The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-11-02

ton, which meets in Hannibal next
month
Resolutions.
We, your committee on rcsolu- /
tions, beg leave to submit the fol- /
lowing resolutions;
Resolved, First-That we note /
with pleasure the splendid advance
ment of educational interest in |
Southeast Missouri as indicated by |
| the attendance at this meeting which F,
is the largest in the history of the
organization.
Second-That we heartily indorse
| the action of the last General AS
sembly in giving us the present law
! for the certiiication of teachers in
| Missouri, and in the strengthening
of the compulsory attendance law.
Third-That we favor such immed-
late action as will give State aid to
nigh schools sufficient To establish
AT least one first class high school
In each county having no such
school.
Fourth-That we note with pleas
ure the great benefits to the public
schools of Missouri resulting from
the adoption by the State of county
supervision,
Fifth-Thnt the thanks of this AS
~OCiutiOn be extended to Supcrln-
tendcnt Lynch, teachers of the pub
lie schools and colleges, citizens of
Pennington and to the various COM
+ mittees who have helped to make
this association "A success, and for
the great hospitality received at
their hands; to the Board of Educa-
, tinn for the use of the excellent and
: ample building, and to the n"wspa-
pers for their liberal reports Of the
meeting; to the Boy Scouts for their
special courtesies, aud to the rail
roads for granting reduced rates.
Sixth--That special thanks are
> due to President w. II, Hargrove,
through whose untiring efforts this
/ meeting has been the largest aud
most successful ever held in South
, east Missouri,
/ Seventh-That we express our ap-
probation to DIR. Charters of the
University OF Missouri, DIR. Goode
I of the University Of Chicago, DR..
g Redway of New York, Dir. W. 5.
!, Dearmont of Cape Girardeau Nor.
;, NAL school, State Supt. w. j. Ev
ans of Jefferson City, for their
+. splendid addresses and to all Others
G who took part in the general and
= special programs.
= Eighth-That all teachers read the
] Missouri School journal and at
i least one local newspaper of the
= county in which they teach.
Il G. A. ROBERTSON, Chairman.
O. T.. MCGEE, Sec'y.
Special Resolution, offered by X
:. Douglass of Cape Girardeau Nor
nal:
n In view of the fact that Butler
!. county teachers to the number of ~
under the leadership of Supt. G. A
Robertson, have chartered "A specia
h ear and attended these meetings
?. and In view OF the further fact tina
IA this is the first instance of the kint
in the history of the District Asso
= citation of the State, we hereby eX
n tend to Supt. Robertson and hi
|e teachers our thanks and congratula
y tiOns.
=. Notes.
The report showed that there wer
ie 394 teachers registered. There wer
re- III counties represented and II whicl
n sent no teachers at all. There wer
four counties which sent large dele
u cations, being Butler IS, Cape Gi
st rardeau Ii, Jefferson q and Ste
b. Genevieve 81.
I'd The banner for largest attendanc
d. was won by Butler county. Thi
a delegation came up prepared to TAX
I'd the banner home, for that was tn
at subject of one of their songs, an
nd their yell was already prepared, a
H. was also the speech In acceptance &
he the banner.
sh The treasury still contained S46}
n - after all their expenses were paiC
,r. Tho following officers were elected
of President, louis Thielman Of Bonn
IS Terre; First Vice President, Mr.
hit Clara Graham, Charleston; Secon
nm Vice President, j. 7. Mcdonald
Jackson; Third Vice President, :.
en- T. Welier, Marble Hill Treasure
ed q ". Reavls, Cape Girardeau; Sc
nj. retary, Thomas Mitchell
Cape Girardeau was selected fl
as the 1912 meeting, and the last Thur
of day, Friday and Saturday in Oct
of b.. the time.
et- So c.used the most suceessf
nd meeting the Southeast teachers ev
EN- hid. aud Superintendent Lynch
,n. Pennington was showered wi