Smyrna times., 1922-11-15
||IIlI4 TEACHERS BACH FROM
| ql1E INSTITUTE At DOVER
.,our A HELPFUL AND IN
.rcrIyE TwO-DAY MEETING

rCr1yE TWO-DAY MEETING
.t Educators Talk at Open
''aIr'n Grnun sessions and Associa-
q - Tlp Passes Important Resolutions
E W. W. Schantz and entire
sp- 7gr # + the Smyrna Special District
guy i. ', attended last Thursday and
eY-'' ..'.. +Se Delaware State Teachers
'l3 I.sc at at Dover. 1t was the fourth
E..S Y. State Institute of the Asso-
y. and was attended by more than
~. ...rbprs. The program at the
We session was marked by a SER
% sddresses on advanced pedagogy
" .,ominent speakers, among them
wallace A. Atwood, president OF
= University. The work OF nine
..-+mqnts was brought to a close
!. an elaborate banquet Thursday
! = N IN Wesley College Institute.
4. = tban 400 persons attended the
y y, Culture as Habit" was the
~, If an address Thursday even
Nv Dr. A. J. Holmes, professor OF
..sology at the University of Della
y The importance of habit in the
--,.dav life of the individual, the
rJoDment of and needs for habit,
\ emphasized by the speaker.
~, we're offered by Prof. w. A.
Ttrsou of the University of Della
=. Mrs. Ellen Samworth, of Will
,,rop; L. H. Dennis, president OF
State Directors of Pennsylvania
,atonal Department, and others.
I,uu Sessions Brought Good Results
4 the meeting of the rural group
udav afternoon the question of
lunches for children was consid-
Mrs. Rosa Numbers, of Clayton
he discussion. Prof. +. Y. HOllo-
II superintendent of State schools,
isd on rural education; Miss Flor
EN- Hale, of Maine, delivered an
rss on the work of the rural
..ter. Aba Scott JOlls, of Odessa,
/ chairman of the grammar group,
led in the discussion on the teach
Of geography under the advanced
|Eam. An address on the subject
delivered by DR.. Atwood. Mrs.
aOr B. Rosa presided at the meet
Of the high school group, which
ussed the teaching of English, and
t. Henry E. Snavley was chairman
tie science group, which deliberat-
POn the modern form of instruc-
ad biology.
inday's Session Full of Business
L Fridays business session of the
Re Teachers Association, the re-
= Of the nominating committee fol
eEsuing year was presented as fol
p President, 0. f. Mcknight, Mid
I7n; vice-president, Mrs. Annie Z
aer, rural supervisor Sussex coun-
member of board of directors
M ". A. Wilkinson, University ot
aEare Proposed amendments tt
constitution and bylaws of the as.
2aon included the changing of the
1s rom Delaware State Teachers
SacatOn to Delaware State Educa
q Association. An amendment tt
G all parties interested in educa
1 % active membership was pro
: ~L At Friday morning session
Wallace Atwood, president o.
= University, made an address OF
! Meaning Of Geography in Amer
LdlcatiOn. Hugh S. Magill, gen
secretary of the Internationa
.ael Of Religious Education, spok,
a Comprehensive Program o.
sSeaon' .,~..o Mrs. John B. Cleaver
/. qooletown, "a president of the Della
\ Sate Parent Teachers Associa
u, 1u0ught a message from that as
\. ,-on' commending the work of tn,
- association in its efforts to aic
IN ,s IN obtaining the best posi-
Vantage from an education.
'''l0nS Advocate Some Changes
n resolution Committee submit
y report pledging its continuance,
] ,ss, %vgram of improved service t,
IT,. ..uien Of the State. Other res
" = !. iavored establishment by tn
! ~. y Scholarships aNSs valued at no
\ I ,.sl, szOO per year for elemen
eag 4IGs sf Hs, IN training at the Uni
\ 4. \ u =. Delaware; an appropriate,
! = Ssl University of Delaware Sum
d g'ol \. Association Commensurate
q. 4' growing needs of that insti i, + !
t a , PROVISION for adequate suner
qqss,s VI !. rural u schools solely at II, tb
ss,ioo s % the State; establishment g -, o
sst..' a 'enters in various parts o
s, snsi,,;.a additional means of 'pro
b VIII Talg the teaching staff of tn
ans. a salaries Commensurate wit
%a oS1o,a aavOring equally of educa
sSd toft'r.unity; n r.!;y7 favoring adeouat
ssas; t,po' providing adequate scho(
S@.l llection ,a of State Board GupSdsiO of Fdp
s&S; fOnng favo.ig Standardization g