Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-04-12
r.ncherr. rrecrinr nt Guthrir.

the two States in conciave assem- bled.
Immediately ON lighting from the cars,
not at Guthrie but at state Line, our hearts |
were made glad By the beaming visage OF
Prof nail. on which may be always OBJ
served a smile Of good-humored alacrity. |
We were Immediately conducted By this
gentleman to the
HALLroNIOS ACADEMY,
in which we found ourselves nearly the
arst arrivals.
This institution is not strictly in Guthrie,
nor evan in Kentucky, the State line run
ming about fifty yards north of 1t. 1t is
therefore a constituent part of the old town
of estate Line" which was q respectable
village before Guthrie had emerged fronfthe
mug ponds or the railroad had an existence
which created Guthrie. Being all connec-
ted with schools IL IL better that We should
be right In our geography.
We were not long alone; very soon the
following list of ladies and gentlemen en-
gagged In teaching was flied up:
ClarksviIIe-Prcf. Dlnwiddie, Sup't J. G.
Brooks the Rev. J. II. Gold, Prof y. u. Alb
ernathy, Mrs. =. h. Snackenord, Mlsssss Kate
Rogers ana Lou Loveli, aud Dr. ID. +. Wright,
II1Gnrls-Proi. r: F. Hall, A. Bryant, Miss
Lime hall and J. = Parhain, Scnool Com
Trenton-Prof. y. A. Pointer, I. A. Duke
and Miss Dora Manion.
Springfield, Teun.-Miss II. Swanson.
Sltdlersville-PrOf. j. w. Grant.
AiiemsVille-Rrof. I. Al. Mourning.
Hadensyiiie-Dr.J J. r Harris.
RussellviIle-Dr. !. ID. Evans, school COM
missioner.
To avoid delay DR.. d. F. Wright was cleo
ted temporary chairman and Prof. R. +.
Hail, Secretary, pending the permanent or
ganizatlon Of tue association.
The first subject OF discussion was Disci
pine, the Introductory address being deliv-
cred by Professor Brooks, superintendent OF
public schools at GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
Prof Brooks advocated strict and unvary-
ing discipline he contended that faults
should be punished promptly and regularly,
no fault being passed over. Submission 10
authority should be incuIcated until it be-
came habit. Honor and pride should b,
cultivated and as much as possible relied on
bat the scholars must know that where they
are not sufficient other motives must be APP
pealed 70 that are. He held that discipline
should go Beyond the school room and fol-
low the scholar into the play grounds ana
the streets, contending that the scholars ola
well disciplined school can be recognized by
their demeanor On their way home.
purpose, but dwelt much on family disci
pIine, saying that he had a family biz
enough to make moderately sized schoo.
itself, and that his family and school disci-
pline were Identical. He said that parent
ought 70 know that they save their children
from the necessity of much puhishn, mt by
sccustoming them to order and prompl
obedience at home.
prof poinfar hold that No real dfffarppp,
existed between what was generally called
discipline and teaching in school and thai
order, submission to law, and self-contro
were lessons as important and asincumbenI
on the the teacher to communicate as gram
mar, history, or geography. Discipline, i.
short, or teaching, call It which you will, 4
physical, mental and moral, and 81 any OF
those departments is omitted, evil results
while when all are united, they help ont
another, amt complete character is fOrmet
under their influence. Motions and pos
lures in the school are not TO be neglected
and the complete disciplinar an attends mi
nutely to the disposal Of the hands, lips ana
eyes.
I1r. Evans commenced by insisting upor
the predominance Of moral training, quot
ing Semiramis, queen of Assyria, as an In
stance of completeness in all accomplish
ments except those which depend on mora.
training, and George Washington as one il
whom the results of moral training are spec
tally manifest. The doctor opposed cOrpo-
raj punishment in all cases, and cited his
own youthful experience how, under the Sc
we're treatment prevalent in those days, h,
had become refractory and disobedient, anC
was reclaimed by an appeal to his feelings.
DR.. d F. Wright thought that corporal
punishment could not be dispensed will
altogether, but a. the same time considered
that much more depended upon the cerain-
" than the severity OF punishment /
ought TO be known in a school that no fault
can be committed without being fOllowe,
by punishment. He maintained that the
laws of ma ure acted i'm this way if there
were any exception to the rule that the con-
tact Of fire burns, children and even adult,
would not be deferred from handling Il t.
their injury. But while he argued for tn
answering execution of such laws he did
not as an inference, approve of great fire.
quenCy OF punishment quite the contrary !;
he believed that a law which associates tn
fault with the punishment as by q law 0
nature tended 10 rarity in the necessity fOI
punishment: one who, under such treat
ment acquires the habit of confornin-
with law gradually Incorporates the law
with his own nature, renders 1t "A part OF
himself, and obeys by habit unconsciOuslH
and involuntarlly. Obedience becomes
habit and habit becomes instinct. He quo
tel the saying of the apostle that the law
a schOolmaster to bring men to Christ
Christianity Is obedience from an tnwart
principle, the living in righteousness 70
righteOusaess' sake and for the love of H.,
but this state has IA all men 20 be preceded
by law of external restraint typihed by
the law OF Moses and the habits formeu
by such external control gradually build NJ
the internal law Of self-control This inter
nal faculty Il should be the constant care o.
parent, teacher or guardian TO watch 70
and cul. ivate and develop by every means
his expe rienee or wisdom may suggest; an,
under an enlightened treatment such as tn
The discipline of punishment becomes $. L
eliminating so that its conscientious admin
lstatiOn gradually establishes condition
IN Ter which IL can finally be dispensed
VITA; the condition under which perfec
love casteth out fear.
This is about what the doctor meant u
say we hardly think he got it all out ex
Rctly as we have written 1t but hope thai
some ofthe ideas were made Ineligible I,
the association.
We shall have 20 omit extended notices OF
the subjects OF spelling, as introduced by
Prof. Mourning, and arithmetic, by Prof
Dinwiddie, though both were very ably dis
CusSed.
After dinner the organization Of the So
81 81 81 - ~. '.,oSS
The following are the officers elected:
4. "a ..,-A..A,. T. " Ait, UI 1IHIks vile
Nice-P residents-PrOf. z. A. Pointer, OF
Trenton, ]. G: Bros Ks, Cimksville, 7. NJ.