Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-01
Council Bluffs
DENISON MAN IS ELECTED
E. W. Fellows Chosen President Of
Teachers Association.
RED OAK CHOSEN FOR PLACE
on Hygiene-Dr. COI&royc Tells
of Requirements of the
Teacher.

The meeting OF the Southwestern Iowa
Teachers association closed yesterday
with the general conviction OF all that 4
was the most pleasant and valuable in
the history of the association. When the
cash account was closed the balance shee,
showed taat the receipts exceeded the
expenditures just cent and much merrl-
ment was occasioned in the deeorous dis
cussion OF what would be the best dis
position 10 be made of tho cent. All
OF the teachers from abroad left on the
afternoon trains, but nearly one-half Of
them slipped away before noon.
There was a spirited contest when II
came to choose officers for the year and
select the place for. holding the next
meeting. Red Oaks representatives put
up a strong fight for the honor Of enter
tanning the teachers and won when the
fact was recalled that last year Red Oak
lost the privilege after having gained the
victory by reason Of an outbreak Of scar
let fever about the TING. the convention
was to be held. Delegates from Atlantic
made a strong fight. but yielded grace
fully when defeat became apparent and
asked that the selection OF Red Oak be
made unanimous.
1t required considerable balloting to
choose the officers and in the end these
were chosen: President. Z. W. Fellows,
superintendent city schools. Denison;
chairman OF executive committee, County
Superintendent Clara Cowgirl, Red Oak;
vice president. Anna z. Ross, Council
gluffs; secretary, Superintendent W. II.
Gimmell. Carroll.
Warren on Hygiene.
The feature Of the days program was
the lecture and demonstrations OF DIR.
Horace Warren OF Missouri Valley. who
Is the state lecturer on oral hygiene.
He laid especial emphasis upon the neces-
sity for the proper care OF she teeth and
gave a practical demonstration of his
conviction that the tooth brush also
needed care when he took from his vest
pocket an Theoretically sealed glass tube
and shook from II his tooth brush. He
characterized an unclean tooth brush as
about the most deadly unsanitary device
that carelessness and ignorance has been
able TO provide. He indicated that he
regarded the glass used in connection
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Infection when he took from his pocket
sanitary collapsible paper cup. The
proper care OF the teeth was made very
plain and DIR. Warren's talk was worth
while as instructions for teachers In re-
latlon 10 the care OF their own teeth as
well as for instructing their pupils. DIR.
Warren attributed half OF the diseases
10 the neglect Of the teeth.
Another valuable lecture Of scientific
and practical character was given by pr.
C. p. colgrove OF Cedar Rapids. Ia. on
THE Educational Equation" He dealt
largely with the physiological and psych-
ologicnl requirements OF the good teacher
and declared as unfounded the oft ex-
pressed belief that teaching was an in
born quality Willingness to work and
thoroughly master all of the problems
TO be taught and an acquired ability to
discern quickly the quality OF the pupil
was the foundation for success m the
teaching profession. Mental discipline.
he declared to DO the prerequisite for
all other discipline. and sand. sympathy
and sense" he said. were the chief things
required outside Of the education heess-
sary to teach.