The Penn's Grove record., 1906-04-27
,alsiit CouHty Teaohsts' Associations

the new High School at Salem, N. D.,
Saturday, April 81. The new High
School building though not quite com
pleted and not yet having been dedlcat-
ed to educational use was generously OIL
fered by the Salem Board of Education
for the occasion. Lunch was prepared
for the teachers by the Salem ladies OF
! the Teachers Retirement Fund, and was
served in Gopher School building near
the High School.
The day was nice and there was a larg-
T attendance of teachers than at the fall
meeting, out of AS teachers OF the Coun-
ty about ITO were present i'll the lore
noon and about 100 in the afternoon.
The morning session opened at 1880
with singing under direction OF Professor
Charles Z. Glaspey, Instructor OF Music
i'll the Salem schools, after which prayer
was offered by the Rev. w. V. Louder
bough, Pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church OF Salem. An anthem was very
beautifully rendered by a choir composed
vi oiC pCQSlICIS, bliCl lOllohNo Oh UN
dress of welcome to the teachers by Mr..
L. 6. Dunn, former County Superlntend-
ent of Schools for Salem County. Mr..
Dunn is a member of the Board of Edu-
cation of Salem City and is II OF the
strongest advocates of higher education
in the community. He very heartily
welcomed the teachers and visitors to all
the comforts OF the city and of the new
building, earnestly exhorting the teach
ers 10 recognize the importance OF the
work in which they are engaged. After
the reading of the minutes of the last
meeting and their adoption, the first
speaker of the morning, Professor Alex
ander Forbes, of Mount Holly, N. j., was
introduced and spoke on Language
Training in the Public Schools" Pro-
lessor Forbes address was forcibly deliv-
cred and was of so practical a character
that every teacher that listened to it
could not fail to have something which
she could put into immediate practice in
her school room. He regards the train
ing of children in correct habits of speech
as II OF the most important duties of a
teacher: he said, ''You may not know a
persons knowledge of Geometry, Zoo
logy or Botany without you give him an
examination, but he cannot conceal HIM
self if he would by his use OF language"
The second address OF the morning was
not exactly pedagogical in its character,
but it was a most interesting feature OF
the days program: Rev. d. E. Clair, Pas
tor of the Methodist Episcopal Church OF
Ahsecon, n. j., gave his lecture, "O'er
Canyon, Crag and Sea-" His description
of the Canyon of the Colorado, Yosemite
Falls and Valley, and the Numerous
places which he has visited in the West
and along the Pacific Coast was very
interesting to the audience. Mr.. Clair is
arranging for a Teachers Excursion to
the meeting of the National Educational
Association, which, he announced, is
likely to be held in either Portland, Or
egon, or Los Angeles, California. The
morning session ended with this address
at 12.2 {.
During the noon intermission the
teachers and visitors enjoyed an excel
lent lunch in the Gopher building, pre-
pared by the ladies of the Teachers Re-
tiremcnt Fund; the proceeds from the
lunch are to go to aid the Fund. The
afternoon session began at j. 80 with sing
ing by Professor Glaspey's choir of teach
ers, after which Miss jessie r. Madara,
OF Elmer, N. j., sang a solo; both these
selections were greatly appreciated by
the audience.
Miss Elizabeth A. Allen, General Sec
rotary OF the New Jersey Teachers Re-
tirement Fund, of Hoboken, N. D., then
addressed the teachers on ''Teachers' Re-
tirement Fund" This was Miss Aliens
first visit to Salem and her first meeting
with many Of the present teachers of the
County. A reception having been given
to Miss Allen the evening before, she ex-
pressed herself as feeling quite at home,
under the spell of a sort of "Salem
Witchcraft." Miss Allen is ALWAYS A
pleasing speaker, and her untiring eff
forts to bring about a sound system of
p%ensioning aged and worn-out teachers i
together with the worthiness of the cause
to which she has given so much of her
time, should appeal to every teacher. She
explained the purpose and history of the
Fund, the recent legislation favoring the
pensioning OF WORKOUT teachers and the
recent legislation governing membership
to the Fund. At present there are two
teachers of Salem County who are re-
ceiving annuities from the Fund.
County Superintendent j. A. Wentzell
called attention to the duty of each prin-
cipal Of a school to look after quarantine
cases and report such cases to the State
Superintendent OF the Quarantine cards
furnished for that purpose, also to see
that proper mention is made in the
school register i'll Reasons for Closing"
whenever the school is closed by order
of the Board of Education because of
contagious disease. These two items un-
less properly looked after will affect the
appropriation of money for the following
year. He also mentioned some other
matters of interest to teachers of the
County.
Professor Forbes was then introduced
and gave the last address of the after
noon on Character and Culture the only |
Safe Basis OF our. Citizenship" Mr..
Forbes insists that each teacher should
make the most of his or her opportuni-
ties to instil within children the princi-
pies that go toward developing character.
Culture is valuable, but culture without
character only increases a persons abil-
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