Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-01-11
CAPITAL NOTES.
Eeaobers' STATE Convention.

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was well attended, the various Depart
ments OF work more fnllv represented by
the educators Of Kansas than at any pre-.
yiOus state nesting.
The next meeting Of county superin-
tendents WIS appointed to be held at
Wichita the second Tuesday In May,
1889.
The county superiDtendents in at
tendance adopted the following rssolu.
tons:
Resolved, That We are in favor of making
the county the INIT Of taxation for school
purposes; money so raised to be eQuitably
distributed to the districts and county tax
supplemented where desired by district
levy.
Resolved, That we believe the work Of
education would be greatly promoted in our
state by legislation providing for town
snip or county organization supplementary
to the present district organization. We,
therefore, propose this to all friends Of ed
ucatIOn and especially to our com mittss on
IeglsiaIlon as measure to be laOOred for
unltedly, earnestly and per5istently till ac-
cOmptished.
Resolved, That We strongly favor county
uniformity OF text books aud ask for tegis-
lation that viii secure such uniformity in
every county.
Resolveu, That We favor legislation re-
curing districts to furnish all text books
and to provide a district library.
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movement IN many counties to establish
uniform, graded course of studies in the
public schools. And we favor legislation
requiring the msasure in every county. We
also hope that this advice viii at no distant
day be followed by the establishment in
every county Of system of graded county
schools.
Resolved, That the state board Of educa-
ton Ee requested to revise and grade the
course Of study for normal Institutes, incOr-
poratlng the same study, and to supplement
mental arithmetic with a course OF profess
slOnal reading that will enable seIf-depend-
enT teachers TO acquire professional stand
ing which will exempt them from further
examination.
: Resolved, That in the Western School
journal we recognize one of the most ably
conducted educational papers in our COun-
try, and believing that by reason of its
special heIpTulness to Kansas educators it
merits their special support ud We heartily
commend 1t to every friend of education in
the state. And We recommend that super
intendents make diigent efforts to secure
It's clrcu latIOn among all teachers.
Resolved, That to the Hon. j. 81. Law
head, state superintendent of public in
strUctiOn, now about to retire from an Office
so long and hOnOrably filed, we hereby ten
der our sincere thanks for his uniform kind
ly courtesy in all his official intercourse with
US and his hearty aid and encouragement in
ali our efforts to promote the interests of
schools; also our best wishes and prayers
for his future prosperity and happiness.
At the last general meeting the fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That it is the sense Of this
association that the minium age for aduis-
sion TO the public schools for this state
should be 6 instead OF 3 years.
Resolved, That this assembly requests
the committee on programme to set apart
the last thirty minutes of each forenoon
session for the transaction of business, and
that no eXtran6Ous matter be brought before
RI 6a
literary and social workings of the assooia-
ton, and that bulletin board be placed in
the assembly room for posting notices, etc.
Resolved, That the state board of educa-
ton be requested to revise and grade ths
course of study for normal institutes and
supplemental with course OF professional
reading that will enable self-dependent
teachers to acquire professional standing
that will exempt them from further ex-
aminatiOns.
Resolved, That in view of generally adj
m1tted i'm pOrtanCe of mental arithmetic as
a study IN our schools, we request that it be
given prominent place IN che course of
study for our normal institutes.
Resolved That we recognize the 7uca-
t1onal as we'll as the practical and economical
value or thorough geological survey of the
state and hereby respectfully urge upon our
legislators the prOpriety and dssirabIlity of
the prompt Inauguration of such survey.
Resolved, That We most heartily endorse
county uniformity, and that we earnestly
education to purchase text books for their
schools.
Resolved, That the present UBIQUITOUS
system of taxation should be abolished, and
we earnestly pray our legislature to estab-
nsh couaty Or townshipssystem in which all
the schools Of the county OF township shall
be maintained for the same time
Resolved, That We condemn the use Of
TO baccO IN any form by the instructors of
our youth and that the use of tobacco bv
pupils IN or about our school buildings shall
be prohibited.
Resolved, That a committee be appoint
ed to present to the committee on education
of our legislature the importance and
necessity of the above changes in our school
laws and every member of this association
be asked to urge the necessity of the above
amendments upon the members of the
Resolved, That We extend our mos
hearty thanks to the president OF the asso
cation Tor the courteous and iun partial man
ner IN which he has presided, to the presi-
dents OF the various sections for their
i2rOmptess and courtesy in di5patching the
business of their respective section, TO the
executive committee for their untiring and
emlnently successful efforts for ths success
of this section, and to the singers who have
added so much to our pleasure.
Resolved That We recognize in the West
ern School Journal an efficient auxiliary in
our WORK; we are heartily pleased with its
past and statistic d with its present MANAGE
ment, We reJOics IN It's suc.es=, and hope to
see 1t IN the haads Of every teacher in ths
state.
On motion of Mr.. ~ ths committee ap-
pointed at the SuP5riuJaGdsntS' meeting TO
present the claims OF the county superin-
tendents to the legislator an ask for ad-
dltlonal legislation on educational subjects,
was also appointed to represent the state
association when the legislature cOnvenss,
as provided for in the resolutions.
Resolved, That the Kansas State
Teachers association desires to exoress its
hearty appreciation of the many courbssies
extended to its members by the Hon. j. II.
Lawhead, state superintendent of public
instruction, during his term of Office and to
assure him of our cordial and continued
interest in his welfare and prosperity.
Afte- some discussion a motion vas