The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-03-12

tere IN by occasionaIl Offering any views whatever
q an educational character. that may further the
In our midst.
As there is no matter on hand from
Jour felIow-laborers throughout the
lcounty, we take advantage OF this oppor-
Itunity TO give few items that may be Of
some Importance to our readers.
On last Friday and Saturday the newly
organized Teachers Association Of Spen-
lcer county held its first literary meet
ling at Dale. II was largely attended
and many papers of,grcat Importance to
teachers were read.
We, in company with Mr.. Clarke, of
the Huntingburg schools, had the pleas
nre of spending Saturday with the Asso-
citation. We heard three papers read !;
Our Schools" by j. Scammerhorn !;
l'' Reading" by Prof. c. +. Donney, Of
Rockport schools and. German in the
Public Schools by Mr.. Spielman, of the
Rockport schools. Mr.. Scammerhorn's
paper was verbose "reminiscences Of the
schools Of the country for the past thirty
years. Mr.. Donney's paper was rife with
suggestive hints of how TO acquire q
knowledge Of the art of reading. He
compared the human voice to harp Of
a thousand strings, Of which nine hum
dred and ninety-ninc were out of tune.
Mr. Spielman's paper was we'll worded.
He suggests the idea Of the German
teachers holding township meetings oc-
casionaIly, to discuss the best methods
of teaching this branch. We believe
that semi-occasional meeting Of this
kind in our county would be beneficial.
There was certain backvardness ON
the part Of members to take hold Of the
papers read and discuss them. which we
die not like TO see. The adage which
says: Isle ct plilosophus esto,r II ap-
tplied to such occasions. is sadly at fault.
On such occasions each member should
feel as though he were on his native
heath, and that his name Is McGrgor--
he should .lay on, McDuain
To secure this end, programs should
be distributed at least Two months before
each meeting, and then each member
should pick out and prepare on two oI
three subjects for each day Of the session
II is sufficient II he drop but one good
Suggestion on each of these subjects i
lspeech Is unnecessary. BY thus prepar.
ling, that indifferent indefinite, careless
air, characteristic of such meetings, here
as well a. there. will be numbered among
the things that were; the president viii
be relieved Of the embarrassment q
calling reiteratedly for remarks, to which
no sound is heard, etc.
We will just here remark that w. s
Lamar President Of the Association, i
, an energetic man and Is doing goot
work.
\ We were sorry to hear while in Dial,
that brother Logan and family were sick
] at Grandview. j. II. B.. do not jeop
i ardise your health by too hard work.
al We were informed that our friend J
> w. Wisdom, formerly Of this place, j
editing a spicy educational column ii
the Rockport Democrat. He is teachin,
! the Midway school.
Supt q. G. Cooper has just finished
Visiting the schools of this county. HI
has travelled over some of the wors
n roads In the State on his circuit. HI
' has not failed to do his best for the wei
! fare Of the schools. as we have hear,
= from different localities. He is doing
/ commendablc and noble work.
al The Huntingburg and the Jaspe
y schools will close about the first weel
: in April. Mr.. Clarke has elevated th
i standing of the Huntingburg schools ia
above the stratum that they formerly oc
n cupied. fact which shall stamp him .
1 one Of the very best educators in thi
O county.
Il One Of the most aflable gentlemen tha
! liz was our pleasure TO meet atthe A.
!. sociation. is Prof Nourse, Co. Supt. q
J. Spencer. He is an active worker in th
r field allotted him, and is highly spoke
: Iof by oil the teachers Of the count,
1 Spencer county's schools cannot fail I
advance under the guidance OF gentle
man like Prot. Nourse.
III Dubois county has an area Of 40 SONAR
! miles, and an enumeration of childre
z lamounting 10 1896. according TO the Ia,
Q report, which makes fourteen childre
y to the square mile. or these "A per cen
i attend school. We have twenty colore
i children enrolled In the county; the
occupy one school in Ferdinand tow
# ship. The average length Of our tow
e ship schools is about 120 days; and OF
l. leverage teacher receives s1.s2 per diem
III We also met Prof. j. Taylor, OF Dial
Iwho Is q fine teacher and has lar,
'r school; he Is spoken Of by the people
y Dale as an able educator. There
Iroom for improvement Ia the scho
building. or Dale, as il bears evidences
1.-THE finger marks Of time. Success
v Iyou, brother Taylor, for we are 10
IAMAs. Dale II nice town and has
4 Icopious supply Of hospitablc inhabifan'
among whom we are particularly ]
r. Idcb,ed 10 Mr.. Alfred Cox and his es
fmablc lady for A souarc meal