The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-03
TEACHERS
MEET IN OGDEN
Meeting Places Are inadequate
to Accommodate the
Crowds.
NOTED EDUCATORS ATTEND
PRESIDENT EATON MAKES PLEA
FOR HIGHER SALARIES.
NOTED EDUCATORS ATTEND
(FrOm a Staff cOrrespondent.)
(By a Staff Correspondents

(By Il Staff Correspondent
Ogden, Jan. Am educational gather
ing of notable Importance convened I'm
Ogden today. One thousand five hundred
teachers from all parts OF the state are
registered tonight in Ogden and although
the gathering was divided into four sCC-
tionS for the afternoon work not one
place was TO be found sufficiently large
TO hold all who wished 70 attend. All
the places selected were within radius
Of two blocks and all were i'm the con-
trail part of town so the teachers Went
with ease from one section 10 another.
Delayed trains both from the north and
from the south made the morning meet
ing more sparsely attended but even then
more than 1000 were present. Such en-
thusiasm and energy characterized an
meetings that il is thought more viii be-
accomplished toward welding the stale
teachers into one body than has ever
been attempted heretofore. This is cue
TO many causes, notably 10 the presence
i'm the convention of two educators
Sarah Louise Arnold. of Simmons college.
Boston, author of Stepping Stones to
Literature and T.. c. Cooley. superiu-
tendent OF the Chicago schools who arc
two speakers especially secured for the
session.
Opera House Decorated.
Besides these. Professor Sanford Bell
of the University Of Colorado, who was
passing through the city. was in attend
ance at the meeting. and when tile first
session opened this morning these three
distinguished educators were seated on
the platform. with President George A.
Eaton, Superintendent William Allison,
Rev. J. T. Carver, r. i. Austin of the
ogden high school, and ID. H. Adams.
The Grand opera house, where the gen
eral sessions are held, was decorated for
the occasion, and an immense electric
light sign was suspended over the stage
with the words Welcome, I. T. A Be
hind this was a large American flag.
and quantities of cut flowers, palms and
ferns decorated the stage.
The meeting was opened with an invO-
cation offered by Rev. Carver Of the
First Presbyterian church. which was
followed by the presidents annual au-
dress
Professor Eaton's Address.
Professor Eaton's address was in part
as follows:
The successful school teacher is lie
who has labored diligently and not i'm
vain for the highest good OF the chit
\ dren placed under his charge. Ever since
said Suffer little children to come unto
me. the world has been striving after
/ the solution Of this Wcighty problem:
How best can we teach the chil62 Some
/ times this great question has been almost
! lost sight of. That day has. happily for
us, passed. We realize in all its fullness
/ the fact that the child is the ward Of the
state.
instruction of the class is being re-
/ placed by instruction of the individual.
Today the watchWOrd of our profession
| is The greatest good OF every child
and not alone the greatest number OF
children. Despite the fact that a great
/ deal has been said and written respect
/ ing untOWard conditions here IN L tah-
we have much to be thankful for in Uiis
/ freedom and independence which have
\ been ours in the prosecution OF our work
/ Matters of religion or politics have not
interfered with as in the exercise of our
! endeavorS. I'm ms experience of fifteen
/ years as a teacher in this state. ! have
yet 10 know of single instance where
| "a
/ even undue influence. was exercised IN
/ the case Of any school teacher. Will
not say that such things have not hap
pened. but. if at all. they have been rare
/ exceptions.
Teachers Should Be Cheerful.
The glorious lesson that history teaches
| is optimism. And teachers. more than
| any other class OF workers. need an in
! fusion Of that uplifting principle. We
need it because the conditions surrounding
! us are too often of an opposite tendency
We need it because it is only by its buoy
I ant influence that we can accomplish the
} greatest good TO every child under our
! care In the school room more than any
I where else. the sun OF optimism must
shine. and shine through the teacher. Let
us try not 10 forget it. for then and then
only, shall we succeed
"A teacher is constantly reminded that
the public school is the creation OF the
/ taxpayers. and that she is but a servant
/ of this class and should be grateful be-
cause she is permitted to be such. For
all this she is poorly paid. often receiving
barely enough 10 keep soul and body to-
gethet In fact. in many cases If ma
teriaI maintenance depended on the salary
received for teaching it would be wholly
Inadequate.
Salaries Too Small.
boards of education. like proprietors
of large commercial interests. rely upon
! getting service for mere pittance. on the
ground that many in their employ arc
Young women who can live at home and
thus eliminate much of the living expense.
This surely is not right; that persoa
quail TO teach a school should not be
employed at a salary sufficient for re-
spectacle self-maintenance- is disgrace
and a travesty on our civilization. And
vet boards Of education are not TO blame.
They must do with what they have TO do
with What is needed is public senti-
ment developed 70 the point Of demand
ing for the education of it's youth the very
best material in the way of teachers and
also a willingness to recompense value re-
ceved You can't get something for moth
ing.
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