Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-12-10
DIRECTORS
CONVENTION.

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Of Pike County School Directors met
in the Court House last Monday and
was called to order by President
f. s. Wolfe. Other officers present
were First V. P, E. B. Labar, sec
ond @. A. Knealing, Secretary W.
VetterleIn and County Superinten
L. Westbrook,
Prayer was offered by Rev. W. H
Kindt OF Matamoras. After a brief
address by J. d. Van Etten on some
of the duties of school director.
Rev w Il Kindt in a very interesting
talk urged the cultivation Of music in
public schools. It creates enthusi-
ssm, brings air in the lungs, is edu-
eational and cultivates patriotism.
Prof. R. M. McNeal Of the Depart
ment Of Educa tion spoke on the
duties Of directors in attending TO the
bus % 9ess part of their Offices. To
make appropriations for main
taineDce and accordingly as they
desire better schools win they be
more liberal in spending money.
His talk in the evening was to show
that education paid. Taking q man
without any school education and
showing what was his earning capac-
ity and comparing it with the wsge
earning power Of men who had ad-
vanoed thru the public school, then
the high school and then thru col
leges, or the schouls for special train
ing, he proved that a boys time in
school la money return might be
estimated safely at ten dollars day,
thus demonstrating that an educs-
ton paid. and that boys who shirked
schools or were permitted to leave
them were makiug a financial mis-
take to say nothing of his sacrifice
of the after satisfaction and advan-
tage in having secured one.
At the session Tuesday morning
Prof McNeal gave many valuable
suggestions as to what qualifications
directors should require in teachers,
among them that they should have
the faculty of imparting knowledge
that it is not sufficient that teacher
be a scholar but that he or she
should have the power to make pu-
pills comprehend the thing taught,
also that teacher should be a good
disciplinarian. That many children
do not have proper control at home
nor correct moral training and it de-
wolves on the teacher 10 supplement
their DEFICIENCIES and to guide the
child to a higher plane Of mental
and moral development. His talk
was practical and based on long ex.
perience as a teacher and instructor.
combined with close observation as
to the best educational methods.
The following were elected officers
for next year, President G. w. Bal
1st Vice Pres Geo. A. Knealing. 2nd
Vice Pres. w ]. Keesler, Secretary
W. vetterlein, Treasurer, Jas. p
Van Etten.
j. q Van Etten was elected a del
egate to the State Convention of Di-
rectors which meets at Harrisburg
On motion it was resolved to hold
the next Convention at the close Of
teachers institute week. 1t wal
thought this would give directors az
opportunity to attend the institute
and also that teachers might attent
the Convention If they so desired.
Report of Committees.
We, the school directors Of Pix
County assembled in convention d
hereby adopt the Following resolu
tions;
Whereas directors in general havl
been delinquent in complying will
the law in the matter of visiting
! schools, and also in keeping schoo
buildings in sanitary snd comfortabI
, condition, therefore be it resolves
) that we urge upon the various sshoC
t boards of Pike County, tie necsssit,
' OF complying with these importan
> provisions Of the school law.
: Resolved, that as we believe vooa
r music would elevate the moral ton
! of our schools we hereby request on
, teachers to give 1t place on thei
program.
+ Resolved, that appreciating th
: necessity of centralizing the rurl
schools and realizing that under th
present laws Of the State, a seho,
district closing a school, also II
J. amount received under the min
C mum salary law, amounting to aboJ
8 $1,000 a month in eases where 81
: teachers are employed.
r, Therefore, be it resolved by Il
It Pike County Directors Association
Is that we ask the Pennsylvania D
It rectors Association and the Super
At tendents department Of the Sta
5 Educational Association to rec
ID mmend the following Legislation