Arizona republican., 1895-12-24
TIONAL CONGRESS
Teachers of MariCOpa
 County.
Beginning of the Fourth h.
 Stitute.
Address by County Superintendent Crouse-Papers Submitted--The
 Evening Session.

The teachers institute of Maricopa county was called to order at a. m by Superintendent Grouse. The teach CTS joined in singing America after which Rev. w. H. Winters offered prayer.
 R. w. Barnes was called to the chair and County School Superintend- ent Grouse delivered his address before the institute. He spoke especially of the advancement made in the methods of teaching during the last ten years and stated that the only successful teacher is the progressive one. He impressed upon the teachers the im- portance of knowing the definite ob- ject of each lesson, making it an addi- tional link of knowledge they are at- tempting ito weld.
 An election of officers ensued with the following result: Vice-president, H. H. Brown; secretary, B. G. Randa4; assistant secretary, Miss Belle Shor- nick.
 The chair appointed the following committees:
 Enrollment-W. M. Lee and Miss Troops.
 Introduction-J. M. Wollam, W. A. Coy and Miss Ida Warren.
 Resolutions 70. Anderson, W. B. Creager and J. W. Stewart Mrs. Anderson of Mesa read g very instructive paper on the subject, What to Omit in Geography Teach ing" The leading thought in this paper was that the teacher should be master of the text book, not it's slave Discussion by w. J. Anderson. w. A Coy, Miss Rice and Jno. Mets followed. After a brief recess c. F. WiNcut read a paper on the subject, Titles Their Uses and Abuses" He pre- scented in very pleasing manner the labsurdity of prefxing a title of honor to the name of every county school master. A discussion, opened by J. M. Wollam, followed and was partici- pated in by H. H. Brown, c. O. Ander- son and others.
 At 1:3O H. H. Brown called the insti- ute to order, and after singing "The Red, White and Blue" the roll was called, to which each of the seventy five teachers responded with quota tion.
 Miss Cohn rendered 2 piano solo. The subject of the primary number | work was presented by M ss Hattie Culver. Several little tots from Miss Culver's school were present and recitation was conducted. More of this practical school room work would greatly benefit the teachers in their efforts.
 A recess was then taken, wh oh was followed by song from the male quartette.
 Superintendent Creager presented the first of two papers on the subject of the recitation. He spoke particular ly of the teachers preparation, urging the necessity of thoroughly compre- hending the subject himself, before presenting it to the class, and not de- pending upon the inspiration of the moment. He mus. use the text book only as text book and not as an en- cyciopoedia. MT. Creager insisted that teachers should teach pupils to study and how to use books. He en- phasized the thought that the wise teacher would teach the pupils how to get the thought of the author and would also supplement the text with knowledge gained by outside reading.
 The query box was opened and the queries read and answered. The evening session began with music, selections by Prof. Payne's Mandolin and Guitar club of seven pieces. Rev. Chase of the Methodist church invoked divine blessing on the assembiage.
 The welcoming address was given by Trustee B. F. Gillette. His remarks were we'll timed and appropriate. 1 Following MT. Gillette's address the 1 Christian church quartet.e rendered sang, which was very sweet and loud 1 ty applauded.
 1 The response to the opanlng ad- dress was delivered by Superintendent Creager. After eulog:zing the people and the city in a few words he changed his theme to education, is derivation and what 1t constitutes. Christianity, he said, has placed education On a new and im1novable foundation He touched lightly on the laws in some states and territories in the Union where the reading of the Bible by the pupils and the teachers is prohibited His subject was chiefly on the point Of Christianity and educa ton, showing that one is essential to the other.
 The next number on the programme
 was a selection by the mandolin club
 which was loudly applauded and en-
 cored.
 Miss Marguerite K. Williams very
 sweet1y rendered a vocal solo with
 piano accompaniment that made a