The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-02
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Meeting of the School Directors Of Stark
Snctv0 ~ County . 30 "''""'
An Important Gathering and Interesting
DisCdssiOus- Formation of an Asso-
..AciatloH and Election of
s. 'Oficers. f'fiN ~
CANTON HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING. !

Saturday, August %, 1885.
In obedience to call issued 0y IN
RxecutiVe Committee of the Stark C0uH
tv Teachers Institute to the School
Directors of Stark county to assemble
here for the purpose Of listening TO an
address on "0hj0 School Law, which
was to have been delivered by ex-School
Commissioner White, but who failed ny, M
sccOuntably to be present. to De fQliOWe9
by DR.. Sehaefer, Of Pennsyl on
"Directot's Duties" with discussions BR
the directors, abont $50 directors ottnsI
$50 III the county assembled g..<
The forenoon was taken up wish inetl-
tute work, the directors being Invited
to DarticiDate In the discussions. l
DR.. Schseffer spoke at some length to
the directors on their duties In con-
structing and caring for school houses,
dwelling upon their sanitary condition.
President G. W. Yohe called the NEE
ing to order at 1:S0 p. m. and suggested
that, as the meeting was called for .
directors day, the officers OF the lnsti
tute would resign 1t into their hands.
WhereupOn a motion was made by j. j.
SNYDER that "We, the School Directors of
Stark county, resolve ourselves into q
STARK, County School Directors AssOcia-
tion. 10 meet annually Rt such time and
place as may bs suitable and convenient
to the Teachers Institute" Carried
unanimously. ...9 .qt-.p ..
JF. Nlesz was then elected temporary
chairman and ]! K. Mcdowell secretary.
On motion, the chair was Instructed to
appoint committee OF three to consider
q plan OF permanent organization ana
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A.. j. Shaffer, Freeburg, J. T. Law
renee, North Lawrence, and j. j. snyder
were appointed said committee. C.at
Miss Patrick, Of New Philadelphia,
was then called upon to favor the body
with reading. She responded with =
selection that required rare elocutiOnaEY
ability and acquitted herself nObly.
The question drawer had been passed
around and DR.. Schaefferl was called
upon to select some of the most Import
ant from the many placed In the box.
Would township supervision be a
benefitp" o.. 90
L. Swigert, of Lawrence township,
said 1t was q benefit and great benefit
in their township A few years ago
they tried 1t for two years and tn
schools made great progress. Then a
feeling sprang up thatthe system was
expensive and 1t was abandoned, the
township Board of Education trying t.
do the work; hut 1t Is proving failure
and the school Is progressing back
wards" I.a& ~-r g.f q
"Why does Ohio employ one teacher
for part of the school year and differ
4att teacher for the remaining partI
}Wm9t NJ not be better to follow the ex
ample of other STATES and employ 0ual
one teacher for the scho0l IsartN 20 \
Discussion participated In Dy Baeh,i
Niesz, Fulton, MeGregOr and Miss Camp.
Committee on permanentO ganizationl
reported as fOllOwa: ( ''.t u
WeyOuT committee Wouldr+speetfully
reportithe nominations as follows: '.'1
PTeBident-A. McGregor, Canton; Vice
PfesidentAEaquT re Wagner, Of Lake ip;
Secretary-J II: NiesZ, Canton; EXeeu.
tive Committee-L. SWlgert, Lawrence
tp; Gd0. Sp0nseller, Plain tp; G., +. Lsib-
lin, Canton; A.. j. 5hRffer, Freebnrg;
j. +. Nlesz, Canton.
RESOLVED. That the Executive Com
m!ttee shall have full power to make all |
necessary arrangements for all meetings, |
arranging programs, &C., and that We |
recommend to confer with the Executiv
Committee Of the Stark county Teacher |
Institute as to the time of holding their |
annual meetlngr=zA.ad. SHAFFER,
.,,...o, J, j SNYDER, VA
NV ~ COMMITTEES.
ON motion aLD of. Or. T. Clark Miller, the |
reHort was adopted as a whole. s5
Whersupon the officers elected as
sumed their respective positions, .y,c i
The President, upon taking tne chSlr,
made appropriate remarks ana caitlea
fer further business. 5i2 mo1Ig, sd
Mr.. Lawrence moved hat an expression
be taken nCOunty Supervision Of our
Schools. 40 gG ,OONJg or g
Motion decided lost by the chair. lal
A motion was then made that we rav0r
TownshiplSuperVisiOn. 81 IS! 900 :. I
Owing TO thellatenesJ Otthe hour, Mr.
Fulton moved to lay IT on the table.
Carried ID. qr,rtarl !t1.l1.. 5I
J.K, Mcdowell then moved that the
vote on County Supervision be reccn7
sidered. Carried. ..Ias g l@5 }! s.
On motion, adjourned to meet ct the
call of the Executive Comm ttee.
Issla,5s A. NCGREGoRr -
j. +. NIEsz. 5ec'YTnIi Presldentl
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