Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-27
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The Globe
Adopt Uniform Report System

and at the general session this after
noon.
Adopt Uniform Report System
City and borough superintendents
passed resolutions adopting q uniform
Eecord and report system for classify
ing the number of students enrolled in
each school, together with the prog
ress made, and to submit this data in
complete form in their annual reports
to the State.
Teachers in the modern language
section of the high school department
passed recommendations favoring the
organization of q state association OF
teachers who specialize in those sub
1ectS, while recommendation was
made at the mathematics and science
section meeting to divide these two
branches next year.
Other important matters which were
discussed or acted upon included the
continuation school work, more eX-
tensive nature study, the importance
of adding Spanish to the curriculum
and to keep French and German in
the courses in addition to the new Ian
guage.
Want School Law Changed
Important action was taken by the
lege and normal school section meet
ing by adopting recommendations
concerning the amount of State-aid to
provide adequate facilities for summer
school courses for teachers. Recon-
mendations for several changes in the
school law were adopted.
General Sessions Open
General sessions opened this after
noon with devotional exercises lead
by the Rev. DR.. George Edward Reed.
Governor Martin G.. Brumbaugh, a
former president of the association
was unable to attend owing to his
fathers funeral.
DR.. f. E. Downes, superintendent
OF city schools in Harrisburg, made
the first address Of welcome. An
other address of welcome made by
Henry Houck, Secretary of Internal
Affairs. John p. Carver superin-
tendent of schools in Philadelphia,
made the response.
School Finance
Address of the afternoon session
centered on the subject "Financing
the Public Schools. The speakers in
cluded two State officials and two 9TH
er men prominent in educationaI
work, one from Pittsburgh, the other
from Philadelphia. They were State
treasurer Robert X. Young, George
w. Gerwig, secretary of the Pittsburgh
vi LAduCdllOH, Ut. Nathan &.
SchaefIer, State superintendent of
public instruction, and Harlan Upde-
gran, of the school of education of
the University of Pennsylvania.
Wants S1S,OOO,OOO
1ntendent of public instruction, declar
intendent of public instruction, declar-
ed that Pennsylvania should make a
biennial appropriation of $4,000. 600 for
support of the common schools of the
State. For several sessions the Ieeis-
lature has been appropriating $4,000
600, an extra million having been added
last session to take care of vocational
schools and for aid of high schools.
The state appropriation has not kent
pace with the growth of our school
population" said DR.. Schaefrer.
DR.. Schaeffer< said that teachers
salaries have been at a standstin and
that there should be an increase to
keep pace with the increases paid to
industrial and farm workers.
At the meetings of the High school
sections this morning officers were
elected as follows:
Mathematics and science - Chair
man. p. d. Miller, Steelton; vice
chairman, w. w. d. Sones. SchenIev
High school, Pittsburgh; secretary.