The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-27

/ -. tventy-first annual convention Of
l a.. x,ng County Teachers institute OPP
l .,.d Yesterday morning at o'clock In the
l e@.s,ie high school. over 40 teachers
~, present The most notable features
y the day were the addresses by Gov.
l r.xers and RI Arnold Tompklns.
srss,dent Of the Illinois Normal univer-
r,x NJ the afternoon session.
The assembled teachers presented an
,r,e-es,ing study They came from all
r.rts OF the country, from the little back
wa,as settlements from the farming sec-
,ons from the mining camps, and from
~ city. But few OF them showed the i'm
mess OF their usual surroundings on all
si,ke however. was stamped the precision
~ The school room. One or two exceptions
here were but they seemed TO be younger
Members Of the profession
A poet has said that the saddest thing
n ali the world Is a beautiful woman ly-
mr. dead. lie had never seen teachers
lpstitute The faces OF the women present
Yesterday at the institute were stern In
d,ctmeut Of tho nervous strain OF a
rbool teachers life. 1t was almost pos
tb,s 10 tell how many years each OF them
had taught from the facial expression.
Gov. Rogers the Central Figure.
In the appearance Of the male teachers
there was nothing unusual except per-
kaps that some OF them gave the casual
ahseryer the impression that they were
not unduly prejudlced In favor Of amooth
hc~s The two central figures among
,he men In attendance were Gov.
Roserx and DIR. Tompkins. DR.. Tompkins
4 large well-built, jolly-looking man,
VINO would have made good comedian
Il he had not become an educator. In his
l address he held the attention OF the au-
dience from start 10 finish.
The institute was called TO order at D
o'clock by County School Superintendent
| Meredith, who made few appropriate re-
marks piano solo by Miss Mabel
| c1.ff followed. Prayer was offered by Rev.
w. D. Gimonds, OF the First Unitarian
church Then the High School Mandolin
Cab. composed OF Miss Louise Barnard.
Miss Mia Kelly. H. NJ Frauenthai and
Burt Kelly, rendered a selection, The
ssssion was closed with a short address
/ BY gupt Meredith.
The Institute then took up section work.
l Prof Edwin Twitmyer presided over the
high school and grammar department. be-
tore which DR. Arnold Tompkins gave n
scholarly address on the principles I'm
6erlyins the Language Arts" The inter
nediats department was presided over
b Prof Edward Mcmahon. w. w. Head
krtursd before this section on How Can
Raise the Moral Standard Of My
rhool - In the primary division. OF
Which Miss Florence ouigg was president
DE principal event was an address by
Miss Adelaide Holton, superintendent of
~ primary schools in Salt Lake City.
he spoke on Action Reading"
The afternoon session was held at the
First Baptist church. on Fourth avenue.
vocal duet by Mr.. and Mrs George
x1munds opened the proceedings. Gov.
ncwsrs was then introduced The
inject Of his address was ''rho Pursuit
Freedom" which he discussed from
mny standpoints The efforts OF print
NE man 20 provide against hunger. cold
I'd nakedness. he said were efforts to
stain freedom from these ills. The .strug-
~ against moral evils. he declared, was
struggle for freedom In religion. poll
xks and economics. II was the same. He
tneussea the subject from "A biological
aandpoint, showing how plant struggles
~ freedom from the adverse factors In
~ environment.
Atsr vocal solo by NJ NJ Grout.
Which was warmly eneored, the institute
book recess. In an instant the scene
va transformed. Friends greeted friends
And formed little groups where animated
runssfsationa ON subjects OF mutual In
ssre1 we're carried on. Some of the
sesnger women canRregatod around the
fapis platform and eagerly discussed am
Noaing dress they had seen at the last
saftY.
DR., Tompkips' Address.
1 M meeting was called 20 order again
~ Mrs NJ. NJ. Moss gave a pleasing rem
Zion % humorous poem Di romp-
rs followed with an address on The
Aai Aim and Fundamental PROCESS OF
&ssatiot--ghe Law OF EgoiSm &" He
Eaas sstemporaneuusly and proved him
w possessed OF ii rare combination of
1Ntsrn and wit HE said the central
Nhelple OF progress was divine disoon-
val That Il was the strongest factor In
ssnah NE He defined egoism as the
s"uns Of value un hottor self; ego
sn a. the putting OF too much store on
sSsens attsinments The dual nature OF
was The cnly Theory. be declared. by
sMsa an could 10 explained lie sald he
@esea that the teachers institute was
we purpose 81 uns0ttling teachers
~ unlsRs 4 disturbed and aroused them
hiiFd In It's true object.
rue fundamental islca % education was
eon,ihaed, that man must be true 10
Nmsef II ne Nss a deNtl he WAS A devil
~ sel him piAS that part well ~ ye,t
l@f bf nature said pr Tompkins
b he ''N ""'H
At she close ~ hia address pr Tomn.
- save tho child study fad1iats a bRra
~ bach chiid hc said. had a spfrit
- wasgoat quAiilics with It's own Law,
%selepInDnt ths, forbade thc EFFORTS ~
seaSls'e te anaiSec us nature and
w. eaucatien More matter ~
~uae, Thank the Lord he hss mate
V ehild o. be can come safety eut of
s.aesa1 tApvriences BE should Sc sur.
se y Wholesome conditions. and
's@a his teacher AND net D., Ted ~