The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-12-09
ADDRESS OF WELCOME.


tile Opening or the Teachers in.si-
tu.e, In Winnemncca.
Mr.. President, feliow-teachers, officers
and co.workers in the cause of edu-
cation:
am thrice happy this morningin the
privilege of greeting you on your assem-.
bling in the capacity of a State Teach
ers' Institute. 1t is Indeed to me a
matter of no ordinary satisfaction to en-
joy the opportunity Of extending cor
dial welcome to all who are to partici-
pate in the exercises of this dettberative
body. The pleasure this privilege
affords is greatly enhanced from the
consideration of the fact that now, for
,, the first time in the eventful history Of
Hasn boldt county, she enjoys the dis
tinguished honor of having State
Teachers Institste convene at her
county seat. And now, as the repre-
sentative officially of the public schools
in Humboldt county, and ia behalf OF
its school trustees, teachessnd citizens,
| extend to our honorable State Super
intendent of Schools, whose province it
is to preside on ths occasion, my heart
felt thanks for having called session
of his Institute in Winnemncca, and bid
him and those whom he has brought
with him, as vel. as al other fellow
teachers who may be assembled here
from various counties OF Che State, a
cordial welcome to our iowa and county.
Yes, let me alse cay: In Aehah of the
Honorable Board of Cousty Gommis-
sieners, whose patiic spirit and abiding
Interest in the education Of the children
Of the county prompted Them to donate
the nse Of this spacious and CONSIDERABLE
court-roo for the assembling OF this
Institute. 4 welcome you. ese and alb
within It's walls, aad bid you to enjoy
its eonforts and its pleasant ssround-
ings. But lastly, and yet not least, let
me in behalf of the citizens Of Winnie
muoca, invite you to their homes and
to their firesides, and bid you to enjoy
the Inequalities that ayfreesy be ten.
dered you by geserous and liberal
hearted people.
The occasion that has called yoa here
is fraught with more than ordinary in.
terest. You have ,cosse up froa the
east and from the west; from the aorth
and from the south of our below ed State;
not as laundering statesmen to mar the
fortases Of State already crippled by
laws marrow in their conception and
partial in their application. Not as
professional politicians in conclave as
sembIed to bid for the spells of Office;
nor az warriors are you, core worn aad
SCARED by hasd fought battles to Icy
your trophies at the feet of ,some proud
monarch. But rather have You cone
to AID IN the work of improving the
commOn schools of our couatry by vea-
tilatieg amprose6 methods Of teaching
and managing the same. .anf thus te
assist IN neodesing as pure aad invigor-
ating a. possible the fonntsia at which
the rising generation must dsiak. We
find ourselves livieg in an age when
progressive ideas force themselr upon
the consideration and attentioC of the
public. Isses1gatio <sn the laSd plane
of common theaght ne longer holds in
chains the insniring mind. higher
strata in the great field of Thought are
tbeing explored aad unf0lded by practical
demonstrations. In no department. Of
Apman progress ere these characteristics
Of the age more apparent than ia the
systems of edueation and methods of
instruction that are fast .rising in pop.
ufar favor all over CAR land. NoEmal
schools, State and county Teachers To-
stitutes, TEACHERS meetings and asso-.
Citations and educational joarnals all
have combined to infuse new life into
our systems OF learning. and to evolve
from the dead and Anticipated past the
principles on which the "new educa-
ton" is based. This revival OF educa-
tien is due. apprehend, to the energy