The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-04-04
DIRECTORS CONVENTION
Which was Held In tine Court House in
this Place, Last Wednesday Afternoon
and Thursday was a Success.
DR.. BYRON W. KING WAS IN A WRECK

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county met in the Court House,
McConnellsburg, Pa, March %,
1906, at l:30 p. IN.
| DR.. w. #. Sappington, of Ayr
township, presided, and Rev. W.
F. Cline, a director from Dublin
township, conducted the DEVOTION
al exercises.
The roll call showed an attend.
ance of thlrty.five directors, rep.
resentlng all the townships of the
county except Union. This dis
tr ct would have been represent
ed had it not been for the swollen
condition of the streams.
Supt. Barton made brief open
iLg address outlining the work
for the convention.
"What should be the Guide IN
the Selection of Teachers" was
very ably discussed by Hon. Jno.
P. Sipes. Mr.. Sipes had made a
careful study of the subject and
his address was full of helpful
suggestions and was listened to
with marked interest.
A general discussion followed
in which Rev. Cline, M. L. Truax,
j. H. Johnston, and Supt. Barton
participated.
"Should Teachers be Required
to Attend Local Institutes and
Educational Meetings" was dis
cussed by Jno. HI. FL. Lewis, Amos
w. Duvall, Rev. Cline, and others.
1t was clearly shown from the
discussion of this topic that the
directors of the county are fully
aware of the .,ood to be derived
from local institutes and that they
are thoroughly in sympathy with
this feature of our school work.
Byron w. King, of tsburg,
was billed to lecture In the Court
House Wednesday evening, out
failed to put IN an appearance.
The McConnellsburg band sui
stltuted tor the lecturer and gave
the audience an hour of delight
ful musical entertainment.
1t was not until Friday morning
that Supt. Barton learned of Mr..
Kings whereabouts, when tele.
gram announced that he had been
IN a wreck, while enroute to our
town.
The Tuesday morning session
opened at $50. Devotional exer'
cises conducted by Rev. A. g,
Wolf, of the Lutheran church OF
McConnellsburg.
The Text Book and Supply Pr1
blem was well discussed by L. Fl,
Truax, Amos w. Duvall, M. l..
Truax, Jno. P. Sipes. Jno H. FL.
Lewis, and others. 1t was shown
from this discussion that the Sup
!, ply Problem has been pretty well
solved within. the last year, as the
plan laid down by the superinten
dent last fall has reduced the cost
of supplies about one-half over
previous years and without Injury
to the schools. But the text. book
! problem is yet hard proposltor
for directors, yet we believe thai
1t too Will in due time be master
ed.
The township High School was
we'll discussed by DR.. Sapping
ton, Geo. w. Sipes, l.. III, While
!. Rev. Cline and Wilson Waltz. II
was quite evident from this dis
cussion that Capitalization anc
High Schools are both growing ir
favor with our school boards.
The closing address of the con
vention was made by Prof. II. M
: Griffith. Thisaddress was full o.
interest and received the apprecl
ative attention of all present.
A resolution was passed by th'
! convention, relative to codlfyins
the schools laws of Pennsylvania
and l.. H. Wicle was elected a rep
-. 4 resentatlve from this county u
= meet with delegates from othe
), counties, at Harrisburg, mex
spring, for the purpose of slmpli
. flying our school laws
Il l.. Ii. WHILE,
Secretary.