The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-21
The Asheville Meeting Voted
Decided Success.
VA A8LE WORK DONE
Int. sting Papers Read by
tsominent Educators.
ELI loN OF THE NEW OFFICERS
Teachers OF the State Return to Their
Homes With Fresh Courage for
Training the Youth of
the Land.

the st like a broom during the night,
leayi..s. however, some sweepings of
cIoul.. hut in the main Thursday was
fairs clear.
SO that the Teachers Assembly open
ed thursday morning with the hall
croaSsea 10 the door.
the Programme, too, was novel and
attsaea.ye.
EesiGes an interesting sketch of the
MOI aaH Ton school for the Deaf by the
SupA IA endent, Mr.. T.. Mex. Goodwin,
there as an exhibition of the meth
DDS of teaching the deaf. A class of
ten t.saf children had been brought
along ard took their places on the plat
form. 'Ihe teachers were Mrs. l.. A.
Winston, Mr. o. A. Belts and Mrs. A.
c. Ilald.
Just one intensely striking feature
from the exhibitions:
Mrs. Winston, who, by the bye, seems
to be III enthusiast, took the child who
put rs hand upon the teachers throat
while the teacher uttered a sound,
whisn sound by means of telephony
or scIae other process was reproduced
by the child. Such sounds were built
up iI.so words and the evolution of
put before the audience.
Every body was delighted at this OBJ
ject lesson of what 10Th century hui
manitsrianism and accomplishment
have done for the afflicted.
Following the exhibition by this
class came Prof. b. f. Sledd, of the
Chair OF English in Wake Forest Col
lege. Prof. Sledd was to speak on
"EngIish-W What to teach and how to
teaua It.. He seemed much affected
by y aat the deaf children had done
and sad one who had perfect senses
had 10 excuse for not being effective
in tasaaing English to those who
cou,s asar. Prof Sledd was very wit
ty, ef.nging down the house several
times by some bright sally. He took
the POSITION that pupils in English
shouss' he brought into contact with
the English masters. He was opposed
to too much scaffold work, such as is
found IN hand-books and rhetoric and
fayorSd rather going to the root of the
matter by generous reading.
Prof. Harrison, of Davidson College
read a scholarly and careful essay
urging that much practice in writing
was 3 good way of getting at the Sc
cret of good writing
Prof. Thomas Hume. of the Uniyer-
sity, furnished the treat of the dav
Prof. Hume was listened to eagerly
and ali would have gladly listened to
him much longer. He did not by any
means uGderrate the nicer distinctions
of word and figure and style to be
found in acute study of books analyt-
lcal OF great masters. but laid chief
stress in the whole matter upon the ne
cessity of having teacher who was
so ripe within himself as to dispense
the most gracious influence to his pu-
pills. Prof. Hume took up Shake
speare, upon whom he dweIt only too
briefly and began to develop some of
stduying this master under proper
training. The treatment of his theme
by Prof. Hume was too subtle to be
properly touched upon in this brief
way, the main thing was that the artist
was paramount in the whole treat
ment. Some portions of his paper
Or rather talk-for he had not written
out his speech. were like chaste bits
of sculpture. When he closed, an aro-
ma seemed to enwrap what he had
said.
Against all this beautiful and in
teresfing part of the programme,
comes as usual from that practical.
vigorous Drained man Charles ID. Me-
Iver, a set of resolutions which were,
of course passed. Prof McIver
heenN working on the
pr six years, and the legisla-
hear from it later. 1t may
generally known, but the
sboro Normal had its beginning
st such a set of resolutions by
Hes ID. McIver at one of the meet
of the Teachers Assembly.
The resolutions, unanimouly adop-
Ed, were as follows:
First, that it is the sense of the
forth Carolina Teachers Assembly
hat il order to secure successful pub
Ic schools an efficient supervision is
Essential.
Second that while we believe that
an efficient system of county supervis-
ion, employing professional teachers
as county superintendent for all their
schools would be preferable, it appears
that the county public school fund at
present would not justify the necessary
expense for the employment of such a
man.
We, therefore, recommend that the
State be divided into Educational Di-
visions composed of from two TO six
counties each and that a Superinten-
dent of each division be selected and
paid, for his salary, per cent OF the
public school fund of each county, this
being the amount allowed under the
old law for supervision by the county
superintendent.
Third, that we believe that our sys-
tenn Of education should be managed
by special board of education for
each county.
These resolutions were first repor-
ted by special committee composed
of the following gentlemen: ). 7.
Scarborough, S. NJ. Finger, q. i. but
Ter, G. W. Conner, L. L. Hobbs, W. l..
Poteat, f. P. Hobgood, r. q. Conner,
and Charles D. Mclver.
This movement will be pushed be-
fore the next legislature and promises
great betterment in the educational
interests of the State.
DIR. AlcTver supported bis measure
in a paper that touches every cltizeh
in the State and which for common
sense and public spirit has not been