The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-23
ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS
LAST GENERAL MEETING
OF the City Teachers for the Year
Held Yesterday

Held Yesterday.
The eighth general meeting of the city
teachers was held Saturday morning,
April p, at the Normal rooms in the city
building, between the hours of and T.
AS this was the last meeting for the pres
emit school year, the regular program was
interspersed with several excellent musical
numbers and a recitation.
Devotional exercises were led BY Rev
Pruen, OF the Dodge Avenue Methodist
church. in West Wichita, following which
the roll was called, showing all present.
Principles responded with quotations from
favorite authors.
The first number wah furnished by Miss
Anna h!Civey. who executed piano solo
in very good style and was heartily APP
plauded.
Mr.. j. S. Carson was next on the pro-
gram. His subject was The Teachers
Responsibility in Civic Affairs Among
other things he said: There was a time
when the teacher did not participate in
civic affairs, but now he has at last le-
come a permanent factor as well as the
judge legislator or attorney. We have
the highest type of governments fed
eral republic, and It is based entirely
upon education; therefore the teachers
responsibility can hardly be fully esti-
mated l believe that the strongest
teaching force is composed equal of the
male and the female, neither the one nor
the other sex precop:lnatLg. To be broad
a teacher mus, study beth inside and out
side of his profession. Teachers should
be specially versed in socialism that ,aey
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lead to democracy"
The next number was vocal solo by
little Marie Dorsey. of the first grade
Park school, which was heartily enjoyed
and enthusiastically encored. The little
miss has remarka bic musical ability for
one so young
The Aim of the Public Schools: the
Adaptability of Our Course of Study to
the Attainment of This End, comprised
the next subject, and was assigned to
Misses Leichhardt and Kelly.
Miss Leichhardt's paper received close
attention for its sound judgment and COM
mon sense. Following are some quota
tons:
IF this nation is to stand for all time,
growing purer and stronger and more
orthy of the admiration of the whole civ
ilized world, ii must become and remain
in the very broadcast and best sense Of
the words, "a overnment of the people.
by the people and for the people, The
state and all other forms Of society that
have taken up the subject of education
have failed, only the state has made it
success. Education is question that will
never come before the people either for
reciprocity or resubnission. Office is a
trust, officers are servants responsible to
the people for the proper discharge of
each duty. The teacher is enlisted in the
service Of the state, working for her (the
state's) preservation, her prosperity, her
glory. The teacher then IS made for the
school, and the schools are not created,
that few of US may teach and live and
draw the salaries. The public school is
the consequence of all the public believes
and the source Of all it is destined to be-
Miss Leichhardt, in continuing, spoke
Of the good accrued from each and every
branch of instruction and concluded thus:
To-day in song and story stands Kansas
and her schools. She has climbed through
difficulties to the realms of the stars Be
low her are the dark clouds Of doubt and
difficulty; above her Gods free heaven,
and before her Kansas as she shall be in
the shining golden tomorrow"
Miss Kelly next presented her version of
the subject in a clear, concise way which
thoughts are as follows:
The true aim of education Is character
building. Do the common schools meet
our expectation? How many of our most
prominent citizens have had but common
school Quotations? The general routine
and repression of the school room is the
best possible training for the average
child. generous spirit Of patriotism
should permeate all instruction and If the
schools do not meet our highest expecta-
tons the work has not been properly
done
In speaking Of this years course of
study as outlined, Miss Kelly said, in
favor Of the extra amount of natures study
and language assigned to the primary
grades: The primary teachers find that
children from the kindergarten are far
better prepared to take up the regular
school work than those who come directly
to the public school"
In continuing, she said: Much valuable
work is being done in composition. The
outline in nature study, literature and
history has been very beneficial and we
should congratulate ourselves that the
Betz system of physical culture has been
adopted"
Miss NEEDLE Hamilton was next on the
program and rendered a vocal solo, which
was heartily encored. Mr.. Lee, of tho