The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-23

Sterling; w. B. Lesher, Sterling;
w. e. Hafles, Sterling; R. R. Stew
ems, Sterling; Heenan Gale, Braman;
Robert Whitaker, South Sterling.
Saturday Morning.
The Saturday morning session of
the Wayne County School Directors
Association opened at 8 o'clock with
President R. NJ Stocker in the chair.
The minutes of last years meeting
were read and approved.
Some discussion followed on the
apparent loss of the bylaws" their
present location not being known.
President Stocker suggested that he
could find out perhaps by looking
up the newspaper files.
The annual election of officers
was then held, and resulted as fol-
lows: President, Harry Atkinson,
Hawley; secretary, A. NJ. Leine,
Honesdale; treasurer, Fred Saund-
ers, Honesdale; vice-presidents,
Thomas Dunn, Mt. Pleasant; DR.. c..
E. Eilenberger, Gouldsboro. Five
Convention. They are: E. r. Bodie,
James F.. Mahlin, Mt. Pleasant;
Lesher, Sterling.
DR.. A. ]. Simons, Newfoundland,
gave an interesting report on the
last State Convention. One of the
speakers at that convention said,
Take sufficient time to build your
school house. Build substantially.
Get an architect. Have ample cloak
room"
Hon. Alonzo T. Searle, President
Judge of Wayne county, delivered
the first address. In part he said:
Besides being a school director
to-day, / am here as a representative
of the 800 men who have sat on the
Judges bench. Every Judge has
been at some time school direc-
| tor"
! Judge Searle related a number OF
| interesting anecdotes about some OF
! the men who have worn the ermine
in Wayne county. Judge Porter,
he continued, ''in sentencing a young
man to prison, said: 81 trust young
man you'll spend some time in the
/ penitentiary cursing whisky which
brought you here" Eyes, YouI
Honor, / will and Porter too"
Judge Purdy was an honest
judge and meant to be fair to every
man"
Judge Searle said in the course o
his remarks that he came here II
1881; that he helped to organize the
directors association, and acted a.
its first president.
THE school directors" he wen
on, "ought to direct and take charge
OF the school. Do not be led by pub
lie clamor. Do what you think Il
right regardless of public clamor
Do your duty as you know it anC
trust to the end to come out right.
(Applause.)
"Pd advise you to read. the schoo
laws carefully. Choose a teacher
and when you choose one make tn
first requisite CHARACTER, the sec
ond, CHARACTER and the third
! CHARACTER. The County Super
intendent will take care of the edu
cational qualifications.
"In the choice OF teachers yo,
want one to whom you could trus
your child, for teacher eithe
= damns or makes a child through tim
and eternity.
Look to the school room. Sc
that the school room is kept clea
and orderly and well-yentilated
, Have two thermometers in the room
Have the flag planted on ever
school house in Wayne county, $
that every boy may be inspired t
patriotism. Look out for the SUI
plies. See that they are gotten an
kept on hand. Visit the schools
The law says you must visit ther
once a month. | visited the school
once a month. as a director, and
am a very busy man, You may sa
| am not acquainted with what
/, taught here? That don't make an
; difference. You can see whether tn
T. teachers are doing what they ougf
! to do, whether they are keeping OF
= der or not, whether the children az
!, neat and clean.
!. lone of your duties is to look a
!, ter the boys outside of the schoO