The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-03-23

Oh Nlr sAM1 Nall JON a9E nM-a-
s8si. Butcher Speaks
Two hundreds teachers and friends
~ education gashere8 at THE audit0r
mm of tie Girls college last night 10
hear Thomas Butcher. superintendent
81 the city schools of Enid b BIZ "a
dress d fhs Essentials 81 Citizen
ship ST. Butcher, Who spoke fltfs
minutes. after Miss Adah Robinson
gave al address ~ art made one 81
ihe most practical addresses that has
been delivered before the Tri-counfy
Teachers association
Mr Butcher plead for the education
that IS NOT outlined iD the curriculum
81 The schools of tne country. for pat-
riotism, reverence FOR religion, envlr-
onments that inealeate higher ideals,
respect tot law. hstter home surround
ings. and the common things of life.
Education Is growth, declared AT
Butcher. and the systems Of eduea-
tIon are but al evolution He com
pared the systems Of education Of the
world. Illustrating hls remarks with
spices 0f humor that kept the atten-
ton 0i hls audience.
Thomas Butcher IS one Of the lead
ing educators of Oklahoma. He is
one oi The seven Oklahomana who. BY
their educational ideas and ability.
have Won place in the worlds col
umn of WHO'S VINO He has been
identified with educational interests
ln many capacities in this state. For
a number 81 years he was president Of
the Central Normal school al Edmond
and las been president of the State
Teachers associations Of both okla
homa ana Kansas
Lecture on Art.
Miss Adah Robinson, teacher Of art
of Oklahoma city. gave a short lee-
ture on tire Influence Of Art" She
declared that we can become so ar.
tistic IN our hearts and minds, that we
can see beauty III the pots and pans
Of the Kitchen In her address Miss
Robinson endeavored to sweep the
cob webs from the minds Of her hear
ers in their ideas on art and what II
means to be an artist"
! She declared that II was the selec
ton and not the collection of paintings
( that proved a persons artistic temper
/ sment and knowledge Of art Miss Rob
inson showed clearly that an apprec
lation of art Is not gained in a day. {
week. a month or a year. but that it il
acquired. often, after years on study
The fact that It takes heart am
head to create a worthy thought in ar
was alse brought out IN the lecture
/ The two expressions Of art, according
to Miss Rob.saof, are the delineatiol
Of beauty and the elimination Of evil
BY a graphic word-picture Of the in
terror furnishing Of rooms in man.
homes. Miss Robinson showed how thl
lack Of artistic decorations can pla.
havoc with the most expensive art
cles and how the artistic soul is shock
ed and panied by the glare and colo
and the inartistic selection Of furnish
ings
Miss Robinson closed her address b,
descriptions Of several famous painl
lngs
President J. Alex Moore introduces
both Of the speakers OF the evening
The senior class in the college acte
as ushers and the Girls Glee club san
two selections ai the opening of IN
program
Art Exhibit Inspected.
The visiting teachers were show
through the halls Of the college wher
the art exhibit could be viewed. Tn
reprints that were shown were a trea
and Tie teachers expressed much pleai
ure IN the opportunity afforded theT
10 study the famous paintings Of th
world
Misses Lora Linn Garrison and
number Of the young women Of tn
college acted as guides in the art e.
hlbltion. Many OF the drawings by tn
art class IN the school were on exhib
tion ia the studio Of Miss Mary Wilson
instructor IN art
/. CnMpANY IL