The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-13
COUNTY TEACHERS HOLDING MEETING Prof. J. B. Cunningham's Ad-
 dress of Welcome BUSH'S HAPPY RESPONSE Exhaustive Paper By Prof. c. A. Brown of the Henley School on Art of
 Reading-Today's Pro-
 gramme.

The quarterly meeting of the Jefferson County Teachers institute opened last night in the hall at the high school with about thirty people present. The other sessions will be held in Magnolia hall There will be three today and three to- morrow, the first beginning at 9:90 o'clock this morning
 Following the devotional exercises with which the meeting was opened, J. b. Cunningham, principal of the high school made the address of welcome. He spoke of the high calling of the teacher and compared it with the work of other pro- fessional people. He stated that their work was even greater than that Of the doctor, lawyer, preacher and others who are in that class, for, he claimed, without the teacher none of these people would be out of the primitive conditions ot thousands of years ago, He said the teachers work controlled to large measure the condition of the pupil in af- ter life In other words, the earlier tram ing of the youth determined what his future would be-
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 Prof. Ernest F. Bush of Ensley re- sponded to the address of welcome. He stated that he had come to Jefferson county from the north and that he had met with singular hospitality and had found the teachers here, as class, equal to if not better than those of many older and more thickly-settled communities, and that he believed the teachers institute was responsible for this.
 The most exhaustive paper of the even ing was that of c. A. Brown, principal of the Henley school. He spoke on the art of reading and gave some wholesome advice to teachers about the methods of teaching children to read. He said he was glad to see that the old-time idea of making one child criticlse the reading of another, and allowing the class to pick flaws in a child's reading was rapidly becoming a thing of the past, and that the teach CTS are following newer and more ap- proved methods.
 Dr. J. H. Phillips, superintendent of the city schools. made a short talk. en- dorsing the paper of Professor Brown, and stating that 1t was one of the best on that subject that he had heard in twenty years. He said that the ability of a child to read largely determined his moral character, and that in rooms where all the children read we'll they are gener- ally we'll behaved, and where there was poor reading the children were not well behaved
 Int dnnf II B. Cunningham. Dr. J. H. Phillips Prin- cpal w. H. Brown, Superintendent c. F. Bush, Principal c. A. Bowen, Mrs. Tar rant, Superintendent J. M. Davidson. Prof. s. A. Ellis, Prof. J. w. McAdory. Prof. E. P. Hogan, Prof w. P. Moore, Prof. w. P. Letson, Prof. E. D. Burns. Prof. E. W. Davenport. Prof. W. G. Dell ashaw, Prof. E. L. Patton. Prof. c. A. Rush, Prof J. B. Dial, John B. Logan, Miss Myette, Mss Tippie, Miss Etta Me- Collum. Miss S. Claude Morgan. Miss Willie Oden Miss Mary Palmer, Miss Blanoh Delaney. Miss Leila J. whaley.
 Today's Programme.
 The programme for today's meetings is as follows:
 Morning, 9:30 a. m.-Meeting at Mag nolia hall.
 Educational Value of Geography in the Common Schools"-Mrs. J. M. Richard.
 "Why and How Should History Be Taught'-Miss Kate Salisbury.
 How to Teach Reading in Primary Grades Miss Carrie Barber.
 Number Work for Practical Use and for Ability and Skill in Reasoning'-Mis Claude Morgan.
 Essentials of Good School work"-Mrs. M. A, Layet.
 How to Secure Attention grade. Miss Florence Williamson; gram mar grade, c. R. Weston.
 How to Conduct Recitation"-Pri mary grade, Miss Susie Osborn; gram mar grade, Miss H. A. Little.
 Patriotic Exercises: 'The Value of Holi- day Exercise, Arbor Day. Thanksgiving. Birthdays. etc"-J. W. Hanchey.
 Language Work in Composition, Read ing and Writing as Fundamental Instru- ments in Education"-M Elizabeth Fridelle.
 ''Value of the Library to Q) the Teach- er CD the School, (3 the Pupil"-Miss IIoise Mex Kenzie