Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-07


ment of the Pennsylvania State Edu-
cauonal Association held in the
Penn-Harris Hotel here this morn
| ing. Governor william c. Sproul in
a stirring address, pledged his aid
to the educational forces of the
state. The men and women who
run the schools and who teach, In
this state are going to have very
sympathetic friend in the Cover
nor's office" he declared.
An important feature of the morn |
ing session was the report of the
| Legislative committee which sub
mitted resolutions recommending |
the elimination of the tax on schoos
bonds and other evidences OF school
Indebtedness; legislation that will
automatically close all schools at
the end of the term unless there is !
an average attendance of at least
fifteen except in such cases as may
be determined by the Department of
Public instruction; enactment OF a |
| law requiring all male Inhabitants
of the state, twenty-one years or
older, to pay an annual occupation !
tax of at least SIS, the same to be
used for school purposes only.
Officers Elected
Other recommendations of the !
Legislative committee included pay
| ment of $500 annually for every
teacher in the state for a minimum
term OF eight months with certain
provisos; encouragement OF con-
provisions; encouragement of con-
schools in rural districts: special |
education for backward and excep-
tional children; compulsory medical
/ inspection in all school districts of |
| the state, irrespective of class; ana
endorsement of Teachers Increase In
Salary Bill.
Frank c. Barnhart, Mt. Pleasant,
was elected as president for the COM
ing year. other officers elected |
were:
First vice. president-Oliver Iobst
Allentown.
Second ce-president-C. f. Mill
house, Pottstown.
Third ice-president-G. W. Nor !
ton. Remove.
Secretary-D. D. Hammelbaugh.
Harrisburg.
Executive Committee--C. Howard I
McCarter, Narberth; the Rev. e. |,
S. Brownmiller. Reading; Mrs. r. S. I
II. McCauley, Beaver; John Butter |
worth, Chester; John IL Hooper, |
Plymouth.
Legislative Committee-Dr. ]. d. |
Orr. Leechburg; A. r. Burnaford. |
Wilkes Barre: X. Clifford Chayney, |
Thornton; Ralph f. Diffenderfer, |
Orefield; II. G. Brown, Westmore- /
land county; Thomas Alexander, |
Braddock; and j. Howard Ervien, |
Ogontz.
Educational council - Frank c. !
Barnhart, Mt. Pleasant; C. Howard |
McCarter, Narberth; D., ID. Hammel- /
baugh.
This mornings session was opened |
at 8. 80 with singing by the school |
childrn of Harrisburg. DIR. Samuel |
Hamilton, superintendent of the !
Allegheny county schools. delivered |
an eloquent address on "Berlin's E;-
forts to Germanize America" In it |
he sketched the work of German |
propaganda in the United States and
urged that German forever barred |
from the curriculum OF the American !
schools.
]. Milton LutZ, Llanerch, Della
ware county, introduced Governor |
Sproul as the next speaker, iestipgly |
referring to him as n Presidential |
possibility. 81 don't want to be in
oculated with the germ of ambition ,
beyond the Governorship of Penn |
sylvania,' said the Governor, opening |
his address. He held out encourage |
'ment for the schools of the state and !
pledged himself as a staunch friend |
of the educational forces during his i,
entire administration. Our plan and |
policy. in Pennsylvania this year is |
to So ahead with courage and devo- /
ticn in doing the things we. see we /
ought to do. 1t wont he long until |
American will come down out of the |
nl de- n6 grAf 70 as,ks
things. While we're waiting for those
things to happen it is for us to go
ahead with full confidence and not
stand back. This state is going ahead
on its construction program az full
blast" He urged his hearers to "go
ahead now when courage and con-
fidence is needed to stabilize condi- |
tons. He told the convention that
Pennsylvania is going to have thor
oughly good roads and better
schools.
Higher Salaries Needed
Touching on the subject of in
crease of teachers Salaries, the Gov |
ernor declared Teachers salaries in |
Pennsylvania are not high enough. |
general increase in salary is badly, |
yes terribly needed right here in
Pennsylvania.
There is room for improvement |
in the school system because Penn
sylvania does not stand at the front |
and she should. We ought to have |
the best bcause Pennsylvania is the |
, best state. The man and woman who |
run the schools and who teach in |
this state are going to have "a very
sympathetic friend in the Governors |
blfice
Reports of various committees, in
cluding neurology, resolutions, legis-
latiVe and nominating were present /
ed an adopted. A. b. DALEY of |
Boone township, Allegheny county. |
in brief talk. urged centralized and |
consolidated schools. An appropria-
ton was made for expenses of men
who Will push the associations leg
station. The convention adjourned