The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-02-16
Interest in Educational Stat.
us of County Great
ly Advanced.
CLOSING SESSION
TO BE HELD TODAY
Last nights Meeting Feat
ured by Address by Dean
Teachers College.

That interest in the educational
status of Escambia county has been
greatly stimulated by the three daygs
convention of the Escan1bia countr
Teachers Institute, is evidenced by
the increased attendance at every
session, the meetings of Friday hav-
ing been varied in scope and rich in
Inspiration for the two hundred or
more educators who are in attend
ance.
Last nights session was featured
by stimulating talks by DR.. w H.
Cox, dean of the Teachers College OF
the University of Florida, and DR..
larry Clark. professor of secondary
education of the University of Ten.
ressee.
Touching upon the world war, DR..
Cox pointed out how strongly in
trenched are the motive powers of
the human being, and dwelt upon the
importance of training the emotions
ana instincts of the child. that thev
may become powers for good rather
than forces for evil.
That the emotions dominate. ard
that the effective way to control
these emotions is to acknowieds.
them, train then TO good uses, hold
them in fee to serve rather than 20
hinder was stressed bv DR. Cox in
picture sqpe language and with
needed force, and it was impressed
upon the teachers present that t,e
oflfg wa. to control the child. whose
instincts and emotions are untutored
- to wisely direct than to check. to
coax into 1usier and more beautiful
life. rather than to dwa-. by an un-
sympathetic thwarting Of, that which
IS natural and intended for the
child's development.
Stating IL is an unalterable fact
int itiuch that is censured in the
hid is fundamental and necessary
% growth. Dr. Cox drove home his
esson with ingtances from his own
childhood and experiences of others
whose advaneement had been retard-
ii through tie lack of perception of
ne teacher. While not 6ecrvinr the
Ises Of pedagogy as laid down in
ext books. DR. Cox dwelt upon the
Importance Of winning the confidence
7 tho pupll, OF getting close TO that
= Which his itlterest was centered. I'm
reating for him in the scl,o~lroor,
ttch an environment as would urge
i'm upward 70 higher thirrs. arous-
lg not only mis- mental activit es but
wing him a sounner realization az
b. meaning OF life in its deepest
srsc.
touching upon the sex problem,
+. Cox cS3eessag it as his opinion
lat the ci.ild Gnfuld be eariy taught
org thee lines. tlIai he might learn
'oat r.ght sources whet otherwise
'lss cote 7, him f4tin channels
,nfsrod impure Though ignorance
: Intention
The gasp irs tine. of the child
sal IAxs
( DIR. Cos ~ be stcthing more than
pre- disposition to evil rather an
'idence Cf st1,"fl;Ip Geep within
. aoud Of the i.oy which could he
Ve tied to good Citlrg the work of
Ifve Lindsey i'm I,c.ver as an ex-
apie ef what ma. h, accomplished
the wise reader g. educator who
II get at the heart of the wild
y: who will win Eis allegiance. di-
T his energies in:o that which
ikes for the good cf the town. re
owed that ,he garg spirit may be-
ne marvellous force for the up-
liaing CT ration, instead of the
ans or dpbaLching community.
The psychology of the ealb-con-
nus and the influence of the atti-
lie of the teacher upon the sub
iscious mind of the child were
ikingly illustrated, and one of the
CHS of the evening was brought
tn when DIR. Cox spoke of the
de-In-Germany school teacher
o was the abomination of his
lth. = no
The building of ideals, the fornaa-
4 of character, and the manner in
lch they are allied to the voca-
1al training of the boy or girl
-e also subjects which DR.. Cox
strated with telling anecdote and
ogical appeal to the needs of the
i've Grain and growing body OF
child whose ego is seeking ex-
ssion.
o awaken interest, to direct ener-
J, to arouse ambition, to give
in summing up, was
message that DIR. Cox gave to the
hers of Escambia county. of