Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-17
LOCAL NEWS.

- LAScptidlIOh iiNiu ITO oSIOiIu Haeetlnp In
'the Hall of the Sons of Temperance, at fl.
pleasant little village of Smithfeld, OH the 7ss
and oath ult.
The session commenced upon Friday, tle
23d, at 10 o'clock a. NJ; Rev. j. HENDRIcv IN
the chair. After the usual preliminary bu,i
ness, the Committee appointed at the preyon,
meeting to prepare business, reported sere,
of resolutions, upon subjects intimately connect
ed with the cause Of education, and more O..
pecially with the system of common schools
which report was accepted. The unfinished
business of the last meeting, being the first to
occupy the attention of the Association: tho
resolution relative to prohibiting all commupi.
cation between scholars, during the hours of
study, except such as shall be allowed by The
teacher, at specified times, was called ur, and
elected an animated discussion, which was na,,
ticipatcd in by many Of the members The do.
bate continued till late in the afternoon and
the question was very thoroughly investigated
upon both sides After a fruitless attennt n
introduce amendments, the resolution finally
passed unanimously.
This was considered an important question
by those most conyersant with the schools Of
the County, and it is believed that the discus
sion, carried on as it was in spirit of kndnes,
and with an anxiety to arrive at truth, viii
have a salutary influence.
Dr. ANDRUs, of Smithfield, offered the f0,
lowing -
RcSolrcd, That the study of any Of The
branches of an English education, ought to be
encouraged in our Common Schools.
After short discussion upon the principles
embodied in the resolution, Mr.. GUYER propo,.
ed, as explanatory, and as calculated to correc,
false impression made by the action Of the
| Association, at its last meeting, upon resOlu.
ton relative to the introduction of the higher
branches into our Common Schools. the follow.
ing resolutions, which he wished to have consid.
cred as substitute for the one previously Of
! fered by DR. ANDRUs
| Rcsolred That this Association. derrccates
the practice of studying the higher brancbe.
| in the Common Schools, before thorough gc.
quantance is formed with Orthography, Gram.
mar, Arithmetic and Geography; and as teach
! ers of the Common Schools of Bradford Coup.
! ty, we will discounteGance the practice, belie7
/ it 10 be inimical to the true interest of the
! cause Of education
! ResoLred, That we are in favor of graded
schools, wherein the higher branches follow tie
| primary ones, and MoroughneSs is the first and
best consideration.
Resolred, That we believe the welfare Of
society, requires that our Common Scho6;
should be so arranged, as to place within the
reach Of all the children Of the Commonwealth
! the blessings of full and ample schooling, in
any department, and We believe that anytlin.
short OF this will not meet the wants, or sati-
| fy the expectation of community.
The amendment prevailed, and on motion
the resolutions We're taken up and considered
| Serlatem. After full discussion, in which
Messrs. GUYER, ANDEus, CoLT, Morrow, and
others participated, the resolutions were sever
ally adopted
During the evening session, the Association
listened to an address from II. y. CHAYuY,
upon the duty and responsibilities of parents,
pertaining to teachers and scholars. The ad
dress was eminently practical, and well calc1
lated to direct the attention of parents to tie
cause OF education. Miss c.. A. SToCKwEu,
also read well written essay upon the necess-
| ty of educating the masses. This article eYinc
ed much thought and fine taste, in the a.
ranGement OF its several parts-both produH
tons were listened to with marked attention
A vote of thanks was presented to Mr.. CnAG
PLIN and Miss SToCKwELL.
On Saturday the oath, the Association n#
at 9 A NJ, and entered upon the discussion
the following resolution
ResOlred, That it is the imperative dutyd
every teacher, to maintain good order in school
ana adopt such measures as shall secure thst
important end, even if it becomes necessary to
resort to corporeal punishment.
This question being one of vital importanc', I.
and practical one withal, called out spirit
cd debate, in which H. n CHAMpLIS, S. F,
CoLT, DR.. BLISS, Misses CHuBBUcK, PHnn
Tracy and CoBuRy, participated. Mr.. Cox
proposed the following amendment
Resolrcd, That order is essential to the SUI
cess OF a school. In maintaining this, corn
real punishment should be a last resort : saI
It's nfction may be the imperative duty of
teacher
Ihe whole matter was finally laid upon tb
table to be called UP as unfinished business q
the next meeting
Rev. 5, F. CoLT offered the following vli3
was adopted without discussion
Res0lred, That we believe it to be the only
e eiiGctual method of elevating the Comnoa
schools, to provide schools in which teaches
can be prepared for their arduous duties ara
that 1t would be the means of greatly impro'
lnr the schools nf H. n0o.:.- ~ I.,nr,ar.