The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-06-22
THE TEACHERS.
THE DOINGS AT THE SEASIDE
yesterday.

YESTEkDAY.
An Interesting Discussion on Village
and Country Sch0ols..T I he Sea Clul
1.-The Model SCHOOL,. Fields Lee.
turc.
ATLANTIC HOTEL,
MoREHEAD CITY, June 20.
To-day was "Village' and "Country
School Day" with the North Carolins
Teachers Assembly, by which of course
Is meant that the day was devoted to
discussing the best means and methods
of establishing and conducting country
schools.
The exercises and discussions were ar
ranged by Mr.. James P. Cook. of Con.
cord.
The subject was discussed by Presi.
dent Lewis Smith, with special reference
to training children to walk, stand and
sit correctly.
Prof. starnes thought that the public
schools should have more encouragement
from the State and the higher teachers.
Pro-. Britto1 discussed the u after of
selecting books.
Prof. b. w. Ray wanted 20 see better
school furniture in the public schools.
Prof. Kelley urged the teachers to
work with township school committee
men until school houses were made
as comfortable as dwelling houses.
Mr.. J. +. McKimmon paid high tribute
to the female teachers of the State for
their faithful and efficient work in the
public schools.
Mr.. Gaifney discussed the matter of
discipline.
Mr.. Brinson said the school institute
conductors created an unsettled use of
text books by recommending other books
as preferable.
Prof. Hobbs said we must magnify
our profession. We want sympathy and
love for one another. We want strong
sentiment in favor of a large appropria-
tion from the State for our public schools.
Mr.. j. E. Smith, of Reidsville, said
that some former county superintendents
had greatly crippled the efforts of teach
.ers, but great and salutary change was
now going on, and the faithful, hard
work Of the teacher is h ing seen and
recognized.
DR.. Hume gave some very good sug-
gestions as to libraries and library books
for public schools.
Resolution of sympathy.
To-day Maj. 8. NJ. Finger offered res
Oiution of sympathy for Mrs. J. Q. Won
Buhlow, o valued aud much esteemed
member of the assembly, expressing the
regret Of the assembly at the injuries sus-
tained by her in the recent railroad ac-
cident on the W. N. G. 4. r. Tho res
olution was adopted and Mrs. Won Buh-
low was notified of this action by tele-
graph.
The Sea Club.
The Sea Club room is one of the very
interesting features OF the assembly.
The club has laboratory in the assem-
bly, building. Prof. w. L. Poteat, presi-
dent Of the club, spends part of each
evening in hunting and collecting curl.
GUS and interesting specimens of sea
life, and the next morning he gives in.
formal but pointed and very interesting
lectures on the specimens secured the
day before. A geat many curious things
we're discussed to-day, among which wa
a "Portuguese man of-war"-a strang
and wonderful specimen of animal life
Quite a number of people visited tn
laboratory this morning, and Prof. Pc
teat makes it so very instructive an
interesting that it is rapidly growing j
popularity. He uses powerful micro
scopes to illustrate his lectures, and b
has already shown and explained man
wonderful things of the sea.
The Mosel School.
There Ia Rothing here that comes
for more attention and practical inte
sst than the "model school, in chare
OF Miss Mary Marsh, Of Raleigl
aud Miss Mamie Burke, of Morgantol
and I honestly believe that if this who
country had have been searched ar
.sifted, there could not have been four
two teachers more competent and ef
scient in illustrating the most progressi'
methods of school teaching, than the
two lady teachers.
The school room is fitted up with Il
latest and very best and complete
school apparatus, and the uses OF the a
paratus is illustrated to perfection by
class Of twenty children. The sessio
are held every day from $50 to 10:
O'Clock. It is one Of the impossibilit
TO delineate in words the school roc
and its interesting features; so it m
suffice to say here that it is watch
with absorbing interest and is grea
appreciated. 1t is just sure to have
marked and advantageous influel
in the matter OF improving the metht
Of teaching in schools all over this Sta
Miss Kate Field.
Tonight was brilliant one for
teachers and their friends. The attr
ton was IAN Evening with Cha,
Dickens" by Miss Kate Field, editor
"Kate Fields Washington.
Miss Fields lecture was announced
$3.50 o'clock, and by that hour there '
q larger audience in tie assembly
than was ever known before. All
seats, all the available extra chairs,
the window sills (thirty in numbeD {
nearly all the standing room was cal
into requisition to accommodate
eager audience, and under the circ,
stances it is superfuous to say
North Carolina could not produc
more cultured or critical gathering
people.
Miss Fields lecture included a