Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-19
COURTY TEACHERS.
Convene in Regular Session at the Lewis
Academy-Large Number Present-Interest-
ing Addresses by Prof Boss and State
Superintendent G. w. Winans'


and enthusiastic body OF teachers that
represent Sedgwick county. The meeting
was the best ever held, and cannot help
but to better fix the teachers for their no.
BILE calling and encourage them to nobler
efforts in the future. The music was con-
Quoted by Prof. Young Of the Wichita
\ schools.
The program was treat to all members
OF the profession, and was given the closest
attention.
| The first subject presented was a paper
on School Discipline" by Miss Florence
| Flower. Miss Flower first defined discip-
| line, according to Webster, as "subjection
| to rule;" development of the faculties by
| instruction and exercise" ETC., and also as
that power which enables man to control
his habits and thought" Everything de-
| ponds upon disclpline-it is discipline
which enables the experienced workman
to receive s.. 80 to So 50 per day, while the
| undisciplined receive from Is cents to 81
The government acknowledges the value
| of discipline by establishing a military
school at West Point. The men IN the
army must be trained for months and years
before they are allowed to enter battle.
comes from the lips of the general every
man PUSHES into the jaws of death. Dis
clpllne should begin in infancy-the most
difficult things a child has TO learn being
TO learn TO walk and beginning to talk
Teachers are responsible for the future life
OF the children entrusted to their care, and
upon them the fate and perpetuity of the
nation depends The teacher should be a
man or woman in the strict sense of the
word. He should possess knowledge and
know how to impart it, He must develop
good habits and destroy the bad. He
must secure good order that intellectual
development may not be DISTRACTED, and
corporal punishment should be used if
necessary. The physical, mental and
moral natures should be so disciplined and
developed that when manhood and
womanhood is reached we shall have an
earnest citizen, true patriot and Cody
man or woman. Miss Flower SO thorough
ty disposed of the subject that it was
passed by without discussion.
The next on the program was short
lecture by Mr. S. l.. Davis of the city high
school, on the subject of Energy" which
he illustrated with numerous experiments.
He defined energy as that which has the
ability to produce motion and overcome
resistance" He also defined potential
energy and kinetic emery, explained molec-
ular force and chemical affinity. These
were illustrated by spontaneous combus-
ton, produced by uniting sulphuric acid
with combination of potash, sugar and
strontia, by carbonic acid gas, evolved
from carbonate of ammonia and enuratic
acid, and by an electric battery which pro-
duced light and heat, from which he de-
duced the rule, that light and heat are the
same things but differ in intensity. This
rule he further illustrated by igniting
match and piece of wire. He made a
practical application of all these prin-
ciples to teaching and showed how the live
teacher could make use of ali things in ma
ture to inspire his pupils with a desire for
a higher knowledge, and more intimate
acquaintance with the goodness of the
Creator. The subject was discussed by
Professor Williams. of Maize, who laid
particular stress upon the potential
energy of the teacher. He did
not like to see clustering, self
important teacher, VINO did nothing but
ask questions and make noise to show
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play his kinetic energy where it is needed,
but should have a vast amount of poten-
tial energy reserved for emergencies which
are sure to arise IN the schoolroom. After
singing "Work for the Night is Coming"
led by Prof. Young, the assembly was en-
tertained by Superintendent j. NJ. Bloss
of Topeka, who read a paper entitled 1.-The
War OF the Rebellion as Factor in Edu-
cational Progress.
One of the most interesting addresses
before the convention of teachers was that
of Prof. j. NJ. Boss, superintendent of the
Topeka schools, from which the following
extracts were made:
The immediate conditions which made
the late war necessary was the attempt on
the federal side to enforce obedience to the
laws of the nation, against those who
were determined to disrupt it upon the
other.
High moral sentiment, nay even high
religious sentiment and enthusiasm, had
prevailed from the earliest settlement in
both sections of this great country. The
misguided rebel exhibited in his CONVERSE
ton and in his published statement as
much devotion to God as did his opponent.
The nightly prayer meetings, just in
front of our lines at Atlanta in August,
showed as much of fervor and true
Christian devotion as could have
been exhibited within the federal camp.
While the people of the north and south
were DIVIDED on the rightfulness of hu-
man slavery, on all other great moral and
religious truths they were practically
united. With the exception of the right |
fullness of slavery, they held to the same
creedS and were controlled by the
same church discipline. These facts are
stated in order that the young men and
women. in fact, all under 81 years. may
a fact which the literature Of
the day but family portrayS.
The carnage of war Is awful-the man |
who passed through the fiary ordeal OF a |
charge upon the works at Nicksburg-or- |
through the leaden hail which greeted !
Pickett's men at GettySburg-or through |
the equivalents OF these on smaller scale |
on a hundred other battle fields, shudders |
even now as he thinks of 1t. But the pic |
ture which he sees in this connection is |
wholly different from that OF the the aver !
age non-combatant.
The men who created this carnage were /
not ideal murderers, they were not des- !
peradoeS and cut-thVoatS and robbers They |
did not fight in anger, there was little OF |
malice or hatred; it was not y personal dis |
pute. it was almost wholly non PERSONAL: |
il WAS the nation on one side attempting /
to enforce obedience TO law and order |
against brave but misguided and re-
beiIous people. The early volunteer |
armies We're composed chiefly of the very |
best elements of society-men, the mass of \
whom had led upright and virtuous lives |
at home-men who were neither profane, /
licentious nor brutal,-men who would |
have sacrificed their own lives in the pro- |
lection of the week and the innocent. 1t |
was the class of men who constituted the /
mass of both armies, and this is especially |
true of that part which did the actual |
fighting on both sides
The army at first was simply a huge, |