The record-union., 1893-06-09
TEACHERS SOCIETY.
Organization Formed to Advance Ed
ucationaI Interests.
Full Text of the Constitution by Which
1t Is to be Goyerned-Good
Objects in View.

There has just been formed in the city
an organization composed of school teach
ers and others interested in educational
advancement, it's object being the ac-
quirement of knowledge. arousing new
interest in education and increasing the
influence of teachers in the community.
The society is to be known as The
Academia, and is composed of persons
who are interested III educational ad-
vancement, and willing in all respects to
comply with this constitution.
majority vote shall be necessary to
the election of any new member outside
the profession of teaching.
The initiation fee shall be twenty five
cents, and the dues ten cents month
during the school year.
The name of any member in arrears for
six months shall be stricken from the roll
OF members.
The officers shall consist of a President,
Vice. President, Secretary and Treas
urer, whose term Of office shall be one
year, and whose duties shall be those
commonly appertaining to their several
offices.
Regular meetings shall be held on the
evening Of the second Tuesday of each
month, excepting the months of August
and September. The President shall call
special meeting whenever requested by
at least seven members to do so, or when,
in his opinion, the interests of the society
demand it. The special business of the
meeting must be stated i'll the call. No
person not a member of this society shall
be admitted to the regular meetings ex
cept by special invitation, and no mem
Der shall invite the same person TO attend
more than one meeting.
majority of the members shall con-
stitute quorum for the transaction Of
business, and majority vote of those
present shall De necessary for the passage
OF any measure or proposition, and in
elections
The officers shall be elected at the regu-
lar meeting in November of each year.
The vote shall be by ballot.
The total membership of the society
shall be divided into committees of five
by the President, in alphabetical order,
and each committee shall in turn provide
programme for one of the monthly
meetings. The members of the commit
tee must themselves ill the programme,
or else must obtain suitable assistance
from those interested in the work of the
society, but not members thereof. No
member is to be called upon out of turn,
except when simple exchange may be
made as matter of convenience and
accommodation.
Refusal on the part of any member to
serve on the entertainment committee,
when appointed by the President, will be
considered an indication that the mem
Der desires to sever his connection with
the society, and his name shall be
stricken from the roll OF members; pro-
Vlded, that in case OF sickness or Tor other
sufficient cause one member may make
an exchange with another, himself serv-
ing, however, when his substitutes name
is reached in the course OF appointment
The President shall appoint each com
nltiee at least two months prior to the
meeting for which they are to provide
programme The committee shall an
nounce to the society, one month before
said meeting, the general topic which
they intend to present.
This article shall not be so construed as
to prevent informal discussion at the close
OF the regular programme. Such general
discussion shall be permissible at any
time when, in the opinion OF the Presi-
dent, the circumstances of the case war
rant it, but no person shall occupy more
than three minutes, except by consent of
the society.
This Constitution may be amended by
two-thirds vote of all the members pres
ent at any regular meeting, notice Of the
proposed amendment having been given
at the previous meeting.
On the 18th of this month the society
will meet at the High School, when the
Sandwich Islands will be the chief sub
Ject OF consideration, and papers thereon
will be read.
The present officers of the society are
Mrs. b. b. Purnell, President; Miss Min
ME sweeney, Nice-P President: Miss An
ME Weeks, Secretary; Miss Irene Rich
ardson, Treasurer.