. Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending July 3, 1911 . teresting local institutewas held in East Coventry township during the winter. What proved to be a most valuable experience for the past yearwas a series of six educational meetings held at Oxford, Coatesville,Downingtown, West Chester, Phoenixville and West Chester, includ-ing all the directors and teachers of the county. The purpose ofthese meetings was to speak to the teachers and directors of thespecial conditions in their respective localities. The superintendensnote
. Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending July 3, 1911 . teresting local institutewas held in East Coventry township during the winter. What proved to be a most valuable experience for the past yearwas a series of six educational meetings held at Oxford, Coatesville,Downingtown, West Chester, Phoenixville and West Chester, includ-ing all the directors and teachers of the county. The purpose ofthese meetings was to speak to the teachers and directors of thespecial conditions in their respective localities. The superintendensnote book supplied the texts. We were most ably assisted at thesemeetings by Dr. G. M. Philips, Prin., S. N. S., West Chester, L. Jones, West Chester, Supt. R. E. Laramy, Phoenixville, ProfE. E. Hess, Oxford, Prof. F. S. Woolson, Kennett Square, Prof. OrenJ. Barnes, West Chester, Supt. Thos. A. Bock, Spring City and S. ^Nlacnamee. The directors and teacliers expressed an opinionthat these meetings were more directly helpful than any other meet-ings held in the county and they undoubtedly will be No. 5. CLARION COUNTY. 49 Our ]KM)ple are awake to the educational needs of the day andseem earger to meet these demands. numbers ot our teacherswill attend various summer schools and educational conventions thusmaniiesting a desire to keep abrc-ast with the latest and nu>st im-proved methods in the educational world of to-day. The following is a description of the Joint High School hxatcd atlierwyn, i*a., a cut of which appears in tiiis Iteport: Size, G5 X US 4; heighth, two stories and basement, 12 ro<»nis;size of auditorium, 47 x G8; auditorium seats 400; walls are con-structed of brick; size of grounds, 5 acres; approximate cost ofgrounds and buildings $50,000; date of dedication, February 1909. After twelve years of most strenuous work in an etfort to servewell our beloved county, it is gratifying to know that such service,deficient as it must
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