The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-11-12
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COUNTY TEACHERS CONFERENCE
,,, POORLY ATTENDED,.
But Those Present Listened to Inter-
esting Talks and Engaged in the
Discussion of Subjects introduced
= by Teachers Of Experience. ~

The first meeting of the Kanawha
County Teachers T. Conferences was
held, Saturday morning, at ten
o'clock, at Garnett school. 80: -
The meeting was called to order
by, the. president. G. w. Boyd, prlncl-
pal Of Garnett school: .:.> o..
The, meeting opened with prayer
and music, after which the secretary,
Miss Hattie Peters, Of Cedar Grove,
read the minutes. l.yl-
~ Before proceeding with the pro-
gram, business session was held.
| The first subject discussed was,
THE Educational Advantage Of Ma
ture Study, "Iby Prof. Austin w. Cur
4tis, teacher Of agriculture at the
west Virginia Institute. Prof, Cur
It's gave an interesting talk on how
10 teach nature study, and gave many
practical devices which may be used
In the sch ool room. .......'..'
! Prof. S. H. Guss, principal of the
normal department at Institute, also
spoke -, "s.. 49,. ...,.. 4.
y Prof Byrd Prillerman, teacher of
English In the West Virginia Insti-
tute,' discussed the need OF a. better
cooperation between parents and
teachers. and gave practical talk
out OF his personal experience. This
subject was interesting, and was dis
cussed by J, r. J. Clarke, George L,
GuZzens and I. G. Cabell with much
enthusiasm. , ) s. T..
The question Of the meeting of the
State Teachers Association and the
Ieachers Association OF Northern
West Virginia on the same date was
discusseh. - H. -
The Conference appointed COM
mlttees to meet the State body and
the Northern Association. ......
The attendance was very encour.
aging, and yet it was not what it
should have been, when one consid-
l. lefR "a ,lheslarge an1lEn ber .of. teachers ems.
ploy,ed ie this county. : Those VIII who !
came, however, were teachers OF ex-
perience, and what was lacking in
quantity was fully made up in dual
ity.
The Kanawha, county teachers are
to be congratulated on the attend
ance and the amount Of interest they
were able to create.
The teachers present from the va
r1ous parts Of the State were: Prof.
s. H. Guss, principal Of the normal
department of West Virginia Insti-
tute; Profs. Byrd Prillerman and A..
M. Curtis, Of Institute; Misses Ame-
liza Mcdaniel, Of Ward; Hattie c., Pc
ters, Of Cedar Grove, and Mary r.:
Jones, Of Maiden.
Among the city teachers present
We're: G. w. Boyd, J. F. J. Clarke,
George l.. Cuzzens, H. B. Rice, L. C.
Farrar, |. G. CabelI, F. D. Cambria,
Misses l.. 0. Hopkins, Naola Farrar,
Nina II. Clinton, Rhoda A. Wilson,
Stella James, Amy Hutchinson, Aris-
tis Johnson, Lillian Taylor, M.
Blanche Jeffries and F. G. Cobb,
The following program Will be
rendered at the next meeting:
Primary Reading, Miss L. O. Hop
kins.
Most Practical Method for Teach
ing Geography, Miss Amelia McDan-
lei, Of Ward.
How to Teach the Correct Idea of
Numbers, Miss Cobb.
Nature Study in the School, Prof.
S. II. Guss.
How to Prevent Talking In the
School, Miss N. H. Clinton and G. L.
Cuzzens.
The Conference was indebted to G.
l.. Cuzzens and Miss l.. O. Hopkins
FOR the excellent music rendered.