The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-31
TEACHERS CLOSED
SUCCESSFUL SESSION
here YESTERDAY
Mason County Teachers Return to
Their Homes Very Enthusiastic
and Ready to Enter Upon .
Their Work Monday.


tute ever held in Maysville came to
a close yesterday at noon and the
teachers left for their homes in var
ious parts of the county very enthus-
iastic over the prospects for this
years work. Despite the war they
hope to make the year the best school
year the county has yet known.
Fired with patriotism by an earnest
address from Circuit Judge c. d.
Newell on Thursday afternoon and
filled with new and progressive ideas
advanced by the instructors, Prof. ].
w. Bradner and w. ]. Caplinger, the
teachers feel equal to the occasion
and hope to start their schools off
next week on new plans with the
great idea of instilling patriotic pride
into their boys and girls all during
the year.
Yesterday mornings session was
short one. Prof. Bradner's last adj
dress was by no means the least adj
dress of the Institute. He closed by
giving the teachers an Educational
Greed" which follows:
1. The child has a right to enjoy
full years work in school.
g. Every teacher should be per-
mitted to exercise her own individual
ity
8. In the same measure the child
should be permitted to exercise his
originality. (There is many child
ruined by cranky teacher who curbs
his Individuality -
4. The schools need to think of
the physical, mental and moral de-
velopment of the children.
5. Always give the child the bene-
fit, of the doubt.
G. If the teacher is to receive pay
commensurate with the work done,
the profession must be recognized
parents must realize that a child is
worth more than a hog"
T. We should emphasize not only
the three RS but we must stress agri-
culture, home economics, etc.
8. We must learn to save time. Ev-
cry single subject must receive its
proper time.
8. Teachers should make their
school rooms attractive.
10. Only a small per cent. of pu-
pills should be permitted to fail,
II. If teachers are to advance pro-
fessionally they must attend summer
schools and read professional liter
ature.
do not believe
l. That our schools are a failure.
2. That schools are eleemosynary
institutions.
8. That children below the fourth
grade should not be required to study
at home.
The resolution committee offered
the following reolutions which we're
adopted unanimously:
Be it resolved: That we commend
the new school attendance law apd
urge that every teacher and trustee
join in seeing that it is enforced. But
in order that the greatest good may
come from it we recommend that the
next legislature amend it so as to in
clude a prison sentence.
That we heartily endorse the move
ment toward the organization of Par
ent-Teachers' Association and insist
that one be organized in each sub
district. e.
That we endorse the work being
done by the Mason County Health
League and pledge our support to this
office.
That each teacher realizes the i'm
portance of professional training to
the extent that he or she will read
one or more standard school journals
and study carefully at least the fol-
lowing books during the school year:
(a) La Rues, The Science and Art of
Teaching. (b) McMurray's, The Meth
cd of the Recitation, (c) McMurray's,
The Criticism of Instruction.
That we condemn the change in
the school law that took money from
the school fund which should have
gone to the support of the public
school.
THAT the Mason county Teachers
petition the next General Assembly
make provisions to amend the pres
ent constitution so that (a) we may
have a competent, non-partisan State
Board of Education who shall have
power to appoint State Superin-
tendent of Schools and perform such
other duties as may develop upon 1t
(b) the County Board of Education
be elected with power to appoint the
County Superintendent and elect the
teachers on his recommendation
That the above petition contain a
clause requesting that after 1925 no
new teacher be employed who is not
graduate of four year High School
or its equivalent and has had at least
three terms work in Standard Nor
NAL School or It's equivalent, (b) that
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