The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-01-04
STATE ASSOCIATION.

The State Association held at Portland
last week was without parallel in the his
tory of our state. The enrolment showed
an attendance of over seven hundred teach
ers. the like of which has never been among
us; also the character of the discussions
written and oral, was such that the various
associations have asked for the publication
of every address made during the session
The departments of superintendence, col
leges, and public school teachers were vel
attended from the outset. In the opening
address, hearty welcome was given tc
Supt- Elect Irwin, who will soon assume
the duties of his office. The farewell re.
marks made to State Supt. MeElroy were
very touching to those who labored with
this grand educational leader during the
past twelve years.
The following resolutions were unani-
mously adopted by the three departments,
introduced by President P. L. Campbell:
Whereas, After continuous service OF
twelve years as state superintendent of the
public schools of Oregon, Superintendent
E. B. McElroy is now about to retire from
office, and
Whereas, As state superintendent, he
has been untiring in his Efforts to promote
the welfare of the schools of the state, beth
public and private, and has advanced the
public school system from a condition of
crude beginnings to one of great efficiency
and order; and
Whereas, By his effective work i'll i'm
proving the school system, he has been of
incalculable service to the higher educa-
tional Institutions of the state, both in the
way of increasing the general desire for
higher education and in providing students
better qualified to Center upon course of
collegiate study; therefore be 1t
Resolved, That this association tender
to Superintendent McElroy vote of thanks
in appreciation of his loyalty and zeal
in laboring for the great educational inter-
ests of the state as represented in all classes
of public schools, academies and higher in
stitutions of learning
FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT.
Inasmuch as Hon. E. B. McElroy is now
about to close one of the. longest and most
successful terms of office as state superin-
t.ndent ever held in this nation, therefore
be it
Resolved, That we hereby expresses our
gratitude to Superintendent McEiroy for
his persistent efforts in placing our educa-
tional system on such a basis that our
schools, the pride of Oregon, will command
the admiration of this great republic.
FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
Whereas, State Superintendent E. B.
McElroy has been for twelve years at the
head of public instruction III Oregon, and
Whereas, With the close of this year,
Superintendent McElroy retires from his
official relation to the teachers and schools
of this state, and
Whereas, This convention, soon to ad-
juurn, is the last assembling of the teachers
of the state, during his term OF office,
therefore,
Resolved, That we, the teachers ef Ore.
gon, appreciate the long, faithful and ef
fcient services of Superintendent McEiroy,
who, both at home and abroad, has Iabored
with untiring energy for the schools and
teachers in this state; and that we tender
Superintendent McElroy our most cordial
good wishes for his success in the new field
of labor he is soon to enter