Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-05-03
GREAT MEETING
COMES TO CLOSE
s,,er,ntendents From Fifty Counties
Say This Session Was Best One
Ever Held In Eastern District.
Resolutions Adopted.

Tho superintendents from 50 coun-
,ias of the Eastern District left Rich-
mond Friday for their .i1an homes aIser hser
ing attended the greatest meeting OF
superintendents held in the Eastern
District. The following We're app9ln1!t. 1!.
B; .tcSfE: %iie01t. teonard G E. Niece. Pulaski;
Mary Bradley, Scott; Mrs: Hattie Den
ney. Wayne; Samuel @ Wadae6r, 6,,ctsanS' sny
Breathitt county. The resolutions are
as follows:
Recognising the fact that the great
est need in our schools is better train
ed teachers and realizing that these
cannot be obtained until better sala-
snIyed that the Legislature raise the
rate or appropriate sufficient funds TO
place the teachers salary on e OASIS
Commensurate with other posi5,ons; : 10
6x the minium county levy at soc on
one hundred dollars
We believe that the first and most
impSstiint naSs in the 6aty eommenWeaith is the
teaching of the laws of health and
sanitation and we call upon all ecu
cational forces to study heaitn conoi i
tions and to keep before the people
the most strenuous efforts that we may
sponsible for deaths by preventapie
diseases and we pledge ourselves 70
the most strenuous efforts that we may
A country for country people. teach
ing country subjects and partakine
brary with grounds for country games
and conducted by country teachers
leaders of country thought, who have
country ideals, country tralnlng ano
love for country, should exist In eV'
ry country community in the state.
We believe that the one room schoo
is not sufficient for modern demands
and that, this attempt at immpossiDlii, m i
sible by consolidation.
we believe that the general gov.
ernment should aid the deyelopemen'
of the schools system by liberal ap'
propriations safeguarded by such re-
quirements as will insure the judiciou:
expenditure of these funds.
That teacherages should be estab
lished and maintained wherever pos
sible to the end that the teacher b.
no longer a wandererf and that th'
fSn fsnessr s the 5s year
We heartily endorse the work Of thu
Eastern Kentucky State Normal Schoo
but we believe 1T cannot be OF tn
greatest use to the state until sucl
salaries are paid as will make teachint
an attractive profession. We alst
heartily endorse the practice teachin,
being done in the school but beliey
that if possible it should be done Il
more than one year of the course.
we fully endorse the policy of tn
Regents of the Eastern Kentucky Stat
Normal School in holding a Convoca
ton of Superintendents each year, be
lieving that the gal nto the State b.
comparison and Standardization o
work and in the broadening and inten
sifying ideals is a multiplied compen
sation for the expense and labor Incl
dent to the meeting.
Our thanks are due to Pres1den
Coates for the timely program of thf
meeting and we request that he nav
printed for distribution the summar
of the work of the meeting which n
gave before this committee.
Superintendents from the followin
counties were present: Boone. Bourbon
Boyd, Boyle, Bracken, Breathitt, Camp
bell, Carter, Clay. Clinton. Esttll, Flem
ing. Floyd, Gallatin, Garrard, Gran
Greenup, Harlan, Harrison. jackson
Johnson, Knott, Knox, Lawrence, Let
Leslie. Letcher. Madison. Martin, Maso
Montgomery. Morgan, Nicholas. Over
Owsley, Pendleton, Perry, Pike. Pow
ell. Pulaski, Robertson, Rowan, Scot
Shelby. Wayne, Whitley, Wolfe. CIT
Superintendents, high school prtnci
pals, representatives from every col
lege in Eastern Kentucky, and numer
Gus other educators remained durfn
the entire program