The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-09
SCHOOL CONVENTION
IN Medina NOV. "a

The annual school board convention
for Medina county will be held at Me-
dina on Saturday, Nov. "a. Under the
new school law yearly meeting Of
all school board members must be
called to discuss school affairs
Last year John G. Mureman of the
National Department of Education
and Prof. K. L. Hatch of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin were here and gave
splendid addresses, which were greatly
appreciated by the board members.
At that meeting every member
present pledged himself to come back
this year and do his utmost to get the
rest of his board to come, as the at
tendance was not up to what it
should have been considering the speak
ing talent present.
The president of the Medina County
Teachers association, Mr.. M. E. Hawk,
has also decided to call meeting Of
the teachers for Nov. "a and combine
with the school boards for a great
rally embracing all sections of the
county.
This years speakers will be Henry
G. Williams of Columbus, Prof. w. F.
Stewart of Ohio State and Dean AL
fred Vivian of the College of Agri-
culture. Mr.. Williams and Dean
Vivian are both we'll known in Medina
county, but Prof. Stewart is new
conner, not only to Medina county, but
to Ohio as we'll, having come to State
University this fall from Minnesota to
take charge of the training the men
who are to go out to teach agriculture
in Ohio.
Mr.. Williams will speak in the
morning on "The Rural Life Problem"
and in the afternoon on "Co-operation
of School Officials, Patrons and Teach
ers." Mr.. Williams is an enthusiastic
and inspiring speaker, as many school
board men and teachers of this section
can testify. His messages are sure
to be of value.
At the morning session Dean Vivian
will talk on "The New Job for Ohio
High Schools" Dean Vivian is now
president of the State Board of Edu-
cation and will explain the methods
of the state board for the working
out of the plans of the national board
of education in expending the funds
granted to aid vocational education by
the national government under the
th-Hughes law. Under this law
men who are devoting their entire
time to the teaching of agriculture and
allied subjects will be paid from the
national treasury. By this plan local
boards will be enabled to get better
men and keep them by paying good
salaries.
u Dean Vivian will explain in detail
sfwfatz llsis 8nHats mos on ha part
Of the national government means.
At the afternoon meeting Prof. Stew
art will tell of his experience in con-
ducting a four-year agricultural high
school up in the state of Minnesota.
The wonderful work accomplished in
the communities where the great high
schools for farm boys and girls have
been established will be of great in
terest in Medina county, as all of our
rural communities are awaking to a
realization that the purely college pre-
paratory high school is thing of the
past.
Every school board member is urged
to come and bring his family, also
every man or woman who feels that
he or she would like to take part in a
meeting of this knid is urged to be
present.
In addition to the fine program there
will be an exhibition of potatoes by
the boys of the potato club, and of
tomatoes by the tomato club girls.
These exhibits will be on display at
, the Garfield building. The boy win
ming first place will get free trip to
Washington on the Corn Special, and
the girl winner trip to Columbus
Farmers Week.
There will also be put on display
the best work done by the various
domestic science classes of the coun-
, ty, the prize for the winner being a
trip to Washington.
t This contest is limited to girls of 18
| years or under and is open both to
: school girls and those at home. Each
contestant must exhibit a loaf of
J bread, a plate of six soda biscuits, a
: bit of patch work in figured material
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