Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-08-29

all were agreed In saying that til,
/ schools are not accomplishing wha1
they ought, and that many obstruc
| tions lay in the road to perfection
Some blame the school law, some
the director. Some think we don'l
vote enough tax, and others cry
for county supervision. While
many of these are unfaverable anG
many adverse, the main fault is in
the teacher and friends of educa,
tion. Teachers must honor ths
calling by sticking to it-by sys.
tematic preparation. Swap ex.
perience with their fellow teachers
and take an active part in all teach.
ers' institutes and association work
| He closed his most interesting lee.
ture with the following sentiment;
"May the time speedily come when
the innocent school teacher, with all
his motley tribe, shall be relegated
to the darkness of his own obscurity
and his place supplied by the true
progressive teacher, who, like
Wordsworth's warrior"
mot content that former worth stand fast.
| Locks forward. persevering to the last,
| Prom well to better, daily seIf-surpassed,
TRUTHS FROM THE LECTURE.
Only tyrants and despots re-
joice In the ignorance of the peo-
pie. u
If the fountain is impure the
stream must, of necessity, be i'm.
pure.
1t is claimed that education
brings disobedience and heresy,
but better revolution than tyranny,
better heresy than priest-craft;
"better twenty years of England
than cycle Of cathary."
The public schools are doing a
good work in sending forth into
professions and avocations of life a
trained, self-governing class oi
workers and producers.
As iron sharpeneth iron, teacher
need to encounter the keen Da-
mascus blades that others WELD to
discover their weak points and to
acquire the finest edge of faculty.
Let the teacher keep his school
and the school will keep him.
The following was submitted by
the committee on resolutions and
unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, This, the eighth an
nual session of the Audrain County
Teachers Normal Institute, through
the earnest effort of those wne
have been engaged IN advancing
the educational interests of our
county, has been marked success
therefore, be it
Resolved, By the entire body OF
teachers, in Institute assembled
First. That we heartily approve
of the efforts of our Elk. committee
in that it's members have been SO
instrumental in arranging every.
thing for the most successful work.
ing of the Institute.
Second, That thanks be extend
ed to our officers for the able man.
nsr in which they have performed
their respective duties, and in par
ticular to our worthy secretary, who
has so ably discharged the duties
Of her office.
Third, That in Prof. J. l. Nelson
we recognize one of the leading
educators of the State, and fee
that from his labors and lecture we
the teachers, have gained much in.
formation that will be Of use to us
in future work.
Fourth, That thanks be extended
to the instructors for the able man
ner in which they have discharged
their respective duties.
| Fifth, That we feel especially
fortunate in having had the pleas
ure, during the present sesson, o
listening to the entertaining and IN
structive lectures of Rev.J. c. Horn
Rev. J. A. Matthews, Prof. J. I
Nelson and Prof. ]. P. Blanton
for which we return our earnes
and sincere thanks.
| Sixth, That we hereby return
our thanks to the school board fol
the privilege of the Public Schoe
building; to the daily papers fo
granting US the use OF their col
umns to publish our proceedings
and to the citizens of Mexico il
general for the kind and hospitabl,
treatment we have received at thei
hands.
| Seventh. That we commend te
the teachers of our county ant
State the Missouri Journal as /,
i publication of merit and princlpI,
of education, and adopted to ths
) needs and wants of the teacher
and especially do we recommend
to those teachers who are not sub
scrihers to become SO at once.
i Eighth, Whereas, since the ses
sion of the Institute, the grea
Ruler of the Universe has, in Hi
infinite wisdom, removed from on
midst, our worthy and highly es
| teemed associates, Misses Alic'
! Shea and Lizzie White.
| ResoIued, That in their death W,
feel that the Institute has los
jealous workers, the parents o
each a loving child, the communit,
useful and honored citizens, an,
the cause of education true friends
/. further that our heartfelt sympath,
is hereby extended to the bereave'
parents and friends in their affiic
ton.
Il Ninth, That copy of these res
olutions be furnished to each @
the Mexico papers for publication
4 J. P. VEERKAMP,
4 MARY HsUsToN,
, Committee.
The Daily Ledger.
From the Waffenton Banner.
We received a copy of the Mex
leo DAILY LEDGER the other da
with both sides brim full of adver