The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-05-02
MET AT PHILonIArH.

/ Despite the inclement weather, a number
| of Corvall1sites drove to Philomath last
Saturday evening" to attend or tuke part in
the exercises of the Benton County Teach.
ers' Association. During the>afternoon DIFF
| ferent branches of study were ably dis
cussed and the twenty or more teachers
present We're morethan paid for their atten
| dance by practical thoughts brought ont b.,
/ the spe; kers. This association was orga
niz I'd last fell through the efforts of Super
| intendent Holm. Meetings have since been
held IN ,nthly and tn ,se teachers who at
tend ID the sessions of the association have
| been gre ,tly benefited It is noticeable,
how aver, that mliy of the tefchers OF the
county have failed to give the movement
| the support that it deserves.
At the morning session the following reso
lutions " ere passed.:
WHEREAS, It is c,i,len5 that much of
| the lack of interest in the welfare of our
common schools, is attributable TO the lack
of uniform purpose and systematic effort on
the part of teachers and school officers; we,
the teachers of Benton county, Oregon.
and <members5o of .he Benton County Teach
ers' Association III convestion assembled, do
| adopt the following resolutions:
RESOLVED, That we declare it to be the
sense of this Association, that graded
| course of study will be of inestimab!o ben
eit in establishing Il iformity i'll school
work
REstIvED, That we hereby recommend
that the revised course of study for the
,mman schools of Illinois. be adopted by
all boards OF directors Throughout this
county.
RESOLVED, That we hereby pledge our
support to the county school superintendent
| in whatever eff9rt he may make to secure
the adoption of this course of study
RESOLVED, That so far as is practicable,
W. pledge ourselves to Introduce the course
of study into the schools which We may
| tie lch.
RESOLVED, That the secretary be hereby
requested to furnish each of the Corvallis
papers with copy of these resolutions,
an / that they be exhibited the minutes
of this m eeting, a part OF the perma
men minutes thereof.
Il the evening the spacious college
chap, was filled with an intelligent and ap.
Or ,ciative audience which had assembled t.,
wit less the exercises The program for the
evening was of literary aud musical char
| &C er and those who took part were, with
O 1e exception, residents of Corvallis. The
ex .rcises began with an instrumental solo
| by Miss Gertie Cauthorn, and was followed
by recitation by Miss Winnie Avery, in
which the young elocnt'onist &C
| Quilted herself with credit and was
! the recipient of a generous burst OF ap-
! plause A Lgly-rendered vocal solo
! by Miss Jennie Gellstly came next, and Mr..
Geo. l.. Paul followed by reciting the ''Pi
lots Story" His lines were spoken with
| much clearness and feeling ant his Hort
was indeed worthy the enthusiastic COM
mendation which it received when he had
done. Traits of Character" was the sui
| iect of an interesting and highly instructive
lecture delivered by Frank Abram Powell.
In the course of his remarks he Rpinsei out
plainly thar certain traits of character,
such as inquisitivencss, self esteem, pride,
etc., were ia themselves noble, bnt were Ii,
able to be perverted, in which event these
traits became reprehensible. Miss Lou
Burnett sang a solo, and mule auartette
sousisting of Messrs. john Fulton, J. Fred
Yates, H. [. Holgate and B. w. johnson
concluded the entertainment. The quar-
tette was well received and was twice com
PEELED to respoal to hearty encores.