The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-12-07
STATE EDUCATORS
MEET At PIERRE
ANNUAL MEETING OF EDUCA-
TlONAL ASSOCIATION HELD
LAST WEEK
BEADLE MONUMENT IS DEDICATED
Mitchell Is Selected as the Place for
Holding Meeting of 1912-Geo.
w. Nash Elected President

The South Dakota educational as
sociation held it's annual meeting at
Pierre the first three days of last
week, and Brookings was represented
by a good sized delegation. An in
teresting meeting is reported, with
an unusually large attendance. Mitch
ell was selected as the place for hold
ing the next annual meeting. DR..
Hume and Miss Mary Tough Of the
State College faculty delivered ad-
dresses, which were received with
interest.
The following officers were elected
for the coming year: President, Prof.
George W.. Nash, Of the Aberdeen
normal; recording secretary, Jane L..
McGrath, of Spearish; corresponding
secretary, j. c. Lindsay, of Mitchell;
treasurer, ]. V. Murphy, of Platte.
The county superintendent select
ed for president Prof. C. G. Lawrence,
of the state department; vice presi-
dent, Joseph Swenson, of Turner;
secretary, Della Wimple, of Lincoln;
member reading circle, Florence
Glenn, Of Lawrence.
The common and graded school de-
partment selected for president j. A.
Johnson, of Centerville; vice presi-
dent, B. F. Steece, of washington
Springs. secretary, Miss Lilly Patter-
son, Mitchell.
The state librarians, who met at
the same time with the educators,
selected for president Miss Edie Laur-
son, Mitchell; vice president, Miss
Nettie Current, of Sioux Falls; secre-
tary-treasurer, Maude Russell Carter,
of Pierre.
The loving cup which goes to the
county with the best representation
based on percentage of attendance
and schools, was given to Hyde
The resolutions ask for increased
natural aid for agricultural and me-
CldulC dIlS duu liuOI ot iC NOhcoiiuo
ton of rural schools and state aid
for the more sparely settled districts.
On Tuesday evening the exercises
surrounding the dedication of the
Beadle monument, occurred. Doane
Robinson made a brief report of the
Beadle fund commission, showing the
amount of expenditures and that ST.
99S.S4 still remained in the treasury
The address of the evening was de-
liyered by Prof. G.. NJ. Smith of the
state anniversary. The theme was "the
work and place Of the teacher in
modern life"
Mr.. Smith showed that the teacher
has always been a fundamental part
of every civilization, but has almost
always been ~"unhonored and unsung."
He traced the work of teaching
through the ancient nations, showed
how 1t cleaned only fitfully at rare
under the Hohenstaufens and Charlie
magne and lastly how the reformation
had meant more than a mere religious
awakening, in fact, the dawn of the
time when the teacher should come to
his own.
Professor Smith then dwelt OF pres
ent day tendencies, corporate growth,
aggregate capital, divorce, crime, vice
and the ever present danger that man
will lose all individuality and become
a mere automaton. AS the guiding
light which should lead the people
out of Egypt" he proposed 1.-THE teach
err" Said Mr.. Smith: 1.-THE teacher
must have insight and courage; in
sight to see conditions as they exist,
and courage Of his convictions to do
his duty" He held that the teacher
was fulfilling this mission, pointing to
the high school, which a few decades
ago was struggling for recognition.
now become an inseparable part Of
our educational system, and to the
state universities, great seats of free
thinking and activity. He called the
teacher "the e~vangelizer of his race
and likened the influence Of the hum
blest to an ever widening ripple, for.
aver reaching beyond its narrow start
ing point. 1.-THE teacher must do lore
than hear Rotations. He must make
real men and women"
In concluding. he likened General
Beadle to the ideal teacher, and paid