Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-18

childhood. He quoted from Superinten-
dent Sutton's address before the State
teachers association, in which he said,
1.-THE little old red school-house on the hill
had done its work well. and had been god
send if it had turned out good citizens aud
noble u!en and women" He further said
that it would make very little difference in
years to come whether children recited les
sons well to-day. and knew every question
in their geography, arithmetic, ETC., but
the great and burning question was, would
they make citizens worthy of our grand re-
public. and men and women worthy of the
Christian enlightenment of the latter half
of this Nineteenth century, and that it
should be the duty of each and every
teacher to SO work as to bring about this
result
Miss Matte Warren now read rich and
racy paper, Teachers in Society,"" in her
own bright and vlvaciolS manner. In this
paper she admonished the teachers to not
become narrow and so engrossed with their
work as to forget that there were other oc
equations in the world save that of teach
ing, and wish to talk always on that subject
in preference to all others. She related
some amusing incidents in which certain
people thought that school-rooms were YER
liable prisons, and that school teachers
with horns were the chief jailerS.
Mrs. Ed Warren, chief of the educational
department of the Texas Worlds fair asso-
citation, read q paper on that eyer-fruitful
subject, 1.-THE Worlds Fair 1t was well
received and will set the teachers to think
ing on the subject. She showed that 1.-The
Worlds fair will be u great educator, and
will serve to develop the perceptive facul-
ties-"the faculties by which we gain the
greater part of our knowledge" so some
writer has said. She finished by eXhorting
the teachers to do all in their power to as
ict ho Nnrld'S fai~ Tavnc
her building on the shore of Lake Michigan
could be pointed to as monument to the
untring industry and energy Of the chill
dren of the men who fought and bled at the
Alamo and San Jacinto.
The Rev. j. w. ADHESION of the Poly
technic institute was to have delivered an
address-Eiucation-b on account of i'll
ness in his family was not present.
The exercises were interlarded with
songs, well rendered, by the young ladies
of the Seventh grade, under the super
vision of MIS-. Evans. The effect was quite
pleasing when they sang My Country,
IT'S OF Thee at the close of Mrs. War
reE's address.
There was formed Teachers library as
sociation with fifty members. In this asso-
citation each teacher pays a small yearly fee
and has access to quite number OF vol
umes. Also a teachers reading circle was
talked of and will be formed next Thurs
day, the 22d.
This was pronounced by all to have been
4 very successful and interesting institute.
and is only one of the many that are to be
held during the year. If the patrons OF the
public schools wish to see the people who
carry on the machinery of the schools of a
great city, they would do well to visit these
institutes. If any skeptic ON the subject
wishes to see fifty real live and lively teach
ers they could have that pleasure by at
fa, Of fha inc tr,tac 4 in
vited to attend. The meetings are not held
with closed doors Except when it is ex-
tremely windy or cold.) The institutes are
held at the high school building the third
Saturday of each month.
ONE OF THE TEACHERS.