The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-04-25
HOSPITABLE
BRANDENBURG
Entertains The Teachers of The
Fourth Congressional
District.
ELIzABETHT0WM CLAIMS
NEXT MEETING

BRANDENBURG, KY, (SPEcIAL)-The
latch string was on the outside
last week: the teachers only had to pull
and enter our old town where they
found all they wanted except fve-dol-
lar bill at their breakfast plates.
The program for each meeting was
most interesting with S. @. Stephens,
from Beaver Dam, President, Miss Glib
con as Secretary and Miss Mona Price,
ASSISTANT Secretary. Hon. Thomas ii.
Hshilton made the welcome address
which was to the point. A great many
on the program were absent. W. b.
Maple, Cloyerport, and @. NJ. Vertress
conducted a discussion on "How to Gull
tivate Taste for Better Literature" f..
Il. Hardesty was very much compliment
ed on his views upon Nineteenth Cen
fury Progress.
Friday night the musical program was
given with some Rotations. Mrs. ID. W
Lewis, Misses Mary Lewis, Daisy Mcln-
tire, Lula and Minnie Bland and Beulah
Fontaine rendered instrumental and
vocal selections with Mrs. Grinnell,
manageress. Miss Mona Price had about
twenty little girls and boys to sing.
Messrs Hook, Clark, Rhodes and Grin
nell on piano. violin and guitars added
much to the program. Misses Ten
Hamilton and "Dink" Price recited.
Little VeIna Bryant, six years old, recit-
ed with the composure Of young lady
of experience. "Doc" Gray read an or
iRinsl poem and Victor Spaulding gave a
stirring recitation.
The event OF the evening was the pre-
sentation from the Brandenburg Nor
NAL 10 the Fourth Kentucky Teachers
Association OF beautiful gavel made
from piece OF wood taken from the old
hull 1.-TWO years ago in low water OF the
Alice Dean, Federal steamboat that
lJohn Morgan used in July 1868 to set his
5000 men across to the Indiana shore in
his famous raid to the North. The boat
was set on fire here and the hull sank
about two miles below. The gavel was
bound in bands of silver with the three
Presidents names engraven, with room
for twenty more. Scott Grinnell made
the presentation speech to which Presi-
dent Stephens gracefully replied.
Saturday morning E r Ray, Baver
Dam, gave fine talk on Adaptation in
Pedagogy" He handled his subject
like one OF experience and used beauti-
full language. He thinks this age is all
right as far as industrial progress goes
but believes we are declining in aesthet-
ic taste. He wants us to cultivate a
greater taste for fine paintings, statuary,
classical music and literature.
Prof. H. G. Brownell, Principal of the
Manual Training School at Louisville,
added much to the charm OF the session
by his strong, practical, able address on
Manual Training. He was witty, afable
in manner and gave each idea in clear
cut, everyday words. he was not on
dress parade and won the audience over
tby his everyday manner.
]. G. Pirtle, of Hodgenville, who mar
ried one OF "our girls" gave in his origi-
nal, unique, off-hand style, talk on
"Side Lines" impressing us with the
fact that there is much to consider in
''Side Lines" in literature, school and
life.
w. A. Bewley read paper in which
he showed study and concentration Of
thought.
Miss Ethel King read an essay. Ethel
lie one OF our very brightest girls and is
pushing to the front.
A.C. Burton bad class to demon
strate "Short Cuts in Figures" The pu-
pills showed careful training.
"Hygiene in the School-room" by N.
7. Groves, Fordsville was an eye.opener
ON the utter disregard Of the rules Of
health in most school.rooms He gave
useful, practical illustrations to prove
how such rules were abused and insisted
that reform was needed TO protect chill
dren from contagious maladies.
Then came the very interesting cere-
mony of presenting the banner (held by
Ohio county since its first presentation
to Meade county. Miss Gibson, in a
most graceful. happy manner. presented
j to Superintendent w. d. Ashcraft,
who received 1t as gracefully with timely
words In behalf OF Meade's teachers.
Prof. A. O, Burton was elected Presi.
dent OF the Fourth Congressional Dis