Milford chronicle., 1892-01-15
Sussex county Teachers.


previously, he was able to secure lecture
y WHO had wide renown, and who instruct
: ed the audiences they addressed IN til
- place Of Senator Blackburn, for Thurs
e day night, Cliutoe B Lloyd, who wa
Y Clerk of the House of Representative
S for twelve years, gave his remiuescense
of public men in a charming lecture o
an hours duration
The L stitute 'pened at O'Clock
/ Tuesday aferno II with about one hun
dred teachers present. The meeting was
called to order by Superintendent Gray,
who stated that the first business in order
would be the election IF officers. The
following named officers were elected
John Collins, presideit; G we s. Lynch,
vice president; Miss Maggie Willin,
Georgetown, secretary; Miss Mary Hall,
Milford, assistant secretary The election
was followed BY music by the orchestra,
after which President Collius introduced
i the Rev. Jonathan 5. Willis, WHO deliver
ed al address Of welcome TO the visiting
teachers in which he spoke of the insti-
tute as a school for schoolmen, and the
common schools as the sublime schools
Of the world, their shooihnuse pillars rest
ing OIL all coasts and stretching to all
zones. He spoke OF his own experience
as a teacher and of his pride in some of
his achieveme Is in that line Some of
his pupils he had seen III the halls Of
state and others were members Of the
bar His efforts were mt all successes,
his pupils were not all statesmen, neither
would all the pupils Of the teachers as
seinbled at the Institute be great men.
They would have failures and successes;
plenty of hard work and would not grow
rich in the teachers profession, but work
in it honestly doue was sure of recon-
pense.
After signing ''Praise God From Whom
All Blessings Flow" by the audience,
the president introduced Superintendent
Gray ofthe Sussex county sbhools, who
delivered a pleasant address. He said he
hoped he had a warm FREUD in each
present and was. we'll enough ac-
quaiuted with them to presume upon that
without an introduction. He
spike # the teachers as having left the
little temples over which they presided to
seek help iu fighting the noblest Of bat
les The true effort of the teacher, as he
described, 1t was not simply to make
bright men, but go"d ones Bright men
failed because of lack of
but good ones succeed in spite Z
If lack of profound learning. Supt.
Sray's speech was loudly applauded. 1t
vas followed by a selection ofinstrumen-
al music-"The Presentation March, "
beautifully played by the orchestra.
Professor Houck of Lebanon, Pa, was
lext introduced as sa"Pennsylvania Dutch b
man," aud made an address, which was =
,llowed by tile singing of America" by 4
he audience. Professor Hruck then in L
reduced 81 J. Brumbaugh of Hunting f
Oh, Pa. who announced the subject of =
is speech as What Are We Here For p !,
Ie ascribed the success Ofthe free schools IL
f Pennsylvania to the influence of the ii
eachers' institutes which were Eostered y
y the State. The object of the institute \,
as not to teach history or mathematics. v
hey are to teach methods. They bring
ie teachers together and assure unity Of
fort; they bring peers and comrades to-
ether for a warm grasp of the hand and
difference about mutual interests; they
the workers whose purpose it d
70 enlighten the world. vi
Prof Houck followed in humorous &C
,eech on the same topic, aud was in W
Irm followed by other teachers i'll short ri
idresses.
III the evening the pr gram said M. -.
on Finklestein would lecture, but illness n
-evented his coming, and Supt Gray
cured Miss Olof Krarer, the only Es-
limaux in America, to lecture on
Greenland; or the Frozen North" The :.
tile lady's lecture was highly instructive er
i'd made deep impression III on her pr
ldience. 1t was happy hit
Wednesday mornings session was
,ened with a general discussion by the
achers on "Our Standard of Examina- nc
2ns." Supt. Houk followed in an in 10
ructive address on the Common Er
rs in Teaching"
The session was instructive and interest
g. In the evening Prof. L. I. Handy
livered his highly interesting lecture,
in the Road to Victory" 10 an audience fax
at spoke of it afterwards as one of the "a.
lest ever delivered In Milford. IN
rhursdav's attendance was the largest sta
the session, and the proceedings were .el -l
Il of spirit The discussion oil lex stC
diencv and Propriety Of Corporal
ushment,, brought out various opin-
ls and gave those who believe in the
itch as an auxiliary to good school gov
,meut chance to air their beliefs Tie l.
euing speaker was CLIFTON B. Lloyd.
10 was Chief Clerk OF the House of Re
esentatives from 1853 to 1875 His adj
ess was on "reminiscences of public
N. and it was particularly interesting.
ess hour cuts our report short, but il d
" be truthfully said that the I7th an m n,
al Institute Of Sussex County Teachers, co
S useful to all who were present, aud Gu
ghly interesting. To Superintendent :,
ay much praise is lue for providing 50 be
my attractive speakers aud his excel
It program. The weather was wreatch-
during the entire SESSION, but the
.chers did not let little matter like
At stand in their way Of enjoyment, sa
We are pow receiving poultry for the sea da
), aud shall continue to do so every day pa
the week until further notice. on
RICHARDSON & ROBBINS, Dover, Del. n a
sT5e that is down need fear no fall;" but