The log cabin Democrat., 1920-05-26
CLUB GIVES FUND
 10 STATE SCHOOL BOOSTS STATE NORMAL
Club Also Endorses Recording of Maps of City and Authorizes Pay
 ment of Half of Cost.

Holding an informal business meet
 ing last night, the Conway Conner
 cial Club approved the raising of a
 fund of $500 or more with which to
 defray the cost of bringing county su-
 perintendents of education in Arkan-
 sas here to attend the school of in-
 struction for them, to commence at
 the State Normal School on July 27
 The purpose of the school and its re-
 sultant benefits to both the school and
 the city of Conway were presented by
 Pres. B. W. Torreyson in a brief ad-
 dress. The project was approved by
 the club, and on motion of Jo Frau
 enthal, committee was appointed to
 ask contributions to the fund. Tom
 Davis, president of the club, appointed
 J. c. Cubage and Arthur Bradley to serve with him on the committee. Mir.
 Frauenthals motion naming the
 president as member of the con-
 mittee.
 Detailing the purpose of the school
 of instruction, MT. Torreyson told of
 the immediate benefits which the school will bring to the State Normal. An institute of this kind was held at the State Normal last year, MT. Tor reyson said, and was attended by
 about 30 superintendents. Before that time, the State Normal had had but one student from Searcy county. The superintendent of Searcy county attended the school and when the next session was opened, IT students frnna Caornxr orrol1al o+i the State Normal.
 "These superintendents will almost say where the teachers of Arkansas will get their education or will take special courses" Air. Torreyson said. ! Some of them have been sending | teachers to Memphis, Nashville, Knox 1 vile and other places outside of the state. We want them to know what ! we have here at the State Normal, and the school of instruction Is our op- 1 Already we have been making a start toward getting pupils i from astern Arkansas and this school : will greatly help. It is splendid [ chance for Conway to render a great i service to the State Normal, and also [ to do a thing which will be a great l advertisement to the city itself"
 Mir. Torreyson said that Supt. J. L. ! Bond proposes to make the school of ! a permanent part of the [ states educational program, and that t will have the Normal as it's home, | on account of the facilities offered at the school and the central location of | Conway. This year, the department !. of education has no fund with which ! 10 pay the railway fare of the super which Mir. Bond thinks i should be paid, but hereafter no con- -ributions will be asked for its SUD- port. As the new state education law creates the office of county superin- i -endenJ, there will be 75 of these of- l icers present with their wives, mak- 1 ing total attendance of over 100. | The school will occupy two weeks.
 The club also endorsed the action by the city council, which joined the club ! meeting after adjournment, in hay l ing unplatted maps of portions of the | cl-y of Conway made q matter of of | hclal record. 4 motion authorizing ! payment of one-half the expense of 1 having the plats recorded, was offered and adopted unanimously. Mayor W. ! D. Cole and others of the city council 1 present stated that they were inves- tigating the feasibility and the cost of having the plats recorded photo 1 graphically, and that the executive committee of the club would be noti- fled later of the cost. If the photo graphic process can not be adapted for this purpose, Mayor Cole said they would be recorded by a drafts man.
 Following the business session of the club, refreshments and cigars were served. By invitation, the council ad- journed slightly earlier than usual to meet with the club.