, 1874-12-30

Neyortheoaa. tho young ningora wont through
their part with credit, and With apparent satis-
faction to tho audiouco.
THE WELCOMING Address.
hlr. John Hull, OF Bloomington, President Of
tho Apauciatton, thon introduced to tho D audonto
J. 9. niohborg, prostdontof tho Board Of Educa-
tlon. Of Chicago, who dottgcTol an address Of
woleomo to tho teachora: After tho t1aual pro-
lminary rcmarka, ho nafas
In view Of tho fact that our Stata nnnu-
ally e1pcnds enor1nons snn,s q nonOy for tho
support Of certain {so~cao>) educational inasitu-
@ ss: In ss:sS " Viii ;tsss &c & sff s ns H.
reicl hat not an in.ilion of learnine In tis saie
appropriate palic money Tor stss odaeat! ins.
worthy Of the ,iae md 70 whieh tho sohooiinsstsr
nopt md 10 BIZ nrp hont 0'ushn
o te 0' saons nt IL each State
should 10 eft entirely under tho control Of tho people
thorcof, and my and every atten of neeferenco by
S"1ssS Il Sssse
ior tAs outcome xoald tlsn ', b. FL
tic nso oi political psrtics aud tho ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of
damagcguea. 1t laa been said that tie endency nt
tho time In tho education of children under
mainly in reading, writing and arithmetic. .nl
ago Of 10 or II ycars we require reading, writing,
erltl,uotie, spo'lina erammar geography, history,
i,g knowloteo of almost everything under tho sun.
OF fncccszlly tLo teacher only laens to rcci.at!ons
there T. no o for mt tbs ed IL not be-
bo cutiyae TO nuch acgrea TINT tho teacher at tho
c,,d Of Tho term can any, hnyo promoted every
must M bo spent III eachina aud lcss Ii liatentna 10 roc
tations.
That onr American school system Is = success can
rot belieye, be successfully controverted, md We
mutt lose aglt Of tho fact that. upon It mora
than anything eso depends tho future Tho welfare hs
atra.sd at there M il morally that 10 we'll ana
pronssly taught outside Of religion, and s.y III 4.
@ MI ue aa 1sssnde ese nor uo
rate 1t any than would that Of the; paroelial
achoos and tho good accomplished oy them ~ ho%lpng %
convinced, tllat tbs schoo-room IN which secular IN
strne.ien e given t. not to place for rssfG1;s
n!oo svaiy ias orng Ssfore stavns
o for hs B6s as he bag ,n f 1 ,sa snsa
whose parents arc respectively Of nit secs crceds and
shades Of reKa hence esefyhi1g gsa, Gf .ecran
ticus. ought Aud uuat Of necessity 10 excluded.
TIE REPLY.
The President OF tho Teachera' Association
gracefully responded In these words: I'm boz
half of tho Association; thank you for your
stanuoa prevent 4 Atting rosponsc. We have
como to your city to consult upon nlattera Of iu-
terost to uB ~ teachors, aud trust that when
we leave you no shall carry With ua no less or
pressed for ,lt at our coming. Again l thank
you for your words Of Welcome"
Mr.. Hull then delivered
THE ANNUAL ADDRESS,
Of which tho following il q comprehensive s,lm-
mary:
Tic not uncommon process Of loading down
pupils With tito ulinutp Of aomo Of tho text books,
which in time provo 1lttlo better than rubbish,
should bo unheaitatingly baniHhod from tho
workshops Of teachers. aud. in its place, ono
Of thought more though It exccrclse tho NOM
ory losH 1t il OF infinitely moro valuo to any
child to roaoh homo ut evening from school
with Hon1o clear conception Of tho relation OF
noun and tuuu. be 1t never go littlo, than to
havo mastered. word for word, whole pages Of
tho text books used In our schools. There are
cortnin laws of casy comprehension governing
the motions OF tho atmosphere, and cloar ap-
psohenHion of these, even it to no considerable
extent, cannot fall to prove Of much more bono.
comprellousiyeness than can an oqual amount
Of labor OIL tho aaploss facts 10 frequently doled
out III our schools
No criticism is intended of tho practice neoes-
aary to give o1actuess of deluitlon aud accuracy
of statement bnt rather OF tho PRACTICE Which
belitloa tho mind by loadingi it with those things
Which give noither increased power of Thinking,
nor increased power OF doing. What I ,risl to
urge upon ali teachers is. that they have their
pupils to think moro mud momorizo loss that
they may in tho afTairs Of life know for them-
solves tho differences betweon glitter and gold,
bctweon falHellood and truth, aud between the
Establishments Of the dcmaEoeuo md the honest
utterancos Of u genuine lover Of his country and
his kind. Strengthen your pupils every good
impulse. and aid them III fixing that character
which will bring thom, rs tho ncedto is brought
TO tho polo. Aownyor I.lcli disturbed, baok to
their guiding principles Of truth aud manly