Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-12-30
STATE TEACHERS.
TWELFTH SESSION OFTHE STATE
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
The Attendance L. Large aid TIC AID, BIS
Played Promising OF Excsi!;nt Rssu!:,-h1
Enjoyable Reception = Sessions Marked BY
HARMONY nd Unity of Purpose.

HARMONY nd Unity of Purpose.
Nearly 80 teachers responded TO
the call iur tn" Twelfth session of the
state Teachers Association, and that
they were an exceedingly bright and
intelligent class oi people, i, acknowl-
edged 10y all. They were met with the
cordial hospitality Tor which our pco-
pie are :" justly famous, and it i safe
/" >ay that the sessions .,,rr produce
t!Fr "f great enjoyment 4, we'll ~
much advancement i'll those essentials
FOR educational work promoted 10y in
tcrchangc OF opinion, and compare
sons OF individual experience.
The first a>>emhlagc was held in the
hotel parlnr> Tuesday afternoon, called
/ the " Council Mrctin%,' at which the
following subjects were considered
/ First. Science in the Grades Below
/ the High School.
/ |. Subjects Best Adapted to Elr-
mcntary Science in Washington. {. V.
I Piper. Pullman. Discussion opened
by j. Is. Flrtt, Tacoma.
>. Best method OF Teaching this
Subject, W. +. Wilson. Ellcnsburg.
>. How Much Snail BE Attempted?
How Much Time Shall BE Given to
this Subject? O. :. Jones, Seattle.
Discussion opened by Miss Mary \.
Monroe, Spokane.
Second. Child Study. What Il
! NJ 81 ,,,- \I,,- {.
Good Literature in Children Before
school Age, Mrs. H. kncaid, Latona.
In the evening the Olympia was
crowded 10y our t"wn>pr"plc, who as
>cmhlcd to extend welcome to their
visitors. Par.ors \ and b. were dense
ly packed by Il surging mass Of light
hearted men and women and the hum
of animated conversation continued
till long after the time fixed for the
more formal part OF the demonstration
1t was nine o'clock before Prof. Halves,
as master oi ceremonies, called the
hosts and guests down from THEN
flight amid the clouds to the more
formal prophecies Of the hour.
The Eutcrpc Musical Club rendered
Il beautiful chorus entitled Sweet, y
which expressed its charming melody
so well that the large assemblage were
wild for repetition but the ladies
gracefully declined.
An address of welcome was then an.
nounced by Acting Mayor Murphy
which was as follows:
"LADIEs AND GENTLEMEN OF TIE STATE
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION:
at is with much ditliJence that
undertake n task which chance has as.
signed to me, although | can truly Fay
that | appreciate the honor of wei
coming to the Capital City representa-
tive men and women whose life mis-.
sion is the noble work of shaping the
individuality of American citizenship
and thereby advancing the destiny OF
a nation whose government is based
solely upon the rock of popular intelli-
gencc.
High indeed is your mission and
responsible and great the duties it in.
wolves. Conscientious performance OF
the task of developing the germ OF
thought and incentive for right OF
wrong, of unfolding one by one those
tiny petals of the flower OF individu
ality, is indeed II God-given privilege
and should be approached with revcr.
entail solicitude. If it be indeed true
that the hand which rocks the cradle
rules the world, it must be admitted
with equal candor that the arm which
(iguratively speaking, in this advanced
age) yields the fcruie should be ac.
corded an equal honor in perfectin2
the noble work begun 10y the good
mother. In fact, the two functions
are so closely allied that they are in
separable. They work harmoniou>ly
and perfectly together. The first duty
OF the parent, is to secure health OF
body and awaken the infant brain to
its first impressions of what is right
and what is wrong; to instill the rudi
mental ideas of personal incentive,
which later on, develop into those
moral principles that constitute true
manhood. Here, however, their labors
generally end, and the duty of unfold
ing the elements of character, passes
on to our teachers i'll the common
schools. They take the active entity
as the nurseryman classities his stocks
upon which to engraft the scions that
produce certain well-defined results
in this instance, to secure probity OF
special mission of the coming man
II the stock is wanting in vitality OF
the twig is bent, the result is neces
sarily imperfect; but when all the con.
ditions are perfect and the handiwork
of the chershing parent passes into the
keeping of the conscientious teacher
the object will be attained in produc.
ing Il symmetrical tree Astounding in
good fruit.
Ladies and gentlemen will not
attempt to elaborate theme of these
gigantic proportions. To advance such
a grand object should be the ambition
of all. You arc with us at an auspic-
iOus moment, time when our law
makers are assembling to formulate
laws for the popular veal. You will
be placed in touch with them for sug
gestions of such aids as statutory en-
actmcnt may afford. Your presence
cannot be but of potential influence fol
securing consideration of the needs fol
promoting popular education. know
that | express the sentiment OF Oul
whole community when | say that in
this work, if we can be of service to
you, all will gladly fall into line in
united endeavor to place the cause Of
education in the front rank of adj
yanced civilization.
"While you are with us, we wish you
to feel that you are indeed welcome
guests. Your coming has been the
subject Of much comment by our peo.
pie, and assure you that it is with nc
ordinary feeling of cordiality our
hearts go out to those engaged in such
a noble, such II glorious, such a patri-
otto work as the making of good citi'
zenship for a country which has Sc
signally demonstrated that it is in the
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