The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1914-01-09


The convention of the GreenIee
County Teachers Institute, after be-
ing in gathering here since Monday,
January 5, ended it's sessions on the
afternoon of Thursday, January 8,
with the universal conviction of those
present that the closing convention
was the most successful since the or
ganization of the Institute
All teachers of the county were
present to participate in the instruc-
tive and entertaining features of the
convention. Also the leading educa-
tors of the state were present to as
SIst in the instruction of the various
discussions. c.. o. Case, State Su-
perintendent of Public instruction, of
| Phoenix, and A. J. Mathews. Princi-
pal of the Arizona Normal School, of
| Tempe, were among the attendants
who are of strength in the higher
educational circles of the state
These gentlemen delivered addresses
to the convention, and otherwise as
sisted in making of the convention
one of great worth to the educational
! life of Greenlee county
| The value of the lectures and sug-
gestions of those competent to thor
Ioughly master the subjects assigned,
combined with the benefit that natur-
ally resulted from the daily associ-
alton of the teachers, tended to make
of the convention one to be remem-
| bered as an occasion that could only
suit in lasting benefit to the educa<
tIonal benefit of the county. Under
the direction of J. w. Aker and J
C. KenweH. respectively directors Of
the school work of Greenlee county
and the city of Clifton, all concerned
with the conduct of the convention
were untiring in their efforts to make
the gathering of the greatest bene-
fit to the teachers of the county, be-
living that no more valuable means
of disseminating methods of instruc-
ton in the public school rooms is to
be found than is afforded by the
work of the county Institutes con-
ventions. And it is confidently be-
lieved that the results of the conven-
tion just ended will be the exceIIerat-
ing the school life of the every com
munity of the county, creating among
the various teachers a desire for and
pure enjoyment of their chosen work
that will be notable in the future
years of progress of Greenlee's edu-
cational system.
OF especial value were the ideas
advanced by the gathered teachers in
regard to the many phases of school
work that com in common to all teach
ers. The knowledge that other teach
problems that confront them all
tend to the encoura cement of all
work that com in common to all teach
teachers, and the suggestions con-
corning the plants and mthods to be
applied in the various perplexing
conditions confronting the instructors,
applied in collective and Individual
cases of students, tend to make of
these gatherings of the county's
of in hn
desire to reach the highest degree of
in their chosen work. The
of the student, thus
separating him in a sense, from his
fellows, and thus requiring an acute
perception on the part of the teacher
that the greatest benefit might ac-
crue to all students is perhaps one
of the greatest difficulties in the way
of all teachers. This, with many
other related questions before teach
ers, was at the recent gathering dis
cussed with the result that the
teachers strength will be increased.
Able discussions concerning the i'm
parting of instruction by recently
evolved methods were among the in
teresting phases of the Institute. The
of course to an extent
yet theoretical, among the instruc-
tors of the many countries, was illus
trated at the Institute by those who
have made of this question a study.
While the time perhaps is not yet for
the acceptance of these methods by
the public schools, yet that the
teaching force of the county become
familiar with these methods, with
their successes and failures, is most
commendable, paving the way for
conservative progress that will be in
common to the public school systems
of the entire country.
An address that was of the great
est practical meaning was that of
Mr.. Goggin, Superintendent of the
Morenci schools, he being placed on
the program for a discussion of the
results obtaining in the combining of
the eighth grade with the high {
school departments. This is
question of moment among the teach
ers of advanced grades, and that Mr..
Goggin was we'll fitted by eX-
periences and observation to master
his subject was proven by the inter
est excited among his hearers. Mr..
Goggin mode clear the pertinent
meaning of the question, in that the
pupils of the eighth grade are gener-
ally considered, at a changing both
in years, and in their capacity to
receive knowledge of the character
embodied in the branches of the high
schools department.
An address of Importance in it's
nature and meaning to teachers, es-
pecially to those of the rural schools,
was that delivered by Mr.. SeweIl, SUI