Show TEACHERS TEA IN I WAR OF WORDS 1 t Last Day of Session Was an Ex Exciting Exciting citing On Cin APPROPRIATION THE CAUSE C USE c M EPo SI SIa a OB YSAB YB 0 4 Teachers re cher herS indulged In debate debat yester yeater yesterday day making r the closing sIon a Ute the liveliest of all Over a ft re r i 1 to te tofie appropriate 56 fie o for tor the purro of keep ins big open ope headquarters at the tile Na National National National Educational associations as met meet lS lag in Minneapolis Minnea OlIs in July Professors and Gillian had a verbal duel Prote or Gillian opposed ed the appropriation appropriation appropriation and in speaking against it ita said a d there had bad been no offer by per aone ons who wanted the money Appropriated appropriated to account for their proposed ed up Ht H J 3 elt for tor some IiO le time thu thuon on this point and when he had finished hed Professor Carr wa on Oft his JaIs feet f et in an instant denouncing de the speech of oC Pro ae as an insult Various persons tried to get set recognition re l tion 1 from Pre hoping they the might be able abl to pour oil oU upon the troubles tr waters b but t Prote Gil Gillian Gillian lian han again cun had the floor and ad offered ered an explanation which he be said distinct distinctly di ly Jy was lot an apology The TM explanation ion tion seemed mcd to b be satisfactory but the thed d episode appi apparently created some sym sympathy pathy for fer the proposed appropriation for ot It was allowed The Th association a elected officer for forthe forthe forthe the ensuing year These officers are j W f M Stewart president George W Decker Backer vice president Samuel Doxey treasurer add George B Eaton Baton mem main member ber bel of the executive committee Discus Gift The introduction of a resolution re fa ft favoring the establishment of af a 8 national nati university at Washington D C brought s E number of ef protests from persons who T re opposed ed to this coun country try accepting any favors from Andrew Carnegie pee hes r and against tile the resolution re resolution elu tion were made Some of ot the orators expunging name from the resolution re but when it was WUl put to vote the resolution re passed It commends the project and recommends the U given giren 51 yen by Carnegie le be used Discussion of these theM subjects and antI minor matters took up so 80 much time that it was wan almost 4 when Fre Pr feasor sor M 11 v OShea began the lecture ha l was to have hn delivered at 3 Z The me School of the Twentieth Century was wag the lecturers subject teacher knows that boys and girls have their little whims and char characteristics tlc The old idea that all may mar be taught by the same method is die dis disappearing appearing appe rapidly and in its stead we have a system that takes into account the Tarring individuality of or the pu pupils pilL pile Some Seine ludt lOUS results re are seen from the old styles of teaching where it was wag Incumbent upon the pup to w memorise definitions many of or which had bat no meaning for him Dr OShea then produced a book from which he le read many funny an aft te to asked a ked pupils P in l the Ute public pubU schools Hare Hwe are a few law sample ample answers quoted by the tha lecturer The Tile tropic of or Cancer Is III very Madly deadly and dangerous i fe od isa very u article which If LI we were to go without out we could net not do doit It ItAn It ItAn An adjective is 18 a word won which can eM eMbe ceabe be made Into an adverb by y the adding of syllables John a and the Apples Illustrating IlIn the t two definite kinds of character to be found In the wheels dl Dr OShea gave this as an anJin example Jonn Jin how would you divide seven even apples among five boys boyar Nov New No if John would only top stop and think a moment as u his bla opposite la In tern tem temperament ent would do he be would se the impossibility of ef the thing Instead of af that however John u 11 1 of or the active temperament and nd must be doing some something Ii thing So after much he be e says I r know I r can divide seven Hen ap apples plea ples among live five boys MYS How flow I 1 y 7 make em into apple Renaming R ln the same ame frankness which caused him yesterday to tell an audi ad audience aden audience ence en compoe composed d mostly of women that thata a nearly t geniuses ent were men lIMn Dr OShea continued The une mental and the motive temper temperament temperament temperament ament are the two characteristics to tobe tobe 0 be found among pupils Only a few dears away from my house bouee in Madi Madison Madison son there is 1 a wealthy manufacturer I he has baa U two sons eons One of those them learns earn t easily eastty and stands high in his studies stud He ha baa little with his lessons The Thoa other one Is I averse e to anything requires quires mental concentration He gladly works in his fathers ma machine machine machine chine shops hO from early in the tM morning mown late at night for 50 O cents a day Anything which wn h requires the employ neat meat of his hands hand Is attractive to him i and he is 1 skillful with machinery His father Insists the boy whose predilections t toM ons lit At t him for tor an aD artisan shall ball take 1 the a t i classical course coune at some someI I 1 university The fret Cst My boy oy Is Ja going ping I 1 along smoothly in that path but the second one never can Ancient Classical Courses Observation I believe will teach the modern educator that there acre are some boys bo who cannot complete the ancient classical course There are areman man many who ca eaR can but It Is 18 time thee som aon preparation was wae made 8 for tor the theco e w lo cannot canne For r such there ther should hould be more manual training institution They are readily interested W in SUCh ruch work and man many a bo 00 boy has bas been bt en actually re reclaimed reclaimed claimed by manual training Every day is ill adding to the things necessary for tor the lh progressive teacher t know It may seem at first it Is to not Dot worth the t e while but when we reflect that tbt it is a great privilege to guide the destiny of a human life to prepare a II human being for his lifes work we feel the full sense acen of f our responsibility re and are amply rewarded by the ap approvals approvals approvals of or consciences ro if It not in a monetary way Thanks for All Concerned The arguments alluded to in the fore foregoing going were resumed after Dr OShea s lecture It took a half hour to settle nettle the questions and then an announce announcement ment mt was made that there would be an organ recital in la the tabernacle A resolution of ot thanks mentioning especially the Church of Jesus Christ of Saints was wa passed it ft o Det t tonly only thanked the church for fo the use UBe of ot the hall hail and the organ recital but thanked all who had been instrumental in the success of the proceedings The minutes of the meeting were then tIleD read and nd approved Professor Wallace was WOE the and had re reduced reduced the entire pro proceedings to a rom com comprehensive report Impressively the t he retiring president Mrs Yrs Emma J McVicker announced that the most moat m successful convention ever eyer held by th the Teachers asso aso association elation was u closed The new president Professor r Stewart held hekt an Impromptu levee after which bleh most of the teachers teacher wont went to the organ recital at the taber taberna na nale nade Ie but some hurried away to catch p th trams trainS for their homes home Salt Lake Is to ho hp the meeting n Yf yer er r and the teachers t a her are arf a ll ing the treatment tm have hae re J cic d here b re The department deportment meetings held at the normal school In m tile tie Awe tere were y attended ed and some Interesting papers pern rs were read lad Moat C t of the teachers will leave for fcc their homes toi 7 18 |