The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-09-19
County Teachers Meet.

County Teachers Meet.
Last Saturday the Obion County
Teachers Association met at Clo-
verdale High School, four miles
below Glass. This was the first
meeting of the association, and
and Judging by the number present
and the enthusiasm displayed, this
year bids fair to mark an epoch IN
the county teachers world.
The association was called to
order at 1890 am, Prof. Mills, the
efficient principal of the school,
acting as temporary chairman
County Superintendent Moore
opened the meeting with prayer,
after which Principal Mills made
the welcoming address, which he
did with characteristic graceful
ness. Mr.. Mills, among other in
teresting things, gave br1et &C
count of the events leading up to
the erection of the school OF which
he is the principal. 1t is evident
from the facts recited that Clover
dale is not wanting in its share OF
CHECKERS" and "pullbacks," but as
is usual with this class they seem
to have fallen among the wheels.
Professor Cook, the president OF
the ASSOCIATION, having arrived at
II o'clock, occupied the chair for
the remainder of the day.
The morning session was taken
up in hearing reports from the sew
eral schools represented at the
meeting and developed many points
in which our county corps of teach
ers is somewhat deficient.
Notably among these is the neg
ligence manifested in keeping the
registers, which the state so cheer
fully supplies and by means OF
which an accurate accounting OF
all pupils attending public schools
is annually made by our State Su-
perintendent.
These registers, in addition to
the above information, enable those
teachers who succeed us i'll office
to properly classify the pupils un-
der their charge. No better evil
dence of the usefulness of a we'll
kept register could be given than
that of Prot. Boiling, of the Obion
schools, who, for the want of such
records, spent ten days in examining
and classifying his pupils.
1t is to be hoped that this state
OF affairs is not general, but since
even one instance is painful and
detrimental to all, it might be a
good plan to have an exhibit OF
registers at some future meeting of
the association and appoint COM
petent committee to mark them &C
cording to merit.
The next order of business was
to dispatch a feast fit for the gods,
and it is needless to say that the
teachers to man acquitted them
selves most creditably. The task,
though exceedingly pleasant, was
an arduous one, requiring time and
storage capacity to successfully
cope with it.
The evening session was largely
given to a masterful paper on
"Mental Indigestion" by Colonel
Brice, of the Troy News-Banner.
The Colonel entered into his sub
iect with that heartiness and en-
thus asm which constitute one of
his dominant characteristics and
for a full hour held his audience
enraptured. The writer INDUCES
the hope that he may yet procure
the paper for publication in some
of our leading school journals.
Drs. Brown and Sparkman made
interesting talks on subjects per-
) tanning to the profession.
Superintendent Darrah, acting
chairman of the executive commit
tee, made the following report
touching the time and place of the
future deliberations of the associa
!, ton, which is as follows: Second
4 Saturday in October, Rives; SECOND
Saturday in November, Troy; sec
: ond Saturday in December, Obion
1 and second Saturday in January
Union City, at which place the
: meetings will eliminate in a tri
county convention.
E After the passage of a resolution
favor1ng the candidacy of Prof. W
IL.