The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-07
FREE KINDERGARTEN work
Meeting Of the Scranton Association
In the Albright Library.
REPORTS INDICATE PROGRESS
Encouraging Growth of Three Scranton
Schools and Ono Each In Old Forge
and Simpson. All Managed by tho
Association-Officcrs Chosen.

The annual meeting and election Of
officers of the Scranton Free Kinder
garten association was held last night
In the lecture room of the Albright
library, and was attended by about
thirty men and women who are inter-
ested in the work. and who represent
the best known people of the city.
The business of the meeting, over
which A. ID. Holland presided, included
the reports OF officers and of the teach
ers of the five schools under the i'm
mediate direction of the association,
and of the South Side school main
tained by st. Lukes church. An in
terestng part of the session was the
reading of kindergarten paper which
was written by Miss Katherine II.
Clark. Of Exeter, N. H., who will come
to Scranton to succeed Miss Mary T..
Salisbury as teacher of the No ] school
on Washington avenue.
Following are the officers elected for
the kindergarten year beginning June
|:
A. D. Holland president; Mrs. Thorn
as Dickson, first vice president; Mrs. c..
ID. Simpson, second vice president; Mrs.
Alfred Hand, third vice president: Mrs.
M. w. Lowry, secretary; Mrs. w. c..
Partridge, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. f. l.. Fuller treasurer; Mrs. II. II.
Watkins, Mrs. James Archibald. Mrs.
j. A. Price, Mrs. l.. Il. Powell and Miss
Elizabeth Howell. executive committee;
Mrs. H. M. Boies, Mrs A. NJ. Decker,
Mrs. G. du b. Dimmick, Mrs. Luther
Keller and Mrs. w. M. MARBLE, investi-
cation committee: Rev. w. G. Part
ridge, Colonel Il. II. Ripple and Mrs.
Alfred Hand advisory board; f. L..
Fuller, Colonel Ripple, II. II. Watkins,
Mrs. Willard, Mrs. c. ID. Simpson and
Miss Charlotte Hand, finance commit
tee.
The Reports Presented.
Following is a list of the reports pre-
sentcd: No. | school. Washington ave-
nue., Miss Mary Il Salisbury, teacher,
read by Mrs. l.. b. Powell; No. 2, Cha
pei kindergarten, corner of New York
street and Washington avenue, read by
the teacher, Miss H. H. Cheney; No.
3, school of the Jewish synagogue, on
Linden street taught by training
school pupils, Miss Gertrude Northup
and Miss Elizabeth Wolfe, read by A.
ID. Holland; Old Forge school, read by
the teacher, Miss Warner; Simpson
school, read by the teacher Miss Mead;
st. Luke's school, 713 Cedar avenue,
read by Mrs. Layton Oakford, chair
man of st. Lukes kindergarten com
mittee. The No / and chapel schools
are maintained exclusively by the asso-
clation; the Jewish synagogue school
is supported in part by the Society of
Hebrew women; the Old Forge school
Is supported by Mr.. and Mrs. Il. l..
Fuller and the Old Forge Coal Mining
company; the Simpson school, in the
mining town Of that name above Car
bondale, is maintained by Simpson &
Watkins; st. Luke's is supported by the
church of that name. Excepting the
latter, the schools are managed by the
association.
Each of the reports represented n
marvellous and encouraging growth
since the kindergarten idea was started
early in 1898.
Facts That Arc Interesting.
The following excerpts from Miss
Salisbury's No school report illus
trates comparatively the progress of all
the schools: When the 1S94-95 term
opened Sept. r. 1894, forty-three pupils
were enrolled the number becoming
permanently fixed at sixty-ive, and on
several occasions sixty-siX children
were present in the room. A total of
1873 American, Jewish, italian and col
ored families were represented during
the year. The fashioning Of studies ac-
cording to the characteristics of each
month was explained, and a very en-
couraging reference made to the sue
cess of the training school for teachers.
The following We're mentioned as
members of the association, and who
have contributed nearly $4,000 towards
its support, in sums varying from SO to
5000. The membership fee is 50: an
nual sustaining members pay $40 or
more: Mrs. James Archibald, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. II. Buell., Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ.
Boies, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Belin, Frank
Fl. Clemons, Mrs. L. p. Cushing, Mrs.
Thomas Dickson, Mrs. James p. Dick
son, Alexander Dickson, Rev. Amanda
Deyo, Mrs. A. NJ. Decker, Mr.. and Mrs.
II u. II i
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Hand Miss II. J.
Hand, Miss c. C. Hand, Miss II. s.
Hand. Miss II. B. Hand, Mrs. d. B.
Hand, Mr.. and Mrs. w. +. Halstead,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. d. Holland. j. w.
Howarth, Rev. and Mrs. Rogers Israel.
Mr. and Mrs. John Jermyn, o. S. John
son, Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. Kingsbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Keller, ex-Judge
Fl. A. Knapp. S. G. Kerr, Mrs. M. w.
Lowry, Mrs. Fred Lintner, Mr.. Daniel
Langstaff, Mrs. william NJ. Marple, DR..
r. w. Montgomery, Mrs. Thomas
Moore, w. r. McClave, Miss Ella Platt,
Mrs. r. @. Powell, Mrs. X. G. Price, @.
w. Phillips, Rev. w. G. Partridge, Jen-
kin $. Reese, Miss Esther Rowlands,
Mrs. John Roll, Colonel and Mrs. E. Fl.
Ripple Conrad Schroeder Mr. and Mrs.
Il. b. Sturges, Mr.. and Mrs. c. ID. Simp-
son, Mr. and Mrs. w. II. Smith, Mrs.
X. A. Squire, Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Tay-
lor, Miss Maggie Torrey, G. b. Thomp-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Whittemore,
Miss Worcester, c. II. Welles, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. s. Weston, Mrs. G. l.. Whit
more, Miss Bessie Whitmore, William
Connell. Mrs. Simon Rice Mrs. G. T..
Roos. =. B. Finley, DR.. A. ]. Connell,
Goldsmith Bros, Mrs. r. II. Jermyn,
John Simpson, John Cleland, w. II.
Peck, G. w. Fritz, Morris Goldsmith,
Rev. and Mrs. James Mcleod, Mrs.
Thomas Moore, Mrs. G. Du B. DIM
mick. Mrs. Warren G. Partridge,
James A. Linen, Mrs. L. b. Powell.
Mayor and Mrs. Connell, Miss Lizzie
Howell, Il. G.. Coursen. Mrs. c. L. Frey,
Mrs. c. II. Welles Miss Laura L. Boice
Mrs. w. r. Mcclure, Mrs. A. w. Whit
more, Mrs. r. II. Watkins, Miss Ella
Brown, Mrs. l.. p. Gushing, Mrs.
Canon, w. II. Langstaff. Miss Emma
Osand. Mrs. e. S. Reed, Miss Margaret
Torrey.