The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1910-05-18
Superintendents
Leave For Home After Inter
eSting Session--Report of
Proceedings.

The Convocation of County Superin-
tendents for the Eastern Kentucky Nor
NAL District convened in the Chapel of
the Normal School at two o'clock Tues
day afternoon with Mr.. G. c. Sanduskv.
Jessamine county, in the chair as acting
! president. The Convocation united in
singing MY Country Tis of Thee. ."
Prof.. Boothe read portion of the scrip
ture and all joined in prayer. Supt.
SanduSky then appointed Supt. Mamie
q. Faulconer, of Fayette, as secretary,
and then delivered a short address in
which he spoke of the Convocation as a
business proposition that should bring
good results both to the Normal School
and to the common schools. He paid a
h 1 g h tribute 10 Ex-Superintendent
Crabbe in that he had been uniformly
kind in making courteous and painstak-
ing replies to all questions or calls for
help from the several county superin-
tendents. bSupt. Sandusky then suggest
ed that the various committees neces-
sary TO conduct the meeting be elected
instead of appointed. Supt. Regenstein
then moved, and il was seconded and
carried, that the chair appoint the COM
mlttees. Supt. Money, of Shelby, Supt.
ID. ii. Starns, of Grant county, and Supt.
w. &. KoZee, of Carter, were appointed
a committee on resolutions. Supt Bark
ley, of Harrison, Supt. Jessie o. Yancey.
OF Mason, and Supt S. II. Kennedy, of
kentOn, were appointed committee on
nominations. At the suggestion of Supt.
RegenStein, a committee was appointed
TO bring in report upon Graded Schools
and High Schools They were to have
year TO gather data. The Committee
was composed of Supt. Ora Adams, of
Mercer, Supt. J. O'Daniel, of Lawrence
county, and Supt. J. W. Kelley, of
Campbell county.
Supt. Money gave an able address up-
on Problems of the Past Year" and
was followed by a round table discussion
at which Supt. RegensteIn presided
This proved of much value and instruc-
ton to those present. The main ques-
ton was Should the County Board of |
Education assume the payment of the |
old debts of the sub-districts?''
All the superintendent unanimously |
joined IN the opinion that these debts !
should be paid. President Crabbe /
then invited the visitors to an inspection |
OF the building and grounds. Its needless /
to say that the grounds are the most /
beautiful in the state and the new dormi- |
tory for the girls is magnificent, COM
modiouS and slightly. The writer was
sadly impressed by the lack of room,
where dormitory made to accommo-
date one hundred and fifty girls, was
forced to shelter two hundred and twen-
ty-tive. Alas. there is vast difference
between marble stalls and costly stables
OF the thoroughbred horse with the at
tentlon he receives, and the crowded and
do the best you can" life which the
splendid boys and girls of old Kentucky
are compelled to live in their schools
furnished by the present state authori-
ties. When Will the men of Ken
lucky rise up in their m ig h { and
demand that their children shall be as
well treated as their horses? The splen-
did equipment of a splendid school
must be furnished. Kentucky needs
Il, she demands it, she shall have il or
we shall know the reason why. From
he dormitory, the Model and Practice
schools were visited and the visitors
we're than conducted to the Science De-
1artment conducted by Prof. G. ID.
Smith. I
The evening exercises opened at !
even thirty Tuesday evening with
plendidly executed piano solo by Mrs. |
'iotrowska. Devotional exercises were T;
conducted by Prof. G. ID. Smith. The !
Normal Glee Club gave double musi- I
al number which so pleased the audi
nee that they were compelled TO render
n encore.
DIR. J. G. Crabbe then delivered the
ddress of welcome in his happiest vein. =
While he had been constantly endeav- .
ring to welcome the visitors the entire 7
ay by his courtesy and considerate !,
cts, yet their hearts were warmed anew
Then he rendered the president an i'm
lense key tied with red and white rib u
on which he said was the key TO the &
formal heart. The latch string was s.
ut but the key was the open sesame by o
hitch the superintendent entered into Il
lner sanctuary of the Normal heart a
nd home. He ended by saying that he
onored and loved his guests for all that fl
hey were and all that they represented; I;
n their education, culture, character. ei
ld their service for the great cause of W
lucation and that in the near future d
lie school bell should sound from every h
he and every mountain top in the ii
and old state OF Kentucky. CO
As Mr. NJ. B. Hifner, of Woodford Id
)unty, was absent the president asked
w. Rogers, Ex-Superintendent of al
arrison county, to respond to DR.. IN
able. Mr.. Rogers was happy TO be az
It'll his old comrades again and said 70
at he had expected to be only an on pc
0ker; that among the has been-ers. al
c is-is-ers, and the wiiLbe-ers, he had m
pected to be only a has-been-ers; and u, IN
We nobody say nothing TO him, but III
e air Of welcome that Dr. Crabbe had. ea
d entered the soul of everyone present u
d he again joined with the compan-
IS Of old to rejoice and be glad in the his
ssence Of the great work being done for
the Eastern Kentucky Normal. ha
Prof. J. w. Ireland, of Stanford, with "a I,
wonderful baritone rendered ''Sing
TO Sleep" The audience would not POI
satisfied with one number and he OH
S compelled to return and sing ssThe ING
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