The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-18

agrapher who satirizes her, and on the thousands of single fools who do not marry her.
 After thus summing up the teacher and her modern duties. Miss Luther seriously appealed to all the members of the Association to stand together and pull with one mighty effort. She appealed likewise for a spirit of rest lessness that makes the teacher con- tinualiy reach out for high ideals, to better himself or herself
 She also counseled enthusiasm in the daily work and . consistent and cheer ful optimism.
 pr. iPefrfe is Witty.
 Dr. George Petrie. who succeeded Miss Luther. kept the fun rolling. Dr. Petrie.s most of the audience knew, has penehant for punning. He began with one. "
 "As some of you know" said he, T am bicyclist and often have occasion to study wheels. I have found out that somehow or other the longer the spoke of a wheel the more of tire there is. I determined to adopt this principle when came here to speak to you today. So, when you go away you may say, he spoke short and hence the tire was not long"
 pr. Petrle spoke of the subject as- signed to him as being rather indefi- nite. It was The Culture of the Teacher"
 The term culture has familiar sound" said he. but its meaning is a triie. hazy. The situation recalls a dispute between two small boys as to the meaning of the word blizzard. One said: Oh. I know what 1t is: It's sort of snake with legs whereupon the other replied: oh. come of. You don't know nothing; it's something out of the insides of a chicken
 We understand in a way what az riculture means and horticulture those of us who do not farm-and even the terms vocal culture and phys tcal culture suggest thoughts that are precise though they be painful. If were to ask each one of you what the word means. I should probably get a great variety of answers"
 Then the speaker undertook to cias- sify his address into what he termed literary culture, social culture and scholastic culture.
 Some of us might say there is cul- ture in being able to locate such lines as A thing of beauty is a Joy forever ar Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay.' He Is worthy of the highest degree of culture" said inc speaker, according to some ideas of culture. when ho can interpret Brown ing or Henry James without boastinr and without intolerance
 Then there is another idea of cul- ture.' the speaker continued humor- ously.
 He who has It." said pr. Petrle knows whether 1t is good form to nave appendicitis or appendicitis. He has wide knowledge of proper names and can tell quickly who was the man and who the woman in such pairs as Ananias and Sapphira., Hero and Lean der, Sodom and Gomorrah.
 Speaking of another class of culture. pr. Petre said that to some the word culture suggests a knowledge of the ways Of the world and a familiarity with the customs of good society,
 This" said he. means not only knowledge of the time t0 wear a dress suit and the way to hold a fork. but enough Insight Into human nature to associate acceptably with a variety of people and to get along comfortably with them in the ofice. on the street or at the dinner table This might be called social culture"
 Here the speaker pointed out the weak points of the social, literary and scholastic culture, by applying the ex- actions of the scientist and the busi- ness man to thom. Thore was a sug- Restlon that the business man and sci- enlist are inclined to reduce the whole system of culture to the crucible test Of usefulness They will not stand for superficial learning and miscellaneous information. They demand that the learning which we have must make good" For this sort of information that Is miscellaneous and does not make good. the business man has about the same contempt that "a good house. keeper feels for an ill-kept harum- scarum house."
 Concluding his interesting paper, Dr. Petrfe gave the following series of monitions to the teachers present:
 Read each year as many of the writ ings as you can of some one good au- thor. Do not let 1t become a mere grind. If you find you cannot get in- terested in one author try another. Read yourself into the spirit of the author until he becomes a part of you,
 Press Is Greatest Encyclopedia.
 Subscribe to a good daily newspa- per and study 1t with atlas and die tlonary. if need be. The press Is the greatest of all modern encyclopa edias. and will give man or a woman more general Knowledge than anything else in the world.
 Study the people of the community in which you live. Don't loaf with them. But work with them in their churches. in their social improvement clubs-ln any organization that prom ises good.
 Select some branch of work and study 1t continuously year after year, systematically. carefully. scientifically. If possible, let 1t be one in which you have an opportunity to do some real investigation yourself.
 Make your plans for culture deh- nlte and practical. Remember the bus mess mans maxim that all learning must make good.
 Cultivate elasticity of mind. Adap- ability of mind enables one to appre- ciate the attitude of others. and that leads to sympathy and sympathy Is the basis of all successful teaching"
 On TuberculAP Exhibit.
 B. T. Routzhan, who is in Montgom- cry in charge of the tubercular exhib- 1t, which will run through ths next week or two in the old First Baptist spoke a few words at the open- Ing of the morning session of the Asso- citation yesterday He advised the that it is high time that such orga nizations as the Alabama Educa- tionaI Association is taking a vital, liv- Ing interest in tuberculosis as 1t is the greatest single destroyer of humans that America knows today.
 More than 15U.000 people fall victims annually to this dread disease" said the speaker. referring to the territory of the United States. The teachers 1 have an opportunity by united action to | begin a campaign for methods calcuI- l ated to minimize this disease. Upon | the teachers there is great responsibil- | Ity to inculcate right methods of liv- | Ing and thus stop the march of tuber- | culosis." An especial appeal was made to the