The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-08-23
Spoke wednesday On The
Teaching Of Agriculture
ClOyse days Elected Reading
Circle Secretary
Other Notes 10 Connection
With The Institute

On Tuesday evening a social was
held on the lawn of the High school
building. More than hundred teach.
ers were present. Stories were told
by Miss Maria Chase, DR.. Green, Prof.
Martzolff and others. The superin.
tendcnts of TIE county, led by Supt.
Alan, sang way Down Upon the
Swanee River. Refreshments were
served.
The session Wednesday morning
was opened by singing. The devo-
| tional exercises were conducted by
Frank V. Irish of Columbus. A trio
composed OF Misses Stella Fish, Hell
en- and Bessie Ayers of Gambler, then
sang.
J. r, Clark of Columbus, who rep.
resented State School Commissioners
Zeller, then addressed the institute
He spoke especially concerning the
teaching Of agriculture in the schools,
telling what bad been done in other
places and advising the teachers how
to 20 about this work in order to &C.
complish the best results.
| At short business session held af.
ter the intermission Cloyse Hays was
elected Reading Circle Secretary Of
\ the county for the coming year. anry.
DR.. Green then delivered his ad-
dress. "An Appreciation Of the Vision
Of Sir Launfal" He said In brief that
1t is a great poem, that 1t comes from
a great mind: that 1t has an interest
ing history; is curiously constructed; !;
has certain features to be noted; is
a characteristic poem and that 1t has
a great message. "This Great Mes
sage" he said, ''is revision OF life by
a vision In the life" He brought out
many of the beauties of the poem and
gave quotations from it.
At the close of the session this af.
ternoon ball game will be played at
Riverside park; this game will be be.
tween the schoolmasters and the
country school teachers and promises
to be an exciting game as the game
last year was won by the country
teachers.
Tuesday Afternoon
Tuesday afternoons session opened
with singing In charge of Miss Fish
The first address was by Professor
Martzolff, the subject being "Ohio and
the Ohioans." This address was
thoroughly enjoyed by all. He said
in part, that Ohio Is rich In history
and has always played an importan
part in United States history. Ht
reviewed the early history of Ohit
and told of the part 1t had taken II
the Revolutionary War, War vf 1872
Mexican War, and finally in the Civi
War. Our reason for the greatness o
Ohio as state is its position as /
has been called the Gateway to tn,
, West" Another reason why It ha
become so important is In the charac
, ter of the people who first settle,
It, They were cosmopolitan, comm,
from the various eastern states, an,
, these states having been settled b,
emigrants from various countries O
: Europe. 1t is great state becaus
. the foundations were strong and deer
provision being made from the frs
, for the protection of the home, schoo
) and church. He named many me
: born in Ohio who have become In
J. portant In the history of our country
:, among them being. Grant. Sherman
n and Sheridan. three important gene
!. ais in the Civil War, Edwin Stanton
l. John Sherman, Ben Wade, Hayes
Garfield and many others.
After the intermission Mrs. We
lington T. Leonard, of Mansfield, a.
J. companied by Miss Katherine Russell
a sang two numbers.
n DR.. Green then continued his al
n dress. "My Book and l" which h
k had begun at the morning session
y taking up the phase "The Attitud
!; OF the Reader" He said the reade
& should be. receptive to the work
# hand, desirous of knowing the trutl
d imaginative end determined not onl
D. to understand but to appreciate tn
Esprit Of the author.