The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-07
MAURY COUNTY TEACHERS
Hold AN In eresting Meetin
At Mt. Pleasant


Association Hold an In eresting Meeting
At Mt. Pleasant.
Saturday, May LIST, the Maury
County teachers held their regular
monthly meeting. AS they had
been cordially invited to revisit Mt
Pleasant, it was decided at the
April meeting to hold the next one
at the Howard Institute, in Mt
Pleasant. Quite large number of
teachers and visitors had assembled
in the chapel, and gave very close
attention to the following program :
Prayer e.. Mr.. j. II. Dining
Welcome Address ..,.. Rev. Mr.. Couey'
Vocal Solo .. .... Miss GoOdson.
Primary Arithmetic. ..Supt. Dodson.
Life of G. w. Gable &C.. Miss Figures.
Recess.
Creoles of Louisiana Mr.. Buchanan.
History of Tennessee. Mr.. A. c. Allen.
Solo ............. :. ...... Miss GOodson.
Owing to the inability of the
President to be in Columbia at the
June meeting of the Institute, Mr..
Turner, Vice-President, will take the
office, and Mr.. A. G.. Allen was
elected as Vice-President. 1t was
also decided not to have a vocal
music teacher employed during the
Institute. A letter was received
from Mr.. Miller, who is to conduct
the Institute, and the following pro-
gramme was read:
Monday, June IA: morning General
talk to teachers; Primary, English and
Composition. Afternoon.-U. S. His
tory, Period of Colonization and Set
Elements Spelling.
Tuesday, June Is; morning :-Euglish
Grammar, The Noun, Punctuation; U.
S. History, The Colonial and Revolu-
tionary Periods. Pedagogy,
Elements of Mental Philosophy (;
Primary Reading.
Wednesday, June IS; morning Eng
lish Grammar, Verb, Conjunction, Com
pick Sentences; Pedagogy; The Recita-
ton. AfternoOn.-Geography, Method
of Teaching; Physical Geography, The
Growth of the Earth.
Thursday, June II; morning:-Gram-
mar, Correcting of Errors in Speech and
Writing; U. $. History, From Washing
ton to Lincoln. MISUNDERSTANDING
for Primary Pupils; Elocution vs. Read
ing.
Friday, June Is; morning :-English
Language, Grammar and Composition ;
u. $. History, From Lincoln to McKin-
ley. AfternOon.-Tem Teach.
ing in the Public Schools; Physical
Geography, Currents Tides, Eclipses.
Night.-Illustrated Lecture on Elec-
tricity.
Saturday, June 10; morning.
Geography, Influence of Environment
Upon the Human Races; Pedagogy,
School Government. Afternoon.-
Rhetoric; Physics, Heat and Light.
The following resolution was read
and approved: Be 1t
Resolved. That the members of
the Teachers Association offer a
hearty vote of thanks to the teachers
and citizens of Mt. Pleasant for
their generous hospitality extended
to us to-day.
The people of Mt. Pleasant are
noted for their lavish hospitality,
and those who have been fortunate
enough to enjoy their kindness
know the treat which was enjoyed
by those who were in attendance
Saturday. The visiting teachers
were met at the depot by a COM
mittee who carried them to the
place in carriages and buggies. The
dinner was one long to be remem-
bered, both from its elegance and
the bountiful amount which was
spread on three long tables, in one
of the rooms adjoining the chapel.
After the meeting was over the
teachers visited the phosphate
mines and friends in town until it
was time to board the train for
home. This is the second time the
Association has met in Mt. Pleasant,
and the welcome extended on both
occasions was very hearty and
sincere.
The next meeting will be held at
the Public School building in Co.
lumbia, Saturday, June 5, when the
following program will be carried
out:
Tennessee history from 1915 to 1S47,
with special reference to the Banking
System and Internal improvements
Glass conducted by A. c. Allen.
How to teach writing?-Miss Ella Cox.
When can the study of Literature be
most advantageously commenced, and
what is the best method of teaching
it in lower grades?-Discussio led by
Miss Annie Long.
Duty of a teacher to his class in pre-
pairing his own lesson.-R. f. Harris.
Mr.. ThOs. =. Nicely,