in the various associations
in which he Mr.. Upton was affiliated, treas
urers were looked upon with a sort OF molten
sive suspicion; that it was contrary to good
business practice to pay a treasurer; that an
officer so prehensile as regards the funds OF
another, and so prone to delinquency, was
but tolerated evil, and should not receive
that moral sanction so delicately represented
by the payment of salary. 1t Is but just Tor
unjust we don't know which, to Mr.. Upton,
however, to say that he voted the treasurer's
salary for the day, reserying the right to argue
= bo at tho uayt mQptInU
The following committees were appointed
for the ensuing year On Program, Miss
Edith Stevenson Geo. w. Sullivan, Daniel
l.. McSwiney; on Music, Miss A. Maria Mike
sell, C. H. Spurrier, j. w. Slaughenhaupt.
The Examiner, Mr.. James A. Diffenbaugh,
addressed the Association in an eloquent and
forcible manner, pointing out some of the
errors and defects which came under his OBJ
servation during the past school year, and
suggesting, and in some instances directing,
notifications in graduation, DC. Among other
things we understood the Examiner to say
that the result of the just collection OF book
fees for 18845 is the addition OF seven school
houses or rooms to the educational facilities
of the county, and the anticipation of the in
crease next year of the pay of teachers OF the
highest grade and class.
At the close of Mr.. Diffenbaugh's remarks
the Association adjourned.
1t may not be out of place here to say, for
the benefit of the appreciative patrons of the
public schools, that future reports of the pro-
ceedings of Carroll County's Teachers Asso,
citation, for the year ending April, 1886, will
be limited in measure only by the capacity OF
the public journals to contain them. We feel
that this is due to the public, for we are
salaried officer paid by the teachers, who are
paid by the public, consequently we are desi-,
rous to give to the public the full value of
their money in measure.