The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-04-13
EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION

ISOLATION held the first meeting of ire
present term at Weirsdale.
The larger portion Of the school at
that place and many cf the people o.
the community ara a very good at
tendance o. teachers from the outside
were there.
The exercises began about 1850
with singing the Star spangled Ban
ner by the school and audience and an
invocation by Rev +. c. Albertsor.
and this was followed by a cordial adj
dress cf welcome from the same gen
tiv1aan and response in behalf Of the
as oe:at.on was made by Superintend-
al l}e,ason.
The teachers, Misses Nellie Clyburl
and Mabel Mccain, with the help Of
the school children. had decorated the
school house inside in very tasteful
manner with flags and flowers and the
i..r~e school flag was proudly floating
from the fagpole on the grounds IN
emit Of the building. lie general
citing was patriotic as quite APP
l.opriate to the occasion.
There were some songs by the
children showing good framing
The work OF the association began
ty discussion Of the care of school
buildings and grounds led by Mrs..
Blanche Thompson Of Gambler. There
were many good suggestions along
this line.
In the absence II the pre- oeu, and
wee president OF the association Mrs
Wcsson as secretary called the meet
ilg to order and Mrs Rex. Todd was
elected president for the day and fill
81 the place most capably.
The leading topic for discussion
was a set Of resolutions that had been
carried over from two months before
and which made provision for fixing a
scale Of salaries for teachers based
largely upon experience. The resolu-
tons were read and warmly cham
pioned by Mrs. Todd and others and
there was active discussion for and
against them 1t was seen that the
matter could not be fully discussed
before dinner so adjournment was
taken untils after dinner which was
spread in the beautiful park near the
depot in the heart of the town. The
dinner was abundant and of the choic
est quality and served in most cor
dial and hospitable manner.
Soon after dinner the association
re-assembled and the discussion of
the resolutions was resumed. 1t was
roted that there were not more than
about ten teachers present to vote on
the adoption or rejection of the reso-
Iutions so upon motion it was agreed
t. table them for the present and
Superintendent Crimson invited dis
cussion of these or any other sugges-
tons bearing upon the matter with
him or the board
The business was called for any as
many of the schools had closed it was
decided that would be the last meet
ing held during this term and the
Superintendent took occasion to ex-
press his very hearty appreciation Of
Ike interest that had been exercised
by many of the teachers and the very
kind and hospitable manner in which
Tie association had been entertained
at the various places in the county.
Prof. P. w. Corr of the Webster
school was present and participated in
some of the discussions and repre-
scented the excellent school paper
edited by his daughter, Miss Alice NJ.
Corr. at Dade City, and known as the
Florida School Room.
The last exercise of the session was
very properly one of the very best
that the association has enjoyed dur
ing the year. Upon invitation DR.. }.
T. Klock of Eastlake, addressed the
body upon the aim and purpose OF
education. He brought to US a treat
from one of large and advanced ex-
perience as a school man and thinker
and the address was pleasing, prac-
teal, and inspiring and the associa-
ton adjourned to meet in Ocala on
the Saturday following the meeting Of
the school board in October.
Our association has been the means
of pleasant diversion and profitable
discussion of many practical school
subjects and has brought the teachers
and people together in various places
we'll distributed over the county and
next year we look forward to even
better results.
/ We thank everybody heartily who
had contributed in any manner to the