The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-12-07
ASSOCIATION OF THE STATE
ATTRACTS A CONSIDERABLE
-- y. ! +%ATTENDANCE. - ~.
Sectional Meetings
"A New Feature and WereI Largely
r, Responsible for the Increased In
terest OF the Sessions. Institute
Gets unanimous Vote as Location
: for Summer School.
Especial to The Advocate. }

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teachers of the Northern West Vir-
ginia Teachers Association convened
In their sixth annual session al
Simpson M. E. Church on -Eoff St.,
Thursday for a two days session. .
1t was the first time in the history
of organized educational meetings
among Negro state teachers that the
metropolis. of West Virginia was the
host and the colored teachers of the
Panhandle and plateau regions Of
the state were the guests ..
1t appeared. to your correspond
ent that the citizens of the city WED
with each other in rendering hospi-
tality to the strangers within their
gates. 1t was openly avowed that
the session was the most pleasant
and most productive In results Of any
yet held. &.-
The session was noted for the
considerable attendance of out OF
state teachers; principally from
pennsylvania and Ohio and for the
large, per cent. Of West Virginia
teachers from the northern section
OF the state. About forty teachers
= We're enrolled apart from visiting
teachers. !: Every ccnvocation of the
association was, we'll attended.
j At 1890 Thursday morning,
president ,Hazlewood called the as
soelation to order, and the ceremo-
nfes attendant upon it's opening
We're observed. Principal Hughes,
of the Lincoln school, Of this city,
cordially and~at length welcomed
the body to the, city. L. o. Wilson,
. or Weston. accepted the Welcome on
behalf OF the teachers and aroused
the, plaudits Of his audience by his
spirited remarks.
chief among the productions Of
unusual interest were the address of
the president, Asst. Prin. HID.
Hazlewood, Of Sumner High School,
Parkersburg; the paper of w. H..
Lowry, commandant of cadets of w.
wa. c. L.. on Vocational Training,
and the discussion of the same by
e. R. Richardson, of Parkersburg.
Ihose who were responsible for
the innovation Of sectional meetings
are deserving of much credit for O.
feature that added to the helpful
ness OF the meeting hundredfold.
-Ihe primary section under the q ID
ance of Miss Bernardine Peyton, of
Parkersburg, and the High School
section under Mr.. Hazlewood, were
productive =enlivening papers and
animated discussions. In the latter
section, the paper by Miss Phoebe
Perry, teacher Of Latin and history
ip. Lincoln High School, showed
thought and finish in preparation.
Miss Perry, writing on the dissatis-
faction arising from teaching litera-
ture in high school, outlined plans
that promised better resuluts
The feature Of Thursday evening
was the address of Normal Principal
S. H. Guss, Of the West Virginia
z Colored Institute. Mr.. Guss spoke on
-the-fa menace organized 4aber-te-
wards the Negro artisan His re-
marks brought forth repeated ap-
plause, and were pronounced a
scholarly effort.
The vocal number rendered by
Miss Lightfoot, MIR. Earl Jones,
Wheeling's promising baritone, and
the choir Of select voices conducted
by Miss Berry, Of the New England
conservatory, helped to make the
evenings exercises worth while.
On Friday evening the stellar at
traction was song and dramatic re-
cital Of Mr.. Edward Brigham, basso
profundo and dramatic reader. Mr..
Brigham was greeted by we'll filled
house, and before his initial mum
ber had been finished, he had won
hfs audience to full sympathy and
accord with every effort put forth
by him. His rendition of the Tenny-
son-Strauss collaboration, "Enoch
Arden, was pathetically impressive
and opened to the sympathetic teach
ers new vistas Of clearer insD;ht into
the passions Of the human heart.
The election of officers held smme-
diately after the completion Of Mr.
Brigham's program was without
special iHterest save in the selection
Of presiding officer.
Prin. J. w. Hughes was nominal
ed in opposition to Mr.. Chas. w
Florence, Of Grafton, who seemed tC
have the support of the administra.
ton. Mr.. Hughes, as it finally ap
peared showed unusual strength fo1
dark horse, and after his request
to have his name withdrawn, was
defeated by majority vote Of
three.
Iaa,The' invitation Of Grafton for mex
meeting place was accepted. e..
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