Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-09-08
GOD NEEDED in
THE SCHOOLS
Teachigs of the Master Inculcat.
ed in Children is Hope of Ma
tion-Teachers Have Fine
Meeting III Graham.

One hundred sixty-five school teach
ers who are 40 "shape the destinies''
of the children of school age in Taze-
we'll county were assembled in Gra-
ham Tuesday in the regular meeting
of the Tazewell County Teachers As
sociation. The session was import
ant to those interested in affairs edu-
cational. Mr.. A. S. Greever, division
superintendent of schools, was in
charge of the program. An address
of welcome was made by II. G. Cal
loway, Mayor of Graham. Responses
We're made by Principals Bobbit,
Brown, Horne and Crowgey, for High
School centers and Strong for rural
schools. Colonel j. B. Boyer, recently
elected clerk of the school board and
judge of the juvcnile court, was
present and spoke Of the care of
school property. He went outside his
set address and embraced many
things not directly connected with
school work, but very interesting and
entertaining to the teachers.
Chairman J. B. Crabtree, of the
county board, and superintendent
Greever explained the provisions of
the compulsory attendance law, poll
cies, regulations, etc, connected with
the school work.
Tuesday night at $3.50 Mr.. Harris
Hart, Superintendent of Public In
struction and Rev. w. H. Greever,
editor of the Lutheran Survey, of
Columbia, S. G., were present and
delivered addresses. Mr.. Hart was
the first speaker and delivered a time
ly address on the general subject Of
public education, the preparation
teachers should have for the arduous
duties of instructing the youth, tho
responsibility which rests upon those
who are chosen for this Important
work, etc. Mr.. Hart said that two
billion dollars is spent annually for
public education in the United States,
and that there were 100000 teachers
of the public schools of this nation.
"If the work we are doing doesn't
make better citizens, the money is
not well spent and is poor invest
ment on the part of the nation Each
State and each county in the United
States expects a better class of citi-
zens, an enlightened citizenship, and
unless this condition results from the
expenditure of such huge sums the
productive of the results that the
eoAP"ySho i'"N a ii5iic W SACSSc'
The speaker laid much stress upon
2'the need of practical education, and
urged the teachers present to endeav-
or to impart to those under them the
fundamental and practical things Of
life so essential to success IN these
days.
Rev. w. H. Greever, of Columbia,
S. c., whose visit to Graham was
only incidental, he having no "warn-
ing" that he would be called upon to
make q speech, impressed upon the
teachers the desire that they would
not forget the religious side of the
great educational plan, and try to
impart to the pupils the ideals of the
Master. "The religion of Jesus Christ
Is the only thing that will save the
world" said the speaker. "The spirit
of selfishness, the unrest of the la
borer, the jealously of capital, the
desire to settle differences by the
sword will always exist in the world
until the peoples of the world get
down to the rock-bottom principles
as taught by the Savior and PRACTICE
them" The speaker urged the teach
ers to inculate into the minds of the
pupils the truths of the Bible.
The musical numbers on the pro-
gram at the teachers meeting were
prepared by Mrs. C. L. Alexander
who has large and growing class
of pupils in the Graham High School.
Thene were several selections of yo-
cal and instrumental parts that show
ed careful study and musical gift on
the part of the participants.