Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-11
D. {. M'KN|GHT HEADS
STATE TEACHERS Assoc
Elected President at Fourth
Annual Session in Dover
Yesterday.

Special Correspondence Every Evening
Dover. Nov. 1.-THE second and
closing days session of the fourth an
nual meeting OF the Delaware State
Teachers Association. was held in the
state Armory, yesterday. with eight
hundred teachers and educators in at
tendance.
Officers for the next year were elect
/ 81 by the representative assembly. as
/ follows: President, O. f. Mcknight.
| M!ddletown; vice-president, Mrs.
Annie Z. Snyder, rural supervisor of
Sussex county; member of Board Of
Directors, Professor w. a. Wilkin-
son, University OF Delaware.
The following committees for 1923,
were announced: Legislative-W. B.
I Thornburg, Dover; Miss Clara b.
Mendlnhau, Miss Ellen Samworth,
/ Wilmington: Professor NJ. L. Hydorn,
/ Freder.ca: Miss Ina 5. Barnes, Rural
superintendent New Castle county;
Professor Ira s. Br.nser. Lewes; NJ. ID
Petr!e Selbyville; NJ. X. Yerger, New
/ Castle county; DIR. W. 4. Wilkinson,
Delaware University; resolutions II
/ l.. N4i&N t4N. new tlSAANs 4 AOAs bNAAa "a
shilling. state Department of Educa-
,:on: Prof. Charles Coke, Wilmington
Observation-Disclosures II. Z. Stahl
Cavmort; Miss Caroline FitZwater
Wilmington: Miss Elizabeth Jenkins
state Department Of Education.
The growth Of the State association
IS best summed up in the increase in
membership as shown by comparing
he four years Of the association
1919. year OF organization, 1872 mem
lership; 1920, 427; 1921, $40; 1922
nearly 100.
With the proposed change in the
constitution and bylaws admitting al
who are interested in education
whether teachers or not. It is antici-
pated that by next years anHua.
meeting the membership will run close
20 two Thousand.
The report Of the legislative com
m!;tee, made by Professor Mcknight
referred 20 the % or more amendment!
which had already been proposed L
the present school law, ascertaineC
through the QUESTIONABLE method
sen; out by the State Board Of Educa.
ton, several weeks ago. The repor
also showed that while the teacher!
had asked for a budget aggregatinl
$1,000. 900 that the State Board of Edu
cation had cut this amount down L
e So 100000. the committee still ins!s
on the s2.7OO,OOO.
The association stood in silence 70
one minute as a mark Of respect Z
the members who died since the las
annual meeting.
DR. Wallace w. Atwood, presiden
; Clarke University, spoge on The Ne'
Meaning Of Geography in America
Education"
: Mrs. John 3. C7eaver, of Middle
town. gave a wcrd OF greeting fror
the Parent-Teachers Association c
Delaware.
Hugh S. Magill. General Secretary
international Council Religious Edu
cation entertained the association wit
an address on "A COMPREHENSIVE
Program Of Education"
At the afternoon session. whic
clcsed the two days meet, two ad
dresses were heard, the first by d
Edward F. BuGhner. Director, Schot
. of Education. Johns Hopkins Universt
", on Educational Costs" an
. by DIR. Charles A. Wayne
former Delaware State Con
missioner of Education, now Super
intendent Of Chester Public School
his subject being "Chjldren's CapabN
. ties and the School Program"
The Committee on Resolutions q
reported by DIR. Wilkinson made
number OF important recommends
. tons affecting the school system