Minutes of the
President Bell called the
meeting to order at
Members present:: Cy Gamber, Marty Miller, DeVaux McClain,
Welcome
guests: Scott Aikens- member of SAR in
The guest
were introduced by various members.
The minutes of the April
meeting were approved with a correction emailed to the secretary by John
Skillman.
The secretary passed on
greetings from several members who were unable to attend and noted that Richard
Hardesty would be 75 next week. At the state meeting the chapter was recognized
on three occasions. First, our poster
entry won third place in the state contest. We picked up a yellow honorable
mention ribbon in the Chapter Challenge Contest and in a bit of a surprise, for
the second year in a row, we won first prize in the State Newsletter contest.
It turns out the judging was based on our fall issues and so Ken Skillman’s
fine work was rewarded again. The honor came with a $100 prize which has been
deposited in the chapter treasury.
The treasurer reported a
balance of $2,592.94
Luke Lloyd sent word that a
new membership application was forwarded on to the state registrar.
Different members gave brief
reports on their ROTC presentations. The secretary thanked the members that
went out to the schools to make presentations of our members. Dwight Tetrick sent a note giving the details of his work with the
senior ROTC units and thanking the chapter for allowing him the opportunity to
do this work. Bob Yarnell is compiling a small database regarding the different
presentations.
Allen Bell reported that the
Color Guard will be participating in the July 4th parade in Lutz.
Under new business the
secretary brought up the issue of name tags for the members. After some discuss
of the possible options DeVaux McClain moved that the
chapter provide the members with nametags purchased from the National Society.
Marty Miller seconded the motion which passed.
The meeting recessed for lunch.
Following lunch the
President introduced Vice President Bob Yarnell who, in turn, introduced our
speaker Allyson Bowers. Allyson is currently a student at FSU. She shared with
the members aspects of education in Colonial times. In the southern colonies
education was primarily private consisting of tutors or other home instruction.
Education was more organized in the north. In
A typical school day was
longer than we have currently running from 8 in the morning until dark with a
break for lunch. The main subjects studied in grammar school centered on
languages. The students learned Latin grammar and translation. This knowledge
was used when their studies moved to classics written in Latin. Once the
student mastered Latin he moved on to Greek. Other subjects, math for example,
were also taught but still had a classical base.
The next step in a student’s
education was university. Universities taught no trades and so were mainly for
clergy and statesmen. Trades were learned primarily through apprenticeships. University
education too had a classic base and involved the use of the Latin and Greek
learned in grammar school. Many of the founding fathers attended university and
clearly thought this was a good thing as they subsequently then sent their sons
to the same or similar institutions.
Allison pointed out that the
education received by the founders clearly influenced their thoughts and
decisions especially with regard to the framing of their government.
Allison fielded a number of
questions from the members.
Kevin Yarnell won the 50/50
drawing and donated the winnings to the treasury which was thus enriched by $10.00.
President Bell led the
recessional. The secretary gave the benediction. The meeting adjourned at
Respectfully submitted,
Kevin Yarnell
Chapter Secretary