Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-04-05
Teachers MEETING
Account of a Successful
Meeting Held at
SWanville

5 van lie, aarcn th1Ttletn was Ouo
OF the III st 9 10 able meetings ever
hel1.
TIE anuounea u emit b, the president
of the association, Rose b. Edwards,
that it "a expected TO leave about
eleven VISA folio wed by two announce
me7ts by S7ut. NJ. E. Barnes saying
first it 4vss ex tcted to leave here at
8 80, Their a4ain that t would leave
st G:45, s. tDt great number who
ware expect. d t. 20, failing to reach
tho depot 1T 80, remained at ONE.
Mt II re tiat a hnlf dozen teachers
in he city, including Supt. NJ. E.
Barnes lad 10 tia list Of passengers,
but nev hslvs... the te>obers from west
OF t ;7u n TIE vicinity Of the Brick
wards reIr 81 tire, also Mrs. O'Brien
and SOD, Roy, Miss Harrison, Miss
Moline AID Miss Proper, making q
part. # tuentY two or three who
afr waiting i've hours, went by
special car, leaving Little Falls at
2nO p IL. We hat planned to take
dinner at Swsneille but when twelve
o'cI ok cane AID ve were still at
Little Falls we did lot suffer from
hunger 1nsing to the generosity of
tn gautla.aau Of the party who con-
tr1b ted mrs lunch VITA fruit and
he.i1 1t II 80 but had tn be postponed
until VS. reacne1 S awhile. after 8
dick = hera found a large crowd
of trieaoly faces at the depot to give
us 2 he ,ltv ,2elcOue. Those who have
erey us t. d S awhile or lived in the
at 75"iuit : ell know the generosity
aYG ii q ~ of be people there.
1'.1 II etiny "Yas csllrd to order by
tn, uyysi ut, music being furnished
by the KID i,&nd under tue leadership
OF h .s :+tlth, which was we'll rem.
de cd sul ve much enjoyed as was
ais he 81 gi1e " the girls, follower
bv ':.re2 beaatf u solo by Miss Webb
acs panic; ~ 'iss McElroy. teach
ers in the IVA vile sc1ools. Mr.. Farr
Of 'llisbuTy &ave us an outline of
% i,uary X, which was ably dis
ems ed b. upt Barnes. Everyone en-
itytl the g;ittv reu,hrks, anecdotes.
and soo ,uE7 OF Prof. Furd The next
or upr p1,g1a,y .Fss reading by Miss
H. '1ns lteAttv. hieh was well rem
dered and joret 20 much that the
crowd IL as uut qlieted until she again
appeared end are them the Smack
IL $40 H., wDich brought loud ap-
ct the pro ram was likewise forced
up,r her, fcr " hich the president has
no r:grets
Last Was an excellent talk given
by III H{illad, proprietor of
tn Little + lis Business College, a
gentle:Eao ct uutold worth in his pro.
fessicn. had ssked him in particu.
Lar 20 Give an outline of his work
and every @ord OF his talk was
listened to ggith interest. After the
mYetjng Was Over many expressed
tn II regrets to tn. writer that the
tics f0r nia t7lk was 50 short. It may
net De 0u& ct pace to mention thu
facs a5 II. Mill 'rd has been instru
mortal IL :.eIpiDg teachers to secure
7uor8 than or.e Fl st grade certificate
il Morris2n conuty, by his excel en1
insIrlct!aap His services IN tbi!
vor: are OF Mt Id val 10 to teacher
Wishing to M!ako mp stu lies for ex
aui-ati0n. In fac: the best man il
ctlia line Il W~rk in the city, Supt
Rar2<s axco4t.>, h. having assisted
so4.o f Sho 10 cars in preparing TO-
tn oxa soi'aCiaa in civics, in which
INST if rp+ ell rassed, one youn,
tasco1r in particular getting per
n,auout mark afer only pursuing tn
study for Two ~ tnrse weeks. Il
r0o SION thrill viii tie from tn
ennime reulicded US that our trsi,
was waiting. MIR. Barnes left tn
NEE ing bat soon rsturned saying tn,
train would g in five minutes, theI
kindly tbaoked the peolle of swan
vile for our reception and their kim
assistance III liking this one of th
plaasgntest mseti1gs in the history O
the association. We certainly re
gret ed to leave 50 hastily as W
w;saad to meet with many wh) as
sisted us, especially Mr.. Stjth and tn
manly boys that ms ituted the band
Many of my former pupils from
Pillabury noticed in the audienc
and only regretted that must leav
wit out meeting them personally.
Nevertheless it Was great pleasure
to meet Mt. and Ms Buelow AM
their sweet little motherless grand
child, also Miss Chad wick, Miss LIE
Rae, Mrs. Flood, Mr.. and Mrs. Sims
M ary Barber. Annie Long and score
of otter familiar faces at the depot
We expected to have refreshments
at che restaurants aud hotels befor
leaving tbs town, which was perhap
the cause Of our greatest regrets.
The customary contribution of pen
niss were collected a I'd spent at Flene
burg on the way home for more treats
Many Of the teachers nq1ired TO
Mr.. Sheldon and Mrs. Barnes, and "
were sorely disappointed to not hav
had Mr.. Bates, the veteran teacher O
the county, with us, he having laugh
for over fifty years. Hoyever, ther
were present to my knowledge tire
teachers who had been teaching owe
twenty years.
We received an Interesting lette
from the former president of the 81
ISOLATION, Mr.. Mowan, expressing
desire to be- with MS, also said he a
ways watched with interest for til
account of our meetings in the papers
which has prompted me- to write q
this accodnt.
Next meeting to be held st Randall
ROSE 8. EDWARDS,
President # the N Go. T. 4