The Meeker herald., 1891-01-03

The Rio Iilancp Teachers association
sac, at the srhOoi.hDtSc In Mcckrr on
Saturday afternoon last. In view ~! the
funeral Of Mrs. q. T.. Y. Burch. the aft
crncon exercises wcr, merged Into thosc
Of the evening session.
In the cy-hin: u gooily number Of
visitors attended the meeting, nni II
passed OF vcEy i'.css::;,ly and 10 the sat.
istac,ion OF nil concerned.
The exercises were opened with mu-
bic, the tito Of tho overture being
Work. For the Nigh, Is Coming"
Miss Anna ". Judd. Of White River
City. thea Interested tho audience In
the new methods OF teaching Primary
Arithmetic. and illustrated. by free use
Of III. blackboard. the advantages Of
the new methods over the old. II mus,
he u delightful task 10 learn By the new
methods. Owing 10 the limited time
the discussion OF this subject Ms well n
others had Ia he dispensed with.
Miss Adiic l.. Wash. Of Mcekcr. read
an able paper on Reading and Elocu.
ton. clearly showing that there Is diff
ference between them, although so In
.imnicly related. II Is hard to tell
where the one leaves oil and the other
begins. She condemned In mos. un.
qualified terms the so-callcd clocu,iou.
is,s who are Mt present trying TO en-.
tighten the world.
Miss Mary 5. Mathews. of Bu!u.d,
read n condensed story OF DAVID Cop
periield, which was a treat 10 those who
were seated near enough to hear IL.
Miss Mathews Is strong writer. but
her voice IN not strong enough FOR hail
the size OF the Mrcker schooi.room.
Apropos TO the occasion. Mrs. l.. II.
Fintcl. Principal Of the Mcekcr school.
read mn article on Corporal Punishment
which was endorsed by the whole audi.
ence, If the applause was true index
to the feeling. Mrs. Fintcl opposes cor.
poral punishment. except as a las, re.
sort, but there are occasional cases
which require heroic treatment.
Some choice selections from David
Copperlield were read BY Miss Minnie
liinns, of Coal Creek. and her rcnli-
tions received the encomiums of all
present.
Miss Judd then sang kathleen Ma
vourucen. which she rendered in n
manner indicating more than ordinary
musical training. Rich, pure and mel
low, her voice is one OF which any choir
could well feel proud.
Superintendent Foreman read paper
on the People and the Schools. The
Superintendent, before reading. ex-
pressed his disappointment in his audi
ence. He said that in preparing his
paper his thoughts were centercd in the
people who were most directly inter-
csted in the Meeker school, viz: the
parents of the children, the lukewarm
portion of the population, while his au-
already educated and alive to the i'm
portance of educating the rising gener-
alton. His remarks on irregular at
tendance and hardness ought to receive
the careful attention of all parents,
whether their children attend regularly
and promptly or not. The whole school
is affected by the entrance of one lag
gard
Miss Mathews read an essay, entitled,
The Advantages of n School Ma'am,"
the lady taking the bright side of the
picture. She told of the delights of u
school-room with the nice, bright and
happy boys and girls. From the cheer
full tone of the essay one would nat
urally infer that the Buford school is
made up of that kind.
Mr.. Henry j. Hay next entertained
the house with recitation of 1.-The
Maniac" in.his usual happy style.
Mrs. Fintel read an able paper on
Our Graded Course of Study" first
explaining that the course of study
was carefully selected and adopted by
committee of eminent educators from