Smyrna times., 1923-11-21
ETIIl TEACHERS BACK FROM !6H.
|TIHIN b MEETING At MILFORD
I,,rE INSTITUTE vL,L,I, CRoWDED
'IAln -cTTrpES D AND BANQUET

i..e,il55onT 5 W. for ". A'S'i,a SoBants and staff
sup. .sor, ~. of, the Smyrna Special
.teiet teafDSli Schools, attended the two-d2y Tot
'tIlS' I'.. 'I' ~ tbe Delaware State Teach
a'u's 1tsociation IL til at Milford last Fri
As3OSlpd Satnrdav and report a pleas
'Dd md profitable session. About bout 'CU oII
any. snu we're in attendance from all
ls,' .so state. The delegates were
~ tbo Plaza Theatre by the fol-
/. =. sommittee, .,,o all teachers IN the
..,.lsl wy schools: Miss Cora Sipple,
ll',s yora Russell, Mrs. Eleanor Rosa
r. = Nov Nov Watson, Miss Helen E.
! ~ M Miss Lulu Ross and R. Z:
..ii1c sSI' The General Assembly Of
,llr1r ,DSyention was called to order by
i,,s. prs.ident, R. E. Shilling, of Mil
N st 10 o'clock Friday morning IN
y, +5sstre. /, After the address Of
|Esl,ome by Rev. H. L. Bunsteln pas
|, # tbe First Presbyterian Church
Milford, and president Of the Mil
H. board Of Education and response
tbe association by John Shilling,
f. assistant superintendent, a short
sS5re,, was made by DR.. H. '. Hollo-
sT,r state superintendent Of public
,-rc+ion. A talk on "Change, Var
H. and Growth" was given by Miss
ones Snyder, of Baltimore, former
serstarv of the Delaware state assO-
,top. The morning program was
Included with an address by the
r,sdent Of the National Educational
gOdation, Miss Olive Jones, of New
Ak Friday afternoon a meeting OF
High School Teachers was held in
High School Building where sec
anal instruction was conducted, and
elementary teachers sectional
stngs in the Plaza Theatre. Those
the primary grade convened in the
suditorium Of the First Presbyterian
hurch.
rhibit Of Elementary School Pupils
\ A feature of the convention this
ear was the exhibit of the elemen-
ary school pupils. This exhibit of
aley work and drawing was made in
L lobby Of the High School. Miss
zces N. Haight, girls physical di-
asr at Friends School, spoke to the
sahers Of the elementary grades,
Tlg a health program for smaller
Tk The speaker talked on venti-
aon and lighting, posture, proper
zilg and other aids to health anC
EOTth Miss Etheleen NJ. Leisure, OF
e French Department of Friends
1o0l, spoke to the Language section
the convention on oral methods ot
sluctiOn. The roundtable discus
q brought out some effective meth.
Of the convention on oral method!
teaching pupils to understand anc
& foreign language and the sue
siul use Of the method.
Banquet Served in Milford ArmOry
Vle Oh the delightful social feature
ne meeting of teachers was tn
hquet held Friday night in the Mil
u AmOry. The decorations wer
y and the gathering of so man.
'les around the festive board wa
s'@-gether occasion worth while
lls'ses were made by Mrs. Mar
bradford, Of Wilmington; f. K
'Sell and DR.. William NJ. David
superintendent of the Pittsbur
a1ol board.
"''al Election Officers Takes Plac
AIne business meetings of the AS
'Saon ,11. Saturday, Robert f. Shillin
4llOld' s was reelected presider
4e ensuing year. Miss Cora I
a''' VINO is teacher in the Wi
sOn high School, was electe
president. Miss Emma Hvbor
t'lellca, was elected a member {
4. 01Ia Of directors. The officer
~ delaware lnterscholastic Cou,
nv were elected as follows: Wilbur 7
~ - ~ president; H. B. King. seer
s9,'1 anu treasurer, and F. H. Derb
si,S Nce-president. Resolutio,
y ~ a.. were adopted urged the carr
D- ~. Ol a Statewide school buil
Piso P%ogfam; commended the acti,
oa1 ,s 5's.,9. ). dupont in assisting Il
N. 5,. building program of WiImin,
sevsJ rsIanaed salary equal to th
b E., W 0y teachers in Pensyivan
sfriJ,", N" Jersey; opposed efforts
ss rt1lS wisa 'oF organizations to inte
Aasr,a. s,a i me scientific teaching
lrorsd n history in the schools. Al
r5a prSsa = the Towner-Sterlinqo o'bi hin o.
sSn t9s ps national council of ed
ss resolutions We're also draft
psSljic,,n committee y Of the D. l. A l.
u s sDS, me State Board of Edue
a s1rSSlovlng StS. the Towner-SterIi.
l'taan statewide ~ physical educati !
si r,,aI a1Iequate facilities for eve
lsvi,ar al supervision and a rul
ia ,s, ,so.. Of each fifty teacbe he
be lamentations are similar
nSaitRo1ated in the report l-a'
lsa,hsrg'' '''I'ee Of the Delaware re- St,
Association. 'o''
ssley Ford Buvs No.