The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-24
HENRY ]. MILLER
AMONG SPEAKERS
Gives Practical Talk on School Legislation;
President Wickizer, Newell and
Shepard are Also Heard; Busi-
ness Session Late Today

lHe NTduJ EQUITY 1tdcheA9 HSSu-
citation met in the Epworth Methodist
church at 8 o'clock this morning. Up
TO noon today 9S Grady county teach
ers, including those Of Chickasha had
registered with County Superintendent
Shepard.
The meeting was called to order by
the president. A. y. Wickizer Of Am
her.
Rev Lawrence L. Cohen of the
Methodist church offered an invoca-
tion and Jonas Cook Of Chickasha de-
liyered the address Of welcome. Mr..
Cook, in well chosen yerbiage. stated
that not the gates alone, but also the
doors were open to the teachers: that
he had seen 10 it personally that all
lccks and bars were unlocked and
down; that the portals Of the city had
been unlocked and the keys lost and
that he hoped, believed and prayed
that the said keys would remain lost
until after the teachers left the city
the speaker did not know that the
keys we're thrown in the well, but hop
ed that they were. The speaker was
always at home with teachers; he had
been blessed j having the opportunity
Afforded him Of spending 2S years in
thte school room, closing his career as
a teacher while superintendent Of the
Chickasha city schools; he liked Ok
iahoma so well that he had settled
here and expected to die here. MT.
Cook then stated that on this day,
one hundred and fourteen years ago,
March "a. 1902, his father was born
He then spoke Of the manner in which
things along all lines had had ad-
yanced since then; at the time his
father was a boy, young man,
middle aged man, lbe telephone, the
wireless telegraph, the wonders Of
electricity were unknown and steam
was in its infancy; at that time the
open fireplace was in universal use,
the stove unknown and the common
little match unheard Of, while the
western boundary OF the United States
was marked by the Mississippi.
'srhere is nothing wcrth while,
concluded Mr.. Cook, when compared
with the ducation Of the children OF
our land"
C A. Dearmon responded to the ad-
dress of welcome and on behalf 2f
the speakers thanked Mr.. Cook for the
manner in which he had secured the
opening OF the city's gates and the un-
locking of the city's doors for the
teachers assembled. Mr.. Dearmon's
remarks were in happy vein; his SEN
tences well rounded; his periods per.
feet and his language appropriate.
Following Mr.. Dearmon, President
Wickizer of the association, delivered
the presidents address
President Wickizer discussed var
.ous matters OF educational interest
especially those OF interest to the
=. teachers of Grady county He urged
that all teachers look carefully to the
training Of the young minds entrust
ed to their care and stated that this
training would necessarily follow the
youth OF both sexes from the class
room to the home and into the walk:
of everyday life; the boy and girl wh'
go to church seeminly only to sit II
the rear of the building and cneN
gum and giggle would learn different
Iy through the efforts of the teach
ers.
The teacher taught civil government
yet permitted the pupils to destroy pri
vate and public property, while th'
preservation Of all things, private ant
public should follow as natural So
quence Of the study of civil govern
ment
G. F Newell delivered an interestins
talk upon the subject Of the Teach
ers' Home" Mr.. Newell's remark
were to the point and well received.
Following Mr.. Newell Henry J. Mill
or Of the state superintendents office