The Meeker herald., 1890-01-18

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To the E.ii,or os ms q 1ap;
Without warrant & authority Of Law
you promised your q Bers in your last
issue that should - al account OF
the fifteenth annual slon Of tho Colo.
RADIO State 1'~xchssu As.ocia,ion, held
in Denver Decembst q and ~ The
task IL greater than Gwonid have i'm
posed nIon any oe u14sien,iS but will
Try to perform = sHaI1 part Of II Ito the
best Of my knowisloD and belief"
In the assembly roaa Of the grand,
had almost said ss11)ne. High school
building on stost blrret. there were
gathered from all pests OF the Centen-
niAi Stats betwasa eve and seyeu hun
dred honest, sarneut workers In the
great cause Of civilisnlIon aud cniiIht-
eminent. listening With attentive ears
and watching with eaesr eyes To catch
new methods aud ths uo,si old ones too.
of teaching tho yoslnS ideas how To
shoot. - 1,~-.f ,-.1--s-<-z7ssa'l'-
Were the children near ~ eager to
learn. as the teachers 10 tsaSii, surely
the millennium Of school teaching must
Lc near at hand There We're too many
subjects discussed To In taken as they
come, 81 l will touch lightly only on u
few.
The Teachers Ideal Supttin,en-
dent" was thoroughly discussed and
when they were through with us, fear
was considered extremely rude for
scrutinizlng every good looking man
saw, To Sc. II lie had liitis white wings
sprouiing. but as no ono resented my
iudcncss ! suppose they all knew II, u
glance I was from the rural dees,ric,s.
The next snbicc, Of in,-res, WAS the
discussion OF English In the High school
In two parts. The study Of Literature. -
by Miss A. l.. Nut,ss, Of Pueblo. who
thinks the les, way ID study literature
Is ,o study good authors. Then Miss
Hayward oI Denver discussed the study
Of composition and she thinks compp-
,i,ion ought ,o begin In the primary
department aud end In tho University.
Mathematics, How Taught. and How
to Teach" Was Ia have been handled by
Major vasa stoibrani. who was In
bu, the Major failed Ia matetiaiisc ani
this mos, interesting subject was tabled
for tic next session. A year II u long
time for an old man 10 wait, but think
IN walt.
Mrs. l'oilir,i's Synthetic Me,hei OF
Teaching" reading Was beautifully
rendered. I believe rendered Is the
word I should n-e TO expires, II, 10y Miss
Lillian Bartlett Of Colorado Springs.
II Is ~ different from the old method
Of spelling tho reading that could no,
help faliin. In love with Mrs. Pollard.
with her synthetic method. and with Mis-,
Lillian Esr,!c,t. an, J sxI'rc. I" fall IN
love with all the boys and girls who
learn 10 read as Miss bartlett reads.
Institute Work" was the nes, subject
Of interest and tho best way Ia get M
idea Of that IL Ia make immer!iai, at-
ranscmcnis 10 have the ncI; Institute
for the i,h District held ut M--tcs IN
July or August. It's better tiian u
circus. Think o! II We bachelors nn,!
maid.ns. too sixty or seventy lovely
school ma ans aud few line looking
youns. men who would give up the call.
ins. for an,,hin; better. Think Of IL.
parents, who have children 10 educate.
children from whom must L. chosen
our Legislators and Governors AMI Con
gressincn and Presidents. and our
County Commissioners!
Think. tha, With very little effort on
your pni, you can have with you for two
weeks tic educators Of all those gyca,
mcn.
drawing In tho Public Schools war
exhibited by Miss n. Gabei Holloway
Of Aspen, hut u, that time the supetin-
tcndcni, held n convention Of their own
in another room and I missed what I
hoped for, rs great treat. Bu, 80
much Importance is given 10 tho subjec,
that Denver employs n drawing teacher
To teach teachers how to teach drawing.
Wha, has the State n right TO expect
from the work Of the Public Schools ?
1t may h. possible that she does no,
get Nil tha, she has right to expect,
for she spends lots Of hard earned
dollars on her schools. But II she does
not. le, us inquire Whose fault it is. let