Smyrna times., 1899-02-08
WEDNESDAYS SESSION.

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culture and learning.
WEDNESDAYS SESSION.
The sessions, we understand, were
instructive and profitable i'll every way.
They had their own organization and
in the course of the Institute they were
addressed by several leading white cit
liens of this community and State.
The exercises opened on Wednesday
morning with the vice president, Prof.
J. H. Warren, of Camden. Del, as
the presiding officer. The address of
welcome was fttingly made by Con-
gressman- elect John Henry Hoffecker,
of this town, and responded to by Prof.
NJ. Nj. Beamer, the efficient cOlOred
principal of the Smyrna Public Schools.
With the exception of assigning the
different teachers their homes while in
Smyrna, this concluded the morning
| exercises.
A noticeable, and in fact an enter
tanning feature of all the sessions was
| the excellent music rendered 1t was
| the pleasure of those who attended the
institute to hear some good singing
at the opening of every morning and
afternoon session. On Wednesday af-
ternoon after the exercises had been
opened with song and prayer, Prof. c.
G. Tindal, superintendent of the Kent
County Public Schools, was introduced
and addressed the Institute on "School
Government. " His thoughts were
very practical and were we'll received
by the colOred teachers. He was fol-
lowed by Prof. Wesley Webb, of
Dover, with an entertaining address
on physiology. The next speaker
introduced was Mr.. n. F. Wilds, pres
ident of the Board of School Directors
of Smyrna. He at once won their
closest attention as he endeavored to
explain the Shearer's System of Grad
ing schools. The idea of letting the
bright scholars advance according to
their merit, instead of keeping them
back with the dull ones Of the class
seemed to strike the teachers very for
chilly and they gave him a round of ap-
plause. A few remarks on the applica.
tiOn of Shearer's System of Grading tc
the ungraded schools was taken uI
and discussed briefly by Prof. Wesley
Webb, of Dover. This closed the da '
program of Wednesday and in execu
tive session, held Immediately after
wards, the following resolution was
adopted:
To his E,cceilency, Governor E6e w
TUnneU and the Honorable Sen
ate Of DeldU0re:
Resolved, That we, the coloreC
teachers of Delaware in convention as
sembled have learned with regret O.
the failure of the Senate of Delawar,
to confirm the appointment of Roman
Tammany as superintendent of the
schools of Sussex county. Mr.. Tam
many is an officer of ability and il
every way competent and we believ,
/ the best interests of the Sussex schools
demand his reappOintment, and we re
spectfully request that his reappoint
ment be confirmed by the Honorabl,
Senate"
COLLEGE NIGHT" ENTERTAINMENT.
The evening entertainment was en-
titled college Night, and the fol
lowing interesting program was rem
cred by the faculty and students of tn
State Colored College:
The Hunters Chorus" "......... Student
Frayer .:..... Rev. Frank Bradle
, Chorus, Our Cheerful Song. -. Student
I Introductory Remarks Pres. w. C. Jaso
Defamation ''Taussaunt LeOverture,
.:;,;;........ II. A. Johnso
a Defamation, Progress, "........
S ....:.............. Miss Elsie Parke
Essay, The Mind is the Man." -.
, .....................M Miss Cora Moor
Defamation, Daniel O'Connell, -.
E THE Old Continentals, J." ".............
Address. ss................P Prof. S. L. Conwe
Address esS.................H H. G. Conrad Es
{ Address Observation-Disclosures.
e Prof. R. W. Gadsten, Coiorcd Stat
College.
Address. ......... Wilson T. Cavende
Q Chorus, Come Where the Lilies Bloom,
Observation-Disclosures. Student
: THURSDAYS SESSION.
With the usual opening exercises o.
: Thursday morning, the convention go
down to business, and the first speake
J.. to address them was Prof. Wesle