Arizona republican., 1894-12-20
EDUCATIONAL. The Third Day of The
 Institute. Col. Rulings Interesting
 Address. Arizona's Chief Recommenda- ton Her Public Schools. The Education of the Indlan-TWo Sessions Only to be
 Held Today.

The third day of the session of the joint institute and territorial teachers association was opened yesterday morn ing under the suspicious circumstance of the successful momentum of the two preceding days. The roll had been in- creased by the names of Prof. Tourney, of Tucson, Professors R. Stewart and E. L. Storment and Miss Edith Stow. The proceedings were opened with prayer by Rev. S. c. Davis. There was mandolin solo by Miss Minnie Geiges and recitation by Master Ralph Mar shall.
 The first paper was Teachers Normal Institutes" by Prof. McNaugton whose familiarity with his subject was shown by his manner of handling it.
 Teaching Geography" was discussed by Mrs. E. F. Antrim of Yuma and Mrs. F. J. Warren of Pima, who both advocated sand modelling. Mrs. Gar lick, Mrs. Guild, Mrs. Spoford and Messrs Rohr, Metz, Metcalf, Wild, Phillips and Storment briefly addressed the institute on the same subject. Dr. Comstock took the ground that knowl- edge of geography is disseminated by many and different methods.
 MT. R. Stuart read an interesting pa- per on "The Spanish Language in the Public Schools"
 At the beginning of the afternoon session Beatrice Wsliscraft delivered a recitation in pleasing manner. This exercise WAS followed by song by seven little girls.
 Governor and Mrs. Hughes were in- troduced to the teachers and each gave an encouraging talk, referring with pride to the changes in the educationa system within the last twenty-three years. They were, on motion, made honorary mem bers of the institute.
 On the subject, "What shall we teach in the primary schools?" excellent pa } pers were read by Miss Mamie Garl1cb and Miss Georgie H. Scott of Tucson.
 Col. Willis H. Rulings, being intro
 duced by Governor Hug ghes, delivered the following interesting address:
 MT. President-Ladies and gentle men, this is indeed an unexp pected com ! pliment, and fear my friend, Governo
 Hughes, with his ready capacity fol : making beautiful speeches, does no realize what dilemma he puts so mod est man as in, iu making him 8 tar t get for so many bright-eyes. However
 1 recollect a military maxim to the ei feet that when charged by battalions
 stand firm.
 must confess to 8 large degree c . curiosity and real interest in the sessiol r of this institute, which I have attended p Upon former visit to this valley, i
 was my pleasure to learn somewhat 0 B your methods of public instruction, an g what you were doing in this work. Up l on my return, 1 boaste1 to my friends 0
 the intelligence Ot the people of Ari
 zona I WAS pleased to learn that feN of the wealthy communities ot the eas
 expended so large sum per capita il l educational purposes, as the people C
 Arizona told my friends that ther - were districts here with handsom brick school buildings, where the pee pie were content to live in cheap an s temporary structures; and to that fac l. I pointed as an invincible argument t f show that such a community, a com a munity of 10000 people, that had ez = pended almost half million dollars i l. school buildings was safe communit,
 in which to make investments. I tol
 them that people who made the schoo
 house the first consideration could b n trusted for their intelligence, their ps n triotism and public spirit and for a !, those attributes which make huma Ii character admirable; and I ventured { if say that there is no single feature in a
 the varied attractions of this sum- kisse
 Arizona that presents itself so favorab bl
 to the thinking man who contemplate
 making his home among you as you s broad gauge system of public schools.
 I have always attended these inst II tutes when possible, and I have alway ', regarded them with admiration. hay .a discovered ever keen, quick, brigf 'f intelligence of the faces of the teacher ,' most promising, and I see here as els ,r' where, everywhere in these institute 70 that the woman's face predominate v o God bless the predomination. How muc . this predomination is responsible fo ', my admiration, I am not obliged to ga, Y Y But woman, with her acute preceI tions, her keen insight into characte
 her quick munitions and her matern
 instincts, finds her proudest place | the home and in the school, and if
 were not for the stalwart proportion