The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-12-14
THE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.

The Teachers Association of the 9TH.
eth aud 9Th districts met at the Port De
post High School. on last Saturday. Dec
.ih, the President, Mr.. +. : Everis; in
the chair. The meeting was called To
der at I.J5 T.. NJ, and was opened with
prayer 10y Rev. l.. Layiield.
The roll being called. - members were
found present and / absent.
The report of the committee on text.
books called for, but the chairman not
being present at the lime, no report was
made.
The answers To questions referred tn
members at the November meeting were
then given. Mr.. George ". Hanna parsed
,r.H IN the sentence. - have a dress even
ynu wuuld admire" AS an advcIb of em.
phasi>, qualifying the prnHoun you. This
answer. though not accepted by some of
The msmb eTS. was satisfactory Ia Mr.. John
y. G. Hanna. by whom the question had
been referred. Mr J. l.. Croihers worked
III the board th. following question: - II i
between and } q clock. and the hour aud
minute hands are ! minutes of time apart,
what time is II - and obtained a. a result
the answer 10 oil minutes past s % clock
There was considerable dispute over the
correctness of the demonstration, and the
question was referred back To Mr.. CroIheTs
10 he worked at the January meeting.
The following gentlemen were proposed
as honorary members and declared mani
mously elected: DR. ". W. Nerdiu and
Mr. +. Z. Maple. Mr. Graham. OF the
Eiktnn Academy, was enrolled Is An active
member.
Mr. H. X Torbert. editor of Tie CscH
Hhig, was then introduced In the audience.
and delivered an address show ing careful
study aud dilIgent research. He treated
The subject OF education under the three
heads: II. Education ia a general seiisr:
;. An historical glance at the subject viii.
reference To the work of Johann Heinrich
Pesta lozzi. the great Swiss educator; and
}. The personal influence Of teachers
And while 1t L. Impussibl Ia give here an
idea either of the scholarly manner in which
IT was treated or III the many practical sug
gestlons tn teachers. yet something Of H.
effect may be conceived, by saying that for
au hour and seven minutes he held the uu
divided attention of the audience, COMPEL
ing all TO be unconscious OF the lapse OF
time.
At the close of the address. Mr.. !. Thus
llynes moved that L vote OF thanks be re
turned To Mr. II. X. T"rb-rt for his inter
esting and scholarly address; that he he
requested To publlsI it in the next number
Of his paper. aud that his name be entered
upon our roll of honorary members Car
ried unanimously 10y a rising vote
Miss Mary Saut.r then read with fine
effect " The Blacksmith 5 Story
The executive committee III AIDE the fol-
lowing report of literary exercises for the
January meeting: I.ecture-Dr X Il Cruih
ers; Essayist-Miss VI. \. T. Phillips: -
lect Reading Miss Jessie Squer; Question
for Debate" Does tn. pcrpetuIty of our
civil institutions depend upon the succcs-
Of our public schools - Disputants-Thr
Messrs. q. ". Hanna. F. VI. Rawlings, ]
l. Crothers, J. Campbell, J. Thos. Iiynes
aud c. r. Reynolds.
Nr. J. Thos. Iiynes was appointed Critic
FOR the January meeting.
The following questions were referred by
Mr.. John ID {. Hanna: To Mr. Joseph
Turner An army consisting OF l.iOi
men can be formed into a hollow square -
men deep; how many men IN the outer rank
Of a side To Miss Emma ". Moore
- The road is twenty. live feet wide. -
Parse feet aud ride. g The coat is worth
thirty dollars" Parse ,corfh To Mr.. ID
{ Richardson-'' Is the expression, Than
whom correct" Ii so. how parsed -
10 Miss Annie Quinn
- lc fostering brcezes. blow,
And temper all thou world rcviving sun
Into the perfect year.
Parse ye and thou The book is mine"
Parse name.
Ca mution, adjourned to meet at Port
Deposit the lth of January. 1919. at 80
o'clock l.. 81. joins ID. &. HsSSA.
Secretary
u Christmas Goods at the