The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-30

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Tame and cheering visions, The scholar
sees the niaryels wherever time has
wroughtthe signs OF the times and thar
the fantasies OF the past are the reallt-
les OF the present Two mon, a scholar
and an npeducoted man. can stand and
look at a ifeld OF growing grain. The
one sees In the grain visions OF clothing,
tood and sustenance. but the other sees
Tar beyond and drinks In It's Infinite
beauties and meanings, The stream
cannot run higher than It's source.
the new scholars Will mlngle In
worldly affairs. Evils can only be set
right, the scholar OF the new school
knows, only ~ mingllng,jn politics, DR..
Raymond instanced Arnold Toynoce's
work In the conpested dIstricts OF East
London, and the different Institutions
In the larger American cities devoted 20
the work OF lifting mankind 10 a higher
and purer level. Like Sir Launclval IN
the Quest OF the Holy Grail. the only
real happiness can be secured by nlms
and assisting less fortunate brothers. 3
~ The new aristocracy Will be one OF
heroeH. II will be the real nobility OF
the earth, First must be secured q broad
liberal education. Can O man or woman
say they can't get II In these days
OF free education? Can they afford to
stand still, when their fathers went for
ward With less advantages? They must
go on, not dreading 10 cut loose from
old ideas and customs. They should
have courage and let dreams OF success
Danish thoughts OF falterlns. After, q
brilliant peroration along ths line. Or.
Raymond concluded amid enthusiastic
applause. sfzt,.9 y
Mrs. Nellie Warren Holloway, Wheel
,ing's leading pianist, then varied the
programme with a beautiful plano solo.
The audience demanded an encore.
Miss Elizabeth Clohan, principal OF
Clay school, read a highly interesting
paper on the needs OF pensloning school
teachers. The paper was similar to that
read before the Wheeling school teach
ers, and recently. published In full In
the Intellgcncer. Miss Clohans appeal
for annuities for teachers on the retired
list was heartily concurred In. Miss
Clohan asked all the teachers to join
.the West Virginia Teachers Retire.
ment Fund Association, and asked that
committees be formed In every con-
gressional district 10 prepare bill to
be, presented at the next session OF the
legislature. Miss Clohan was warmly
compl!mented for her excellent paper,
and tho grand idea It embodied.
W. II. Gallup, OF New Cumberland,
followed with paper, The School,
boy" 1t was a plea for more consider
alton OF that hilarious individual, Mr.,
Gallup, arguing that confidence intrust-
ed by the teacher In the schoolboy was
seldom broken. Mr.. Gallup said a
teacher shouldn't be looking for evil In
the boy. but rather treating him as Il
he was expected to be good and couldn't
be otherwise. Every school should be
furnished with library. and good
books would make good boys. Mr. GAL
lup made good argument for the boys
and his paper was very entertaining
throughout
The following committees were then
appointed to act with the suggestions
made by Miss Clohan, relative 10 the
teachers retirement fund:
First dlst:ict-M!ss Elizabeth Clohan,
Wheeling; Frank L Burdett. Clarks-
burg. 81,
Second district-Thomas E. Hodges,
Morgantown; ". ". Foulk. Piedmont.
Third district-George L. Laidley,
Charleston; Mrs. Mary McGuigan, Char
lesion.
Fourth dlstrlct-L. ]. corbly. Hunt.
tngton; Miss Addlc NJ. Burk. Parkers.
burg.
The afternoon session closed with the
singing OF America"
Among the teachers present are: J. G.
knutt. NJ. c. Tough, FGirmont; C. H.
Cole. Martinsburg: Mary F. Straub,
Carrie L. Sinsel. Grafton; Ella Y. Mar
tin, Cairo; N. N. Scott, Chenille; ".
NJ. Foullt. Piedmont: D. T. Williams,
Moundsvllle.>F. P. Morris, R. A. Riggs,
Point Pleasant; S. S. Jacobs, West LIB
ertv; H. S. Whetsell Kingwood; ". W.
Smith. Morgantown; G. F. Queen, Lo-
REM; D. D. johnson, Parkersburg; Har-
rlet D. Johnson. Shepherdstown: Z. ID.
Johnston, Marietta; J. W. Barnes, Fair
mont, Annie Gather, W. J. Holden, Glen
ville;, Joseph Roster. Fairmont: Kate
Murphy. Alice v. .Urlton, Mamie Hep
burn. Piedmont; MollIe v. Smith,
Clarksbucg: A. c. King. Shepherdstown;
Theo. L. Gardner. Salem; Thomas E.
Hodges. T. C. Miller. L. C. Woolerv,
Morgantown: ". H. Gallup. New Cum
berland: Josephine Raymond. Morgan
town; Bertha F. Reich. Sstersv!lle;
Flora E. Eskey. Guyandotte; Annie B.
Miller, Morgantown; Mary E. McConn,
AIDA Gardner, West Liberty; Mary J.
Adams, Pittsburgh: Frank B. Trotter,
WA. Haggertv, Bunkhannon; c. F..
Hahn. Piedmont; Laura Young, J. n.
Deahl, West Liberty. lf
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