Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-01-08

meeting Of the State Tesch~rs' Associs-
sion convened In the Hall Of Represent
a;ives tonight Bishop C. r. Galloway
delivered the address u welcome. which
wAs responded 10 By Prof J. q. Dezpree.
p-csident % the ASSOCIATION who also
delivered his annual sd4ress. In whieA
he took high ground As 90 she 1Ignisy
Of the profession Of teaching. - 10 the
responsibility resting on the State
Teachers Association In controlling and
directing the teaching forces % the
State. In cooperating With the South
ern Educational Association in the solz-
tiOn Of she peculiar prsblens % South
ern edueatiou. and In cooperating vita
tae National Teaehers' Association. in
volvinx such problems As pertain 20 na-
tional education
The address abozrted in Suggestions
eniaently practical ~ 20 the ezcogrzSe-
nsent % metric reform and spelling re-
form. tEo beneEcens measures which.
ft i claimed. woald b. Car -sor~ ececszai
than the Blair Bill In overcoainx the
powe-s % iSno-ance aud Iilit-r.cy- 10
was also suggested tha. teachers shOaiA
have sGboctinate orxaaixasi0ns in every
eozEty, the oOatrOl Of an edzeatioual
department. IN every county paper. .
central STATE organ devoted 70 edEratioa
an1 perhaps a STATE lecturer
The ASSOCIATION Eas asked 10 coas2ies
;he p-OP-issy o, insisting on the sssab-
lishmeus By the STATE o; STATE Nor
EAl School sor whites and the aypotns-
meat Of a professor Of pe12goxy IN me
state University.
The address was heard Eith deep in
seres. and psotOuna attention. an& w.s
we'll revived kindIIng the ez;hzssasza
Of his tellOs-labOr~rs in the great Cause
To which be has given his life
Prof woofsers paper. The IDEAL
Curriculum OF the High schOol Depart
raent Of Graded >chools.~ was IN able
document and was listened 20 With
close attention This sas folIOwed By
other interesting papers
By Miss Lsckey % CoDsah Cogntys
Relations Of Public Schools TO CIifzea-
ship
C. ; North. Superintendent Of EiG-
a&a-AFA SUI AAaAAA@- &g44ANn @41a1AAEs%sA y
paper from the standpoint Of n ssp>rin-
teudent, and Mrs Bakers paper spoks
for rke lady teachers
By Prot A H. Beals Of the Indzssrial
Institute and College: 'DelEsio1s Of
New Nethcds-
by Prof Tracey Of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College To What Ex-
tent should the Natural Sciences Be-
TAuxhs In ,he Psblic SshOols7-
The tollOSinz resoIU Uttoas Ee-e pzssess:
That the Legislature provide the State
Superintendent with clerk. that the
conveut2oa condemns the action % the
legislature amending the charter Of
ths Lexington Normal School % As 20
7llOw its graduates 20 teach In the pub
lie schools without being examined By
the schOol Board. recommending tie
establishment Ot n chair Of pedagogy ~
the State University. also the establish
ment Of n State Normal school for White
teachers
o1eers for the ensuing year we're
elected as follows: President, DR. r. W.
Jones Of the University. vice-presi.
dents. Mess-s- A Il Beals. T J.
WOofter. A A Kincsnnon. J. Z. SellerA
C. : North, IL n Dean. J. VI. Sharp;
recording secretary. J. c. wOosen; css-
responding secretary. DAbney Lipsconb.
This session was the best attended
and the most interesting yes held The
papers A. a whole, are pronounced the
strongest ever presented A number OF
schools were represented in the ednca-
tional exhibit which were eXcee1ingly
eredisAbls. Natchex- Port Gibson and
Water Valley taking the lead
The educational condition OF the State
Is better than ever before. both ~ 30
common schools and State and privass
Institutions