The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-05
WORKERS FOR CHILDHOOD
Annual Meeting Of the Scranton Free
kindergarten Association.
PROGRESS DURING THE YEAR
There Arc Seven kindcrsurtcns Now
Under the Direction OF the Associa.
tion and Al OF Them Are
Doing u Great Work

In the hall of the Albright Memorial
library ON Washington avenue last eve
ming the third annual meeting of the
Scranton Free kindergarten asSocia-
ton was held. The reports received
showed that an ever increasing interest
is felt in Kindergarten work hereabouts.
and shat the seven schools now under
the charge of the association are very
succc ssfu, The following officers and
committees We're selected: President,
A ID. Holland: first vice president, Mrs.
Thomas Dickson; second vice president,
Mrs. c. d. simpson; third vice presi-
dent Mrs. W. w. Scranton; secretary.
Mrs William NJ. MARBLE: corresponding
secretary, Mrs. r. II. Watkins: treas
urer. Mrs. Edward l., Fuller
Executive committee, Mrs, c. :. Wes-
ton. Mrs. j. a. Price. Mrs. James Arch
bald. Mrs. l.. u. Powell, Miss Elizabeth
Howell
Advisory board-Hon. r.. II. Ripple.
T.. Il. S,urges. Mrs. Alfred Hand.
Finance committee-E. l.. Fuller
Hon +. H. Ripple. 7. II. Watkins. Mrs.
e. u. Simpson. Mrs. j. X. Cohen, Mrs
q. Gu b Dimmick.
GENERAL. COMMITTEE,
General con-. ,ter Colonel and Mrs
H. NJ. Boics. Llr and Mrs. Alfred
II.
Dickson. Mr. and Mrs. C. IL. Weiles
W. II. Smith. Mrs. W. W. Scranton
AIR and Mrs. L. l.. Fuller. Mr.. and
Mrs r. II. Watkins. Mrs. ]. r. Cohen,
MIR and Mrs. Luther Keller, Hon. L. H.
Ripple, Rabbi Feuerlicht. Mrs. u du
8. Dinmick, Mrs. NJ. W. Lowry Mrs
f.. n. Willard. Mrs. William Connell, f.
B. Sturgcs, q. W. Phillips. Mrs. Frank
Jermyn. Mrs. y. :. Weston. Mrs. u. H.
Hand. Mrs. l.. B. Powell. Henry Beiln
jr., Mrs. a. NJ. Decker, Mrs. c; ID. simp-
son. Miss Elizabeth Howell, Mrs. Aaron
Goldsmith. Mrs. c. l.. Frey, Mrs. Will
liam NJ. Marble, Mrs. James Archibald
Miss NJ. Worcester, William II. Taylor
Mrs r. a. Squier Mrs. John Roll, Mrs
James Z. Dickson Mrs. Charles Schlag-
er, a. ID. Holland, Miss Charlotte
Hand.
The meeting was opened with a short
address by the presiding officer, n. ID.
Holland. who spoke of the nature OF
the work the association was doing ana
the encouragement il had received.
Then were heard the reports of the va
rious kindcrgartens under the associa-
tons charge.
REPORTS OF THE WORK.
Miss Gertrude Northup submitted the
report of the work done at the Linden
street synagogue kindergarten ana MISS
Bessie Rice, of Green Ridge chapel kim
dergarten one of the four DAISY
memorial kindergartens established by
Mrs. Frances Hackley, of New YORK,
in memory of her daughter. Daisy.
The other kindergartens made possible
by Mrs. Hackley's generosity are To-
| Gated in the Lutheran church at Arch
bald: the Ridge. near Archibald, and
ON the West Side of this city. Reports
| for these were presented by Miss Fow-
| Ter. Miss Edith Hull and Miss Cowen
! in the order named.
The report of the Simpson kindergar-
ten, supported at Simpson. this county,
by Simpson Il Watkins, was made by
Miss Meade and of the Old Forge kim
dergarten supported by the Old Forge
Coal company by Miss Helen II. Che
ney.
Mr. Holland announced that the
Archibald kindergarten would be re-
moved from the Lutheran church as
Mrs. Hackiey had decided to erect a
building that will have accummOda-
tions for loo pupils In the building
provisions will also be made for a read
ing room for young men.
Tho renort Of Treasurer h. l.. Fuller
showed that on May /. 1885. there was
$2SS2i in his hands. During the year
$i.SI067 had been expended but the re-
ceipts exceeded the expenditures to
such an extent that he now has $59i.4O
on hand.
MISS CLARK'S REPORT.
A. D. Holland read the report of Miss
Katharine Hall Clark. who conducts
the training school for Undergraduates
and who also exercises a general super
vision over all of the kindergartens Of
| the association. Miss Clark has occu-
| pied this position since last September.
| but will return to her home in New
| England at the close of the terms work.
| having rendered her resignation to the
association. After reviewing the work
| done during the year, Miss Clark's re-
| port closed as follows:
II cannot sufficiently express my re-
gret at severing my official relations
with the Scranton Free kindergarten
association. The work to ME has been
| from the first, fraught with the great
est possibilities. and the spirit that ev-
| erywhere has been brought to develop
the charitable purpose of the oreaniza-
ton has been constant help and in
| spiration to me. In rendering my
resignation / did so with the feeling
| that to me the severance would be a
personal loss. but with the profound
est conviction that other duties called
stronger. | leave my duties here with
| the tirmest faith in the strength of the
| association to- develop the great work
it has undertaken. Knowing as | do its
executive power and wisdom.
THE results cannot be measured by
statistics. The vindication of the fu-
ture alone can give any just estimate
| of the limitlcss good we hope is being
! done day by day. Therefore ! feel no
anxiety for the work in Scranton.
| ITO all who are SO earnestly engaged
in it. the members of the association.
the teachers and the students in the
training class | leave an affectionate