The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-11
elementary Members Reflect Old or
ficers at the Session Which Was
" Held Yesterday After
noon
sUpT. AI:DR1cH SPEAKS
co.operation to Guidance OF Pupils to
Appreciation Of Sane Civic
Life 10 His
Theme

KeOkuk QClO lCS AAoL 1ACC@iAS - $500
year yesterday afternoon at 4:lo
o'clock at the George Washington
school where a program was given
and election of officers for the com
ing year held.
The old officers were reelected and
the executive committee Is composed
of the following teachers: President,
Miss Elizabeth Kiiroy; vice presd-
dent. Miss Helen Culkini secretary,
Miss Elizabeth Stevens; treasurer
and recording secretary, Miss Flor
ence Gabriel Miss Mary Culkin was
chairman of the nominating commit
tee.
Directors for the different schools
were appointed as follows for next
year: Garfield, Miss Anna Gage;
Washington, Miss Frances Martin;
Wells, Miss Carrie Gilmore; Lincoln,
Miss Marjorie Luse; Jefferson, Miss
Pansie Beckett: Terrence, Miss Lii
liam Allen; Carey, Miss Grace Van
Grieken.
Superintendent Aldrich was the
principal speaker of the afternoon.
He expressed his regret at not hav-
ing been able to talk to the club at
its last meeting when he was to have
told them about the superintendent
convention held recently at Cleve-
land, Ohio. He spoke at some length
yesterday, about important points OF
interest to the teaching profession
which had been discussed at the
Cleveland convention.
Appreciation of the work the club
had accomplished this year and
especially Of it's having reached a
hundred percent in membership was
also voiced by Mr. Aldrich. The
speaker talked on the value OF fee
Grated clubs and the good they could
accomplish if they were maintained
for professional interests and he said
in connection with this, that labor
organizations are detrimental unless
they hold to the highest standards.
"They must not be anarchistic,' he
said.
Sane Guidance Needed.
ave who are interested in the pub
lie schools, must all join together to
hold the helm steady to guide the
children OF Keokuk into an apprecia-
ton of sane civic life, the super
nitendent of schools told the teachers
and he added that the Keokuk teach
ers seek cooperation with Keokuk
parents in furthering this ideal.
Miss Elizabeth Kilroy responded to
this address for the teachers at which
time she thanked Mr.. Aldrich for his
interest in the work of the club. She
took this opportunity also to thank
the members of the school board for
the raise in salaries which they had
lately granted, unsolicited.
Annual reports were read at the
meeting yesterday, showing that the
club now had fifty-seven members,
giving it a one hundred percent mem
bership. Plans were discussed at the
meeting in regard to the Keokuk club
becoming member of the Iowa
Teachers federation next year.
Other numbers on the probram
which were arranged yesterday by
Miss Mary Hise Norton, Mrs. Mary
Louise Kull and Miss Marguerite
Lowenstein, consisted of reading by
Miss Roneta Griffis, entitled '"The
Song Of the Shirt" and demonstra-
ton Of Miss Lowenstein's music club
of the Jefferson school.
Miss Nellie Schiller, Miss Mamie
Slack and Miss Marietta Kaneff COM
posed the committee on current
events
At the close Of the program, re-
freshments were served and the
meeting adjourned until next Sep
TENDER.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Method
list people are debating seriously the
question of proper amusement for
young people. Maybe it will not be
this year or next, but eventually the
liberals on these lines will prevail.
This is the record in other churches,
and the Methodists cannot escape the
sweep Of the tides of human emotion
IL is much better to direct the activt