Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-10-24
TEACHERS
MEETING IS
CONCLUDED
NEARLY ALL OF HUNDREDS
OF VISITORS LEAVE FOR
THEIR HOMES. -
MOST SUCCESSFUL MEETING.
Excellent Addresses Given on
Program for Final Day of
Convention.

OOuVc14t4Ou.
Few are left in Bismarck today of
the hundreds of teachers who have
been here for the annual meeting OF
the state educational association, the
majority of the pedagogues pulling
out yesterday afternoon and last
night, all meetings having concluded
with the departmental conferences
held yesterday afternoon at various
places. The program yesterday was
about the same as on the preceding
days, with a general session and, .usi-
ness meeting. in the morning and
group discussions in the afternoon.
No annual meeting ever held by
the teachers of North Dakota, was
more successful than the one just
concluded in Bismarck. The pro-
gram arranged was certainly one of
exceptional interest, and the many at
fractions here outside of the educa-
tional meetings added greatly to the
success of the meeting.
Yesterdays Program.
Yesterday morning, at o'clock,
Pres. E. E. Sparks Of State College,
Penn, delivered what many consider
ed the finest address which was heard
during the N. D. e. A. convention.
Mr.. Sparks took for his topic, wash
ington, the American Gentleman"
George Fastidious.
Beginning with George Washing
toms early life, he mentioned his
most notable characteristics and fol-
bles. He called the attention of his
audience to the impression generally
prevalent that anything was good
enough in the days OF, our great-grand-
mothers, but yet, according to Mr..
Sparks, Washington wrote to an Eng
lish firm which had just sent him
some new garments: n..
"The clothes you sent me are mean,
the quality not good, and they excel
in nothing but price. They are in the
style worn by my grandparents
Compilations Stationary.
He told about the masks which our
revolutionary ancestresses wore when
out riding horseback, because then
"the compilations were not adjustable,
so the ladies had to take care of
them"
Washington introduced the rota-
ton Of crops into America, besides
which he used a queer method of
ventilating haystacks, but which was
never universally adopted, for the
very good reason that it was a rather
ridiculous system said the speaker.
Hospitality.
In those days the breakfast hour
was 9 o'clock, and directly after the
hearty morning meal the most popu-
lar colonial amusement, the fox hunt,
began. When huntinng party pass
ed the mansion Of neighbOr, the
neighbor always asked them to stay
to dinner.o) And So as Mr. Sparks
stated so wittilys poor Martha new
er knew whether to expect anybody
or twenty-bodies at noon."
washington once declared that on
ly once during all their married years
had he seen Mrs. Washington ruffled,
and then that was only slightly. 1t
was one day when Lafayette and sew
eral other gentlemen were to dine
with them, that she went out in the
kitchen moment or two before time
to serve dinner and discovered that
the, dog had just carried off the chief
part of the dinner-the venison. Mrs.
Washington was Slightly ruffed!"
"When IMr. Washington wrote to
his wife that he intended to stay with
the rebels, Mrs. Washington told a
friends that George had decided to
stand with the colonies against the
king, and George is right-George is
always right What model wife she
was!"
Neutrality.
Mr.. Sparks concluded his address
with stirring appeal:
"If George Washington had done
nothing more than save his country
.by the sword we would not today ne
the nation we are. FellOW-cOuntry-
men, let's hold on to what he got for
us, and hold Onto neutrality! Neu-
trality must be our part in this great
struggle. Let's hold on"
Following the talk came a business
meeting, in the reports of the com
mites and the unfinished business
was taken care of. 2i,Iuo
The eom1nittee-at-large gave their
report, and it was accepted.
Grand ForksChosen.
Grand Forks was unanimously
chosen as the next place of meeting
The committee on resolutions gave
their report, which is published else
where in this issue.
The report of the committee on
colleges was adopted, and it was vot-
ed to send message of coincidence
to exlPresident Joseph Carhart, whose
wife died in Minneapolis short time
ago.
The committee on state uniformity
of textbooks made their report,
through Miss Johnson of Grand
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