Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-05
MAY INSURE ALL
PROPERTIES OF
SCHOOL BOARDS
ID. ID. Hammelbaugh Well
comes Delegates of Associa-
ton of Secretaries

A mutual insurance company to
insure school properties throughout
the state was favored at the sixth
annual convention of the Association
of School Board Secretaries of
Pennsylvania at the .Penn-Harris
Hotel to-day. A committee was au-
thorized to study means for the in
stitution of such a company if 1t
be found practicable. The commit
tee will be named during the after
noon.
Speaking on Application and En-
forcement of the Compulsory School
Attendance law" Harry l.. Graham,
of Butler, told that the compulsory
school attendance laws in this state
aer miserably inadequate. Radical
changes are needed in the school
law, for the present laws have fail
ed in promoting attendance
Knowledge and not age should be
the measure on which judgment is
passed whether or not a child should
be permitted to leave school, Mr..
Beaver declared. The age system
has failed. If the knowledge system
oiiSb, utSlIlHB IO ltdNG
school would apply themselves with
greater energy for they would veal
ize that the sooner they get the
necessary information the sooner
they will be able to leave school, he
believes AS the system now is,
many children merely dawdle along
until they are old enough to leave
school, Mr.. Butler declared.
The address of welcome was de-
livered by d. d. Hammelbaugh, sec
retary of the Harrisburg board.
Mrs. e. II. S. McCauley, of Beaver,
responded. Addresses in addition
were given by A. L. Castle, of Ches-
ter, who spoke on Insurance on
essen, Standardization of School
Equipment and Supplies; Ferdi-
nand Reisgen, Ford City. ''Ttaxation
and School Finances" and John d.
Hughes, of Scranton, Prevention of
Waste in Schools" DR.. Nathan G.
Schaeffer, superintendent of public
instruction, gave an eXterporaneous
talk on the. subject of taxation in its
relation to school finances.
At this afternoons meeting the
SUBJECTS discussed were: problems
of Secretaries of Fourth Glass Dis
tricts," by A. Fl. Palmer, West Tay-
lOI IlOpOStu AoSlOOl
Legislation" F. L. Bensinger,
Franklin; %Problems of Secretaries
of Third Glass Districts" A. d. JAG
quett, Uniontown; "Unifying Ac-
counts of School Districts" R. S.
Scobel, Erie; Problems Caused by
Conditions Arising from the War
and the Epidemic" Charles H. Mey-
er, Johnstown; "Our Association; its
Future" William J. Byrnes, Jr., of
Lower Merton township; "The Sec
retary's Duties in Connection With
the School Employees Retirement
System" DIR. H. H. Baish. Harris
burg, secretary State Retirement
Board.
A question box in charge of D.
D. Hammelbaugh, of Harrisburg,
was held during the session and at
o'clock reports of officers and
committees were heard.
Chairman of committees to re-
port are. Executive, A. L. Castle,
Chester; legislative, D. D. Hammel-
baugh, Harrisburg; membership, w.
J. Byrnes, Jr., Ardmore; uniform
accounting, r. E. Scobel, Erie;
nominations, D. D. Hammelbaugh,
nerology, Harry L. Gra-
ham, Butler. The latter two COM
mittees were appointed this morn
ing.
w. T. Norton, of McKeesport, is
president of the organization and
presided at this mornings meeting.
The other officers are: Mrs. E. Fl.
S. McCauley, Beaver; c. M. Piper,
Altoona, secretary; George B.
Moody, Titusville, treasurer.
The enrolment of secretaries this
year reached the 125 figure. This
is an increase of approximately
forty over last year.