Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-10-26
Teacher Institute

land County Teachers Association
was held at Monterrey. Oct. IS Il
and 10Th. Thursday morning the
Association was called TO order by
Mr.. Sterrett and after America
had been sung by all and praye
offered by Rev. NJ A Parker, th
the assembled teachers elected tn
following officers: Pres G. c
Boyd; Vice. Pres Blue Grass Dist
j. ]. Swecker; V P. Monterey DIT
Miss Eva Eakle; V. P. Stonewal
Dist. Miss Glenn; Sec. and Treas
Miss Mauzy.
The morning session was devoted
to business. A discussion of tn
Va, Journal of Education was tax
en- up. The worth of the Journa
was considered and the general sen
timent was that it should be fur
nished free Of charge each teache
| in the county by the Count.
Board. A motion was adopted re-
guessing the Board of each Dist
Board to do SO
Previous to this, all the teacher
had not been paying their dues tt
the Association, which deprived
them of membership in both coun
tv and state organizations; so tht
ASSN. voted that the Clerk o
each Dist Board be authorized II
deduct the SUN of % cents from
one month s salary of each teacher
which is 70 be turned over to tht
Treasure r of the Assn.
In the afternoon the Department
! al idea was carrie d cut. The High
School teachers met together anc
discussed the p.oblems of English
and Mathema'ic instruction. This
was a yer, interesting discussion
LAS everyone present entered into
the discussion spiritedly, DR.
Sanger of Harrisonburg was present
and added many valuable sugges
lions from his store of Educationa
wisdom.
The Elementary and Primary
rachers met aud took up the su! jccj
of reading in the lower grades
This discussion was carried on
with zeal and no doubt all pres
ent derived some sprrla
benefit from it. Mr.. Mauzy has
e1sonal supervision over this dept
and seemed we'll pleased with the
result.
Friday morning was wet, drea'
ny time. yet large number of tho
teachers were in attendance Rev
J. G.. 1hrasher conducted the drvo'
,ional exercises, after which d..
Sanger was introduced, who made
a very interesting and spirited
talk on "The Value of an Educa
tom. He did not bring to Us
mere fancy and supposition buj
facts that had been worked out and
tested. By statistics he SHOW &c
that in several counties in severa
states where the data had been
collected, boys who started farming
when they finished the 9TH grade
were making only half as much PEI
year as the boys. who finished High
School first, not only in farming
| but in every Other trade and profe;s
ion was it true. The pity is thai
more of the patrons of Highland
were not able to hear this speaker
s,n this vital question.
After DR.. Sanger's address, The
teachers took up the sui ject Of q
county school fair and athl tic
meet. 1t was decided that these
should he held in April aid the fol
lowing committees were appointed
to arrange ihcn; Committee o"
athletics Mr.. Sterrett, Mr.. SWeck
err and Prin of Mcdowell School
Committee OH SchoDl Fair Misses
Bradshaw and Stephenson and Mis-
Bovd.
The general subject of Athletics
was taken up. and the point
brought out was that there vas
not enough play in our schools, not
enough of the organized, orderly
supervised play, the kind that
develops our boys and girls physi
cally and at the same time teaches
obedience and other essential quail
ties of character.
Notwithstanding the rain and
small attendance, the institute was
a success and the teachers absorbed
enough enthusiasm to carry them
successfully through the ERIN. MI
Mauzy deserves special praise fol
its success. \