Evening capital., 1903-11-16
FIFTH ANNUAL SESSION
Of Anne Arundel Teachers In
stitute-Initial Number on
Program Today-A Five
Days Session Begun
at City High School.

| The fifth annual session of the Teach
| ers Institute of Anne Ar. ndel County
began this morning in the Assembly hall
of the City High School. About $50
teachers answered to roll call, most of
them being ladies'. The Institute is under
the supervision of State Superintendent
| Of Public instruction NJ Bates Stephens,
who failed to arrive this morning but was
| present at the afternoon 5 session.
The program was opened with scrip
ture reading and prayer by the Rev.
| Joseph z. Nc omas. rector of I Anne 5.
Mr.. Herbert Duvall. instructor in mod
ern languages in the City High School.
acted as secretary and called the roll
after which Mr.. Hugh Ridgely Riley
made the address Of welcome
MIR Riley said in part
"As the representative of the people of
| Annapolis ! express very hearty wei
come to the members Of the Teachers
Institute of Anne Arundel county and
feel thai your presence in this city will
be helpful and pleasant to you and to
the people Of our community Annapolis
has much TO offer TO the sojourner and
| our citizens cannot fail to benefit by the
L RlCSGI(G VI kbOoC WIZ SO NOlAAilN CtEdSC
in the splendid work OF public education
"There is one suggestion made by the
very air Of Annapolis that should be
helpful to Maryland teachers. II is ;that
the part played by Maryland in the
great formative period Of our union was
second to that OF no other State. Un-
fortunately the histories were mostly writ
ten by those who could only see the
part played by New England. A little
study of what Annapolis suggests would
show clearly the splendid part played by
our own commonwealth and should be a
source OF inspiration to our children.
Annapolis has always been one of The
most interesting places in the country
historically, but it is now equally as note
worthy in point Of great public buildings.
The United States Government has
awakened to the claims ofthe Naval Acad-
emy and has erected there fitting sur
roundings for the greatest Naval Uni
versity in the world. The State of Mary
land. also, has shown a laudable inten-
tion to do its part toward the beautifying
OF its capital
81 want to add word in appreciation
OF the splendid work of the school teach
er. The great world movements to-
wards right in morals and politics, re-
ligion and statecraft, are not brought
about so much by the work of great
leaders as by the steady influences in
the smaller sphere of individual influ-
ence. In this great and permanent work
the teachers influence is only exceeded
by that of the parent. Your work is very
al
remunerated. but there is a compensa-
ton in realizing the splendid work of
which you are part and the inward
consciousness of work done squarely
and unwasted days.
IL welcome you and an confident your
session will be of benefit to yourselves
and the people of Annapolis.
Mr.. William n. Perveil delivered the
response on the part of the teachers. Mr..
some OF whom had answered the last roll
call of the Teachers Institute. He talked
along the line of the improvement which
the Institute had for its object and said
the FIVE days session was not meant for
holiday for teachers and a suspension
of their school work, but for study and
improvement to make them better teach
ers Mr. Perveils remarks ere timely,
interesting and profitable.
The morning session closed with few
pertinent and practical rem arks by the
Examiner, Mr.. F. Eugene Wathen Mr..
Wathen said the teachers had mistaken
idea of the Teachers Institute and he
had been deluged with letters from teach
arc ael,;no m he avrucad from, attardinsx
or excused from taking part in the pro-
gram. He said he did not call the In
stitute, but it was convened by virtue of
the law of the state Legislature, and
whether this law was right or wrong was
not for him to decide, but the law dis
tinctly said there should be a s days
session OF the Teachers Institute annually
in every county in the State. Mr..
Wathen dwelt upon the object of the In
stitute which he said was Improvement.
| He advised teachers to become members
of the State Teachers = association in or
der ITO keep up with the procession"
Mr.. Wathen emphasized his belief that
the next session of the Legislature would
do something substantial for the public
schools of the State. both political parties
having put tuC PuOi1 S(hOOl pam AZ
thei party platform at the recent election.
He said there ought to be no difficulty in
future in keeping the public schools open
the full term and in paying the teachers
a salary of not less than $500 per annum.
Mr.. Wathen' address was punctuated by
applause by the teachers who evidently
appreciated his remarks.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session was opened with
an address on "The Child by Mr.
Bates Stephens, superintendent Of public
instruction. Following this was Round
Table No. L., the subject being "Teach-
ing Defined, by Mr.. w. 6. Grouse lead
er, and the teachers were to entere
into the discussion, each being allotted
FIVE minutes talk, but Mr.. Grouse failing
to appear, the meeting adjourned until
tomorrow morning at 9. 80.
Navy Golf Club.
There will be meeting of the Ma
val Academy Golf Club at the Acad-
omv on TuaEdav af NOON The meet