Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-12-10

His7etSS ~ " pcIH1tl them TO provide IQf
the inevitable rainy day" The Re
tirement Fund solves this perplexing
often heart-breaking question and We
appeal to boards Of education for their
outspoken good will and support.
Seventh-The Fund is not under a
cent of administrative expense. Every
dollar of premiums (dues) paid by the
teachers goes into the annuity ac.
count; the law prohibits the trustees
from spending farthing of the money
furnished by the teachers for any pur-
pose except the payment of annuities,
the law restricts investments to the
same class of securities as those au-
thorized for savings bank, the trustees
serve without compensation but re
ceive their travelling expenses out OF
the State appropriation.
Eighth-The plan of the Fund, as at
present constituted, was formulated
and approved by the foremost business
men and actuaries in the State of
New Jersey. All these facts lead us
to believe that our institution is abso.
lutely sound. At any rate the Fund to
date has met its every obligation in
full and on time and has accumulated
a surplus of $100,00000. The member.
ship is now growing at such a rate as
to convince us that membership and
income will be fully doubled before
the door closes on New Years Day
The following were elected officers of the
Association for the ensuing year:
President, D T. Steelman; vice president
Theodore Fleetwood; recording secretary,
II. L. Handle; financial secretary, J. S.
Tharp; treasurer. Daniel Davis.
Before entering upon a discussion of
Modern Educational Problems at the
afternoon session, T. D. Sensor, of the
State Department made a plea for the
Teachers Retirement Fund. He asserted
that New Jersey is making history and
teachers ought TO see its practical import
ance Teachers are now looking at it in
a business-Iike way and he advised those
who are debating the subject to decide in
favor Of the Fund
Taking NJ his safl#es. sff ssasar said
the important factor is training country
boys and girls. The cities, he asserted, are
alive TO the situation. but the country DIS
tricts are sound asleep
He referred to the fact that al the Omaha
exposition 500, 600 ii cash prizes were
offered in the corn exhibit. He said the
production of corn IN the United States was
a billion bushels and then proceeded to
give his experience in investigating 30
common product as corn, to prove how
important is knowledge in simplest oper-
ations.
There was good audience at the even
ing session when Dr. Myron T. Scudder, Of
Rutgers College, discussed play as a
Socializing Factor in Country Life, bns
we regret that so few Woodbury. people
ayailed themselves Of this opportunity to
s'ges next to great national movement
that must be accepted here sooner or later.
He showed by statistics what big cities
of the country are doing in this line. and
many small communities are doing in sgs-
tamatising play, and making it an import
ant adjunt TO mental and physical develop
ment. Learning to play well learns to work
well. Play is not merely fun, but means
of developing character The boy withoRt
a playground is likely to be man with
out job, and this applies to country as
we'll as city children. Better care for the
children in early life than as jail birds
afterward, . were some Of his statements