The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-03-12
4 TEACHERS MEETING.
o,l iTIFNDANCE At GATHERING.
....s,iOo and Instructive Addresses
'.', and Reports From Delegates to
the State Convention.

penco Edward County leach- .
.;.ton held its semi-annual
e IN Farmville on March 9th
a's, full attendance OF teach
'' .~. noted. and the delightful pro-
s "-' e.n, compensated for any IN
...,'sace 9'.n ,1.. that they may have IN
.. ..'i IN being present
l...e nv FIRST day Rev. H. NJ. Fugate' OF
'c' o.....t Church opened the meet
D- h devotional exercises. Inc
.,.n- Of the Association, Prof. W.
~.nonald. then made some very
ar.,te Introductory remarks
rtich reports were heard from
os 70 the State Convention
robearsals of the things accom-
l-.'. .s.5 nv that great organization as
.,t.. ,-. Prof. p. T. Atkinson Misses
". icon - and Shelbourne, and Pro-
....,-s ...,.... Mcdonald, Terry and others
'.. botb pleasing and instructive
',.' . IN order was a talk on Geog-
S.A' S.o = bv DR.. F. A. Millidge' Of the
i-s-', 1, Normal School. No atterpt al
~. s.....b;ng his skillful handling % iS ;iiiSS
'.o,rt,nt subject is at all necessary
a.s Won have ever enjoyed the high
~. ..,ilege ;, of listening to him the mere
-.,,ion Of the speakers name IS SUI
f,ant commendation.
In the afternoon the meeting was
-..,s5 70 the rare pleasure of hearing
~. n ". Read on the live subject
"nr,winq in the Schools. " The top
+, uas presented in a manner iucic
.,5 rr5phic invariably characteristic
ovrs. Reads treatment OF her SUP
is,, Nor did she fail to convince hel
s..-ors that incalculable good woulC
B.. derived from the introduction O
his art into every school.
The next speaker was Examine
n.yis who succeeds our warm friend
M Thomas. so recently elected AS
s.,snt State Superintendent. Amoni
many other things Mr.. Davis spoke o
hi. deem interest in the problems tina
c,,front teachers, and especially thos
If his circuit and begged leave t
aid them in any possible manner
These talks with scholarly papers D
Miss Dickinson on The School Libra
w and Miss Holland on Scho'
decorations. " completed the flr'
day program. vn
Rev. S. C. Hatcher, Of the Nett
oi.st Church opened the services tn
second day.
Miss Dunn. likewise of the Norm
School faculty., was then introduce
and held for some time the unaoat'
attention Of her hearers as she told
methods employed in teaching at tn
eminent institution. In addition 81
dsDlsyed specimens of the handlwol
done by littlr ones under her superN
sion ali Of which were enjoyed.
The subject How to teach Liter
nre. was next discussed at sor
length by DR.. Kerlin, of the abo
referred to school. This was L
Eerin's first introduction to the teac
ers Of the county and after listenli
to his lecture they were all proud II
such a man had taken up his abo
among them
Then last but far from least car
the president of the State Teacher
Association, Prof. Binford, OF RIc
uond. All those preseut looked
something GOOD and they were I
Disappointed. The only source OF
Uet was that the day was not young
wien he began. Soon, however, I
last speaker was forced to give W
nhe round table" discussion VIII
ended the meeting, considered
rng the best of such nature e'
t.i in .he county.