Evening journal., 1889-07-10
MARYLAND DELAWARE.
STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATIONS
MEET IN MARYLAND.

House-The First Days session, and
Our Governor Biggs's Felicitous Ad-
dress.
The Baltimore Sun, in special from
the Blue Mountain House Md, dated
yesterday says The teachers Of Mary
land aud Delaware took possession of the
Blue Mountain House to day for three
days session of the teachers associations
of the two states The advance guard
Of visitors got in yesterday, but by
far the largest number arrived to-day
Every train which came along discharged
an avalanche of amiable school narms
and dignifed sehoolmasters, and it was
hard to walk along the spacious corridors
of the pretty hotel without jostling
against some leading instructor The
discussions will of course be the principal
attraction to the teachers in attendance,
but the beauties of the mountain scenery
and the delicacies of the mountain table
viii also be thoroughly investigated
The teachers are here partly for
the avowed object Of having a good
time, as well as an interchange
Of fraternal IDEAS Every countenance IS
beaming, and there is no thought Of lay
| ing in supply of rods for winter use
from the thicket of tempting birch and
hickory which abounds in the neighbor-
| hood. Everybody seems TO know every
body else almost before the visitors dis
embark from the train, and the few who
are new comers soon get acquainted
Some Of the young lady teachers are very
| pretty and charming, and look TO be
capable of leading the most stubborn and
wayward juvenile ideas into the paths of
knowledge with serenity and ease Many
of the teachers have brought their wives
along, and for those who have not done
so there is abundant feminine material
to choose companionship from.
There are about $50 active members oi
the Maryland Association. and nearly al
of them are expected TO attend the pres
ent meeting. The great bulk of th'
teachers of both states, however do no
belong. Maryland has about 3, 600 teach
ers, Of whom about 1000 are in Balti
more city, and Delaware has ZOO Abou
fifty delegates are expected from tn
blue Hen" state.
Rev. William Dale of Pocomoke City
who is member of the State Board o
Education, offered prayer at the openin
session of the teachers convention to
night. The teachers were welcomed b
: A. P. Wilmer. Of Hagerstown, examiner
of Washington county, and also a mem
} Der of the Board of Education. MI
Wilmer alluded to the beauties an
healthfulness of the surroundings, an
the historical associations connected wit
: the neighborhood. When he had col
4 cluded Governor Benjamin T. Biggs {
Delaware arose to deliver the respons,
Governor BiGgs's Address.
| The Governors personal appearance a
r tracted attention the moment he left hi
q seat He looks more like a prohibitions
orator than a man who has passe
! through the activite political conflicts
= half century, but the lustre of his ey
= and the vigor of his tones have not su
y fered in the least from the lapse of tim
His voice is fiorid, and his long hair an
d moustache are now white The govern,
n has always taken a deep interest in ed
d Gators and education, and he was a
d plauded loudly after being i
troduced by President Weimer. T
n began by saying that since
Z had vergad upon middle age he had a
- dressed many audiences, but had not
e. a long time talked to one as bright loo
ing and intelligent as that before hii
He has never visited Blue Mounta
hOuot DtAoIts nc Sdlut Dub WAS QtllB III
, with the place and the company. NE
% to the occupation Of administer" said t
% governor, "the most important is that
the educators of our youth. You
rs ladies and gentlemen, you occupy
a. honorable position. You are not his
10 paid for your services. Out of eve
IF dollar a school marin or scho,
master receives ninety-nine cents GO
. back to the people. / have board
- schoolmarms for nineteen years, and dr
- ing that time five of them got Marie
: After that my hat was full of lette
applying for board. / want to see
educated clergy and educated farm,
OF Your work now reaches all classes. VIII
TO or black. Our country can only prosI
er through virtue, morality and temperani
y and you have to teach these things
The governor made a strong plea for
10 education, and admitted to the you
ce ladies present that he was SO years
9. and married.
sy H. G. Weimer Of Cumberland, pre-
dent of the Maryland Association, a
examiner for Alleghaney county.
Z livered the annual address. His the
sn was "The Duties We as Educators o
y to the State.
- The speaker spoke Of the intelligei
= necessary to be teacher He discuss
the cost of education in MARYLAND a
e. made a plea that American teachers al,
Ia be in the schools. He closed with {
be statement that physical and mental ira
ey ing should 60 hand in hand.
es Herman Bessey, superintendent of
schools of New Castle county, Del, spC
~ on the genius of teaching.
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