Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-06-16
NO.. 80.
WARREN COUNTY TEACHERS IN
STITUTE.
In Full Blast---Small Arms, Archers,
Great Guns, lightning and Hail.
Dry Leaves, Scions and Pruit-.
Miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.
Since Monday morning the War
rem County Teachers Institute has
been in session at the City School
building. Quite large number of
teachers from different districts of the
county are in attendance. The roar
ing of internal intellectual fires are
felt and seen in flashes of progressive
thought, and sparks from the smoke
stack of genius.
The small manual of primary work
in our common schools has been pre-
sented in fine dress parade On several
occasions this week.
The skilled archers, who have long
been teaching the young ideas how
to shoot, manipulate their several
preferred guns with marked accura-
cy. The high claim of each plan is
pretty thoroughly tested.
The great guns storm the old mos
sy forts of tardy thought and plant
themselves on the citadels of modern
improvement, to whose lofty battle
ments the old time teacher-God bless
him-looks with wonder at the flash
es of new speed, new and simplified
motive powers waking up and ener-
gizing the latent forces hitherto dor
mant il human intellect. Once in a
while a hail-stone is thrown on some
overheated plan, but the cold stone
is caught, melted, converted into
steam, which, under the force of
safety valve, becomes in turn con-
verted into necessary power.
Occasionally we saw dry leaves on
trees which ought to remain green
till the fruit appears, but with an oc-
casional exception this crop of plant
ing better plans and better "plants"
will produce fruits of which Warren
county may soon partake.
The young scions in pedagogy are
in good soil with a healthy surround
ing, and we predict for them many
a vast. harvest of educated men
and women.
Let Warren county do one thing, a
better thing than has been done,
namely: pay your teachers bet
ter. Many teachers are at the Insti-
lutte qualifying themselves for better
work. They are on heavy expense
to qualify themselves for their all
important work. Encourage this
noble, brave, and useful class of men
and women, without whose teaching
the Church of God itself would be-
come impotent and civilization an
impossibility. eve must educate or
we must perish" This scribe is in
hearty loving sympathy with this
self-denying, self-sacrifce body of
noble men and priceless acomen.
o we teachers, from the fidelity of
your hard work may spring a needed
Washington, a queenly Victoria, a
} manly Webster, wise, ruling Debo-
rah. From your cabin school houses
may spring a Munsey, or form your
humble, faithful work another Mill
/ boy of the slashes may overskadow
= Henry Clay. Honored teachers, to
yoag training iscommitted rulers OF
4 Church, of State, of this great world
} itself. W.
t Among the teachers would men
: ton the well known names of Prof.
: Clark and Miss Maud Terril of the
Winchester Normal, Prof. A. d. Car
den, president of Manchester College,
who have done splendid work in the
Institute, also young Mr.. Terril, Of
e Winchester, and Others whom time
T. forbids we should not mention.
We deeply regret the family attilc-
ton of our dear friend, Prof. Bell,
o who has been kept from mis- loved
0 work inthe Institute.
y We mention the good work done
n by Prof. Clark, of our city, in mathe.
< matics.
Tho noble ladies' of thn Tnstitutt
5 will not think we are partial by men
% tioning the active, ,blithe, wide awake
% incisive intellect of Miss Ada Thur
% man, whose genial face and ready
y y work have been so fully appreciated
y by the Institute. The noble work is
d progressing smoothly and hopefully
N DIDAsKALos.