Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-10-22

Methodist Episcopal Church in Troy, On p,
day and Saturday, the 9th and 10th insts,
The presence of large number of Teaebs,
i'm attendance at the Teachers Institute th.,
held in Troy, and the consequent awaken.
of public feeling on the subject of educatio,
contributed, along with other circumstaDc.
| to render this meeting of the Association "a,
of great interest, of animated and pro6tab.
debate, of pleasant intercourse among the upn
bers Of the Association and highly prouoti,.
of educational interests.
The Association convened on Friday ahr
noon at half past o'clock, the PresidentO OS
CARR. YOUNG, in the chair. The ue,
ing was opened with prayer, after which Ii.
| minutes of the last meeting was read BY fl.
Secretary. s|lE.l
Mr.. C. r. Coburn, DIR. c. T. Bliss, Rev
Mitrhell and Misses H. r. WiImot and Ma,
A. Bowen were appointed Committee to a.
range and report to the Association an orjs
of business for this meeting. After the real
ing of the Constitution by the Secrear
Messrs. c. f. Gladding, c. H. Phelps. Mis-
Julia Herrick and Sophia Parsons were !,
pointed Committee to solicit new member
The Committee on the order of business
ported an order of proceeding, which WI
adopted.
The Association then took up for conSt
ration a resolution which had been laid orr
at the last meeting. The resolution engage
the attention of the Association througha
the meeting, and was discussed with mu
spirit, and finally adopted as follows:
ResotUed, That teachers should both bym
cept and example cooperate with parents
imparting such instruction as shall fully l.
velop the moral and physical as well as thel
tellectual powers of those committed to ths
charge.
The discussion of the resolution was cars
on by DR.. Hardy, of Elmira, DIR. Bliss Re-
Mr. Farris, Rev Mr. Mitchell, Prof Dali
Commissioner of Schools for Chemung Coy
Y, Messrs Davies, Crandall, Coburn, Leu
ard and Wells.
The resolution, though seeming hardly
admit of debate, was improved, as afordv
an opportunity of stating many important 90
truthful things on the necessity for high mon
character and influence in teachers, on tIE
duties and responsibilities and on right mor
development and training in pupils. ItM
said there were those who maintained th
with the conduct of Teachers out of scbM
school directors and parents had nothing tod
there were none, however, present to s7r
such sentiment The discussion of the N'
ject was lead out by debate chiefly on a
position assumed by one of the speakers Tbs
Teachers had no greater responsibilities TIN
other men, they were under no stricter ruhi
morals than other men. and that the nOa
that they were, had given rise to an obnozir
censorship of Teachers who were found fan
with by everybody, their conduct watchedn
remarked on, and themselves made tools;
for party purposes or, as was facetiously&
punching sticks for aeighborhOod factions.
Teachers, it was admitted, were under all d
eumstances bound to set good example, b
just in the same sense and to the same e1ta
that every body else was.
1t was on the other hand urged that IN
an unguarded and unwise manner of speakg
to say that Teachers had no greater respM
bility than other men it was general N
ciple that what might be wrong in any pen
in ordinary circumstances, may be much DC
so in another person under different cIfcn
stances that the greater degree of infaaa
increased the measure of the responsibility
teachers on the principle generally recOga
ed of misplied contracts Teacher was bOa
to bring all his powers and influence to N
on the great object of his professionals
vancement of his pupils and hence he is
der obligation to avoid everything that W0S
divert from the attainment of this
| The cooperation of parents and teach
implies that both agree and that both
right the authority of the parent beinsPn
mount, and the Teacher having no right to-
culcate on pupils principles contrary to a'
of their parents and in opposition to %
wishes. On the general import of the Fes'
tion, the Importance of attending to the
ject of physical education was presented u
view of the fact that many parents know
very little about the subject-and in reg
to moral training it was shown that the 70
tion and the sphere of the Teacher affords
ry excellent opportunity directly and indlS
ly of conducting this part of education aD
ter of great and constantly growing np
tance, in view of the overwhelming ho"'
vice in all its forms which is coming in Oh
in our large cities and over all the land