The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-11-05

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DsAa Sn n has hssn sid that Education
makss the Nalion y II this Be tsua ii 10 our
pasonopnt daly q American cislzeas, a. Is 30
eloquently expressed By the distinguished edu-
Gator, Miss Matilda FL. Hoas- '@-ss
Hra-To endorse, encourage and sustain, BY
every means, all educational institutions and
systems calculated to honor God and bless hu-
mainly.
6toond-To recognize in Q special sense, not
only the merits and claims Of our Public School
System, but also the debt of duty and obligation
we owe to It, a. the representative of the purest
democracy on earth. 1t verify brings the great
est good to the greatest number" Its munifi-
cent friendly arm reaches out-encircles within
its embrace all classes and conditions of human
ity and lifls them up to plane Of higher exist
ence Indeed, the welfare of our country de-
ponds upon this agency more than any other,
for better class of future citizens
Thsrd-As members Of one great Common
imperative duty to employ all proper means cal
culated to awaken and educate public intelligence
to hearty appreciation of true educational prin-
ciples and methods; also through said means to
exclude an apathetic indifference which is 80
alarmingly prevalent, and which, more than all
else, prevents the cause of education from real
izing her richest possibilities
In view Of the foregoing facts, the manage
ment of the Florida Chautauqua have resolved
to set apart one week of the next Assembly
(which convenes February %, 1867 to Teach.
ers Institute and the special consideration of ed
cational subjects, plans and theories, all of which
will be presented and ably discussed by intel
lectual athletes" and "moral heroes" graduates
from the school of practical experience, and
chosen from the most prominent educational
fields North and South. In order to give the
teachers of the State and the County Superinteu-
dents the benefit of this Teachers Institute, I
have secured for them
RATE OF HALF A CENT PER MILE FROM THE
FOLLOWING RAILROADS.:
Louisville and Nashville, Florida Railway and
Navigation Company, Savannah, Florida and
Western, Pensacola and Atlantic Jacksonville,
Tampa and Key West, South Florida Railroad,
and Florida Southern Railway.
The Jacksonville, ST. Augustine and Halifax
Railroad will charge one dollar for the round
trip, and the st. Johns River Railroad one fare
for the round trip.
The following Steamboat Lines will make the
same charges of half cent per mile, with meals
and berths extra:
On Apalachicola River-Peoples Line, Gen.
trail Line Merchants Line
On st. Johns River-DeBary-Bay Line, Peo-
pies Line.
The first three Lines name 25 cents as the
price OF a meal and the same each night for o
berth.
Board and lodging can be had at DeFuplak
Springs at from IS TO $40 per week. Camping
arrangements will be offered to those who de.
sire to reduce these figures
The inspiration given by such an assemblage
would of itselfbe of incalculable benefit, even If
there was no information to be gained, but this
cannot be, as no phase of educational work, from
College to kindergarten, will be omitted. Hav-
ing made the expense nominal, 80 as to place a
week of recreation and instruction within reach
OF the humblest means, appeal with confidence
to you for your assistance in seeing that every
County Superintendent and every teacher in
Florida attends without loss of pay Pro-
grammes, exact dates and other details will
follow later, but will add here that this Insti-
tute will commence Tuesday, March I'd, 1885,
and continue one week. Respectfully,
w. D. CHIPLEY,
Vice-President Florida Chautauqua
TALLAHASSEE, FLA, October 10, 1886.
Capt. W. d. OhipSy, Pensacola, Fla:
DEAR SIR: Your generous letter of the 1st
October received. Permit me to thank you
most heartily for the ample provisions made for
the attendance of teachers, County Supernten-
dents and school officers, and especially for the
grand and generous sentiment you express in
sympathy with the great work represent in
the government of our beloved and prosperous
State. l pledge you my utmost ability in en-
deavoring to have every teacher, Superintendent
and school officer avail themselves of this grand
opportunity for improvement, and gathering the
thinking and laboring in more extended fields.
Section 30 of the School Law, under the head
of Teachers, is as follows: mo teacher while
actually attending Teachers Institute shall
suffer deduction of salary" I will see to il
that each of the teachers superintendent and
school officers are properly and timely notified
of the occasion and urge them to attend Indeed.
/ want this to he q regular State Instituto ord
believe that its influence for good can scarcely
be estimated. Thanking you for myself and for
our teachers and co-workers, and requesting
you to keep me informed as to your further
operations that may do whatever can to
cooperate with the Florida Chautauqua in
reference to this Institute, or any other of its
very laudable enterprises, scattering good as
it does all over our State, am truly and CRATE
fully you're,
A. J. RUSSELL,
Superintendent of Public instruction.