The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-11-11
NOTES FROM THE
NJ. S. T. A., ST. LOUIS


from my work each day to attend til,
meetings of the NJ. S. T. A., but the,
are Observation-Disclosures hours.
Arriving at the Coliseum few min
utes late, l found Albert Edmund
Brown, the Boston baritone, leading
she singing. He certainly obtained
thrilling effects by the way he handled
that vast audience, wing by wing, and
then all together.
My position was within few feet
Of the rostrum, but State Supt. Sam
A. Baker was about the only one to
make himself heard. Some of his sem
fences follow: "When folks ask how
you're feeling, say, I'm feeling fine
Give to the world the best you have
and the best will come back to you"
intellect rules the world" "It's
good to rescue the fallen but better
to keep them from falling" "The
flct that the rural school does not
fire so well as the city school encour-
ages class distinction" eve find our
selves dependent on the man behind
the plow."
We We're told that Marshal Foch
and General Pershing would visit us
and that their arrival would be an
nounced by buglers. Though when
Mr.. Brown asked US to sing Onward
Christian Soldiers" we felt it in the
air that the Foch party was nigh and
when Madame Louise Homer, the
famous contralto, began to sing the
"Marseillaise" we knew they were
there, though we of the side wings
could not see them because the ros-
trum was filled with the elect of the
teaching profession who jumped to
their feet with the rest of the audi
nnce and began vocferating and wav-
ing flags and never sat down again.
General Pershing's deep tones
doomed forth: Fellow Teachers
chen that vast crowd went wild again
and | could not distinguish another
word. Foch could be heard speaking
French but the interpreter was
drowned-his voice, mean.
Another thing that great assembly
Of teachers did (that if they discover
any of their pupils doing when they
return to their school rooms, they will
likely apply the old-fashioned method
Of punishment without stopping to
try out the new and that is they put
in the time when they couldn't hear,
visiting with each other in low tones,
that of course precluded any chance
Of hearing what we wished if oppor-
tunity offered.
At Hotel Statler we had the pleas
ure of listening to a spirited debate
between an esteemed former profess |
sor Of the Southeastern State Teach
ars College, Mr.. Shackleford, and
Kansas City professor on the subject,
why is it more difficult to say IS
and 9's than the rs and rs of the
tablet" The discussion
grew quite lengthy and each had lots
If help. but think it was generally
conceded that Mr.. Shackleford's idea,
hat if the child was not held back and
allowed to study the 8's and 9's at the
iame age he studies the primary num-
'ers that he will learn them just as
'eadily, was true.
The address of New Jerseys Direc-
or of Physical Education. DR.. F. W.
Naroney, was wonderful. He seemed
o have swallowed a whole electric
battery.
We shouldn't enter the school room
alking health rules and looking like
case of indigestion ourselves. One
# his stories follows: 1.-TWO men
we're robbing a train. The big rob-
Yer said. Hold up your hands, we are
,oing to rob all the men and kiss all
he women The little robber said,
No, no, there is no occasion for alarm;
We are only going to do the robbing.'
lust then a lady of uncertain age in
he rear of the car called out, You
hut up, the big robber is Robin this
ar" The lecture rolled out of
mouth like mountain torrent, and he
old US as much in twenty minutes as
most lecturers could in an hour.
',5i.s't..ts .l.,sst.7,s h&A the pleasure |
# attending was the last general as.
emily at the Odeon. The address by
'upt. j. j. Maddox, Of ST. Louis, was
lmost finished when | arrived. Miss
elizabeth White, of Nevada, DR.. ]. II.
Iaursalt, of Columbia, Pres. John r.
Kirk, of the State Teachers College at
Pres. E. l.. Hendricks,
Varrensburg, Pres. Joseph A. Serena,
APE Girardeau, Pres. Uel w. Lamkin,
faryville, and Mrs. Ella V. Dobbs,
Columbia, each gave ten-minute talks.
Governor. Arthur M Hvda capa Loft