The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-29

about n quack coming TO experiment
upon him? Put your children under
the hands of rnaster-workman. Poi
your boy in the hands of one who can
bring an angel out of him. a greAl
painter once wished to paint an angel
he took for his model IA young, inno-
cent and beautiful boy. The task was
not a hard one, TO portray the beauti'
full lineamenIs. The canvass soon glow
ed beneath the living cOlors OF the
painter, and people came from TAR and
near 10 gaze on the beautiful angel.
Some time afterwards the same painter
wished 10 paint fiend, butt it was long
before he found a model. Alter many
years, when the painter who. was a
| Young man when he painted the angel,
had grown old and gray, he visited
one of our penitentiaries, and there
he found criminal, with a
| countenance so hideous, made hide
Gus by years of vice and crime, that he
asked his consent to sit as IA model for
| the fiend. The man consented-the
tiend was painted and placed by the
side of the angel-crowds came to see
the contrast or the angel and tiend-of
beauty and deformity-of innocence
and guilt. They came and wondered ht
the genius ofthe painter. Some curious
persons sought to trace what became of
| that angel boy-at first their search
was unsuccessful, but Mt last, strange
to say, they succeeded in tracing him,
step by step, in the downward path,
| till thew found that boy an inmate OF
the penitentiary--the boy and the man
the angel and the fiend were one.
| What wrought that wondrous change
| from innocence to vice? Education
wrong education. Teacher beware
| VIII you be the artist to bring out the
angel 3-or the butcher TO bring out the
| fiend?
A vote OF thanks was then given to
the lecturer. and the society adjourned
till 8 II. M, Friday.
FRIDAYS MINUTES.
The association was called to order at
9 a. NJ. by the President. Roll called
by Secretary. Minutes read and ap-
| proved. The President then selected a
class in Arithmetic, and called upon the
members of the class individually TO
demonstrate Tractions-the extraction
of the square and cube and other roots
which WAS done. Prof. Loraiu Then
explained his method of teaching
Grammar. The Association then ad-
journed to meet at p. NJ
At the appointed honr the Assocla-
ton was called to order by the Presi-
dent, who made some remarks on the
Importance of Teachers Associations,
and requested the society to nominate
committee to draft constitution
and bylaws, and report Mt the next
meeting. The following members were
then nominated and elected on that
committee: Mr. j. G. Maxwell, Chair
man; Mr.. j. II. Maxwell, Misses Aggie
r. Morgan, Sally Giles, Ruth Orr.
Moved and seconded that the Asso-
clation hold their next meeting at West
Liberty on the 26th, eth, and 2sth days
OF December, 1867, commencing ut 10
a. NJ. Carried.
The following programme was then
arranged for the next meeting of the
Association: Mr.. J. G. Maxwell TO de-
liver the opening address, To be replied
10 by Mr.. J. w. Hancher; Misses Aggie
Morgan. Ruth Orr and Sarah Giles to
read Essays; Mr.. J. II. Maxwell TO
lecture on "SchOol Conveniently Mr..
j. Burrows TO deliver an address on
1.-THE pronunciation authorized in our
school rooms;" Mr.. j. II. Tuthill to de-
liver an address on 1.-The inductive
method of fimparting ginstructiou;" Miss
Addie Oldham to read "Rienzfs ad-
dress to the Romans"
By request the minutes were then
read and approved. The question was
then debated, Is it proper 10 infiIct
the same epuuishmentOn all scholars for
the same offence2" Negative taken by
Mr.. Hancher, who brought forward II
supposed case of two boys who had
violated the rule which forbids whis-
pering, but under different citcum-
stances, the one an innocent little tel-
low who had whispered inadvertently,
and without any bad intention: the
other, an old offender, knowing that he
was violating rule, and with attempt
ed concealment. Mr.. II. contended that
the one should be punished and the
other not. The first speaker was re-
piled to by Prof. LOraiD, who took the
following view of the case: that IL de-
finite penalty had been annexed to a
certain offence, for the sake of truth, the
law should be Vlndicated tat all hazards,
and both offenders dealt with accord
ing To the letter of the law, according
TO the facts, without regard TO the pal
linting circumstances. That. although
he might regret the necessity, for the
sake of truth, punishment should be
meted out to each.
The Prof, however, thought it better
that the teacher should not bind him
self by any such arbitrary rules, but
that If bound, truth should be held
sacred. The following question was
then brought forward for consideration:
"Can Geography be best taught by the
use of outline maps ?" The affirmative
was taken by the Secretary, no one
taking the negative. The President
explained the manner in which he used
them in connection with the text book.
The association then adjourned till
-7:45 p. m.
AT the appointed time the AssociA-
tion met and was called to order by the
President ordering the Secretary to call
the roll, which was done.
The afternoon minutes were read and
approved.
the audience, by the President, who
spoke upon the subject of Education,
as follows:
"LADIEs AND GENTLEMEN-The re-
marks which 1 shall make this even
ing are quite extenporaneous, and l
shall endeavor to make them prHc-
ticaI. This is an age of Improvement;
an age of steam, OF railroad cars and
teIegraphs. We have to travel Fast, to
work fast, to think and talk fast, or we
get behind the age. we see Improve
ment in mechanics, in agriculture and
in everything iu which men are en-
gagged. By persons meeting together and
Comparing their experiences, improve
menL is the result. Teachers have caught
this idea. These sdvancements have
been made by associated effort Now
IL is necessary that teachers should do
this. l believe that this Is the COM
mencement of Teachers Associations in
Western Virginia. Teachers of Western
Virginia can arrive at the same stand
ard of excellence which has been at
tanned in the much praised East. We
can have as good schools, and as good
scholars here as can be had anywhere
else. We have as good material TO
work on here as they have in the cities
of the boasted East. If we trace back
the history of those who have made
their mark in the world, we find that
they are the sons of farmers or me-
chanics. Henry Clay, the orator, was