The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-11-01
FIRST MEETING
The TEACHERS
is INTERESTING
personal IMPROVEMENT OF
TEACHERS" THE TOPIC DIS
cussED-oFFIcERs ARE ELECT
ED.

Though no definite program had
been announced, rather a representa-
tive body of men and women attended
the first meeting of the City Teach
ers' Association yesterday morning at
school No. 1, and the general subject
announced by the president aroused
an interesting discussion. This was
the personal Improvement OF Teach
ers" In presenting 1t to the assocts-
ton, the president emphasized the ne
cessity for such Improvement in ORDER
that teachers might become more ef-
fective directors of child life to the
end that not only might the general
standard of class work be improVed
an d raised, but that a general spirit
Of cooperation among pupils might
be aroused and strengthened to tho
point where each child might take ale
part In upholding order, assisting IN
the Improvement OF school life. and
In the meantime Of high standards or
work and conduct. By careful per-
sonaI examination teachers might 80
improve their own work that they
could finally bring about IN the pupils
x
piece of work. no matter how 1p-
parent1y insignificant, in the very best
possible manner, and that IN this way
there might come into the lives of the
children something OF real spirit of the
true craftsman and along with IL
souehhing OF a community spirit that
viii give everybody in the city the
ardent desire to put his shoulder 10
the wheel and help the city wherever
It needs help a universal 'pun-together
shirt" that will help this good town
to come into fts own.
Following the talk of Professor
Lane, several OF the teachers took up
the discussion. and devoted some time
to various phases Of the question
Prof, D. L. Mine, OF the High School,
smoke impressiveiy on the personal
care of pupils, as Phase or the
larger question, and the development
of backward pupils into A better quail
ity of workers, as well as the psyche
logical effect of grading on the pup1as
themselves, putting great emphasis on
the Importance Of recognizing effort
as more important than were attain
ment Miss Pauline Reese, principal
of school No. I, brought up again int
general question of school spirit aHe.
order, stressing the value Of nttie
things In securing the best conditions
and results, tho overcoming or results
of bad home environment, and suS-
gested that every teacher should make
careful study of the best educational
writer's on the tquestions of such H.ee-
teys In the guiding and development
of child life. Mrs. Mamie Thomas'
Mrs A K. Suter and Miss Maud Su-
following important points being
brought out. that in the grades some
of the rudest children come from what
ara regarded as the best homes, and
that in the humber homes IL is often
the discipline of self-denlal that brings
ont the gold in the character of child
hood.
The following officers were elected
TO serve for the school year, president,
Prof. B. b. Lane; vice president, MISS
EVELYN Thornton; secretary, Miss
Ethel Clarke; treasurer Miss olive
Andrews. The executive committee or
the association is composed or the OF
acers and the following appointed by
the president, Miss Pauline Reese, Mrs.
A. K. Suter, and Mrs. o. =. Mickey
nolds; the committee Is to hold
meeting at the Grammar School Wed
nesday afternoon at 3:45 for the Pur-
nose of planning the years Work.
Blanks were ordered printed for
reuuisitions for sick Dement'S
The association voted to ADOPT res
oIutions extending their sympathy to
Mrs. F, E. Brawner in the death CT
her husband, the late chairman OF the
Board of Public Instruction, and 70
present to Mrs. Brawner floral oner-
inc from the city teachers. The fol-
Iow,ng committee was Appoimked for
this purpose, Miss Pauline Reese MISS
Annie MCMILLAN, and Prof. VIM. Ty-
IaF