The Green Forest tribune., 1898-11-24
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.
IT WAS AN INTERESTING SESSION HELD IN
 GREEN FOREST LAST WEEK.
Fair Attendance and Good Work. Western Dis
 trict Gives Good Turnout.

The Carroll County Teachers associ ation which held it's meeting here on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week was quite success, both in point of interest and attendance. A majori ty of the teachers present, however, was from the Western district The faculty of the Eureka Springs school turned out ill full force, and to them is largely attributable the success of the occasion.
 While the excellent program, whic h was previously published in these columns, could only be partly carried out on the account of absent membe rs, those present were not without some thing to say, and we are sure that many good things were said and done that will result in much good to the profession.
 The public school teachers of this county seem thoroughly alive to the importance of their work. More so than at any time previous n the histo- ry of our county. Since tho introduc. tion of County Normals, and Teachers Associations, the methods in our schools have been completely revolu- tionized, and the stan dard oc qualifica. ton of teachers raised 100 per cent. 1t means something to be able to conduct successfully even the most remote country schools now. Some teachers who held first grade certificates 10 years ago, have been completely frozen out already, so rapid has been the progress in methods and qualifications.
 This is the greatest possible evidence of progress and civilization, and if precedsnts are worth anything, we be- lieve the time is not far distant when our public schools will rank with the best in the land.
 These are ideas we caught by notic- ing some the work of this association.
 While there were many good things said and done at this meeting that will result in much good to the teachers, there was nothing that struck us more forciably than an address by Prof. H. P. Burnev on the "The Coming Twentieth Century Teacher" for which he had been selected by the committee on program. It was delivered on Friday evening to highly appreciativs house. 1t was superb speech in every par ticular, and if there was any one present who did not endorse it, we have yet to bear of them. However, it was not without novel and perhaps many original ideas. Proceeding on the theory that coming events cast their shadows in advance" he dedu ced the conclusions that the teacher hun- dred years from now will be woman, that she will be better looking, physic- ally and ih Intellectually stronger, and the environments will be such that teach. ing school will be an easy task, indeed. He has the photograph and viatascope employed for the purpose of recording the words and the action of the pupils, which may be consulted after school hours, when wrong may be punished etc., thus effectually doing away with the very laborous task of police duty our teachers are now compelled to perform. In this thought he men, tioned many of the possibilities and probabilities of hundred years hence, which were all we'll taken, but he evil dently failed to mention that the twentieth century teacher will be 8 mind reader and will possess all the capabilities of reading the pupils thoughts and will know when lesson has been learned and be able to see just what the mind is capable of re- taining, and know just how to put It there, etc. The Professor found the twentieth century teacher just such an improvement over those of today as is possible in such land of progress and prosperity as this. He found them to be superior in every respect, save in one, and that is as thinkers. Methods of obtaining knowledge are growing so easy the no thinking for ones self will be necessary i'll that advanced age, aud as consequence the teachers of today will have the credit over them for originality He proved this arsu- ment by the fact that there are no as great thinkers today as there were l, rad NV. tx~, t~