The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-16
700 Teachers and County Supeintea-
dents in Attendance.
MORE ARRIVE on EVERY TRAIN
An Address by Superintendent Of Pub
lie Instruction Stefson. OF Maine.
Addresses by DIR. Webb. OF TcnIfc>-
Meeting Of the Sections in the After
noon.
Especial TO The Messenger.l


Greensboro. y. c. June 1.-THE
night was lacked with neoDle from
the ciss and all rarts Ct the state At
the opening OF the t~wertv-se.ond an
Eual session of The North Carolina
Teachers Association
TIE feature of the evenins was i
address bv Superintendent of PuSlic
Instruction Stetson OF Maine. who was
eIo~ouentlv introduced bv Lieutenant
Governor Winston. tie was accorded
intense attention. and repeatedly
ch-ared his conclusion being greeted
with enthusiastic applause. Among
n.any excellent things DR.. Stetson
aid
- find it hard tonight to express
the emotions hat sell M in my heart.
| live far awav In the sunrise state of
a;aine and our peorle there have sonle
peeuliarities that are a little peculiar.
When Judge Winston and Governor
A,cock came to Maine a few wears
age, | felt verv uneasy. fearing that
they might say something that would
offend our peculiar people. but they
dlo nothing of the kind. A Guartette
Of rGen who came TO our state. OF
whicl Judge Winston and Governor
A, cock we're two. have drawn larger
crowds and ACCOMPLISHED more than
any men who have come to the state
in TIE last fifty years.
in the last few years the educa-
tioIal movement a had three dis
t;nct spasms. The first WAS the m
rcvement of the curriculum. the
second the proper work in the schools
and the third was about money. There
also nave been three great educational
movements. The first movement was
an insane conclusion drawn from GER
tan explosions or the part of the
children. and after studying this the
educators and teachers better under
stand the children. The second move
,nent has been the giving of more at
tention to azure study. and the third
great movement is Industrial edula-
ton.
in the bringing about of this n
there have been 1hree great agencies.
The greatest of these has been the
teachers in the common schools n
s.,I::e dav we will erect a
~ ~ S~i'o'h N
| the Inscription will be Drumshire OF
| the Glen
THE teacher must learn there are
| sly different classes of children n
| each class must be managed in a diff.
| ferent way. Children have their pc
| culiarities and teachers must learn
them and treat them in the
best suited to the needs of the case.
There is something else the COM
mon school teachers are going to do.
The teachers will the chill
dr-n iii the development and growth
"f toe mind. The hex thing she is
going to do is to change the curse Of
study. and give a better knowledge
OF the things most needed in life. And
then the school teacher is going to
encourage he pupils to go TO college
ami plant in them a owe for higher
ard better things
seven hundred teachers and county
school superintendents had beer en-
rolled as attendants at h Teachers
Association by Z o'clock this morning
and the number increases with every
incoming train. At the Grand Opera
house At 10 O'Clock. there was a fine
audience out to hear the addresses of
Professor Webb of Tennessee. and
Or, Hughes. superintendent of the
Duolic schools of Toronto. Canada.
h meeting was opened with an ap-
L ] TtUIIdlG LTdSST Nv rev. LII. II. :"
Pattlc. of the First BAPTIST church and
without further preliminaries DR..
Webb began his address. He was
followed Ey Superintendent Hughes
Of Canada. whose PRINCIPAL text was
the great mistake made in Graded
schools in his country by teachers fail
ing to discover The individuality of
the pupil. and devotion them along
the lines of least resistance. II.
stressed the need of c~u:tivating the in
dividuality Of the child. REFRESHING
some things but developing more.
In the afternoon the meetings were
held in sections b@tween 3 and s
o'clock. Miss PATTY Hill of the Louis
!:iie kinderearden Tr3;ning School
making a very fine address on tho
subject OF K~indergaroen work. at a
joint meeting beginning at Sis
o'clock.
At s 3D. another Immense audience
ass embed at the Grand Opera house.
where Professor j. /. Foust of the
State Normal and Industrial college
made an instructive address. closing
with an illustrated Lantern Lecture
showing the history and development
of the School Garden Movement BY
Mr.. Dick J. Crosbv. United States De-
Lartment of Agriculture. WASHINGTON.
D. C.
DIsISCOLL BEFORE GRAND juicy
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