Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-11-17
SCHOOL
RETIREMENT
Great Benefit Derived From
County Session

About two hundred and fifty teach
ers Of Middlesex county met at the
high school Saturday at the meeting
of~the County Teachers Association,
which is the first of it's kind ever held
in Perth Amboy. The teachers asso-
Citations in the state, counties and
municipalities are all working togeth-
err in conjunction with one another
and expect with the cooperation of
the parents of school children in this
state to make New Jersey n of the
best states to teach and to be taught.
The meeting was called to order by
the president OF the county organtZa-
ton ]. +. Walker at 10 o'clock, after
which Mayor Frank Dorsey made a
cordial address of welcome to the
teachers from other parts of the
county and thanking them for the
honor done Perth Amboy In their
bringing the meeting and electing one
of the principals of a Perth Amboy
school as president of the organiza-
ton.
Regrets from Supt. shull and
Charles 7. Stone, vice president or
the organization that they were I'M
able to attend the meeting because
of unavoidable school, business mat
tiers, were read.
After the adoption of the suggested
constitution for the new organization
a motion was carried accept all he
business transacted previous to he
adoption of the constitution, including
the approval of the report of the State
committee agreeing to support the
new movement.
The first speaker was J. J. Hop
kins, principal of the Dickinson High
School of Jersey City and chairman
of the Executive Committee of the
Representative Committee Of Teach
ers of the state. Mr.. Hopkins gave a
history of the new associations
throughout the state, from the birth
of a city organization in Newark up
to the activities of today which bid
fair to renovate the entire teachers
situation in the state. Mr.. Hopkins
emphasized the act that the repre-
sentative committee was not a per-
manent Organization, but that 1t Will
conduct the publicity campaign until
probably, February.
The betterment of the schools and
the teaching profession are in the pro-
gram of the organizations throughout
the state and Mr.. Hopkins explained
quite clearly how the teachers them
selves must put thing thing through
by interesting the people of New Jer-
sew in the welfare of their children
to a much greater degree than they
have been interested in the past.
Miss Eta Donahay of the state
Teachers Retirement and Pension
Fund was also present and in her
talk, called each of the teachers "a
publicity agent individually.
On Thursday there will be n meet
ing of the committees of the Perth
Amboy Teachers Association at 3.45
and every one interested in the vol
fare of the schools II the teachers
are invited.
The county executive committee,
including one delegate from each dis
trict of the county, will meet at the
campaign headquarters at the Cham
Der of Commerce rooms on Thursday
night. All committees begin active
work this week. The state executive
committee and chairmen of all the
committees will meet in Newark each
Friday night. .
Great surprise was expressed at
the poor showing which New Bruins
| wick made at the meeting Saturday,
only three answering to the roll call
| and two more appearing later. Their
| lack of interest was compared with
| the delegation of almost eighty teach
ers which Perth Amboy sent to New
Brunswick to the last county teachers
meeting. Most of the other places
were well represented, but consider
ing thai there are more than eight
hundred teachers in this county a
| much greater number than appeared
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