The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-10-17
The Obion County Educational AS
ISOLATION.

tion was held IN the public scho'
building in Rives last Saturda.
Oct. IL. There have been man
and excellent meetings of these A
sociations in the years past, yet
is generally agreed that the meet
ing last Saturday was the best il
every respect that has ever beel
held in this county, with the ex
ception of the West Tennessee AS
sociation thar met in Fulton las
May. Early Saturday morning
the teachers began to arrive anc
by noon there were So active teach
ers present. These were from
Elbridge, Obion, Kenton, South
Fulton, Polk, Beech, Union City.
Troy, Promtemus and various
rural districts from all parts of the
county. The very best talent in
the county was present, and that
IlCdHS LAdl LAC DCSt III "SSl
Tennessee was on hand.
Not only was there a large at
tendance OF teachers present, but
the people of R1ves and community
turned out en- mass and the seat
ing capacity of the large audi
forum of the school building was
taxed to its utmost capacity, The
people of Rives had prepared
beautifully for the reception and
entertainment OF the visiting teach
ers, and everything was done that
could be done for the comfort of
all. Through the kindness of Mr..
Milford Farris and Anselmo Har-
ris, two sheep and kid were bar
becued for the occasion and served
lavishly at the noon hour. The
feast for the physical man was
royal one and judging from exter-
nal AMI visible manifestations it
was duly appreciated by all
present.
Promptly at 10 o'clock Prof. w.
H. Cook, President of the Associa-
tion, called the meeting to order
and the Association proceeded to
business. Rev. P. F. Johnson con-
Quoted the devotional exercises,
after which Will Med. Moffat made
the welcome address. This ad-
dress was both eloquent and ap-
propriate and received the hearty
applause of the audience. Prof. D.
]. Milan, President of the South
Fulton Normal and Business Col
lege, responded to the welcome
address in an eloquent and ornate
speech, replete with educational
wisdom.
We shall not attempt to give
even an epitome of the excellent
thoughts brought out in the various
papers and discussions OF the day.
They all were of a high order and
showed careful preparation by
master teachers. Miss Casebeere, of
Union City schools, read an ex-
paper on "Order in the
School Room" Supt. ]. NJ. Moore
gave us a characteristic talk on
1.-THE Bible in Public Schools" I
Mrs. Mamie G. Carter, of the
Union City High School, read a {
paper on Southern Literature in
the Public Schools" that was a
masterpiece. Supt. A. E. Darrah
discussed the strengthening of the t
School Term" and made a power E
ful plea for longer terms and more :
money for public schools. Prof.
DeBow ably discussed the "Con-
of Rural Schools"
out many reasons why
many OF the rural districts should =.
be united. Miss Mary Carpenter
handled the methods of Teaching
Spelling" in her characteristic
manner, and Miss Nellie Clemmons. t
Of the Rlves Graded School, read a
valuable paper on "Phonics as an
Aid to Reading. Nearly all these
subjects were discussed by other
teachers, among whom were Hon.
R. w. Oglesby, D. ]. Milan, Prof.
Sparkman, Prof. Boiling, and
others. :
An interesting part of the pro-
sramme was the report of teachers I
the work now being
lone in their respective schools. l.
These reports showed that great 0
ev1va1 of interest in school work is y
n progress. The teachers report u
xcellent attendance compared
nth the enrolment. This is en- n
rr,,o for Tho o-rao4oo4 L. ii