The Delta independent., 1907-01-04
TEACHERS MEET
COLORADO STATE TEACHERS AS
SOCIATION.
VERY NEAR TWO THOUSAND
Greatest Gathering Of Teachers Ever
Known in the State-Welcomed by
Governor and Governor-Elect -
Notable Address by Chicago Pro
fe6aor

Governor and Governor-EIect II
Notable Address by Chicago Pro-
fessor.
Denver.-The thirty-second annual
session of the Colorado Teachers Asso-
citation opened auspiciously Wednes-
day In the East Denver high school
with by far the largest enrolment that
organization has ever known. Nearly
every town in the state was repre-
sented. At noon the register showed
1,2OO names and by evening the nun.
ber was raised to nearly 1000.
In the afternoon the great assem-
bly, hall was packed, with standing
room hard to find. During the general
association meeting and at its close.
after the lecture by Prof. George Z.
Vincent. the school teachers fiocked
into the corridors where an informal
reception that resembled bedlam was
held. At one table teachers were reg
istering. at another friends OF teach
ers were asking for them.
At another table teachers were sub
scribing for school journals. At a third
the programs and free literature con
cerning things educational, were being
doled out. and at still another tickets
for the lectures were selling like hot
cakes.
East Denver high school was buster
than public market on Saturday
morning: CHEEKY and lively as hop
at Il college.
Things began at a. IN. when meet
ing of the Educational council was
held, as is the custom, behind closed
doors.
la .,f ka avph h
room swung wide to admit 400 teach
ers and interested laymen to the after
noon proceedings, which were opened
by an invocation by Annie b. Hyde.
Music. directed by Wilberforcc J.
Whiteman. supervisor OF music in this
city, followed the Invocation. and in
turn came the address OF welcome by
Gov Jesse +. Mcdonald. Governor
elect. Henry A. Buchtel OF the Univer.
sity OF Denver. Mayor Robert X. Speer
and A. J. Spengel. president OF the
chamber OF Commerce. They were
brief addresses that made the big audi
ence at home at once, and in response
Miss katherin Craig. as state supcrin-
tendent OF public instruction. gave n
short talk. Committees on neurology
and resolutions were appointed and
twenty-five nominators We're elected.
after which the afternoon session
closed with brilliant lecture on "Edu.
cation and Efficiency" by George L.
Vincent OF Chicago University.
Professor Vincent spoke at the rate
OF 300 words a minute without stops.
n pace that no living stcnographcr
could follow with pencil and few
could follow with the mind.
A few remarks caught on the fly In.
snl hat prafnEgnr Ninrant rnuAil-
cred three qualities as essential to the
success OF teacher: knowledge. wis.
dom and enthusiasm. The balance OF
all was the thing 10 attain.
Energy alone become fanaticism.
Wisdom without energy Is useless.
etc. He characterized the lifeless man
as n bit OF human jelly with "A back
bone Of wet spaghetti.
"Dou you feel your life bounding
with enthusiasm? II so, then your
work Is not a job. It's a profession"
said the professor.
To illustrate the folly OF worry over
petty details. he told OF the man who
tried to commit suicide and who. upon
being revived. was asked why he tried
to destroy his life.
oh" said the man wcarily. Il got
to thinking how much buttoning and
unbuttoning I'd have to do the rest OF
my life. and | decided that life was not
worth living"
A few epigrams of the professors
follow:
"a man who can wear n necktic that
womankind cannot prevent has aesthc-
tic power"
You're safe II you never take
things out OF two pigconholcs at the
same time
"You see on the street man bowling
to woman. He smiles with grace
almost human and you say this is old
time courtesy. But not so: he is purely
automatic.
"rhc lady has pressed the button In
his organism and The result Is an ap.
propriate and prompt reaction"
"rhe most vigorous and responsible
audiences l have ever addressed wer
made up OF inmates OF the penitentiary
| and school teachers"
Speaking. against the mechanical In
| teaching. he said:
Don't be an automaton. A man
once addressed the prisoners In peni.
| tentiary, opening with I'm glad to see
30 many OF you here" It was half
hour before he could proceed.
Automatic education Is only valu
able when routine situations occur. At
| present the multiplication table must
| be taught mechanically, but the time Is
coming when multiplication will be fig
ured by an automatic calculator. like n
watch"