The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-04-28
At Its Closing Session At
Louisville.
I. ". v|NSON NOW PRESIDENT
And r. E. Williams Secretary
Will Seek State Aid
For Weak Schools.
ATrENDAN6E THIS YEAR 4,cii

t. w. vinson, of Louisville, was
elected president of the Kentucky
Educational Association to succeed
w. p. King, of Newport, at the clos
ing session of the organization Sat
urday.
Another Louisville man, r.. f.
williams, of the Western Depart
mental School, was elected secretary
= to succeed Mr.. vinson, who had
held that position for ten years.
The position of secretary pays a
salary of $4,000 a year. Mr.. Will
, ,Mams was chosen over several other
candidates. Other officers chosen
were: r. F. Gather, Minerva, first
vice president; t. S. Williams, Har-
dinsburg, second vice president;
Miss Ella Shaunty, Springfield, third
vice president, and Miss Ida F.
Gardner, Carlisle, treasurer. w. g..
Hopper, of Mt Sterling, and j. w.
ireland, of Bellevue, were added to
the board of directors.
4 Action on the reports of various
committees was the chief business
before the final session. The report
of the Committee on Constitutional
Revision, which was adopted, made
several changes in the organic law
of the organization.
The Committee on Resolutions, in
addition to extending the thanks of
the association to those who are CO.
operating in educational efforts in
Kentucky, recommended the teach
ing of music in-the public schools.
1t especially recommended instruc-
ton in singing National and State
songs.
The prizes offered by ]. B. Nc
Ferran, of Louisville, aggregating
$240, for the encouragement of the
attendance of trustees at the annual
conventions, were awarded. The
State is divided into four zones and
a prize is given the county in each
zone sending the largest number of
school trustees to the conventions
The winning counties this year are:
Hardin. Nicholas. Union and Lewis.
The attendance this year was as
large as at any former convention,
if not larger. The total enrolment
of school teachers was 4.641. The
number of trustees enrolled was
larger than ever before, more
than 400 attending the banquet
Thursday night. No estimate, Of
course, can be made of the attend
ance of persons interested in educa-
. tional work, but not actively con-
nected with the schools.
Mr.. Vinson, the new president,
announced that he is already plan
ming fer the convention next year.
Within a short time he will call a
conference of the heads of the va
rious sections of the association, to
be held in Louisville probably next
month. to take up plans for the next
meeting.
Among the projects which will be
taken up at this conference is that
of State aid for schools, which was
advanced during the convention.
Leaders in the association are plan
ming a strong campaign for the pas
sage OF legislative act which will
provide State aid for weak schools
in the same manner that the State
now provides aid to counties in
bodybuilding. II was stated. how
ever, that this project probably will
not be developed sufficiently for pre-
sentation to the Legislature Of 1916.
'Readjustment of the Schools for
State and Community Service" was
the general theme of number Of
addresses made by educators at the
concluding session. THE Schools
as the Center of Community Life. !"
was the phase Of tMs theme treated
by Supt. ]. w. Bradner. Of Ashland.
The Importance of making the rural
school a point around which the so
cial and civic life OF the community
should revolye was presented in an
interesting way by supt. Bradner.
who unfolded some of the possibili-
ties and opportunities that lie in
this direction.
supt. II. II. Brook, Of Richmond,
discussed "How We May Popularize
Rural Life" His address was an