The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-10-06
TEA CHEERS ENTHUSED
OVER YEARS WORK

Fine Meeting Of Teachers Association
Held Saturday. Address by DIR. Cur
rell and Mr.. II. T.. Babb.
The first meeting of the county
teacher5s association was held in the
auditorium Of the graded school Sat
urday morning, with Mr.. b. l.. Park
inson, president of the association,
presiding. The meeting was made un-
usually profitable and enjoyable by
the presence Of Dr.. W. s. Currell,
president of the University of South
Carolina, who made a very entertain
ing address, mixed with humor and
soul advice, on the subject "The Six
Perplexing P's in Pedagogy" Under
the six headings he placed the patron,
the pcdagogue or teacher himself, the
politician, the public, the pupil and the
principal. In a very entertaining
style DR.. Currcll made for all
present an enjoyable address in
tended mainly Tor teachers. Mr.. r. E.
Babb, chairman Of the county board of
education. addressed the teachers on
the subject "Thc Teachers Obligation
to the County Teachers Association"
The business session of the assoca-
ton was devoted largely to outlines Of
the years work given by Supt. j. H.
Sullivan and the county rural school
Suunryjcnr Mice NN;l "a, nr,,.
invitation was received and accepted
from Clinton to hold tho teachers in
stitutc there on October 2Sth to 3lst.
Mr. Rush Ulmcr was clcced treasurer
Of the association to succeed Mr.. T.. A.
Fuller, who is now principal of the
Union city schools. During the ses-
sion SuDt. Sullivan read the list of
teachers who won places on the honor
roll last year. Several Clinton teach
ers failed to be duly honored by being
placed on the roll because they failed
to receive the required blanks which
they had to fill out. The roll is as fol-
lows:
Laurens township Misses Mamie
Simpson, Maud Langston, Ella Roland.
Corinnc Agnew, Pearl Wise Fannie
Creighton, Mrs. Emma Roper, Jennie
Stewart, Corinne Glcaton, Lydie Sloan,
Floride Harper, Kittie Richards and
Mr.. b. l.. Parkinson.
Youngs township-Msses -Elipabcth
Tolbert, Mamie Byrd, Madge Harris,
Cleo Word, Corinne Aiken, Ruth Cox,
Lille Martin, Annie Kate Childress,
Irene Wright, Edna Clayton and Mr..
j. d. Robinson.
IDials township-Misses Lucy Pedcn
Clara Woods, Nora Wilson, Ella Belle
Copeland, Mauri Simpson, Lucille An
derson, Mr.. r. II. Wilson.
Sullivan township-Misses Barnie
Wallace, Ellen Abrams, Pattie Nc
Kittrick, Belle Morehead. Lucille Wolff.
Minnie Wallace.
Waterloo township-Dolly Cleland
Cross Hill townsbip-W. =. CulDert-
son and Miss Sarah Dwight.
Following the meeting in the school
auditorium, the teachers and their
guests repaired to the rest room in
the county court house where Miss Will
Lou Gray rendered them reception.
In the receiving line with Miss Gray
were Supt. j. II. Sullivan, Mr. II. II.
Babb, Mr. w. p. Culbcrtson, Mr.. b. l..
Parkinson, Mr.. Ross ID. Young and Dr..
w. S. Currcll. The teachers were met
at the door by Mrs. b. l.. Jones, who
directed them to the receiving line.
Helping to receive were Mrs. b. l..
Parkinson, Miss Fannie Creighton.
Miss Madge Harris, Miss Kitiic Rich
ards, Miss Floridc Harper and Mrs J.
II. Sullivan. Delicious ice cream, cake
and mints were served by Misses Mary
Posey, Rcbccca Dial Helen Sullivan,
Willie Sexton, Kathleen Sullivan, Mil
dred Babb and Laura Gray. Mrs. W.
l.. Gray presided at the table.
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