Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-01-20
TEACHERS MEETING
Which Was Held In ST. Louis Friday
and Saturday
ALMA TEACHERS ATTEND


The eighty first semi-annual session
of the Gretiot County Teachers Asso-
citation Institute was held in st. Louis
Friday and Saturday of last week.
E. B. Bryan, president of Collegiate
University of New York gave three
addresses. there were papers present
cd by several of the..teachers OF Gratiot
county. following which were general
discussions.
The first session opened at nine
thirty Friday morning with music
furnished by the pupils of the st. Louis
schools after which there was paper
on High School English" bv Olive
Smith, Instructor in English in the
Alma high school. Miss Smith
dWelt somewhat on the question OF
the students preparation for high
school English as obtained both In the
CITY grade schools and in the
country and pointed out wherein such
preoaration might be improved. The
discussion of this subject was led by
Mr. c. l. Hull. Then NJ. E. Hull
principal of schools at Forest Hill gave
paper on the subject of Essentials
of English in the Grades. Mr.. Hull
took up the how of the subject, while
Miss Smith had taken up rather the
what. He explained how the English
in the grades could be taught to greater
advantage and laid emhpasis on having
the student work with those things
with which he was familiar rather
than attempting those of which he had
little knowledge, which would result
in much better and easier expression.
The discussion was lead by Supt. For
sythe of the ST. Louis schools
The opening music of the afternoon
session was followed bv class ex'
ercise in English bv the fifth grade OF
the ST. Louis schools, conducted by
Miss Elizabeth Horgan. About fifteen
mem bers of the class were taught
lesson as if they mad been in regular
school session NJ. NJ Cham bers was
TO have treated the subject of the
School and Moral Training" but this
paper was postponed until the Satur-
day session. Thus the class exercises
was followed by the principal address
of the gathering. President Bryan
spoke upon the subject of Character
Building.
t<..ly hn cfo
everything that one does. everv
ordinary act of life. sticks with him
and becomes part of his makeup.
part of his character. Everything
q student does In school leaves it's in
delible impression on his character for
ever. That Is. the man is what he has
made himself If what he has done
and thought and felt has been square
and upright then the man has a square
and upright character In other words
q man sows what he re8ps. If he sOws
the tares, the result upon his character
will be damaging. He cited as an ex-
ample man whose boyhood wss spent
in southern Indiana. This Young
fellow drove twenty miles to station
TO high school, In spite of hardships
be finished at the head of his class and
gained scholarship ID Harvard. then
one in the law school there and finally
Rhodes scholarship. But he was
the sort of fellow who didn't devote
his time to the frivUlities of school life
He was president CT his class and en-
tered into everything he could with
wisdom, but he wasted no time. One
of his notable successes was the win
ming of the eastern oratorical contest
on Thursday evening and writing and
passing the Rhod es scholarship ex-
sipation the.nex day. When asked
if he thought that he could have done
il if he had had two years of cigarette
smoking in his earlier life. he replied
embphaticallv, mo. The point was
that the student should watch his
everv action because each one left its
permanent result upon his character.
1his address was said by q great
many who hea rd il to he the very best
that they ever had the pleasure
of listening 20 1t was the unanimous
opipior of all that il had been a
verv. very long time since they had
heard such an inspiring and helpful
discourse
The Friday evening session was held
10 the high school building and con-
sisted mainlv of music and another
great address nv President Brvan. The