The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-02-25
TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION
ARDMoRE GETS SUMNER NOR
NAL BY VOTE.
The Session Of the Assoc alton Closed
saturday-Muen Business Trans
seted-An intellectual and
Harmonious Meeting.

The fourteenth semi-annual meeting
Of the Chlckasaw Teachers Associa.
tion came to a successful close yester.
day at noon. Teachers who have been
attending the sessions Of the asso.
clation for years declare the Ard.
more meeting the greatest in it's his.
tory The enrolment showed the larg.
est attendance since its organization
Prof Downing. the president, Said
the meeting was record breaker in
point Of attendance and otherwise
the best ever held,
The meeting opened Friday after.
noon with n solo by Mrs. Hardy, ac.
companied on the piano by Miss Wat.
son. Mrs Hardys singing enthused
the audience and the lady was forced
to respond to an encore.
The program Tor the afternoon con
sisted OF reading Of papers and infor.
NAL discussion. Prof. Comegys ad.
dress on corporal punishment was a
feature Of the afternoon and his re.
marks were greatly enjoyed Mr.. Com.
eggs. who delighted the audience. IS
superintendent Of the public schools
at Gainesville.
The last days session wss inter.
rs ing throughout. Prof Downing pee.
sided. Miss Eunice Dosler Of Purcell
was acting secretary.
Considerable business of routine
nature was transacted. There was al
so considerable discussion by the
teachers on the various topics as
signed.
\ feature Of the last day was the
address made by Supt Wilson Of Da.
Wis His address was in the opinion
of many. one OF the strongest Of the
meeting and the manner in which he
handled the subject, Anarchy add.
ed to his fame as a speaker He was
literally applauded for his efforts.
Supt. PAYNE of Purcell read an III
tcresting paper on the Importance oi
English" The paper was discussed by
some fthc teachers
\ paper prepared by Miss BERTHA
Bennett entitled. What is Good Dis
cipline," was read during the morhilg
session.
The business session which follow.
ed was very interesting. The features
of ii was the selection of Ardmore for
the next normal. Pauls Valley for the
next meeting of the association and
the adoption of resolution intro.
duced by Mrs. Carr which favored leg.
islation making education compulsory,
and the adoption Of the international
course of study in the schools
The normal committee made its r.
port which contained several sections
OF great interest to the meeting Each
section was voted on separately.
The provision over the location Il
the summer normal precipitated "A
friendly contest between Tishomingo
and Ardmore, The normal comittee
had recommended Tishomingo and
when the proposition came up for dis
cussion Prof Hendrix of Ada took tho
Golr and opposed Tishomingo on the
ground that the town, in his opinion,
lacked the facilities. lie made a mo-
tion to substitute Ardmore for Tisho-
mneo. Prof Pierce Of tho capital city
made n great plea for his town and he
did g. I'm manner that was conyinc-
inr. His speech was liberal in its eh.
trc.y and he made a great impress.
sion ON the gathering.
Mayor Dick Of Ardmore was given
pormi sion TO address the convention
and his talk for his home town was
splendid one. He said that there
was no comparison in the facilities
between the two towns; that Ardmore
ou.ranscl any city in he Chickasaw
nation for the location or the no.
NAL. He called attention to the main
points Of Ardmoro's greatness; said
that money was no inducemont as an
offer. but that as tho representative
Of the clty OF Arimore and the cob1
merclal club he was authorized to
offer 5000 for the normal. Attention
was called TO other inducements by
Mayor Dick. His speech was listened
to with rapt attention and when he
concluded he was given liberal ap
| plause
Mayor Dicks and Supt Hendrix $
orations were sufficient TO induce ths
teachers to select Ardmore over Tish
ominso by a good majority.
The committee selected Supt. ES