The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
DIRECTORS CONVENTION.
Most Successful Meeting Of Fulton COun
ty School Directors Ever Held.
FOrty.twO Present.

nOuSe, laSJ thursday AFTERNOON
and Friday forenoon; and in point
of attendance and in the intelll-
gent manner in which many Of
them took part in the discussion
of the questions brought before
them, the convention stands as
one of the most successful IN the
history of the organization.
Notwithstanding the inclem-
ency of the weather, one, half Of
the whole number of directors In
the County answered to their
names at the roll call at the be-
ginning of the sessions, although
some OF them had driven a dis.
tance of thirty miles to be pres.
ent.
The officers for 1910 were re.
elected to serve during the year
1911.
S. W. Cline, of Dublin; B. A.
Truax, of Belfast, and M. w.
Mace, of McConnellsburg, were
appointed to serve as a committee
on Legislation.
j. II. Truax, of Thompson and
Hon. S. l.. Buckley, of Dublin,
were elected delegates to the
State Directors Convention to be
held IN the city of Harrisburg.
"The Small. School Problem"
was the first topic for discussion,
and was opened by S. w. Kirk,
followed by S. W. Cine and
others. The Convention, how.
ever, soon headed toward the
Capitalization idea, and among
others, the following points were
brought out; l. Many of our
schools are too small to do good
work, even with the most efficient
of teachers. 3. Combining the
very small schools with other
schools would greatly increase
the advantage of the pupils, and
would be a great saving of money
to the taxpayers of the district.
3. Fewer schools, would bring
about more uniform system of
work. 4. Fewer schools and bet
ter results may be had at a re-
duced cost.
DR.. Chas. II. Gordinler was
then introduced to the convention
and he spoke on physical Con.
ditions and Physical Condition. "
The learned Doctor recommend.
ed better houses, better appara.
tus, better care of the children,
&c. In this connection, he dis
cussed the proposed medical ex-
ANIMATION of all school children of
the State.
The lecture IN the evening on
"Nozzles" was a mastery effort,
and an intellectual treat to those
who were fortunate enough to be
present. The theme underlying
the subject is "The Conservation
of Force"
Friday morning roll call was
answered by fortyfour embers.
After devotional exercises by
Rev. j. M. Dlehl of the Presby-
terian church, the subject "The
Monthly Meeting" was opened
by Mr.. Glenn Chestnut, followed
by many other directors.
DR. Gordinler gave very prac.
tical address on "The Director as
Supervisor"
He urged directors to a more
careful and systematic supervls.
ION. More visiting by the dlrec.
tors was held up as a necessity in
order to improve the conditions
in our school work.
We say for this meeting having
the largest attendance of any
ever held, that it will result IN
great good to the schools of the
county. Every director present
showed a spirit of interest. The
discussions of the directors was
above the average. The ideas in
every instance were along pro.
gressive lines. We can only say
to those that were absent that
you missed an opportunity that
was worth your while. May the
next of the kind be still better.
The following is a list of the
directors in attendance.
AYR-N. W. Holman, D. L.
Rinedollar, Samuel Mellott and
George Humbert.