The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-05-30
TEACHERS OF THE STATE.
All About their Annual Gathering
This Summer.

This Summer.
Elaborate arrangements are being
made for the 23rd annual meeting Of
the State Teachers's Association Of
South Carolina to be held at Converse
College at S%partanburg, July l to 5
next. Dr.. j. VIM. Finn, of Columbia
the president of the association, and
Professor J Flemming Brown of Spar
tauburg, the chairman of the executive
committee, together with the other Of
6cers Of the association are doing all
in their power to make the sessions the
most interesting ever held in the State.
The programme aud other arrange
ments have just been prepared aud an
uounced.
The programme is as follows:
Sunday. July 1st.-11 a. m Ser
mon by Rev. W. NJ Grier, D. D.,
Due West. 8 80 p Programme
arranged by city pastors.
Monday. July 2d.-lO a. m.-Ad-
dress of welcome by Mayor A.. B.
Calvert and President B. F Wilson
Annual address by the president. IL a.
m.-Report of special committee ap-
pointed at the last meeting Superin-
tendeut T. P. Bailey, Marion.
Discussion-12 m.-Adyantages Of
securing a permanent home for the
association Superintendent E. L..
Hughes, Greenville. Discussion. At
teruoon-4 p. m.-Meetiug of the
primary department. Miss l.. c. Hub
bard, Anderson, president. Attrac-
tive programme. $3.50 p. m.-Address
by superintendent N. F. Walker, &C.
dar Springs. Subject The Educa-
ton Of the Blind and the Deaf"
Tuesday, July 3d.-l0 a. Nils
tory of education in South Carolina;
Professor w. S. Morrison. Clemson
College. Discussion. II a. Moor
NAL training for preparatory teachers
and how to obtain it; Superintendent
D. B. johnson, Columbia. Discus
sion. II Decomposition of systems
Of preparatory schools in the Carolinas
and Georgia Superintendent B. r.
Bailey, Abbeville. Discussion After
noon-4 p. department of super
i~utendeuts, F. l.. Hughes, President.
Greenville. 1904 l 10 Preliminary
work. 4:l0-4 :3O-Pedagogical 10.
vestigation ; Superintendent T. P.
Bailey. Jr., Marion. :30-4 40
Discussion. :40-5 :00-Some draw.
backs: Superintendent w. 81. Hand,
Chester. S 1905 :30-Ecboef from the
national superintendent's meeting /;
Superintendent P. T. Brocie, Spartan
burg. 5 1905 :40-Discussion 40
6 :O0-General discussion ; department
al teaching in grammar schools: 8:
80 p. m.-Address by President j.. H.
Carlisle, Woford College.
Wednesday. July 4th.-1o a. NJ
Public school education in France
Rev. James Woodrow. D. D South
Carolin. College. Discussion. II q.
m.-What are the objects in view 10
teaching Geography? Superintendent
Frank Evans, Newberry. Discussion.
II m.-Model lesson 10 teaching Geo
graphy Miss Ella Cotield. Spartan
burg.
College Department-Dr. j. d. Car
liaie. President, Wofford College. 4 p.
m.-Paper by Professor Snyder, Of
Woford College. 5 p. m.-Paper by
Professor H. T. Cook, of Furman Uni
versity. Discussion. $50 p m
Address by Geo. T. Winston, Presi-
dent University of North Carolina.
Thursday, July 5th.-10 a. m
Physical culture: Miss Maud E.
Mason, Converse College. Dis
cussion. IL =. m.-The educational
value Of history as . school study ;
Rev. H. S. Hartzog. Bamberg, Dis
cussion. IL 80 m.-Drawing 10 the
schools; Professor William Welch,
Clemson College Discussion. II N.
Business. Afternoon p. n
Department Of School Commissioners
4 1904 :35-Call to order. organize
.iop, etc. 4:45-4: 55--The neces.
sity of teaching English properly;
F.. Horton Colcock. 1865 10
Discussion. s: 1915 20-Qaali6ca.
lions aud duties of a school COM
missioner, W. W. Bright: .:
20-5 35-Some suggestions in
regard to our school ssytem s;
Thomas w. Keitt. 5:40-6: O0-Dis-
cussion. $3.50 p. m.-A talk on
music; DR.. R.. H. Peters, Converse
College; followed by concert aud read
iog.
The following information is given
by the committee
Teachers who desire will be boarded
in Converse College; gentlemen at 81
a dav ladies'. who come BY Sunday