Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-28
N. W. TEXAS TEACHERS.
A Large Attendance OF Educators at the Bowie
Meeting-Women lis well as Men
Enthusiastic.
Special to the Gazette.

| Special to the Gazette.
| BOWIE, Ten. Dec. 27.-The North
west Texas Teachers Association met
this morning at l0:50a. IN. with Pro-
fessor 7. b King i'll the chair and G II.
Daugherty, secretary. Adjourned till 2
p. III. Considerable interest is being
manifested, and the attendance to-mor-
row will be unusually large This or
ganization is only q year old, and the
interest that has been ''worked up''
since then is wonderful. There has never
been more intellectual as
sembly in the state than the
meeting now in progress. The
lady members have taken considerable
interest in the organization and this
alone insures its grand success. The
following teachers are here: Miss R. E.
Suing, Bowie; Mrs. Lizzie SOmervell,
Jacksboro; Mrs. Lottie Hatfield,
Jacksboro: W. H. Pool, Fort Worth,
superintendent Tarrant county; L. C.
Thomas, Post Oak; I. n. Brown, 5 j.
Holt, Sunset; T. l.. Varnacter, Bows;
7. NJ. Jordan, Bowie: G. W. White,
Sunset; Miss Laura Martin, Grafton;
Mrs. Vista Kerr, Bowie; Misses Lizzie
Brown, Meliss Fox, Montague; F. A.
Glenn, Henrietta; Elsie F. Agnes,
JaclisbOrO; J K. Webster, Jacksboro!
B F. Canterberry, Myrtle, Tex; S. n,
MCDANIEL, Newport; Hon. Alex Hogg,
Fort Worth; C. A. Bryant, Austin,
Tex: Alice Vowel, Sunset; F. R Aston.
JacksbOro; J . l.. Travis, Dallas county;
H. P. Waugh, Montague: John C.
Sisuffer, Forestburg; William j LINEN,
Bowie; J. 7. Bryan, Chico; J A. Hes
ter, Chico; L. A. Mcdonald, Bowie.
27th, $3.50 a.. m, music-Prayer, Rev. J. C.
Ward, Bowie; Address of Welcome; Hon. G.. F.
Thomas Bowie Response, Professor G.. f.
Daugherty, Jacksboro; Opening remarks by
Professor King, Jacksboro.
Recess-Hardships of the Country School
Teacher; Superintendent j. H. Vaughn, Monta-
Chico.
Noon-I:15 D. m, music; County Supervision,
school, Professor T. N. Brown, Post Oak Do
Our Normal Schools have Tendency to Create
Monopoly? Judge w. II. Savage, Bowie; The
New School Law, Superintendent U. G.. Wilkn-
son of Eagle Point.
6:45 p. m, music; Elocution, Professor C. w.
Dale, Fort Worth; Reading Circle, Superintend-
ent Barnett, Weatherford.
2Sth, 9:I5 a M, music; Tenure of Office, Pro-
fessor L. A. Mcdonald, Bowie; Importance OF
Thoroughness in Primary Training, Mrs. L.
Hatfield, Jacksboro; Upon What Does the Sue
cess of Country Schools Depend? superintend-
Noon-l:i5 p. m, music; The New vs.. the
Old Education, Superintendent j. q. Adamson,
Bowie; Beauties OF Rhetoric, Professor w. IL.
Alexander, Decatur; Mind Culture, Superin-
tendent F. A. Glenn, Henrietta;- Discipline,
Superintendent Tolbert, Vernon.
$50 p. m.-Music; The Relation that Education
Should Bear to National Patriotism, Hon. G., F.
Thomas of Bowie; Manuel Training, Superin-
tendent Alex Hogg, Fort Worth.
: 29thE9:l5 q. IN. music; Necessity of Teachers
Institutes and Associations, Superintendent
Timberiake montague; The Problem of the
Hour, Superintendent W. n. Pool county super
intendent Tarrant county.
The exercises of the association will be inter-
spersed BY rectations from Misses Leila Cook,
Jessie Riley, Ida Lively; Vi-gie Peoples and Min
ME Kinsey.
L: A. Mcdonald, ]. K. Webster, Mrs. L. Hat
field committee.
Reception committee: Mayor D. C. Allen, DIR.
H Riley, John H. Matthews, Elder Z. L. How
ell, G. B. Moore, Il. c. Akers and john L. Nor
wood. =
Professor Hogg of Fort Worth is an
enthusiastic worker.
W. H. Pool, superintendent of Tar
rant county, is an attentive listener and
q Jealous worker.
Professor Glenn of Henrietta wants to
know everything. He is a keen, clear
headed observer.
Professor 7. n. Brown of Post Oak de-
livered a good speech on ''Morals in
School. - He brought down the house.