Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-07-11
Ohio Teneher,s AssoeIatIon.

Ohio Teachers AsSOeAaAAOus 40.
TOLEDO, OHIO, July g.
EDIToR OF LEADER: = In accordance
with my promise, send you a brief report
of the closing proceedings of the AssOcia-
ton.
On Wednesday evening, Hon. Samuel
Galloway of Columbus, delivered the annu-
al address. The excellence of the effort
was on every tongue. I have heard MIR.
Galloway make great speeches before, but
in this effort he exceeded himself. He
urged the importance ofmoraI and religious
instructions iu the schools of the country,
ably and eloquently, giving force to his ar
gument by holding it up in the glare of
the burning corruption of the country.
At the close of the address, Colonel De
Wolf in behalfo the citizens of Toledo,
invited the association to an excursion on
the lake on Thursday morning. The in
vitation was accepted and the Association
adjourned to meet at the wharf at p o.
clock the next morning. A rain storm
prevented the departure of the propeller
until nearly nine o'clock. The trip down
the river across the Bay and out into the
lake as far as the light house and back was
made in about three hours, affording a de-
Iightful ride. A fine brass band supplied
excellent music and everything passed oil
pleasantly.
The afternoon was devoted to report
on the prevention of truancy by Z. w.
Dickinson of Toledo. An exhibition Of
heavy gymnastics by the young men Of
the High School, and a report on Normal
Schools by Hon. Rufus King of Cincinnati
read by Lyman Harding, ESQ. The re-
port on Truancy elicted a spirited discus
sion which was participated in by Messrs.
Tappan, Cowdery, Curran, Edwards and
Prot. Green of Rhode Island A resolu-
tion was adopted urging the passage of a
law to correct this great and growing evil
and committee was appointed TO men,
oralize the Legislature upon the subject.
The Normal School question received
the consideration its importance demands.
The necessity of better professional prep
aration on the part of the teachers of the
State was admitted by all the speakers
The report of Mr.. King, strongly urging
the establishment of Normal Schools, was
adopted unanimously and a committee of
which Mr. King is chairman, was appoint
ed to lay the subject before the Legisla-
ture, in such manner and at such a time,
as the committee may deem best
In the evening, Thomas W. Harvey of
Massillon, delivered an able address upon
the Education of the Emotions. II was
full of thought, expressed in clear and
forcible language, and well delivered. 1t
was, in a word, a fine effort, delighting all
who heard it.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
President-T. W. Harvey, Massillon
Vice Presidents-Edward H. Allen,
Chillicothe; Lyman Harding, Cincinnati; +;
j. o. Chapman, Mount Union
Seeretary-H j. Caldwell, Warren.
Treasurer Daniel Hough, Cincinnati
Auditor-G W. Davenport, Barnesville.
Executive Committee William Mitchell
Mount Vernon; R. g. Humiston, Cleve-
land; E. E. White Columbus; D. F. De-
wolf, Toledo; D. D. Pickett, Ravenna; A.
J. Kickoff, Cincinnati; w. D. Henkle, Sa-
lem. .lsa.J .. ~
The thanks of the Association were ten
dered to the citizens of Toledo for their
hospitality to the Teachers, and especially
fer their generosity in providing a free
steamboat EXCURSION Also to the various
Companies that have agreed to return
Teachers free over their roads.
On motion of Mr. Mitchell, the AssOcia-
ton re-affirmed the resolutions passed last
year in reference to the state of our coun-
try, by rising vote and three cheers for
the Union. The resolutions are as follows:
WHEREAS, Our beloved country is now
engaged in a terrific struggle for existence,
and all tina we hold dear is in peril, it be-
comes every citizen TO define distinctly his
position; and 1Vhereds, we rs teachers feel
and freely accept our share of the grave
responsibilities deyolving upon us in these
momentous times as instructors of youth,
we declere TO all men our principles in the
following Resolutions: .7s. r-
Resolved, That we look uponthe present
Internal rebellion as an issue thrust upon
our country by Il savage barbarism, war
ring against all those influences that pre-
serve society from anarchy; as acontest of
slavery against freedom, of ignorance
against enlightenment, of practical inf
deity against religion, of terrible despot-
ism against the rights of humanity
Resotced, That in this war against the
rights of man our sympathies and our
whole hearts are with our government, and
that we viii uphold and defend that gov
ernment in its efforts to put down this re-
bellion as far as in us hes; and that we ex-
ecrate a traitor wherever found
Resolped, That as an earnest of. the sin
cerity Of our present declarations, we point
with patriotic pride to those who have
gone from our profession to the field as
Generals, as Colonels, as Captains, and
above al as private soldiers. They have
never bsen found wanting in the hour of
trial and danger. Many of them have
come back to us Scared with honorable
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soldiers grave. oar a=a HI a..5
ResoIued, That to all our soldiers every
where whose bosoms are living wall be-
tween us and danger, We send our warm
est and hottest sympathies, and for their
escape from the deadly perils that sur
ound them we offer our prayers to that
In whose eyes the triumph
of the right is precious.
The exercises of the Association have
been characterized by great earnestness
and practicalness. The addresses and re-
ports have been unusually able, and the
discussions thorough and pointed. AL
though the programme was so arranged
ns to give a full measure of time for the
discussion of each subject, the speeches
have been, without exception, brief and to
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