The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-10
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noon was spent by Professors
Gordinier and Deatrick-the for
mer discussing the "The Rule OF
Three" and the latter, "What
Reading Is" Both we're practl.
cal, and only lack Ct space pre-
vents our giving the talks in de-
tail,
TUESDAY EVENING.
The entertainment given by
the Maude Willis Company in the
Court House, was one of the best
ever given here. AS an imper'
senator and reclter Maude has
no superiors, and the violin SOLO
by MISS Townsend we're well
worth the price of admission, II
nothing else had been given.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
The devotional exercises Wed.
nesday morning were conducted
by Rev. G. w. Bryner, Of the M.
e. church.
The following report of the
com mittee on Professional Read
ing was read and adopted;
Resolved, That we, the committee
on Professional Reading, recommend
to the teachers OF Fulton county the
adoption of the following books,
namely, "The Educational Process, !"
and "Teaching a Country School,"
Resolved, That, since the object OF
our Reading Course is to bring about
a class of professional teachers, that
our County Superintendent has the
right to examine teachers in the above
named books at his next examination.
Resolved, That, since each teacher
is expected to peruse carefully, at
least one or more educational pa
pers, we recommend that the teach
ers of Fulton County become subscri-
bers to Educational Foundation"
3. G. LAMBERSON,
EMERY THOMAS,
W. II. RANCK,
E, W. JAQUISH,
HARVEY SHARPE.
Among the addresses given
Wednesday morning was one or
Mythology, by DR.. Gordinier
: He said In part:
Mythology, as / understand
it, arose In answer to a question
Away back IN some distant age
5 man asked himself these thre'
U questions Whence came l
r whittier am l going? and wha
' are the causes of the things l Sc
e In nature? The educator take
: advantage of this natural curlos
u ty as the basis of thought. Mytt
d ology was the first great inven
n ton of the human mind torme
g in answer to the question
e "What?" All people like to as
: these questions-what? when
l. and why? Children are full
IS these questions-they stick OF
in all directions. The early Att
IL enlan, looking about himself, ask
IS the question, what causes tt
= sun TO pass across the sky ar
/ darkness to follow? What Civ
re to the trees and the flowers the
a. beautiful hues, and as for myse
r. who gives me my physical beini
90 Who gives me pain and sutferlI
ul and death and the heather Gre
ST brought to his aid imaginatio
H. The Greek was beauty lovil
IN man. He loved beauty IN all
ST it's forms. Whatever power
IN did not have over nature, he a
us crlbed that power so that VIII
e. we boil it right down, we Il
NJ that the gods and goddesses we
ice invented to answer the questiC
ow "How ?" The king on earth b
na' queen; so Juno was invented
'oo the queen. He thought OF
IN great waves, and knowing u
om he had no control over them,
p invented Neptune, the God of
Sc, storms. Then, there must
Se' some God of war; so he inven'
Mars as the god of war.
earth, the king and all OF
courts had to have messeng
he so he invented Mercury, with
ary winged caps flying back
lot forth. Then, when the great
Ise cano was in eruption, he SAID I
up Jupiter was blowing his bello
iva | rOL.-S r.ad. ooA God doocoo II