The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-10-20
Largest and Besl Convention in HisIt|
Of Grady County School Teachers As|
sOciaiiOn Opens Annual Session
SEVERAL ADDRESSES
ENLIYEN PROCEEDING
State Superintendent and President Of 4
sOciaIion Tell Teachers Some Periinen|
Facts Which Should Prove Valuable

In points Of attendance, enthusiast
and value to its members the openir
session OF the Grady County Teache
association which convened at I'll
Methodist church yesterday afternod
Was decided success Never in tl&
annals Of the association has sud
absorbing interest in both ADDRESSED
and proceedings been manifested AM
the officers are already highly gratN
fled at the success OF the 1916 meet. *
President J w, Morgan presided Il
the initial session with Miss Adol
zinn, assistant county superintendent
secretary. With the exception OF I'm
address by Miss Cathryne Griffith q
education in Grady county from
standpoint OF future. the program wa0
carried out as officially announced
A number Of visitors attended bot
afternoon and evening session. espH
cially the latter, where their presencI
was marked.
President Moroan's Address.
The convention was opened by Pred
ident J. w. Morgan who, in his address
to the teachers, brought out the foA
lowing points in speaking Of thA
things that tend to the betterment n
the schools:
1--WE need better sanitation.
I'VE need better qualified teacheri
"We need more practical teacLsni
1--WE need better supervision.
I'VE need less legislation Of an c1
perimental kind
I'VE need better rural conditions.
@We need to know the value OF ed
ucation.
I'VE need more professional courte
sy.p
Speaking Of sanitation he emphaI
sized the fact that there were fes
schools in the county that had propeI
ventilation a..a heat Better qualified
teachers did not imply that the teachI
ersers now in service had not the ned
essary education but that added h
this must be tact and to be fully qualiI
fled the teacher must be leader 4
chiIdren's exercises.
The only solution to the problem d
5aLsiiig more practical teaching is thu
innate or acquired desire OF the teach'
er to advance. to push up. IN order h
become effective IN their work teach
ers must leave the beaten path and
ascend to higher fields OF endeayor.
In the interest Of better supervision
theb superintendent should not hav
office work to perform but should
spend his full time in the field, leav
ing his clerical duties to be performed
by his assistant.
In order to improve rural condtioin
the small schools should be bette
equipped and better accommodation
afforded teachers.
More professional courtesy is needA
ed, declared MIR. Morgan. Teachers
should not stoop to giving way to pet!
ty personal feelings or supposed griegI
ances neither should they seek TO del
preciate the work done by their col
laborers. He deprecated a tendenc,'
u wage cutting which is sometimes
evidenced in trying to secure the PLACED
Of a higher paid teacher by offering II
work for less money. III the job il
worth more money and you can hold
il you are worth the money that is oil
fered for it. II you are not you ard
incapable Of holding It and should seek
job which better fits you. You|
should consider yourself as competenj
as the other fellow he said.
Mr.. Morgans spoke Of the value Of
education ana among other proofs thai
this was not fictitious quoted the pro
cedure which is followed m the caso|
OF law suits to determine the value %
the man who had been killed or had
died from other causes. This wa3
based on his earning capacity. the'
general for which to establish was the|