The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-10-22
RESOLUTIONS BY
LATE INSTITUTE
Teachers Commend Faithful Effort
And Pledge Their Hearty
Cooperation

our renewed devotion TO the cause of
education in our county and State,
respectfully adopt the following
principles and resolutions as embody-
ing our ideas relative to the work in
our County:
LIST: That we extend our thanks
to the people of Hartford, who have
shown hospitality and kindness and
welcome to us in our present meeting,
and pledge them our support in every
movement that makes for the social
betterment of our county.
End: That we thank those who
have contributed their time and tai
ent in furnishing music for the In
stitute.
Bid: That we heartily endorse our
worthy Superintendent for the school
progrom that he has initiated and Is
carrying out in this county and
pledge to him our strongest efforts
to the end that our county may make
that progress educationally, that her
resources, her people. and her repu-
tation as a leader, demand.
4th: That we endorse the eff
cient way in which our Superinten-
dent has planned and conducTet the
present season of our institute, in
that he has eliminated outside in
fluences and has brought the work of
the institute down to educational
problems that are vital and that now
confront us as teachers of the coun-
ty.
5th: That we commend the work
of our worthy county attendance Of
ficer, Mr.. Stewart, in his effort to
earnestly and efficiently enforce the
compulsory attendance law in our
schools. We pledge to him our hear
ty support in his work, believing that
this is the only method that will ever
eliminate the blot of illiteracy from
The borders of our fair State. We
earnestly urge him to see that this
law is enforced to the fullest. in the
future, and offer to him our services
in the matter wherever we can help
in the work.
9Th: That we hereby endorse the
work of our worthy and efficient in
structor, AIR. Stickles, who has
brought to us a vision of the better
things that can be attained in the
cause of education, and who has
made his instruction so practical that
it has inspired and helped us to high
er ideals. We commend him as an
able instructor and ask that our Su-
perintendent again obtain his services
4 for this work.
7th: That we extend our thanks
to our worthy State superintendent
Mr.. Colvin, who gave us such ex-
planatory and inspirational talks on
Thursday of our Institute, that we
recognize in him a worthy leader for
the educational forces of our State,
and the right man in the right place
in this movement of progress educa-
tionally. We pledge to him our
strongest support in carrying out the
educational program now before our
State.
Sth: That we strongly approve
the laws passed by the recent Ken
lucky legislature relative to the
schools of our beloved State. We
recognize in them the greatest for
ward movement educationally that
our State has ever taken. While
there may be some imperfections in
these laws, which will be corrected
as soon as opportunity allows, yet
we believe that they are the best OBJ
tainable at present and pledge our
every effort to carrying out these
laws to the end that Kentucky may
take her true place as leader among
the States of the Union. We be-
lieve that a long stride has been
made toward taking our schools out
of politics and putting them upon the
Iplane of efficiency and service, and
for this reason we are willing to
support the program that has brought
to us better things as teachers and
promises better things for our whole
educational fabric.
9th: That We thank the ministers
and others who have conducted the
devotional exercises for us, realiz-
ing that in all our work we must not
forget that kind Providence that ever
smiles upon us when we are in the
paths of duty and supports us In the
hour of darkness.
10: That we express our thanks
to DR.. j. w. Carr, Director of Physi-
cal Education for Kentucky, for. the
help that. he gave us in the matter
of carrying the teaching of physical
education in our schools. We feel
that this work. honestly and earnest
w carried out will he of inestima hi