The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1886-06-27
FEUILLETDN.
Erutlite Teachers Enjoy = Dny
With Nature.

With Nature.
Material in the PnbIi,
sehoo1 system Of Norfa earelina.
fSPEcIAL CoRREsroEpEScE or gIFIzEE,
Mr.. M1rcnRLL HorrL.
BMAcK MI, June z6.
When the train came rushing dowr
the lovely valley of the Swannanoa yes
terday morning on its way to the Tenn.
essee line, one hundred and twenty Of
the attending teachers at the convention
were ready and waiting with satehels
and grip sacks in hand at the Black
Mountain Station eager and anxious to
make excursions throughout the lovely
IaLand of the;Sky.'' y ~
The objective points we're Ashexille
Warm Springs and Waynesyllle, while a
few remained at the old We eysides.1n al
lAlexande ders, one Of flle mott delightful
hooks on the Inc of tie "a sEverg
teacher young and old seemed 70 enjoy
the ride down the inviting valley of the
ISwannanoa, and during the journey
many voices of exclamation burst forth
in warm and unstinted praise Of the
scenery this section presented to the
eye.
It is to be doubted whether any tour
ist, seated on a velvet cushioned condo
la, surrounded by the strains of lovely
music, lazily waiting down the Bay of
Venice, could enjoy himself any more
than7he could on trip through the
mountains of Western North Carolina
where
s'Happy the man whose wish and care,
A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air
In his own gr )und,
What happy, joyous, contented ex-
cursion of eight hours was this-a re-
freshing idle through valleys, over
mountains and across streams on a we'll
equipped road where health and happi-.
ness fingered on every breeze until the
excursionists reached Black Mountain
latein the evening. with great verdict
o Cay well and protitably spent in
communion with nature.
PROGRESS IN OUR EDUCATIONAL ADyAN-
TAGES.
During the past year $631 ,9O4. SO was
spent for the support and maintenance of
our public schools and according to the
last school census report thera were $780,
l27 children Of the proper age to attend
school-this, if my calculation is right
would be an expenditure of SI19 per
student. Have we not cause then to
congratulate ourselves and to be san
guine of the march of intellect among
our people.
AS Maj. Finger the able and consci-
entious Supt. of our Public Schools,
would ay,t''We arc marching On at a
very healthy and laudable rate and
with thoroughness in every &c all"
What a grand old State North Caroli-
na will be when every son and daughter
within her bounds can have the benefit
ofa public school education in school
houses presided over by teachers to the
manner born.
TIE assembly y Tits y EaR.
Progress, advancement, lzfd hard work
manifest themselves with teachers here
assembled. Old ideas are I, ing abolish
ed, promotion 10 every branch of learn
ing is HappSrent, while conscientious
work is visible in the over-taxed frames
of our deservedly popular instructors. 1t
may well be said
"They have striven at the altar of Effort,
At the altar of Action have wrought
Not only in life, but in thought"
Every returning session there is visi-
BILE upgrade in the individual effort put
forth by every teacher in the master of
this different profession of teaching, and
the advancement for the public good is
attended with much real benefit in the
swollen details of primary education to
every essential for exactness nicely and
precision.
Yesterdays PROCEEDINGS.
Yesterday was the day of rest-from
the regularly laid out programme.
Mountain air. cooling hooks. and spark
ling streams were the attractions for all,
the prosaic as we'll as the poeticalJ and
it proved day of social recreation and
healthful enjoyment. The Band dis
coursed music Throughout the entire day
while few lovers of the Terps1chorean
art INDUCED in the merry dance. In the
evening the younger members of the
Convention gave delightful rcciiations,
readings and dialogue, interspered now
and then with music from many OF the
popular authors of the day.
The forthcoming week will be very
entertaining one, and the programme
mapped out will be in. every essential
might be we'll for ' q member ] of our CIrt-
ZEN to run down and be entertained and
enlightened.
pRpriSrxr p,p.epApus
:, =, :.
HOW deigntIul ID study the races oi
the oiq ana me young IN lne cfodws you
neS' ae lu cilsl .sss 2
aIu youth aiso nave Slelr uleauls. III"
io4tn iooks al lne possible, lss age az elie
propaole. sgs.s
j. G. Tinaberlake LAS tlas made big
reputation Tor himself as wei as ms