The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1910-11-29
NDTEACHERS MEET
Thirteenth Annual Session is
Held in Paris ECity School
Friday and Saturday
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED.
Miss Mable Robbins Reads In
tering Paper at the Ses-
sion Saturday.

CTdC LuOsG NltHbn tue uSdtlilS W HIS |
voice reeded no welcome as the cause !
they represented of irnparting know
ledge to the young and preparing them
for useful men and women; of inculat
ing a high conception of civic duty and
patriotism made them welcome not
only in Paris but everywhere. The
response was delivered by Prof. H. G.
Mckee. superintendent of public
schools in Frankfort.
After the rendition Of musical pro-
gram by the High School chorus and
High School Band, Superintendent M.
A. Cassidy of the public schools of
Lexington, delivered the principal ad
dress.
Preceding the afternoon session the
High School Battalion, composed of
Companies A. and B. and in command
Of Major j. S. Johnson, gave an eX-
hibition drill.
The meeting Saturday was called to
order by President George w. Chap
man and after a musical program by
the High Schoo! chorus the invocation
was delivered by Elder Carey E. Nor
gan of the Christian church.
Prof. Roscoe Gilmore Stott of the
Eastern Kentucky State Normal
School of Richmond, then delivere d
the principal .address of the session,
his subject being what Can Be Done
to Strengthen the Class of Teachers in
the Elementary Schools"
FrJf. StOtt'S address was fOllwed by
an interesting paper read by Miss.
Mabel Robbins. superintendent of the
public schools of Bourbon county, her
subject being 1.-The Public School-the
Foundation of Citizenship.
The association then went into exec
utive session and G lected the following
officers for the ensuing year:
M. A. Cassidy, of Lexington. Presi-
dent; H. G. Mckee of Frankfort, first
vice president /; Major j. S. johnson
of Paris, second vice president, and
Miss Matte Hughes of kParis, secre-
tary and treasurer. The new eXecu
tive committee is composed of Presi-
dent M. A. Cassidy, H. G. Mckee of
Frankfort, j. e.. Gordon of Eminence,
w. c. Garrison of Georgetown, E. r.
Jones of Frankfort, and Miss Drusie
Elliott Of BOURBON. Licking was
chosen as the place and October 20
and 81, 1911, selected as the dates for
thesnext annual meeting.
! Among the visitors and teachers
who attended the meeting of the asso-
citation were the following:
}. T. Mo- and l.. d. Wallace, State
University M. A. Cassidy Of the Lex
| ington public schools, b. d.. Sharfe,
II. C.. Mckee and County Superntend-
ent E. R. Jones of Frankfort, r. M.
Ship, Winchester; Edgar Richardson.
Franklin county; Misses Daisy Dett-
willer and Alma Rice, North Middle
town; Rela and Mamie Ogden and
Mamie Turley, Carlisle; Bessie May
Alderman, Cane Ridge; Nettie Hurst,
| Millersburg; Superintendent j. C..
Wallis ana Misses Lille and Mary
Wiley, Carrie Rogers and Jennie
Quinn, Georgetown; Prof. j. G. Cor.
don, Eminence; Misses Eva Ingles,
Salie Talbot, Lille Wohlwender and
Ethel Dearborn, Cynthiana, and Prof.
and Mrs. w. l.. Dawson, Campbells-
vile.
The interesting paper read by Miss
Mabel Robbins, Superintendent OF
Bourbon schools, before the meeting
Foundation of Citizenship, is as fol
! lows:
In a republic. each citizen is an int.
grail part of the government, t in fact,
he becomes stone in the superstruc-
ture, and as the building depends upon
the soundnesS and Soiidity of the foun-
dation, SO the government is founded
upon the strength and intelligence OF
its citizens, and can be no stronger
than it's people. The state is RESPONSE.
BILE for the intelligence of its citizens,
thensthe problem before the state is
that of its citizenship.
Where then must we look for the
principle according to which man must
be trained? Or why should he be
trained at the expense of the State?
Kentucky today spends nearly three
millions of dollars annually for the
purpose of educating her boys and
girls, ard fifty times as much is psent
by the republic.
There can be no advancement in
anything unless the people advance
with it; to advance they must be edu-
Gated; and for the masses to be edu-
Gated the government must prepare a
free system of education. 1t is for
this reason that the United States has
made more prgress and has a more
stable government than other COM
tries.
Wholesome laws and excellent orga
niaztion depend for execution and
effectiveness upon an enlightened and
organized public sentiment. We find
in countries where the masses are I'M
educated that the laws are defective.
progress lacking, and the people un-
able to take that interest which would
otherwise be manifested.
If iiliteracy is handed down from
generation to gene1 alton, that capac-
'ity to do broad and intelligent think
ing will not be cultivated. The foun-
dation must be laid somewhere, some
where there must be a beginning.
And it is for this reason that the pub
lie school has been created. Even
among the better classes where intel
ligence is passed from father to son, it
will degenerate if there is not some
incentive to agitate it. All interest
will practically cease to exist.
The public school is the loom in