. Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending July 3, 1911 . esfrom the city; now, ther ar in service 59 of the 150 who ar gradu-ates of a State Normal school. As showng the tenure of offis among us I may state that fourteenhav been in continuous service in thie city over thirty-one j^ears. Onememeber of the Board of School Directors, our president, Wm. , has retained his membership for over thirty-one years. One of the first steps in advance, after the election of a city super-intendent, in addition to those begun and ca
. Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending July 3, 1911 . esfrom the city; now, ther ar in service 59 of the 150 who ar gradu-ates of a State Normal school. As showng the tenure of offis among us I may state that fourteenhav been in continuous service in thie city over thirty-one j^ears. Onememeber of the Board of School Directors, our president, Wm. , has retained his membership for over thirty-one years. One of the first steps in advance, after the election of a city super-intendent, in addition to those begun and carried on as previouslymentioned was the introduction of free text-books by this city severalyears before the law was past requiring free books thruout the wil thus be seen that Lancaster is neither sIoav nor illiberal inregard to school expenditures if convinced of the utility of the mes-ure. A similar word may be said with regard to its support of thekindergarten movement since it has now, for a number of years regu-larly supported three kindergartens managed and directed by the FreeKindergarten No. 5. LANSFORD. 211 In all this (ime the cilv lias never failed l(» proinptlv meet all itsexpend!hires Itodi as icj^jirds the i)aynuut of salaries and llie intereston its bonded indoblednes, which, considering the large number andcharacter of the school bildings erected, is not large and its creditis (herefor of (he very best. Premiums hav been frely offerd for bondsbearing 4 [»er cent, interest. Among the features introduced into the cours of study in the ele-mentary schools thirty years ago, two deserv special mention. Thelirst a diary of events which consisted in the discussion of eventsof which the particular day was the anniversary, the aim being totrain the i)upi]s to use books of reference and expres themselves onthe tloor of the school with regard to the events commemorated. Whenthe hours of the school day wer reduced from six to five, this featurewas
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