Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1861-09-19

baE- PRoCEEDINGs OF THE BRADFORD CoUN-
TY TEACHERS AssoCIATroN.-The Association met, pur
suant TO adjournment at Springfield Centre Friday af
ternoon August 3Oth in the Baptist Church The
ing was opened with music, by choir in attendance
report from the business Committee, embracing ques
ons be discussed and programme of exercises
then accepted and the Committee discharged. 1t was
moved that the fourth resolution be adopted. The
reads as follows
Peso'Ued, That in district schools, generally proper
government Is too much neglected.
Remarks in favor ofthe Acknowledgment made by Messrs
Coburn Hurst Spear and the negative by Messrs.
Doty, Gates and Hardness.
1t argued by those iavorng the resolution, that
gorening the part teachers Office the most liable
be neglected. from the fact that it is the difficult
to he filled that the prevailing complaint of directors
and citizens respecting schools is that the nsruc
tors do not maintain proper discipline In reply, it
said that 10 neglect cjLfLy slight but teach.
ers, class honorable to Intentionally fail to
perform their responsible duties that they more
deserving faulty school order than the drec
and parents Debate here arrested by an order
Of the day.
Suggestions to the best method of teaching the al
Phabet next offered by Misses. Allen and French.
Both agreed the opinion that tAc letters pos,
sbe either in form name, should be associated by he
teacher with very fmiiar idea, and that but few
should be assigned the child, lesson, at time.
The discussion, short time previously suspended
resumed and having occupied considerable further time
was by motto passed that effect, postponed for the
day. Meeting then adjourned.
FRIDAY EVENING" Association met at u o'clock,
opening with music. The following resolution was Of
fered by Mr. Coburn:
WHEREAS, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has
made provision for the education of all her and
ghers-thereore,
Resoued That it is the duty of parents and guardians
to afford those under their charge the opportunity of OBJ
tanning such amount OF education shall prepare
them for usefulness and they refuse neglect per
torn this OBVIOUS duty they should be compelled to its
performance, by Legislative enactments.
Messrs. Coburn, Tracy and French supported the af
rmative, AID Messrs. Davies and Durand the negative
Among the many arguments advanced by the first speak
ers these That if the Legislature has the auhori
ity provide for educating by taxing the proper
ty Of individuals it possesses the right to compel those
paying who have children, the privileges pro-
vded that the community and the child have rights
well as the parent consequently, since ignorance is
fruitful source vice. the public, in exercising of
its privileges has the moral power to protect itself by
obigng parents property instruct their offspring and
of the rights of every YOUTH is that to procure
knowledge.
Reference ma lie to the very beneficial working of
the law similar to the one contemplated in the reso u
and TO the step our Commonwealth has taken in the
right direction by passing act to prevent miners chill
dren being allowed to work, under certain agethe
principal object of which statute is to make the educa
tiou this class of the young necessary In answer the
negative admitted the correctness of the position assum
ed by the speakers upon the opposite side regarding the
privileges of community and the young, but reasoned
that the benefits educaon be better secured by the
establishment of good schools, than by the enact
ment of arbitrary laws. Such a statute would be
tyranical as its executors necessarily would be endow
ed with the very dctatoal power of deciding the whole
matter as to hotc the children should be eduraed and
Imprisonment of the parents would be the severe, but
necessary penalty for refusal to comply with the laws
requirements.
The question was then laid on the table.
Miss Berry next read selected article, entitled Sell
Reliance" and Miss Sweeny essay. In the latter was
described the folly the extremely erroneous but preVa
lent idea that the aim of education is to t the possessor
to exist in higher than the working sphere Session
then adjourned.
SATURDAY MoREING.-The Association met at - o.
clock and was opened with prayer by the Rev. James
McWilliam. Misses Preston and Clark gave descrlp-
ton of the best method of using maps Pupils drawing
boundaries, ETC., recommended. Mr.. Reese Dawes
then favored the audience with defamation, and Mr.