The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-22

words from Miss Sprague of Polk
township, Mr.. Huff of German, Mrs.
Berlin of North, Miss Wise of Center,
Mrs. Compton from Bourbon, Mrs.
earn of West, Miss Lewis who told
of seeing these same CLEANS in San
Francisco last summer, and Mr..
Burnie gave an account of the first
class of five he had worked with,
and the success in their life work
that had grown out of this labor
Of love. They were made fit for
service because they had ground
and ground at their Teacher Train
ing work, and had accomplished the
end sought.
Miss Helen Fribley of Bourbon
told In song Elbow sweet the name
of Jesus sounds" and Mrs. A. j.
Clark told in her address how "We
ought to go Lighting other lights"
But the hour was growing late,
and there was more to do. Mrs.
Hume had the task of presenting the
class in advanced work, and opened
her talk with an illustration. A
story from a grain of mustard seed
from which great tree should come
She said that "Once upon a time"
very early in the history of our
country, before the Revolutionary
war, lady in England sent to
friend in Philadelphia a little whisk
broom. Showing the curiosity to
Benjamin Franklin he saw one seed
left on a stem. Planting this one
seed has made the industry that now
amounts to millions annually. So
much do we owe to Franklin IS bright
inventiveness. Mrs. Hume said that
she liked to use the illustration for
it savored of "clean sweep" The
way this annual event is growing,
she said, caused her to predict that
not many years hence it will have
to be celebrated in an open field
with the fence down. The Teacher
Training department had already be-
come host.
Mrs. Hume made reference to the
work that had been done by Miss
Chase, and told how a thought had
come to one, and passed on to
others. until to her had been given
the delightful task of presenting to
Miss Chase as an earnest of the
desire of the company for more and
more of the same kind. little gift.
and passed down the line a paper
that proved to be a bank check for
a-handsome sum, the donations of
friends. to in way reimburse Miss
Chase for the many postage stamps
she had used in the work of push
ing Teacher Training.
Mrs. Hume told of the great work
that had been done in this line.
from a class of two in 1907 and
now there were on the list of grad
yates in Marshall county 173 who
had completed the courses in this
study. She commented on this in
appropriate words. and then present
ed the first class to complete the ad-
vanced course. How they had gone
by graduated steps, till now from
the primary they had passed on to
the real high school course, and
were ready to receive diplomas.
She then presented to Mr.. G.. N.
Burnie, Gen. Sec. Of Indiana S. S.
Association, and Supt, of Teacher
Training Dept. of the state, the
class, and declared they were ready
and worthy by having passed the
examination to receive the certifi-
Gates of graduation. They are
Estella NJ Chase, Mrs. Mary Hitch
cock, Gladys Hoover, Mrs. Harry
Kilmer, Mrs. A. North, Mrs. Tyra
Southworth, Mary Southworth, May
Swindell, Maggie c. Woodbury.,
Mary E. Hume, Ora S. Ellis.
Mr.. Burnie received the class,
presented the diplomas, the Teacher
Training Rally song was sung, and
the fifth annual banquet of the
Teacher Training students of Mar
shall county, was ended. A brilliant
and inspiring event to all, an un-
lifting and enlighting, pleasing and
entertaining story had been told, a
lesson given, illustrated and portray
ed, that cannot but make each one
better.
1t was great, it was fine, it was
big, In all largeness ana complete
ness, and the inspiration is given
others to catch up the unlighted
candle before them, and by lighting
it help themselves and be trained
and fitted to help others. Love to
God and fellowman is the thought
to leave in the mind of all.
When Miss Chase arose after the
presentation of the gift, she said
that miracle had been wrought
She had nothing to say.
Mrs. A. j. Clark Of Indianapolis,
who gave the address at the BAN
quet, declared after its close that it
was the finest and most complete