Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-01-07

Star, Dec IL ana IL, 1880,
FIRST SEssIoN-FRIDAY MORNING.
The first institute for the year 1856,
was held at Morning Star, Dec, II and ~.
Mr.. r, l.. Patton, Supt. of Public In.
struction, in calling the meeting to order
said:
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Teachers
of Washington County have met here for
the purpose of reiterating some of their
mos approved methods Of teaching, and,
since we are responsible in q great mea-
sure for the moral as well as the intel.
iectual training of our country's future
dependence, we feel it our duty to in.
woke Him who gave us this honorable
work to perform.
W. c. Patton, stepping forward, led in
an able prayer, E. j. Baxter was ap-
pointed Secretary and J. r. Carson
critic,
The roll was called by districts; the
following represents the rate of attend
ance; Districts No. 3, A. 5, g., Z, 8, 10,
IL, IL, ID, IA, 16, II, were represented by
an aggregate of twenty. two teachers.
District No. /, 2, s, 10, and 10, were not
represented.
An extensive and neatly arranged pro-
gramme was then taken up and dispensed
with, with marked effect by the various
teachers OF the county. This programme
was in%terspersed with music by the
Morning Star band, under the supervi-
sion Of S. X. Martin, esq, and any en-.
conium ! might offer would do but
simple injustice to the melodious strains
that melted the dread OF coming events to
sweetest thoughts, and sprinkled the
hour of time with dews of an heavenly
choir.
The night session was principally taken
up by W. K. Patton, in illustrating the
contractions Of arithmetic 'or shorthand
method Of calculating. Mr.. Patton
showed the inconsistencies of State legis.
latlon upon the question Of usury. Satur-
days Session; Prof. Crosswhite opened
the session with prayer. The most i'm
portant feature in this days proceedings
was a discussion. Question-Should ply
siology be taught in our public schools?
Opened by DR.. Methias Mead. This dis
cuSsion was met with with universal ap-
proyal, and as a result a motion was
made by W. X. Patton to petition the
Legislation to abolish the study of geology
and elementary agriculture from our
course, as taught in the public schools
OF Washington county, and substitute
physiology in their stead. The vote was
taken by yeas and nays, and resulted in
n vote of fourteen to five in favor of the
petition, as follows;
Yeas-Jasper Ivans, F. T. Watts, G.
b. Armentrout, Miss Nola Henley, S. p.
Bowman, L. j. Baxter, A. G. Crosswhite,
J. II. Edens, Miss s. V. Bowman, w. L.
Patton, W. X. Patton, w. X. Martin, A.
Il, Mead, E. e. Shipley; nays-David
Crosswhite, Jno. A. Smith, w. s. Squibb,
JnU. II. Carson. T. c. Garst, ..non-com-
initial.
This completed the programme.
Miss Flora White, an clocutionist of
the 9th Dist, was then invited to the
RESTRAIN to rccite-"Lady Clara" which
she did in an admirable manner
A committee having been appointed to
draft some resolutions, handed in the
following which were real and adopted:
Resolved, That we, the teachers of the
institute held at Morning Star, Dec, II
and IL, 1885, extend to the citizens of the
community our sincere thanks for their
general hospitality during our attendance.
BE it further resolved, That, for the
excellent music dispensed by S. P. Mar
tin and his associate musicians, we give
expression to u thanks.
Resolved, That we appropriate the at
tendance of the people upon this occasion
and take it as an expression of their inter
est in our educational work.
NJ. MEAD,
F. 7. WATTS, ICom.
c. b. ARMENTRoUT.
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