Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-05-06
BEST ATTENDANCE
OF ANY CONFERENCE
Is Here for Meeting of County
Superintendent of East
ern's District


Superintendents Conference now
in session at the Normal School,
was much better attended than
! the first day. Many of the Sup
erintendents being unable to
reach Richmond until Thursday.
The morning program was car
ried out as follows:
For Every Kentucky Child a
competent and Contented Teach
err
1-Preparation-County Supt.
Fayeete county; ]. w. Ireland.
Supt Frankfort
| 2-Certifcation-Fonso Wright
Supt. Pike county.
3-Permanency of Tenure -
Miss Mary Barclay, Supt. Scott
county; H: A. Cox, Supt. Coving-
ton
| HGrading Tests and RecoFds
Harlan Powers, Supt. Rowan
county; H. L. Donovan, Supt. Cat
lettsburg.
| 5-A Contefted Teacher
R. P. Green, Supervisor of High
Schools.
| One of the most pleasing fea-
tures of the Conyocation was the
Athletic Carnival of the Model
and Rural Schools. held under the
direction Of Miss Katherine Ham
mond, director of Physical Edu-
cation for Women. Various types
of games were engaged in and af-
fordcd the large crowd with
many thrills. The children re-
isponded nobly and \the demon
stration was decided success.
! The afternoon program was
one of more than usual interest
to the Superintendents. Consol-
idation, Capitalization and Stan2>
dardization were discussed by the
following Superintendents c. H.
Turnipseed. Mason county; Sam
Walker, Whitley county; D. NJ.
Allen, Clay county; R. H. Brown,
Dayton. and T. A. Hendrick,
Principal Clark County High
School, For the first time in
the history of the states educa-
tional SYSTEM the County Super
1ntendents are professional
group. Heretofore, the office has
been purely political and selec-
tions were made after hard po-
litiCal fight. Under the present
system the superintendent are
selected and there is some chance
of advancement in the work.
Superintendent Colvin dis
cussed the County Salary Sched-
ule. The Superintendent recog-
nize in Supt. Colvin leader who
is fighting at all times for the
betterment of the rural schools.
The first section of the even
ing program was in charge of
Miss Rucie Miller of the Express
sion Department, who read for
the large audience the delightful
love story, "The Maker of
Dreams. y Miss Miller is an ac-
complished artist Her inter-
probation excellent. During the
entire program she held the rapt
attention of the large audience.
At the close the loud bursts of
applause was Indicative of the
approval of the audience. Follow
ing Miss Miller, Superintendent
L. E. Niece, of Pulaski county,
and Prof. Charles D. Lewis.
spoke upon the Constitutional
| Amendment Affecting the Distri-
! button of State Funds. Under
the present system. the money is
/ distributed on the per capita bas-
is. From the arguments present
ed it is clearly seen that this is
a most unbus;nesslike method of
handling the states money. The
| Amendment will enable the De-
lpartment of Education to handle
/ its work in a more satisfactory
manner to everyone concerned.
| President Coates at the close of
the meeting. enlisted the aid of
every student and school man
present to explain to his neighbor
the necessity of a change of dis
tributing the state funds. He
emphasized the speeches of Su-
perintendent Niece and Profess
sor Lewis.