The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-12
ARITHMETIC IS
 FIRST INTEREST
COUNTY NORMAL ON AT HIGH SCHOOL SHOWS AN INCREASE
 IN ATTENDANCE.
Most interesting Paper by Prof schotts on Educational Forces,
 Received With Enthusiasm.

 than a hundred teachers and many visitors were present. County Su- perintendent D. A. Crockett presided.
 While there were many lively dis cussions and often differences of opinion, the meeting was perfectly harmonious and good nature prevail ed
 The meeting opened with the read. ing of a beautiful passage of scrip ture by Miss Nancy H. Connolly, foi- lowed by helpful prayer led by Rev Forney Hutchinson.
 The paper by Principal o. A. Schotts, of the Oaklawn school, leader in the subject of Theory and Prac- tice of Teaching" was especially good and showed careful preparation and 1 research. Mir Schotts was ccofded rounds of applause from the teachers with whom he is very popular. Quite a feature of the program was the masterly address delivered by Rabbi Rhine, whose oratory was es- pecially appreciated not only for the value of the thoughts along econo- mic, political and spiritual lines, but for the beauty of diction and ready flow of language
 R. P. Smiley, manual training instructor from Minnesota, visited the institute and favored the teachers with an impromptu talk which was well received.
 The penmanship lesson by Mr John Henry Reece was very practical and aroused interest and lively discussion. MT. Reece is an enthusiast on the subject and is himself fine penman. The reading lesson conducted by Miss Cora Boyton and her assistants created much interest, particularly the model class conducted by Miss Miller of Texarkana, with her class of baby beginners. The arithmetic class, under the able leadership of Supt. D. A. Crockett, produced more enthusiasm and live Her discussions than any other les son.
 The program in full follows:
 1. Bible reading. Miss Nancy H. Connolly
 2. Prayer, Rev. Forney Hutchinson
 3. Theory and Practice, o. A Schotts.
 I. Reading, leader, Miss Cora Boy ton, assisted by c. L. Brown, Misses Nan Connolly, billie, Sehiff and Mill Ter
 3, Address. Rabbi Rhine.
 6. Arithmetic, leader, D. A. Crock cit, assisted by Misses Mae MeDon- aid, and Miller with a model class; also by Messrs. Mike Pittman, Far mer Tackett, C. L. Brown and c. AL len
 '. Penmanship MT. John Henry Reece
 s. Talk, Manual Training, R. P. Smiley
 The paper by Prof. O. A. sehotts follows
 Educational Forces The main force in the work of education, Is the teacher How often we hear it said as the teacher. so the school How few great teachers the world has produced l mean those that have fully conseerated themselves to the training of others Perhaps in the fullest sense of the word there has been but one devoted to the work of teaching, that was The Teacher the Christ, the Savior of mankind.
 "Obserye the work of this acme of instructors, and see how many Of the second great forces in the work of education He discovered. l refer here to the pupils under him. l can discover no other way whereby He could see the great worth of some that He adopted as scholars, than through the heart devotion of life consecrated to a great work What A. aI Ft nf John? Or the bold courageous spiri, of Peter? Or the deep, mental calibre of Luke? Or the conseerated life of Saul whom He named Paul, the Da mascus redeemed apostle?
 Should other teachers as devoted as the Master make as great dis coyeries as He, among those given to their charge? It would seem that every fully devoted trainer of the young would find among those placed in his charge, a John, a Peter, and Paul
 Kong, commonly known as Con fucius. built up in China a gret sys- tenn of education, 800 years before the days of The Teacher l wonder how that heather came to do the great work that he accomplished And can ascribe it to no other cause than that of devotion to a life chosen work
 About 100 years before the days of Kong, Pathagras and Solon gave to Greece plans for training her youth The systems seem to me to be out cro2pings of devotion possessed by these early teachers.
 "A little less than a half century before tn edays of The Teacher, Socrates discovered two great pupils, Plato, and his second, Aristotle. the teacher of Alexander The Great. What could have found these two great students but the devotion of a great soul?
 About the days of Christ, Cicero, Seneca and Quntilan did some edu- cational thinking for the law loving nation of Rome. And Rome in turn taught the world to respect law. De- votion to a cause always helps to en- tighten the world Rome was great because of her great men.
 The Key to the Study of Lam guages' was brought out by John Amos Comenius a little before luO6 l Comenius believed in building on d sure foundation He was in every l sense universal. He was plus man |