Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-27
INSTITUTE MEETING
The PARKER County Teachers Meet at
WeREherford.

rne Parker County Teachers Meet at
weaEherford.
Correspondence of the Gazette,
WATERFORD, Tx, Feb. 25.-The
Parker County Teachers Institute met
pursuant to call st Weatheriord Central
school, Saturday 25 inst, Superintendent
G. b. Woodward in the chair and c. S.
Barnett secretary. The educational in
terests Of Parker are growing daily in
worth and popular favor, and our wide
awake teachers Of both town and county
wish 1t to go on record that they take DO
second plsce In the list of wide. awake,
progressive educators Of the state. The
following subjects were discussed In s
most earnest and profitable manner:
PROGRAMME OF BxBRCIsKs.
/. Welcome Address-SuperinIen
G a. Woodward.
2 The School Law OF Texss-Judge /.
N. Roach.
SnouId Teachers be Required to
Read Educational SHrasls-Messrs. Will
Jams and Worlsy.
4. Should Pupils be Allowed to Com
muDicste on any Subject Duripg School
Hours-C. s. Barnett and R. B. Ewing.
D SuppItncuL6Tt hChNiuE-aOu0 hSA-
Erickson and Alice Levison.
6. Chart Drill-Mary McDade and Dora
Scallom.
Z. School Room DecorAtlon-W. W.
Barnett aud Nathan Judd.
g. How Shsll We get Teschers to At
tend the Institute Meetings-G. Il. Wood
ward, l. N. Roach and DR. Wilson.
WELCOME ADDRRss BY PROFESSOR G. q.
WOODWARD.
| Ladies' and gentlemen: As chairman
of this educational body, Heel IL my duty
| to congratulate you upon your attenAnce
ct this time and lid you welcome to the
feast OF love prospecuvely before us. We
are fully cogniz1nt Of the great import
Ance of tina tescher's work, and well do
we understand and fully do we recognize
the great power and influence exerted by
the teachers all over the broad land. Ii
Ia the power that moves the hand that
fixes the destiny Of individuals and q
nstions-shspes the character OF empires
and establishes the dutaollisY Of king
doms.
AS the gentle breezas pass over the
surface OF the earth on sultTy summer
day bearing comfort and delight to
sWelteripg millions, SO does the whole
some influence of the teacher permeate
every mock aud corner OF the hsbitaoie
globe, freiguted with wisdom and knCwl
edge leading 10 prosperity, piety, useful
ness and happiness. The political, social
and moral Opinins of nation are as
plastic msteri9l in the hands OF teachers
to be moulded into such shape as theii
wisdom sni discretion may direct. Aud
IS the potter hath power over the same
lump OF clay to make one vessel to honor
and another TO dishonor 30 hath the
teacher power to mould public opinior
for the veal OF the people or the woe OF
the nation.
What q glorious work for teachers
What responsibilities. How impeIativelJ
necessary that teachers should thoroughly
prepare themselves for the important
duties devolving upon them. 1 wish to
congratulate you, fellow-teachers, or
your success in organizing this, thu
Parker County Teachers's destitute, look
ling TO our intellectual culture and de.
velopment, our material interests sno
prosperity.
Teachers, yours is the foundation
work-the basis Of 8 grand superstruc
ture. You stand upon the threshold OF
the Esycn tower; organized and systeRa
tlzsd the task is half accomplishsd-the
work almost done.
i The destiny of nations depends upor
education, intellectual culture Rome
| held even in the dark ages and still holds
a respectable standing among the nations
of the earth for her lea ming snd scier &c
But Greece, unhappy Greece-ths ls-'
CLEAN her glory WAS extinguished IL
By8antium's tomb.
The last star of her learning went dowr
in the long night of barbarism and the
last remnant Of her renown was anui-
hi!ited in the ravsges of the unrelenting
Moslem.
That knowledge is power may be rest
Ia every page Of history and In every
achievement of man. The rise and ruiz
of empires Is full of this aphorism. VIZ
are informed that the single arm o
! Archimedss Was enabled by knowl
edge to defend Syracuse against th'
| lesions of Rome and DEFY tn
wrath of a combined world. The press
that powerful agent Of disseminstiD.
knowledge and intelligence; the applica
ton Of steam, that mighty power on liant
aud sea; the telegraph, Transmitting
thought around the world with lightning
speed-sre all the results Of Question
, intellectual culture. Why does gigsnti
: Russis, the terror of the TURK, tremole 9
.tne srms OF E1glsnd2 And why was tn
Russian successful in triumDhing over tn
Turk and planting his standafd on tn
: walls of Ssamboul when thoussn
: ssbers glistened with the bloc
i of the nravest heroess II va