The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-18
PROCEEDINGS OF THEIR ANNUAL
CONVENTION AT THE UNI
VERSIToY YESTERDAY.
GOV. CULBERSON and OUR MAYOR.
Delivered Addresses of Welcome-Presi
dent j. S. Kendalls Address-List
of Important Committees and
Other Interesting Notes.

sembly hall at the university by President
| J. S. Kendall of Honey Grove.
| Prior to the meeting being called to
order the famous Fifth Cavalry band
rendered some superb music, the numbers
appropriate and overlooking with the
sweetest melody.
DR.. r. X. Smoot who was down on the
program was unavoidably absent and
Rev. A. Clark, president of the Waco
Add-Ran university took his place and in
an earnest invocation asked the guidance
and benediction of God upon the asso-
citation and its deliberations.
A class of twenty little girls from the
Austin public schools, under the direction
of Miss Butler then sang with splendid
effect a song of welcome.
Mayor Lewis Hancock was then intro
duced by President Kendall and in
brief, but happy address, he welcomed
the convention to the city. He said in
substance: "The duty devolving upon
me is one of simple performance, and it
is very agreeable to me. 1t is to extend
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you freely, and with that generosity that
has always characterized your capital
city. Austin may well claim to be great
educational center, and she has made
great and peculiar effort to encourage
education in all of its branches. l am
extremely qualified and the people are
glad that you meet here. | am glad that
you meet in this hall us it indicates there
is harmony between the common schools
and the university. There is Il sentiment
in some parts of the state at least, that
the common schools are a necessity and
the university a luxury. | do not believe
you feel that way You know that with
out u university you are without head
You, no doubt in your schools feel that
you need strong, intelligent and cultur-
ed people behind you. You must have
! highly educated and cultured people,
however poor they might be, behind you,
and when you do have them your schools
will advance, your people will grow
stronger and BETTER and your state will
, be blest. The university can not exist
! without the common schools, and the
common schools must look to the univer-
sity for support and success and they
: can not be brought to the higher perfec-
1 ton without the university"
, Mayor Hancock invited the teachers to
visit the state institutions and other
points of interest, and sincerely wished
them a profitable meeting and much
: pleasure during their stay in the city.
. Governor Culberson was then intro
: duced and started out by saying: 81 is
: not expected, and, of course it is not my
purpose at this time to deliver an adj
dress, but having been invited, | could
not refuse to appear to extend to you an
houest, old-fashioned welcome to the
capital of your great state The people
of this city are as highly cultured and re-
fined as any that exist within your
:, borders. You have here your great state
E institutions and your great capitol, the
! most magnificent in the Union and typica
! of the magnificence and glory of YOU
| great commonwealth"
He then touched upon educational mat
tiers, saying he was heartily in accort
with the teachers in their grand work
He said next year, he thought. the schoo
: appOrtionment would be $4.25, and thai
. the term CT the schools would be extended
: to five months He referred to the uni
t versity and predicted it would in time bt
: one of the first-class, ''but you
IAN not expect to build great institu
Il lion in a day. Money can not accom-
: Ilish it. 1t takes time and experience
!. Men connected with the university ant
k men not connected with the university
n should not expect to build up the uni
versity at once. There are other things
d the state has to look after. There are
o the blind, the insane, the Confederate
Home, the Agricultural and mechanical
G College and the normal schools-all have
e to be provided for AS far as | am per
e sonally concerned, | am as great a frient
= to the university as | am to the common
n schools"
n He closed by wishing the teachers
l. every success and much pleasure Will,
here.
Superintendent w. r. Potter of lyle
responded most happily.
At the close of President Kendall's ad
y dress, Professor Harris, superintendent
of the Austin schools, called attention {,
the absence of Treasurer j. G.. Lattimor
I, and moved that treasurer pro. TEN. b,
: appointed.
f Motion carried, and Professor T. A
: Brown of Austin was appointed
The primary section was then taken III
k with Miss Marsh of Denison presiding
c and on being introduced she made nea
d and sensible little speech.
n Professor j. III. Pylant of Bells thei
:. read an interesting paper, 1.-THE Mytl
: Element in Primary Education" and i
was discussed by several of the teachers
: This was followed by a splendid paper
: by Miss Ella O'Reilly of Corsicana oil
Kindergarten Schools" She strongly
{ commended them and favored them be
i ing introduced into the public school sys
$ ten.
The superintendent of the FL PasC
city schools and the superintendent of the
schools at Hillsboro, speaking of the
question, said the kindergarten had been
: made part of the public school systems
l of their cities, and it had been wonderful.
ly successful. The discussion developed
the fact that the kindergarten in Califor-
mia had great influence upon the morals
of the children, and statistics showed
! that none of the children trained in the
kindergarten had drifted into the criminal
element 1t was also shown that the
child's intellect was quickened and that
they moved along more easily and infinite
ly more rapidly in the primary grades.
All who addressed the convention on the
subject were decidedly in favor of max
ing the kindergarten part of the public
school system.
President Kendall announced the fol-
lowing committees:
Constitution-Dr Jas. Baldwin of Aus
lin, Ii. s. Parsons of Italy, Superintend-
mt Maxwell of Kaufman, s. III. Flake
IF Nayasota and Professor Frye of
y NJ. aLo,a A;d VIZ II ua,,o,, &c ~