Arizona republican., 1898-12-30
TEHCHERS ASSOCIATION
The First Session Began Yesterday
 Morning at inc Church.

Promptly at 9:30 yesterday morning the first session of the Territorial Teachers association wa6 called to or der by the president, Professor George Blount. The members of the assocla- tion jeined in singing, led by Professor NWassor. and accompanied by Miss Burys The secretary read a report or the cdmmittee on constitution ana Dy- laws bf the association which will be considered today.
 President Blount appointed the fol lowing committees:
 School law-Professors Lee, Adams Dimmick, Cooley, O'Connor, Matthews and Dr. McNaughton.
 Amendment to constitution and by s-ProfessoTs Creager, Loper and Miss Bury.
 esolutions-Professors Arnold, Lo- per, Metz, Miss Tyroler and Mrs. Dyer
 He announced an excursion to the Indian school to be given to the teach CTS this afternoon, and also urged that all the members of the institute should become members of the association.
 The regular work of the evening was taken up and President Blount del1v- cred his annual address, which was most earnest and impressive. He sard in part: "When Nehemiah of old had returned to Jerusalem for the purpose of rebuilding the broken down walls and after collecting his forces and set ting them at work, he was beset by en- emies on all sides desiring of him an interview, but to such he made reply: I am doing great work, so that cannot come down. am impressed that it would be grand and uplifting thing for the world if our young peo- Dle could be so filled with apprecla- ton of Ifs and with its mission, as to say to the trivialities and dissipations as they present themselves: I have no time for you. I am engaged in great work and cannot come down. And I would that at this hour my lips might be touched as with a coal from off the altar so that 1 couldAnSp1re you to go home to your school rooms ana make your lives, your acts, your teach- ings, inspire the boys and girls that come under your care and influence that every day and every hour of thlS coming year they will do business for eternity.
 The chief work of life is the de- ivelopment and rounding out of noble Christian character, and to possess such a character self mastery is neces- sary, and to attain this is the all i'm rortant work set before the young Professor Blount urged the teachers to so Instruct their pupils that when school days are over, and fathers and mothers guiding and restraining voices are hushed forever, it will be safe to put the reinls into their own hands and let them drive
 The subject of Child Study was as- signed to Mrs. Hood, but by request change was made and she addressed the associatofn on the subject of plan ming work for the term, placing upon the board, as an illustration, an out line for ten weeks work in language She especially emphasized systematic teaching of the subject rather than the text book.
 Professor Hafford addressed the as sociation upon "The Critical Period in a ChiId's Life" He took rather a numerous view of the subject and fur nished considerable amusement for the members, closing with the re- mark, that thereis no critical period in a child's life. The. discussion was opened iby Mrs NJ H. Storment and participated in by many others.
 Professor w. S. Varnum made