Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1885-10-23
Teachers Association.

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The following is the programme OF the
Teachers Association of Montgomery coun-
| ty, which will assemble in the Town Hall
II ockville, on Friday, the 9th day Of No
We mber next
What Constitutes Good Teacher, by Ex-
aminer S. II. White.
How to teach Grammar, by every teacher
in the county.
A Recitation or Reading, by Miss Laura
Hammond
THOMAS STORY, Chrn
SILAs WRIGHT DAVIS, Sec
Felloao Teachers Of Montgomery County:
In presenting you this programme, please
remember, that though short, it involves II
great deal. | will not pause to call attention to
its 0otlnse, but ponder il well Tor yourselves
and come to Rockville on that occasion,
each and all Of you fully prepared to do JUS
lice both to it and yourselves.
The Teachers Association of Montgomery
county is an important adjunct to the. pro-
lession, and could be rendered Indispensable
II all would enter heart and soul with stall
wart vim in the endeavor TO develop its in
trlnslc merit.
We live in progressive age and unless
teachers arouse themselves to the fact that
new methods arc rapidly supplanting the
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the old Irish masters and Yankee peda-
gogues, and even since that date, that this
onward march will sweep from them the pro
fesslon, and the places that knew them once
VIII know them no more. This AssOcia-
uan Will tell you ol this progressive change,
and its discussions and suggestions will
awaken comparisons and force deductions
upon your judgments that have hitherto
been strangers there
That teacher who imagines his OF her
modtS opeiundS 'perect-totally incapable of
improvement-has mistaken his or her call
Ing and Will sooner or later be awakened in
ruthless manner by the direluI results flow
ing from such an infatuated assumptions
The most experienced OF us if "wide awake
be our motto can CLEAN something useful
every day This Association doubles this
opportunity of improvement by II contrast
Of Ideas and an intermingling OF thoughts
by viewing the same subjsct from many
standpoints; IN short in a uultltu1c Of c0un
sci, there is sllety. The p9eriess L3o never
assailed the enemy's position without Il tull,
free and clear discussion Of the situatlon by
his Generals and aids Now, fellow teach.
ers OF Montgomery county, in asking you to !
make this Association what il should be,
am only asking you to confer u boon upon
yourselves. viii you do il? Our present
corps of teachers is second to none in
this good old Commonwealth in native
intelligence, common sense and clear judg-
ment, and needs only to have those powers
trained in thor ugh methods to become the |
peers OF any in teaching power. ! point |
you to the Teachers Association as one Of |
the factors in this problem. Embrace it,
sympathize with it, elevate it, and you will |
never regret it, Montgomery in the past
decade has taken rapid strides in material |
prosperity, then see to it, teachers, that she
lags not cducationally Her parents aud |
taxpayers are sentineling the parapet, and |
oh ye watchmen by the Pierian stream as
Nelson said to the bold spirits Of England, |
Montgomery expects every one OF you to do |
your duty. SILAs WRIGHT DAVIS,
Sec'y Teachers Association Montg'y Co