The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-11-29
ANNUAL SESSION
OF EDUCATORS
COUNTY INSTITUTE HELD AT
COLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
FOR THREE DAY
Teachers Hear Lectures, hill
dren's Games, Sing So
Combine Pleasure an ~ it

The institution of the Stevens
County Teachers League, the in
dorsement of the work of the Anti
tuberculosis League by teacher
membership of more than 100, the
Endorsement of a change in the time
of high school extension eXamina-
tions, and change in the athletic
rules of the Stevens County Princi-
pals Association were features that
marked the Stevens County Teachers
Institute which met in annual session
at the Colville high school auditorium
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
All sessions of the institute were
held in the auditorium, and no sec
tional work was given, Supt w. 0.
Cummings adopting for his first in
stitute the plan of having all work
and lectures given before the entire
body of teachers. The excellent corps
of instructors more than ia'aIlled the
expectations for an interesting ses-
sion. About 200 teachers were in
attendance.
Miss Grace E. p. Holman, director
of music in the schools of Spokane,
lied the institute in community sing
ing. Miss Holman is keenly in SYM,
pathy with the thought and life of
her own time and has a gift for find
ing and teaching just the music that
expresses it. "Out Where the West
Begins" "The Home Road" and
"Ring Out, Sweet, Bells of Peace"
proved to be favorites with the teach
ers.
F. L. Audrain, state leader of
boys and girls clubs, urged that pig
clubs and canning clubs develop the
independence and self reliance of the
young people of the community.
Leslie Farnham of the department
of publiS speaking, state normal
school at Cheney, gave readings and
inspirational lectures.
COlville Teachers Entertain
Monday evening the visiting teach
ers were given reception at the
high school building by the faculty
of the Colville high school. A pro-
gram was enjoyed and frappe and
waters were served by high school
pupils. The program was:
Vocal solo, Jack Rice; flute solo,
Miss Marguerite Anderson of Rock
cut; address, Supt. w. O. Cummings;
vocal solp, Miss Henrietta Goldman;
address, Supt. c. E. Dvorak of Che
welah; violin duet, Mrs.Louis Strauss
and Mrs. Elizabeth Freshman; adj
dress, Supt. Arleigh Hough of North
port; address, Supt. Lee of Marcus;
piano solo, Miss Violet J. Hallowell.
County Teachers League
The Stevens County Teachers
League which was organized at the
Wednesday morning session is a
union that will call no strikes. 1t
is not to be affiliated with the Amer
ican Federation of Labor.
at is highly desirable that we fore
stall by conservative, constructive
action the attempts of radicals to
involve us in the problems of labor"
said Dr. Ralph Swetman Of the state
normal school at Ellensburg. "There
is a great unrest among teachers.
One hundred and thirty associations
in the east are associated with the
American Federation of Labor. We
must not have such a condition
here" -
The new league is democracy,
including in it's members both SUPER
intendents and teachers. 1t makes
no distinction between "boss" and
worker as the radical elements Of
labor would have it do. One of it's
main functions is, indeed, to knit
more closely the administrative and
teaching forces.
The burning question at issue is,
however, the matter of teachers
salaries.
"By legitimate propaganda. we
must educate the people to the
necessity of paying higher salaries"
said DR.. Swetman. "The life Of the
profession is at stake. There will
be no strike in the sense Of a gen.
eral walk-out, but there will be one
of far more serious kind. lndi-
viduals will walk out and are walk
ing out, one by one. The profession
is dying by process of mere attri-
tion. The attendance at normal
schools and colleges of education is
less than it was two years ago. Two
years from now there will be no
teaching profession. The disposition
of teachers to organize is general.
At the end of this week there will
be about 20 similar organizations
in the state"
The officers Of the league are as