Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-09-13
Ashland School Teachers Royalty
Welcomed and Entertained.
IBy Henry G. GilmoreJ

Mainly at the suggestion and in
s,ieauol OF the Rev. r. w. Farqu
har. the teachers Of our publ,
schools. and members Of the schoo
board. in the persons Of Messrs. Poh
land clerk, Simpson. Engle and DR.
Gregg. were welcomed and enter.
taiued last Friday evening by mem.
bers Of the Congregational church. in
a fashion that must have brought
conviction 10 the thirty-fiye peda-
gogues present that their lines had
fallen in pleasant places by accepting
Ashland-and beautiful and hospit-
able Ashland" at that-as the theatre
Of wel,-direc.ed efforts in infusing a
love in the hearts Of scholar and
teacher alike in the educational upliit
Of this community as part and parcel
Of the great American nation.
Since the advent of Superintendent
G. A Briscoe. our Ashland schools
have forged to the front, with a sue
cess that has deepened from year to
year along lines that. hugged with
something like dramatic fervor. have
the true grasp and intent of educa-
tion, viz: the drawing out and max
ing the most of qualities and capabil-
tiles that a Divine Creator has been
pleased to confer upon the individual.
Our schools throughout the country
have Of late been subjected to a good
dead of adverse criticism, but, with
it all, they are. cenfessedly, the bull
wark Of our liberties and palladium
OF every national aspiration.
Superintendent Briscoe has the
tact and good sense of never-educa-
tionally speaking - unnecessarily
knocking his head against a brick
wall, and, while always maintaining
a strict discipline. never forgets that
the rank and file of the teaching
forces have innumerable troubles
and difficulties to surmount that
never fail to call forth his sympa-
thetic efforts to assuage. His lieu
tenants, not only in the high but also
the two ward schools, are Loyalty |
bound to Superintendent Briscoe in |
his every endeavor to accomplish sub
stantial results along practical and |
progressive lines, and the board OF
education as well as all Ashland are
deeply impressed with the fact that !
1t is no small matter at this time to |
be able to invite all who may come
here to drink as freely of our educa-
tional waters as the lithia springs
themselves.
Fridays social was opened by a
well-considered and impressively de-
liyered address by Rev. r. w. Farqu- /
har, in which he said a good many
bright things in regard to the educa-
ton of the young men and the i'm
proved methods now in vogue. He
was not prepared. however, to accept
every new wind and doctrine that
found its way to the front and, jocu-
larly, hit off few points in which
for sound sterling common sense the
good old ways" were, by no means,
10 be lightly esteemed. He consid-
cred he was taking no liberty with
he truth when he ascribed great
praise to our Ashland schools in the
'ealization Of results that tell the
story Of progressive and solid ad-
'ancement. Il
Superintendent Briscoe in his ,
lsual felicitous manner acknowl-
dyed, on the part of himself and
eachers OF the schools, the honor
nd satisfaction Of the gathering, af-
er which the merits OF an attractive
literary and musical program we're
iscussed and enjoyed.
Space precludes our doing more
han giving the program at length
nd remarking that all present were
Tell pleased with the menu provided:
The Shepherds Lament" .....
............... Mendelssohn :.
Valse Brilliante" "........ Gilbert :,
Illegretto movement ..... ;,
-. Saint Saens' Concerto in A flat !,
iayotte in F.......H. G. Gilmore :,
H. G. Gilmore.
iale quartet. Messrs. Tilton Wal
cott Burdic and Ever" Sleep, :,
Kentucky Babe" and Far Away in !. !,
the South" "
My Dream ........... Tosti
Mr.. E. L. Rasor. Mrs. Parson at
the piano.
Duet, Come Where My Love Lies
Dreaming" McComes and
Miss Engle. a
ria from Carmen. Miss Creekpaum. s'
accompanist Miss Harris. Vi
a
.eadings. "Dooley on Travel" and NJ
"The Hen"-Miss B. E. Calkins. II
olos, Goodbye" Tosti, and Perfect 9
Day"-Miss Harris; pianist, Miss r
e. Policy; violin. Miss Alice Van D
dargluie I