The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-11-20
FOURTH edition


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Tho County Teachers.
A large number OF additional teach
ers put In an appearance on Wednes-
day morning who had not before been
I'm attendance. The devotional exercises
were conducted by Rev. N. NJ. browne
after which the THE Star Spangled Ban
Iner' was sung.
Superintendent r. B. Handy OF vlr-
lglnla, gave o very interesting talk on
History" which, was followed by an
address by Silas b. Neif OF Phlladel-
Iphia, upon the Function OF tho Teach
err" Thomas Smith of West Chester
Normal School, delivered an excellent
address on THE Purpose OF the Pub
lie School and the Way That Purpose
May Be Reached" At tie afternoon
session Professor A. Thomas Smith
spoke on the topic of Forgotten
Knowledge" In which he depicted the
custom OF overlooking the pupils
mind.
Hon. Thomas N. Taylor OF New York
gave some very interesting and anus
ing "reminiscences of his early school
life.
In the evening the Opera House was
tllled to overlooking. Elk Governor d.
III. Biggs presided. After pretty read
ling of THE Rose" by Miss Kate Henry,
the Ex-Governor shook hls white eurls
and nimbly springlng to the front
made an Introductory address which
fairly paraiyzed the audience with its
native eloquenee:
I'm looking over the beautiful young
faces before me see Middletown. The
to talk to you about Cranks."
Il looked in the glass after fixing
myself up and l saw no such thing
las crank there. Last institute here
| was i'll and could not attend, / was
ian old man then. got well and now
am n young man. | have learned
to my regret that since last institute
we have lost some OF our bright in
telligeut, and affable young ladies'.
No, don't DO afraid. / did not mean
that they are deud, They have been
candidates for matrlmony. They
have been go0bled up by these bad
men.
THE young ladies' themselves are
quite innocent OF these Consp!racie5.
No they know nothing Of 1t. only
the other evening, at my home, one
Iol them WAS bidding us all goodnight
when she ran whispering to me: If
you see good-looling young fellow
there, tell me all about him-then in
ltroduce me, seen
Yes let all old fogyism go. We
want none of it. We want Young
America to come forward on "A run. In
this education, too-what do you caro-
lahout ancient Egypt, That old coun-
TRY they say was the moJherOr Greece,
Greece OF Rome, aud Roman clviliza
Ition Of the English. So they want to
make out that Egyptls our great-greRt
Igrandmuthcr."
l.. Tho ex-governor then referred to the
financial question. This break was re-
lceived with deafeninR cheers as IL re-
frlred 10 the teachPrs' salaries.
1T is hard" he said, TOR your salar-
les to uc raised, ladies! If | was in the
! Legislature I'd vote every school
lma'am IN the country to be raised to
$500 n year for her services
We will raise the,characters OF school
teachers by raising their salaries How
lmany school-ma'amS make bricks with
lout straw! Let us educate the young
and rising generation There is no
time to lose. The average life Is 80, so
they say. Subtract a from 50, and
you SEQ what little time there is lett.
Now, | am going TO Introduce my
TREND, whose name Is Taylor Now!
with the eX-governor'si nimitable bow
friend Taylor comes out
Mr.. Taylor Il he took the stand ex-
pressed himself as simply overcome
by MIR. Biggs' extraYugnut praise and
Tor over an hoar kept tho vast au-
ldlence ~ an amused feeling as no told
what h knew about "Clunks.p
At the close of the lecture must
Gale ind literary entertainment was
given by the lady teachers boarding at
The Maxwell House.
;. Last evening reception was held
at tae, MiddietoWn Hotel, at which
Governor Reynolds was the guest of
honor.
I The programme for yesterday was:
4 Morning -tirttlnmnr, DIR. A. n Raub;
arithmetic, part /, Prof Il. B. Handy;
Ic imposition, DR. A, N. ERub; atten.
ton Prof, A. Thomns Smith; "Why
, Cultivate the Voice and l{owY Prof.
, George -. Hyuson. Lvenng-SGusic,
.. orchestra: reading, Tina Old Sweet
heart Of Mine George b. Hynson
/ lecture, the t,irl to love and How
10 Treat Her, The ltey. e. b. Huntly,
, d. ID.