The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-15
Program of Absorbing In
terest Held Attention Both
Day and Night Session
DIR. HARRY CLARK IS
HEARD IN LECTURE
Personality in Lecturing,"
Subject of DR.. Cox's Ad-
dress in the Afternoon.

With nearly two hundred teachers
present the institute for Escambio
county opened in the High School
yesterday morning, and with a pro-
gram of absorbing interest held the
attention of the teachers throughout
the day and last night.
At the session last night the lee
ture by DIR. Harry Clark, professor
of secondary education of the Uni
versity of Tennessee, was followed
by several musical selections and in
formal reception, and light refresh
mentS were served.
DIR. Clark's address last night was
on "How can we find the Evergreen
Everlasting Life" His subject was
an interesting one and handled ad-
mirably. He painted the tragedy of
later lie of the mother whose chill
dren have grown up and left home.
Sad brooding, when il should be at
its richest. As in the case or some
of our greatest scholars, soldiers,
artists and business men, he said,
we die before life leave the body.
dry up, and this is contrary to what
our lives should be.
Women especially dry up tfe
speaker said, "but men form no e.
ceptions. We should all live towa-d
with social and intellectual activit a
we can take a step toward the ever
green mind"
He urged that all who would keer
mentally young fix their attention
on some avocation. "Many find tire
secret in many different ways he
said, through religion. service 20
homes and to the country.
A delightful feature of the evening
program was the dramatic sketch,
"Food Conservation, renderd by
Misses Mary Marshall Wright and
Lois Mcclellan. under the direction OF
Mrs. A. c. Reilly. The skit drove
home. as nothing else could, the i'm
perative need for food saving, and
at the same time amused a delight
the High School Glee Club completed
the evenings entertainment.
Afternoon Session.
At the afternoon session DIR. III. w.
Cox. dean of the Teachers College
of the University of Florida and one
of the foremost educators in this Sec
tion, gave his first lecture of the IN
stitute on Personality in Teaching.n
DR.. Cox has been teaching at the
State University for nearly six years
and during that time has cleaned up
intercollegiate athletics in the state
He is now vice president of the
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic As
sociation for this district, and has
had wide opportunities to study
teaching from all angles.
DIR. Cox advised the teachers TO be
the age of the children they teach.
"Poise, or self possession is neccs-
sary," he said. cas- is broad outlook,
appropriate dress and good habits.
Every teacher should know himself,
both weak and strong points.
The speaker stressed the necessity
of knowing the children. knowing
them before school if possible. and
know them better soon after. know
your community and its industries"
he said. "The teacher who can turn
out a good moral character is better
than one who can turn out a book
shark. And then. the teacher must
know the subject"
'Don't be too sensitive" he adj
vissd. "Have purpose, an outlook,
or an ideal in teaching. Have one
dominant idea in each lesson. The
worldly rewards"
At the afternoon session vocal
solo was rendered by Miss Eola Will
liams, and afterward the teachers
adjourned to sectional meetings,
when the following were elected Of
ficers for the various classes.
Grammar school section, Miss
Pauline Reese, chairman; Miss Rob-
ertson. of Bluff Springs, secretary.
Primary school section, Miss Eva
Thornton, chairman; Miss Margaret
Owsley, secretary.
High school section, Lee Goulding,
president; Prof. William Tyler, sec
retary.
Morning Session.
Most of the morning session was
given over to the formalities of OPEN
ing the institute, and the teachers
were welcomed by J. E. Davis Yonge,
who was introduced by Prof. Rogers
Mr. Yonge stated that everything
we do is done against a dark back
ground. and it must be considered
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