Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-02-03
THE PARENTS NETTING.
Most Successful Educational Meeting
| Ever Held In Corvallis.

One of the most successful, If not the
most successful, educational meetings
held in this city for many years occurred
last Saturday, We have reference to the
parents meeting arranged for by Supt.
Denman. The large audience. the inter
est of teachers and patrons, demonstrates
how these meetings are going to be ap-
preciated by the parents. While the 10
cal teachers institute did much good ia
awakening interest on the part of the
teachers, these parents meetings not
only accomplish this, but go still far
ther. The parent now joins hands with
the teacher in the work of improving our
schools. 1t was wise plan, and shows
that Supt. Denman is wide-awake in
in putting into execution those things
which work to the elevation of our
schools when he adopted the new plan.
Let the good work continue.
AS our readers will recall, last Satur-
day was one of the stormiest days of the
season. The storm was binding. and
continued most of the morning and q
large portion OF the afternoon. Notwith-
standing this, large attendance occurr-
ber from the rural districts. L. N. Ed
wards came from Dusty, Director Chas.
Woods and wife from district No. 10,
Director George Lindeman and wife from
Aoi1
ton and Mrs. CLas. Smith from district
No. SO, w. T. Wyatt, president of Philo-
math, Mrs. M. Fl. Whitby from William
cite, were all present. The Corvallis
grange was well represented by DIR. With
icombe, Messrs. Cordley, Coote, W. E.
Yates, Mrs. Callahan, Mr.. .and Mrs.
Horner, J. F. Yates and wife, besides
many others.
The Corvallis public school furnished
the following program: RecitatioHs by
Merl Spaulding, Harold Wilkins, Morris
Mallow, Flocy Happersett, Edwin Fitch:
song, May McClaim; duet by Pearl and
Vera Horner. The remainder of the
program consisted of discussions on the
following subjects:
"School Visits-Their Influence" Miss
Ellen Dunlap and Mr.. N. Tartar; "Good
Oitizenship-The Homes PART" T. T.
Vincent; The Schools PART" Supt. G.
W. Denman: "The Church's Part"
Rev. H. A. Deck; "The Parents Duty"
J. B. Horner; GLOW Gan the School be
Mrs. R. J. Nichols; "The
Teachers Greatest Need" Mrs. Minnie
Cramer, Miss Lena Mccormick, and an
address by Supt. J. FL. Ackerman.
The papers and addresses were pro-
1ounced the best yet delivered at any
IF the meetings heretofore held In the
county. So fayorably impressed was
Supt. Alderman with them that he asked
hat the papers be sent to the Oregon
Teachers Monthly for publication. The
address of Mr.. Irvine was a plain and
very practical talk to our parents. He
;alled things by their proper names and
handled his subject, as well as his SUBJ
ects, without gloves. Miss Mccormick
all with her earnestness and
sincerity.
Supt. AcKerman' 3 AL hess was full OF
and encouragement. He
spoke of progress that had been made in
5he past and the many prospective bene-
fetal changes likely soon to occur. After
the regular program had been rendered
the meeting was thrown open for remarks
from those desiling to speak. Short
talks were made by Rev. Moses and Rev.
Carrick, Mrs. Chas. Smith, Miss Noble,
and w. E. Yates. Mr.. Yates invoked a
lively discussion, in which a number
took part. MIR. Moses seemed to strike
a sympathetic chord on the part OF the
teachers for they Immediately moved,
and it was unanimously carried, that he
be given a vote of thanks. His central
thought was that our teachers are too
poorly paid, in fact, he coptended that
they were the poorest paid of all pro-
if a teacher followed it long
enough he would not have money suffic-
lent to pay his fare from one district to
another.
He welcomed tie time when they
would be paid in commensurate with the
service rendered. The following reso1u-
ton was read and unanimously carried:
''That it is the sentiment of this instr
tute that these meetings Of the teacher
and parent held under the direction of
the county school superintendent in
connection with the Oranges of the
county should receive the hearty support
and corporation of friends of education
in general"
The basket dinner which occurred dur
ing the noon hour was oneef the treats
of the day. The grangers, parents.
teachers and friends brought baskets
filled with the choicest of things. ALT
united in having regular old-fashioned
basket dinner. The dinner was a sue
cess in every sense of the word. This
was the first time in many years that our
school patrons met in such a manner.
It is the intention of our county supeiin-
fendent to hold parents meeting from