Newark post., 1920-11-17
MANY ATTEND MEET
ING OF STATE TEACH
ERS' ASSOCIATION
Progressive Recommendations
In Resolutions
Adopted

prising nearly all of the teachers
in the public schools and many
members of the College faculty
attended the annual meeting of
the State Teachers Association at
Dover on Thursday evening, FRI
day and Saturday of last week.
Much enthusiasm was manifest
and the attendance was larger
than that of last year. 1t is estl-
mated that about 400 were in at
tendance. Many of these took part
in the sectional meetings and dis
cussions which took place on FRI
day.
One of the features of the meet
ing was the present there of Dr..
George S. Counts, formerly head
Of the department of education at
Delaware College and director OF
the Summer School. The strictly
social feature, the luncheon at
Wesley Collegiate Institute on
Friday evening, was. very much
enjoyed. A musical and llterary
program was provided.
The final session was held IN
the high school, where there was
q meeting of the representatives
assembled, at which minor mat
ters were discussed. The business
session and closing addresses
were held in the Peoples Chris
tian Church.
At the business session the cleo
ton of officers resulted as follows
H. E. Stahl, Seaford, president;
Miss L. Maude Lodge, Dover, vice.
president; secretary, Miss Agnes
SNYDER, Newark; treasurer, Miss
Lillian Sudler, Bridgeville; mem
ber of board of directors, M. L.
Hydorn, Frederica.
The time and place of next
meeting was left with the eXecu-
tive committee. The retiring presl.
b. dent. w. B. Thornburg, principal
of Dover public schools, on behalf
of Mayor Magee, Dover, extended
an invitation for the association
to meet there next year. Delaware
Colleges newly elected president
DIR. Walter Hullihen, extended
greetings to the association, max
ing a plea for a united coopera
tion and effort to help Delaware
College and thus materially aid II
the educational system OF the
state. He said that the >one mis-
sion of the college was that OF
service to the state and it's people
"The Small Town in Relation t.
Farm Life" was presented by X
G-Bressler, of Penn State College
"The Project Method Applied
was presented by Miss Corrln'
Brown, Tower Hill School, Wll
mington.
. Committees were announced a
follows: Legislative (revlsed) -
Henry E. Snavely, w. A. Wllkln
son, C. j. Scott, Miss Agne
SNYDER, R. w. Helm, Miss Phylll
Mason, all of New Castle county
w. B. Thornburg, M. l.. Hydorf
Miss Anna Beckett, Kent county
D. A. Petry, Ethel B. Gibson N
E. Stein, Miss Katie Burtell
Sussex county. The commute
selected Mr.. Wilkinson as chan
man and H. E. Snavely as secr'
tarv. Committee on neurology
Miss Anna Beckett, chairman
Mrs. Frances Mccoy, Miss Lie
Kay.
Resolutions Adopted
The committee on resolutloi
and state program ii. V. non
wav. w. A. Wilkinson and H.
Rausch. submitted the folloWil
which were adopted:
"The Delaware State Teache
Association in its second annu
meeting, assembled at Dover, N
-vember l3, 1920, hereby declar
itself committed to a program
snrvice-service to the teacher
service to the profession, serVi
to the State. It's supreme purpo
is the welfare of the childhood
delaware. For the accomplls
ment of this program it athrms
allegiance to the following pr
ciples:
81. That to have compete
valI-trained teacher is the rig
of every child in the State.
SO. That it is the business
the State to provide adequ'