The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-06-21
THE N. G.. TEACHERS.
ABOUTFIvE HUNDRED OF THEM
ARE AT MORFHEAD.

ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED OF THEM
ARE AT MORFHEAD.
| What They are Doing.-SOme of the
! People who are There..The Hand
soonest Elderly Man.-and the Hand.
soonest Young Man...and Other
| Notes.
| ATLANTIC HOTEL,
| MOREHEAD CIrY, June 10th, 80.
Yesterday was spent in rest and recre.
alton as is the custom of the assembly.
The boatmen of Morehead City and
Beaufort gave complimentary sail to all
the teachers and their friends. The
sound has been full of the graceful
sharpies speeding before the splendid
sea breeze, giving enjoyment to the
hundreds of ladies and gentlemen, many
of whom had never before visited the
Atlantic cean. The morning was a
gorgeous one, the water was smooth aEi
the breeze was splendid and the tenn
perature was delightful. i,
The seventh annual session of the
North Carolina Teachers Assembly was
opened last night. The large Assem- bly,
Hall was filed with the teachers and
their friends in greater number than on
the opening day of any previous session.
Rev. J. F. Lane, of Beaufort, opened the
| exercises, reading selection from the
Scriptures and Offering brief prayer.
Miss Maggie Yates, of Durham, presid-
ed at the piano.
President 81. L. Smith, of Davidson
College, opened the session in most
appropriate address. He outlined the
work of the teacher in a clear and
thoughtful manner, setting forth the
weighty responsibility which rested upon
the man or woman who undertook the
training of little children. His audi
ence was impressed with the thoughts
suggested and the teachers took a new
| and enthusiastic interest in the work of
the assembly.
He was followed by Maj. s. M. Finger
in pointed, advising, we'll received and
appreciated talk, in which the important
relation of the teacher to the public was
we'll discussed and defined.
ClaSSlcal Day.
To day Rev. A. Prentiss, of Chapel
Hill, conducted the devotional exercises.
Governor Fowle being present, was then
called for, and though he was just from
sick bed, he delighted the assembly by
| a response to the call. He was received
with enthusiasm, and his words of cheer
and compliment to the valuable work of
the assembly were heartily appreciated.
This is Classical Day." and the work
of the morning is prepared and directed
by the Classical Association. Prof Hugh
Morson, principal of Raleigh Male
Academy, submitted an excellent paper
81 ppq9 qee Lbs xGShsaseht Classics. He took the
ground, and proved his points most
thoroughly, that the studying of the
classics in schools would fit a boy fol-
| greater success in any of the work OF
| life. The mind will ba strengthened and
given new power for work.
| The second day of the Teachers AS
sembly of North Carolina was unexpect
edly interesting. ] mean to say that i
was feared that the absence of suct
classicists as Drs. Alexanders and Win
ston, of the University, and Manly, lat
of Wake Forest, and Horner, of the fin
Oxford school, would depress the othe
admirable teachers. They were sadl.
missed, but our Raleigh principal, Prof
Hugh Morson's paper on the Practice
Value of the Ancient Classics, gave
stimulus and impulse to thought an
discussion which Interested the teacher
for an hour. He was very strong an
very broad. Prof. J. J. Blair, Mr.. Nea
Drs. Battle and Hume, Messrs. J. {
Hill and Britton kept mp the fire we'll a
ter the reading of the paper. But mo-
, of them were distinctly on the one sid
, of thorough-going preparatory and lonl
continued instruction in the classic
President Hobbs, of Guilford Colleg
: followed with vivacious paper on Il
/ Uses of tho Latin Subjunctive, subJe
= the average man would consider Id
:, as the remainder biscuit of voyage" b
Il this earnest scholar frightened the d
q tails of grammar--mood, tense conc
j. tions-with hum or and incisive CRITICS
!. and discriminating translation. m
Logan Howell discussed the pap
q from his own experience as a you
vt teacher, inserting a defence of the nat
e raj or inductivel method of teachi
=, | IL. MdClAl1I1u UOUk CeslACO ScOoe
or Helvetian War was warmly CONNER
ed in this talk. Prof. Blair gave sol
N bright illustrations of good preparato
e. methods DR.. Hume compared
n earlier English uses of the snbjunctl
- with the Latin, quoting delicate exa
~ pies from the King James Bible and
Ils Elizabethian dramas, which he advis
r. should be used for practice in transl
IL ing into Latin.
: Prof Frank Davis, of Guilford Cole
y gave most thinking paper on Spell
"a Reform, paper prepared for the E
les lish Literature aud Modern Langu;
Association, but introduced here beca
:. of the absence of the classicists with I
10 tain papers. Mr.. Davis answered
me objections to Spelling Reform that it
are scures the history of our word-for
ole that it is opposed to tradition and {
tom and quoted the great philotop
and literary men as emphatic in t
advocacy of the reform. He plea
for it on the ground of economy of t
and thought in the children, calculat
~ the millions of dollars spent in print
-; useless or wrong words and letters
n,o .wS cussion Of the paper was reserved
'"o another session.
o' The paper was discussed by Pro
J. Blair of Winston, Prof. l.. L. III
President of Guilford College, DR.. I
Rattle President Of tho TInivnrSitV