The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-04
District Teachers Association.

porary chairman.
 A number of promiscuous topics were discussed; but the regular program was left off until evening on account of the absense of few members who were expected in the afternoon.
 The discussions were intensely inter- esting, so mu h 50 that it was with re- luctance we adjourned at 11:a0 a m for the purpose of decorating the inner chamber But the interval seemed to us only dreary waste of time so anxious were we to re convene Talk of angels and you hear the rustic of their wings, for we ha much larg CT attendance at the evening session than in the afternoon. Mir Glaze made an elaborate speach on corporal punishment" drifting back on the wings of his mem ory to his Ohio home and his early school and college career, and to his association with Professors Harvey, Holbrook and other eminent educators; thence through his many years of practical experience in the schoolroom, down to the present time,
 Take it all in all 1t was nasterly delineation of the subject After which the subject was open for gen. eral discussion, in which Professor Pipkin, and Messrs Rabun, Schurman and Dannels indulged
 Mir. Dannels gave an interesting talk on ''the relation of teacher and student on the playground. Ills speach was short but interesting and pointed, bringing out some ideas original and novel to many present.
 Professor Pipkin drew an interest ing picture of the old log school house with its low board roof, in connection with his early career The virgin forest grew in close proximity to the primeval abode of the pedagog, so close that the projecting branches of the trees protruded themselves through the open cracks between the logs and boards and the one solitary
 
 dow should have deen-into his very private sanctuary. There are few dis advantageous circumstances in our profession that have not also their advantageous side; for while the branches seemed rather presumptious in forcing their entrance. they freely lent the aid of their awe-inspiring presence to his placid visage in subju- gating the unruly and mischievous urehins Some of his students got lost in the surrounding wood, and he cleared four acres of it's thick and thorny under brush in search of them and the impression made on us was that the search and labor proved fruit less.
 The Misses Clark and Cleayer req d excellent papers on the qualification of teachers bringing infinitely the moral, mental and physical requisites; giving prominence if any difference, to the innate moral qualifications.
 The school keeper" Of antiquity was thoroughly discussed and anal vzec; that ancient man of the rod and three 'R's" whose visage was never known to be wrinkled with smile, save in irony while welding the for midabe ferrule which was omni-pres ent with hlm. You all know him; he never takes school journal or a newspaper; never attends the normal. the institute or teachers association except when the law eompels him to. Happily he was not in our midst, else his countenance, the index of the heart. might have revealed something.
 We trust he is not in Polk county, still he exists, for he is one of those hopeless healthy individuals who will live on without an ache or pain the is always gruntingl to hundred. and then tumble down stairs, or get run over by 8 bicy cle. natural means be- ing utterly inadequate to give him his final shuttle off this mortal coil
 This association went into perma- nent organization, electing Professor Pipkin, conductor, and Miss Clark sec retary: d few teachers of the district were absent, bnt thanks to the imag- ionation-that eonsoling anodyne--we heard them whistling inaudiDie accom- paniments to our efforts.
 Altogether it was an interesting and enjoyable occasion, and those who missed it missed a rare treat. Join us the first Saturday in August and get inspired.