The Mena weekly star., 1916-12-14
COUNTY TEACHERS
 MENA'S GUESTS
Educational Association Brings Many Teachers to County Seat Pupils Program Success-Ihe
 Teachers Program Friday.

The semi-annual meeting of the Polk County Educational Associa- ton. which began in the NJ. E. church. Soutr Friday night and was continued Saturday in Presbyterian church, brought together a splendid band of loyal and aggressive teach srs and interested pupils and pa irons. By far the largest delega- tion for the meeting came in on train No. i Friday night, there haN7 ing been between so and i00 persons who came from Grannis, Wickes, VanderNoort, Cove, Hatueld, Hatton, poller and the country tributary 10 the railroad to the south county line. These with the teachers, pu- pils and patrons of Mena made up an audience that filled the large auditorium for the opening session.
 The meeting Friday night was given to the pupils and served eXcellently as get-logether and gei-acQuaiuted occasion Prof U. F Jobe opened lhe program by in- troducing Prof c NJ Woods Of the Cove school. who is the president of the County Association. After the invocation by the Rev T. A., Park of the Presbyterian church, and a song by the pupils of the Mena schools with Miss Margaret Moore at the piano, Mark P Olney, secretary of the Mena Board of Ed uration. welcomed the teachers, patrons and pupils in behalf of the religious, educational, social and business interests of the city, as surfing the visitors that Mena was glad Co have as her guests members en ahe greatest force for enlleht- enment and progress that we have in this country
 The response to the address of welcome was made by Prof. G. NJ. Woods, who assured the citizens of Mpna that the teachers and pupils were glad Co come Go Mena, that they enjoyed the association with Mena teachers and business men, and that above all they appreciated being taken into the homes, and thus given an opportunity to par take of the practical hospitality of the citizenship of the town In closing his remarks, he compared the profession of teacher with that 0t other professions and callings, showing that the ideal teacher must possess qualifications of all of them.
 The program by the pupils Of the schools Of the county gave an op- portunity to demonstrate what is being done along these lines by the pupils and tho teachers and il is worthy ol note Co state that Of the ten numbers which were on the program there were responses to all save one and there may have been eXtenuatins circumstances which prevented tlis school from being represented
 Tho Nanderyoori school was splendidly represented by Master Joseph Campbell and his httle sis ter, Miss Coriue, who gave a vocal selection and were so heartiliy ap- plauded that they graeiousiy re-  snQnded with another selection, The first number gave snap and gfnger to the program which lasted throuehout the session Miss Ola parham represented the Hatncld school with a readme Miss lone Con most creditahly represented the Mena Hieh school, giving as her reading 4 Matrimonial Controver- sY and responding with the story oi the mquisitive boy
 Clark Burke. representing the Ozark school read selections from James WhItcomb Riley. using as his openine number When the Frost Is 3n the Pumpkin and the Folders in the Shock which reelected that the teacher and pupils of the Ozark school are lovers Of the Hoosier . poet
 Misses Josephine Allen and Jewel Nose, with Miss Mamie Grady at the piano, represented the Cove school with a vocal duet Being unable to get a pupil to represent the Hatton school the teacher, Miss Irene Thornton, read the "Raggety Man