The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-01

Ae the eight annual meeting of the
School Directors association of l.acka-
wanna county which was held ycSter-
day morning and afternoon in court
room No. 9, the following officers were
elected for the coming year: tresl-
dent, H. G. Hoffman, of JEFFERSON
township; vice presidents. Frank COW
ley, of Archibald. and T.. j. Northup, or
,;lenburn; secretary, q. 5. Rogers, "i
Dickson: treasurer. John Tuthili. ol
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The meeting was called to order at
10 o'clock by President y. ID. Dean.
The latter made the annual president $
address. choosing as his subject, I'M
prOvement OF Rural Schools lie
urged u consolidation of the country
schools and some uniform method OF
banding together and grading them.
His address was an Interesting one
and showed iii" results of careful
study of the subject.
During the remainder of the morn
ing session, the election of officers
was held. Madame De Barrie GIL
rendered several humorous selections
and Miss Louise connolly gave talk
upon "rhe Teach efs' Profession.
Tlre afternoon session was called to
order at 1.30 o'clock. and was opened
by an interesting address by state Su-
perintendent of Public instruction n.
e. Scha effer. The latter spoke of the
disposition which should be made ol
the annual state school appropriations
and urged prudence ana caution in the
handling of it, In speaking of neces-
sary improvements to country schools,
nc suggested Il carefully selected IL
brary as an important adjunct.
\ communication was then read
from the State Teachers association,
requesting that delegates be elected to
the state convention which will be
held in February. The officers of the
association We're elected as delegates
with the following alternates: Il. II.
Wardell. James r. McAndrew. Christ
l.eitner, w. II. Priest and F. j. Wal
ker. a discussion of the subject OF
school discipline was the held by w
VI. Priest. Henry Hoffman and a. r.
Dold. and the meeting was brought
to II close by II speech by Dr. Sherman
Davis. on '''Thc Education of Teach
cl's," and readings by Madame de Bar
lic Gill.
The AFTERNOON session was opened by
the regular music lesson from PROBES
sor Watkins and Miss Elizabeth Lloyd
of I.ansdownc. Pa. then asccnded the
rustl'm.
TALK On STRONG DRINK.
Miss Lloyd. in the course of her ad'
dress OH "Alocliol Il Food or Poison
said: 'rhere is u mistaken idea
about some kinds of intoxicants anC
persons utterly .verse TO all Other
forms of liquor think that Il little becl
will do no HARM after II hard days
work. Regarding wine ana cider the
same opinion prevails. Some very in
1eresting experiments on this subject
have recently been made, and the ef'
fccts of all these drinks found to be
injurious.
when Il man drinks a cup of win,
his face becomes flushed. in othel
words, the blood rushes To the face.
few minutes later. however. and vol
will find that his temperature is aC
tually lower than ii was before" Mis-
Lloyd concluded by narrating severa
experimental tests made by eminen
physicians on the subject of the effec
of alcoholic drinks ON the nervous
system, and declared that ''pcrfec
safety can only be found in total alb
Stnence.'
Amid a burst OF hearty welcoming
applause. Madame De Barrie Gill thel
made her appearance and proceeded
10 entertain her audience. She frs
sang Il succession of songs, of low
in various forms, and among differen
kinds and conditions of individuals
Love among the Fairies" and "Lov
Among the Negroes the latter de
livered with q rich, soft southern ac
cent, We're especially enjoyable, am
in answer to the applause, Madam
Glll gave Il burlesque on the Delsal
1ian system, which was of YER
amusing and humorous nature.
Miss Connolly's now familiar fac
was seen with pleasure by the teach
crs. and the lady from Washingto
immediately launched into her sub
ject "rechnical Grammar"
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