The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-01-29
TERRELL TEACHERS MEET.
AN INTERESTING SESSION OF THE
COUNTY ASSOCIATION


Elected for 1895. Excellent Programme
Arranged for the Next Meeting.
Last Saturday, pursuant to call is
sued by Professor C. E. Grubbs, presi
dent of the Terrell County Teachers
Association, several teachers met in the
chapel of the Dawson Public Schools
and r4organized the association for the
year 1896.
After some preliminary remarks by
the president the association proceeded
to the election of officers. Mr.. c. E..
Grubbs was reelected president unani>
mously. Mr.. Grubbs, who is one of
TerrelPs best teachers, is devoted to the
educational interests of the county, and
the association showed itslwisdom by re-
eecting him. Mr.. J. II. Crowell was
elected first vice president, Miss Lille
Ware second vice president, Mr..
Fl. T. Rice third vice president,
Mr. Jason ScarbOro secretary and
Miss Ieta Slade treasurer Mr.. NJ. j.
Yeomans, Mr.. G. A. Bell and Miss Sue
Bledsoe were elected members of the
executive committee. All of these are
excellent officers and will perform their
duties well
Both officers and members are Jealous
and enthusiastic, and are determined to
make the association a sue cess. 1t can
and will do much to arouse the tagging
interest in education in our county.
Plans will be discussed, methods studied,
suggestions made and ideas exchanged
Teachers will thus gather enthusiasm
from contact with each other and dissem
mated it throughout the county until,
1T is hoped, a general awakening interest
in educational matters will be felt. And
right here let us add that these meetings
are not exclusively for the teaching pro
'fession. All who have children to edu-
scate, or are interested in the education of
our boys and girls, are invited to attend
and take part in tie discussions. There
should be close relationship between
teacher and parent, as to their hands is
delegated the most i'm pOrtant of all
tasks. the training of the young. This
CLOSE relationship and the needful sym
pathy can never exist as long as either
Eparty htl IS aloof
An excellent programme has been pre-
pared for the next meeting, which is
called for Saturday, FEBRUARY 9Th. 1t
embraces practical work as we'll as els
cussion. and none who attend can fail to
be interested. As will be seen by the
programme, which we print below, Miss
Finch and Miss Bledsoe will give practl-
cal work in teaching. They will have
present eight or ten pupils from each OF
their respective grades, and will show
the work they are doing and how they
do it. Mr.. Hitler and Mr.. Bell will dis
cuss timely topics in an interesting way.
PROGRAMME.
Meeting called to order at 10 o'clock
an the chapel of the Dawson Public
Schools.
1st.-Reading of minutes of last meet
1ng.
2nd.-Opening remarks by the presi
dent, touching upon the general work OF
the association.
3rd.-Class work by Miss Finch of the
Dawson schools.
4th.-Class work by Miss Bledsoe OF
1he Dawson schools.
5th.-Paper by Mr.. W. II. Hiller-HOv
to Improve Our Country Schools. Gen
eraildiscussion.
6th.-Paper by Mr. G. a. Bell based
upon work done in The teachers meet
ings of the Dawson schools. Genera
discussion.
7th,-Query box. Business meeting
adjournment.