Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-22

| experiment, and have no experience excent
| their own, as they do not read the works Of
other teachers concerning the best methods
| Of teaching"
| Mrs. Stanberry now sang, and Professor
6ucnanan accompanied with the flute, to the
delight of the teachers. No one can ever
again truthfully remark that among the citv
teachers there are no musicians, as the op-
| posite was fully demonstrated TO-DAY.
Mrs. Roe's paper, MY Experience in the
School-Room, was well written well read
and ,bubbling, over with information for
teachers: she said; ut is difficult to
change for the pupil the abstract to the con-
crete. The teacher should have the coop
GRAFTON of the pupil before much good could
be accomplished. 1t is not oppor-
tunities that children want most,
but the receptive power. One bow
might go to college and have grand oppor-
tunlties, but still accomplish nothing as his
power to receive knowledge had never been
developed; while another boy who had
possessed only mean advantages would be-
come an intelligent man, because his power
TO receive knowledge was great The sight
OF bright dress or wrap or a kind word
may soften some hard nature. Public opIn-
ion IN school is a controlling power. if
used ludiciously. Sometimes trial by Jury,
was reSorted to, the jury consisting of
pupils. In every case let punishment fol-
low an ofense. 1t is bad policy to punish
1or an onense one day and let the same
ohense go unpunished the next day. We
must be what we want our pupils to be.
BE noble, and the nobIeuess that lies
hidden in other men will rise to meet thine
own
Professor Whitehurst of the county
teachers made sparkling address on Self
Culture" He said: Broad culture is
sometimes too broad; in fact, so broad that
1t becomes thin, threadbare and one can al
tlIOlcn iy1t ba
est sense must be of body, mind and spirit. I
we must be self-dependent and self-indel,
pendent. Some one has said that all taG
great men of the country were self-sfades,
men; The difference between a man and
monkey is man can teach himself and
monkey cannot. The Importance of self
help and self-culture cannot be oyeresti-
mated.
DR.. Lowber's address on Cromwell and
the Commonwealth of England showed
that he is conversant with history and
knew how to use it to the best advantage
He told of the boyhood of Oliver, when he
was called little Noll, and how the ape took
him to the top of the house and brought
him down safely. Also when he and
Charles l., then boy, were playing he gave
Charlie bloody nose. He was of deter
mined disposition from early youth, and
when ne grew to be man was much in
tiuenced by the life of Gustavus Adolphus,
the then champion of liberty. Cromwell
championed the cause of the people against
the king. defeated him in battle after bat
tle-at Marston Moor-Dunbar. The
Ironsides would go into battle sing
ing psalms and fought with a desperation
born of religious fanaticism, that no human
force could overcome. He was much cen
sured by many for signing the death-war-
rant of Charles but it was for the couutry's
good and for self-defense. Cromwell ac-
comp!ished much good, in that he did away
with such nonsense as the divine right of
kings, destroyed the laws and institutions
of feudal times, elevated the great middle
class, gave political and religious liberty as
far as the tunes demanded, and laid the |
foundation of English liberty and power
both on land and sea.
Mrs. Warren was present, and presented |
plan by which each pupil is to take sub |
ScriptiOns for the Worlds fair Mrs. Wal |
den, Mrs. Evans and Professor Ware were |
appointed a committee to select two pupils |
Of the schools a boy and girl, to compete |
for the scholarships that are TO be given to |
the boy and girl securing the largest num- |
Der of subscriptions for the Worlds fair.
On motion, it was decided to invite Pro- |
feSSor STEELE of the agricultural department |
of The GAZETTE to address the teachers at |
their next meeting.
The meeting was rather long, but no one |
seemed to be very weary, not even the chill
dren, who were very attentive through all |
the exercises.
PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES.
There are enrolled in the public schools
$50 pupils. The attendance has been fair
during the past week, but the number of
cases of hardness has greatly increased,
due doubtless to the changes in the
weather.
The following table gives the number and
location of the buildings, total and weekly
percentage of attendance and
the number of cases of hardness.