The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-08-31
INSTRUCTORS
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worked out. hang together with the
right sort OF cooperation and per
sistency and solve It., Back OF the
teachers are the boards of education:
back Of the boards are the people; so
it is their understanding and coop
GRAFTON which must be secured, The
teachers should have the idea Of be-
ing of service to the community
which employs her.
After intermission DIR. Minnich
took up the subject what South
America May Mean to Us"
He said, that generally speaking 1t
means trade to us, He showed n
number of maps giving the exports
and imports Of both South America
and the United States, and said the
question is whether or not We can
sell South America more than we
must buy from her. In order 10 get
her to buy more we must go down
there with capital and create q de-
mand for products. The trade
routes are good but W. would need
to build more ships to carry the In
creased trade. His discussion was
conducted in a very able manner, as
all his lectures are. He pointed out
aud discussed many Of the problems
that would grow out Of securing the
trade of south America,
Thursday Afternoon Session.
To-day was school Aflccrs' day :,
and many school officers avaIled
themsclycs OF the opportunity to at
tend especially at the afternoon SEES
sion. After some good singing and
a few remarks by the county super
irleudcnl. c. S. Lawson, relative to
the Importance of each teacher sub
scribing Tor the state school paper
Professor Jackson talked on Prep
aratlon for Twentieth Century Liv-
ing"
He made il plain that in the work
ing out of this problem the commun-
ity and school are dependent and
must cooperate with each other.
Public education in the United States
has passed through three stages, me
tirst two were discussed in his talk.
The first stage was pay for an ed
ucation II you wanted it; second.
free if you wanted It. He said that
the schools of today are offering near
ly the same kind of work that they
did twenty-five or thirty years ago,
and have failed to take note Of the
great Industrial changes made in the
country during that time. Our
schools are very well equipped for
educating the heads but not the
hands Of the children. By several IL
Illustrations he showed that we must
conclude that we cannot measure an
education in terms Of scholarship
alone.
After this discussion State Super
intendent M. P. Showkey addressed
the teachers along the line of THE
New Citizenship He pointed out
that the people can do much more TO
influence the results Of the Legislators
than to merely cast a vote for them.
He said that if the teachers would
send to the Legislature a copy Of their
institute resolutions they would be
taken account of. The people should
helm work out the great problems and
not lcavcl 1t all to the legislators he
discussed three measures enacted by
the last legislature, namely, the In
crease OF teachers salaries, the short
normal course and the life certificate,
He then spoke of the necessity Of a
teacher who wants TO succeed. doing
some systematic reading. The mem
toned n number Of other important
things relating directly to the work Of
school teachers. The address was a
yery enthusiastic one, full Of life and
snap from start to finish 1t showed
maj his whole soul is in his work.
everyone was delighted to see and
hear him,
Nd~inmrnmen+ was then taken TIL
r,,.ida,, morning
- W;c%notGay Evening session.
U-odnosIav evening unite a num-
" tooc%ors Gathered mon the
T@ owDde Mn and enioyed a splendid
oa ror, - Tho crowd gathered long
paC esrn ~N G,rI to get tbe 6ne view Of
III burg and its surrounding
ClarEsou utooa %,bicb 90 can be had from
Nv ,rJ tbo hin Inst as darkness
Laaa ~ a. tbicken over the valley the
began 20 ,nicng" Nv UI s]ing ITv "Twiligbt
program s1. CeJ "s Poace" two
Is Falilns, aa,t songs for the occas-
very apP,op' a"t nr 1"her NJ excellent
ion, AIlef a nu't ~ rood;ngs. and
SUITE nongs tho crowd moved
back 10 NV ~! Ill 10th the