Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-05-14
COUNTY SCHOOL
TRUSTEES MEET
First Annual Meeting Of Elmore
County School Trustees Held
Wednesday, May IL.

The first annual meeting of the
school trustees of Elmore county was
held at the Standard Opera house
last Wednesday, May 11th This meet.
ing was called by the county superin-
tendant In obedience to a law pass
ed by our last legislators that trust
ees OF the county organize into an as
ISOLATION and have annual meeting
for the discussion of ways and means
to improve our school system all ov-
er the state. Trustees from all the
districts in the county were invited to
attend this meeting.
The following trustees from the va
rlous districts in the county were In
attendance at this meeting Mr.. Geo.
Butler, of Atlanta Mr. William Deck.
ard OF Pine; Mrs. Lizzie Wayte of the
Jackson district; w. E. Wilson of
Cold Springs; Mr.. H. Il. Hubert and
and Mrs. George Robertson of Glenns
Ferry; Messrs +. G. Gillett and
Henry Haler of King Hill; Mr.. Will
liam Rogers of Hammett and J. p.
Averill of Thurman district. But we
regret that the trustees of the Noun
tain Home district were decidedly CON
spicuous by their absence from all
the sessions OF the meeting.
This meeting being state affair
leading educators of the state nsti
tutions were on the program as well
as our state superintendent, Miss S.
Belle Chamberlain.
The address of welcome was made
by ID. w. Shelter in a brief but very
appropriate talk ON the important part
that our educational systems play in
the great game OF life. violin solo
was beautifully rendered by Mrs. win
T. Montgomery.
Prof. p. II. Soulen Of the Univer-
sity of Idaho at Moscow, gave very
instructive address on "'The Trained
and INIT aimed Teacher" and very
ably emphasized the fact how neces'
sary, to efficient work, it was to EN-
ploy the very best of teachers who
were trained in their profession and
who had an interest in their work so
as to make 1t equally interesting to
the child whose future character they
were moulding.
Prof. G. A. Axline, president of the
Albion Normal School addressed the
meeting on "The Great Problem OF
School Authority" With his several
years of experience in the school
work he was able to handle his sub
ject In a manner that wasbothvery
instructive and interesting to his lis
teners. Prof Axline Is an earnest
man in his profession and has brought
the Albion Normal up to Standard
where it has never been before.
Prof. Miles f. Reed, president of
the Academy Of Idaho at Pocatello,
spoke on Education for Rural Life"
and pointed out in many ways where
the present conditions in rural dis
tricts could be improved.
Prof. p. II. Wooster of the Lewis
ton State Normal, gave a short talk
on the "R laton of Rural Schools to
Rural We are" which was very in
structiv ON point of common
sense in pdlding and equipping ru-
raj school house and the various 9TH
er purposes it could be used for.
Miss s. Belle Chamberlain, our
state superintendent, the last of the
speakers, addressed the meeting on
the subject of "The Responsible Trus-
tee." She classed the trustees as the
business managers of the school and
upon them theeir great re-
sponsibilities they bear to the future
rulers of our great nation in build
ing suitable quarters and equipping
them and in the employing of teach
ers who were fitted to carry on the
great and noble work of educating
our children. Miss Chamberlain was
responsible for introducing and urg-
Ing the passage of the law which
brought together the trustees of The
county in this meeting.
Miss Bessie Galloway Rendered
beautiful vocal solo by the assistance
Of Mrs. Nile Carr at the piano.
Altho none of the Mountain Home
school trustees were present at TINS
profitable gathering which was intend
I'd for their benefit as well as the