The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-18

to teaching school" said Mir. MacKeliar. Under any system of education. the speaker declared. 1t is the duty of the teachers to turn out citizens who are who fear God and serve the state. Therefore. there should be no reason why there should be calling of great CT dignity than the profession of teach ing. If teachers are underpaid they do not give forth the best that there is In them.
 MT. MacKeiiar told of how that out of 5,416 white teachers in the State of Alabama at present who are receiving pay, there are more than 1000 who do not attend the annual meetings of tho Educational Association. He attrib- uted this to a lack of remuneration. As pictured it is e rather sad plight for our educational system when teachers are deprived of the privilege of conn ing together once year in fellowship and necessary association of ideas and people. He, therefore. appealed to all the teachers to continue to agitate for organization.
 "Is 1t not a fact that many a father will send his child to Just anybody for brain treatment when he would not think of sending that child to an un- skilled dentist for the treatment OK the teeth" asked the speaker. A shot was taken at the county su- perintendents by the speaker, who con- cluded that they would be better equipped with horse and a buggy than a check book" He meant by this that. in his opinion. there Is too much of the disbursing agent about the county superintendent instead of actual quali- fication for supervising energetic work In his highly interesting address on "The Personal Life of the Teacher Mir Hodby, of Albertville. emphasizeo the necessity of seeing that 1t Is not so much how the teachers tnstructs as how he acts. He cautioned the mem bers of the audience to cultivate pleas ant personality and to make their lives exemplary beyond reproach. He tolo them to shake any inclinations to pes. simistic or dyspeptic habits they might have as the school child Is very often an imitator and 1t would not have a wholesome effect to be going rouno looking sour and wild-tempered.
 Self control was another quaiity which the speaker advised to be cul- tivated by the teacher. He warned against falling victims to the average habits which must find their stamp on the lives of those under the pedagogues. He made a plea for clean living and clean politics. Also he made a re- lentles attack on the use of tobacco in all forms.
 tuner auuTcbbCs WGAC AioAS " ~' Pugh, of Thomasville; George R. Ban croft of whistler, and c. W. DaugettA of Jacksonville.
 Discussing the subject of "Professional Reading" MT. Bancroft was given careful attention as hc outlined few topics upon which he said every teach- CT should do some thoughtful reading and study. These are;
 History of Education, Theory of Ed ucation. Practice and Principles of Teaching. Methods of Teaching. Psy- chology, Child Study. Kindergarten, Physical Education and Manual Train ing Moral Education. Management.
 This list might be extended" said Mir Bancroft, but enough have been mentioned to suggest the scope of what belongs strictly to the pedagogical side of the professional reading.
 Besides reading in our own special field, we must read broadly-read for culture, read for progress. Art, liter ature. science. history, philosophy-- every department of human thought and endeavor-in these days of the multiplication of books. are ours to revel in. Milton. the divine, will sing for us as never mortal sang before, Shakespeare is at hand to lead us into his wonderful word of imagination where majestic forms and fantastic figures sound. the depths of human sym pathy or delight the most fastidious tastes, and the kindly Franklin will, at the bidding. enter to enrich us with his homely wisdom. The bards and the wits and the philosophers of all lands and all ages have left us a legacy more precious than gold and jewels If we will only stretch forth our hand and grasp 1t.
 we teachers. the rich interiors of great past, the leavening force of the present, the high priests of the future. cannot lag behind in the march of pro- Rress of this enlightened twentieth cen- tury. All other departments of human endeavor are awake and militant. Sci- ence each day adds fresh laureIs to her crown. Physics has been rewritten since we left school. chemistry revo- lutionized. Agriculture has touched with the fairy wand of science the waste places of the earth and made them to blossom as the rose Art has awakened from her dream of the past and Is bringing forth new creatures of the present.
 "if we would be reckoned at our true worth to civilization and the State if we would deserve to be ranked high. est among the professions. we must keep abreast with all the best and most modern thought in our field and by culture and attainments and good works compel the recognition which is our due"
 With the excellent address of c. W. Daughette the morning session ended. and adjournment was taken until the night session.
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