Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-03-29
&C. TEACHERS
WELCOME TO
THE CITY
FOR THEIR
CONVENTION

Brownsville is for two days the host 10
several hundred teachers who have gathered
from the Gulf Coast counties 10 attend the
annual convention of the Gulf Coast
Teachers Association. The convention Is
being held N the auditorium of the
Brownsville high school where arrange
This is the first me the Gulf Coast
Teachers have honored Brownsville by
making IL their convention city and the CIV
ic enterprise bodies are Planning To make
their stay a. pleasant n possible.
The convention opened at q: 80 o'clock
this morning with an :nvocaiion by the
Rev. W. A. Ross. pastor Of the Mexican
Presbyterian church. This was followed
BY a chorus of pupils from the lower
grades of the BrowusyDe schools--Miin
sang the ..Star Spangled Banner The
pups were directed by Miss Anita kowal-
ski and Mrs. L, F. Shelton.
The convention was called to order by
c. E. Wade of Sinton. pres dent of the as
sociation. ). c. Tucker, chairman OF the
Board of City Development, made brief
Introductory talk in presenting c. L. Jes-
sup, empowered by the mayor and the
board to deliver the address of welcome
In his presentation remarks Mr.. Tucker
won the applause of his hearers when he
said. IL long 10 see the day when women
shall receive the same compensation for
her labors that a man receives"
In few brief words Mr.. Jessup bade
the visitors welcome and invited them 10
shelp themselves" TO anything they saw.
In referring to the three great agencies
for Christianity and democracy, Mr.. Jes-
sup stressed the high duty and the respon-
sib lity of the schools.
The speaker charged that in the modern
.hgh pressure age the child was not re-
ceiving the care it received few decades
ago. The father il living ut high pres
sure and has lite time To devote to the
affairs of his child. The mother, burdened
with mus t.ple household cares. often i
forced To neglect the welfare of the child.
Mr.. Je~sup also stated that the church
wa> falling short of its requirements that
there vert ten mill on children in the United
States who never attended Sunday school
and taht the majority of those who did at
tend left when Sunday school was over
and before church commenced. Illustrative
Of this lack of interest by the people of
this maierial.Stic age in the life of the
church. Mr.. Je-sup told of Il recent visit
10 the Travis Park Methodist church. one
Of the largc~t and weilihicst in San An
tonic, and finding an aud ence of about 2OO
Ill
ice while less than block five picture
shows had an audience of 10000 people
Mr. JeS~up stated that he was not CRITICS
Ing bnt was merely stating an exist NJ con
dit;on.
The speaker then told the teachers il
was their duty and privilege TO supply in
the chid'~ life the things that were 30 lack
ing n the home life and in the church life
aud become both parent, pastor and teach.
er.
In conclus on Mr.. Jessup said that the
mayor had instructed him to tell the teach
ers Ia take anything they wanted.
Mr.. Jessnp'S address was ably respond
ed to by W. b. Motley of the Nueces count,
schools. Mr.. Nctley thanked Brownsville,
for the invitation and for the welcome the,
had received. He told the teachers tha
they must consider the patriotic tach nc Of
the child to the end that the victor of dem
ocracy might be furthered.
Following the morning session of the in
stitute the visiting teachers were enterf
a:ncd in the domestic science dining room
with luncheon. Tomorrow they will b.
taken in automobiles to the palm grow