The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-10-17
Marion County Teachers

Saturday to the number of fifty:
among them the leading educa-
tors on the roll Of teachers.
DR.. Russell OF Grahamville,
the president Of the Marion
County Teachers Association of
last session, called the meeting
to order, and as the first business
Of the gathering was to elect Of
ficers, DR.. Russell appointed
Professors Earle, Green, Stew
ard and Lyle to make such nomi-
nations, and they reported the
names Of superintendent Carn
for president and Miss Sarah
Bull for secretary.
superintendent Carn called at
tention to the fact that the course
Of study he had prepared for the
schools was ready for distrlbu-
ton in pamphlet form. He also
had about seventy copy
books, which had been sent him by va
rious publishers, and which he had dis
tributed to the teachers for them to give
to the most needy children.
DR.. Russell was called on to talk of
the course of study to be used in the
schools and the benefit it would be to
our schools in having the same intro
10 = l,o al l,,
had found in seven years teaching in
one school was to grade his pupils and
the course of study SO we'll prepared by
uperlntendent Carn. if all the teachers
would work along the lines suggested in
the same. woull, in time, greatly ia
ci!itate the work: that IN this course it
was not intended to hamper the individ-
uallty of the teacher but to remind him
that an all round good teacher was more
desirable than one who had a penchant
for special work. lie said IA great many
other thin g5 bearing on this important
subject and trusted that all the teachers
Of the county would labor together to
the carrying out of the course prescribed
and by it add to the efficiency and true
progress of the pupils.
DR.. Russ IL is pleasing and ctfectiv.
speaker and was listened to with great
interest.
Superintcndens Carn, after returning
thanks for the honor conferred, supple
mpnted DR.. Russclls talk on the course
Of study, Whie he knew the course
was not perfect as he already coul see
imperfectiOns. yet he believed it was a
good beginning and by the cooperation
Of those engaged in the work of teach
ing, better results would follow. He
laid stress on supplementary reading.
and said it removed the mOnOtOnv by
changing the subject for the pupil. \
good story or items from the newspa pers
were desirable. Here he called atten-
ton to the fact that the teachers did not
read the newspapers as hey should. He
said every teacher should take a local
paper, school Journal and a metrOpOl-
itan weekly to keep in full touch with
the world. He said the graded course of
study had a few typographical errors.
such as twenty-one days for school
month. when it should be twenty. He
called attention to the necessity OF tidi-
II IS outside as we'll as inside of the
school rooms. He instanced a school
where the weeds grew up 10 the very
door OF the building. Discipline, while
i.e generally found it good when he Wis
tied schools, he did not think was up
in most schools to high and thorough
system By discipline he did not mean
more whipping. but such training and
prompt obedience to every command of
| the teacher that WAS its own cOmmen-
tary.
Prof p. w. Green Of Mcintosh, one OF
the shining ppdas sogic lights of the ooun-
t., instructed in his recitation of the
! Importance of thoroughly understand
! ing the relation OF the rudimentary
| signs OF addition. subtraction. multiple
cation AMI division. and. by examples
! on the b )ard, showed wherein it was es-
sential for teachers to have a right con
cepton of this subject.
| Mr.. Carn said on this very subject, a
number Of teachers. III their examina-
tions, had greatly reduced Their PEI
! cent. Of average OF failed through it.
Air. Bishop followed on methods OF
aacertuinins interest at Ii per cent, and
other rates: all Of which he illustrated
on the hoard
Mr.. CaTn said there were several
/ methods of computing interest he1id.S