The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-01-01
From Start to Finish---Gensral Cor
don's Patriotic Grafton Added to
the Programme.
OcaIa Honored mr. Earle Elected
the next President -Eiis good
Looks made Him all Easy
Winner-De LanG the
next Meeting Phase,

auu Hk IN Inserted IN tni- issue was III
the main caTr,rd out, and afforded
teacher aud 81 H.. n o.u q lie finest
intelle..tu Il trra, .-vcr given our pee
pie.
That ii was appreciated the con
i'apilv large attt ndance at it's sessions
clearly showed
Fluffy 400 educators and about 80 Of
icers of schools, beside our home peo-
pie, kept the hall well filled at ench
gathering.
TO give even faint outline of each
lecture is out of question; we shall
merely give hints.
Tuesday night Mayor Reardon eX-
tended words of welcome in his ac-
customed acceptable manner, to
which Supt. Compton, of Lake coun-
ty, responded; Prof KnibIoe, of Jack
sonviIIe, being prevented by Il sore
throat.
The address of the evening was by
President Forbes He took the JEFF
fersonian idea of education, namely:
the state should do it, even to- the ex-
tent of supplying the children with
books and clothes, and supporting the
parents of clildreil who from sickness
or other cause could not spare their
children to go to school. He said that
in this western hemisphere the battle
for political equality had been fought
and won, but the battle for equal OPP
partunities was on to all regardless of
sex or social conditions, aud This only
could be given the young by thor
ough education.
Tuesday Dr. Richard G. Boone, of
the state normal school of Michigan,
delivered two lectures. He is one ~
the ablest young educators = the land
and as a .fiuepa-' 'ssasn s''-.'''
tive speak.lrSs.ssSsesaP fr-.s,.4-r.. .,..,.sss
His words came as smooth, clear,
limpid in the c]S.hiRed6d expressing
of his brilliant and scholarly ideas as
does the sparkling stream down ihe
hillside.
Supt J. G. Compton, Of Lake coun-
ty, spoke on the ''Needs of Florida
Schools" from his standpoint. In a
word, we wanted better teachers, bet
ter pay for them, better school houses
better equipped, and the stirring up
of better and more enthusiastic ed
ucational feeling all over the state, in-
GLIDING superintendent.
Principal J. l.. Boone, Of Orlando,
followed and discussed the same sub
ject from his standpoint, as did Miss
Rose r. House, of Live Oak from the
standpointof 3 teacher, whose ideas,
r1~-'gh not borrowed from Mr.. Conn
tom, wes--smilar.
Dr. Geo -, Ward, president Of
J Miss Glenn Han8Fs5a all Live COS o.s.
believes n n, e.rt edhcation 10 The public
school and made strong Plea for is
establishment in beautffls 'spqllage.
Mrs. b. NJ. Warner, Of Leoshais
delighted the audience win her essay
on mature Work, y chaste plea fol
child education and nature as the ba.
sic features.
As State Superintendent Sheats had
given way for General Gordon t.
4 speak the teachers insisted lie should
; Ispeak, and he did SO Wednesday Of.
| ownoon. 1t was a plea for better and
mTe thorough school work in Florida
anda defense of the Sheats syst I'm,
which at first aroused so much ,oppo.
sition nut is now better appreciated
and NOR popular. Like everything
he says itwas vigorous and breezy
handling he subject without gloves.
The address of President Parry r.
Graham of tin association was a mas
terly effort on educata5nai matters,
which was wel5sssNeived. He is a
bright young * one Of our leading
educators, @itlff2 promising future.
He made agood presiding officer
The BUSINESS session of the associa-
ton was changed from Friday, day of
adjournment, to. Wednesday after
noon.
One of the pleasant things con-
nected with the comforting of h0nors
was the unanimity with which it was
done No two persons were named
for the same position, the result was
all were elected by reclamation.
Ocala feels particularly honored be-
cause the association made j. J. Earle,
Ocala's principal ~ the graded high
school, IT, president.
C"l Cater, president 81 the Fast
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ton and did it ia neat and esaetiJ-
mentary speech, which said che Young
men OF the state were ia. evidence in
education aSd = ynung man should
occupy th..t POSITION.
Prof. Fulks seconded the nominal
ton aud ia doing 80 remarked the
youth and beauty Of the state formed
the striking features Of lhe association
and none were m"te lifting To- preside
over such an assemhlage than a hand
lsope young man, af which type Prof
Nsyle was n splendid illustration,
shieNremarks made our modest prln-
eipal kln~s.
Miss IseSSE Housc, brilliant
Teacher - ilis re oak school, s.as
made viee-pr.4yys = p. 4. eusS 81
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