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Show THE 'TEACHERS IN CONVENTION. ! Th ittttrrl u at Troiim tha Most luc-i luc-i sinful K.r llald I.y that 11 oily. Tonus ru, July 10. -Tho great teachers' convention is uow in full session. About 1H0J teachers are in the city, and although uiany enjoyed excursions ex-cursions and short trips during tho (lay, i ho departments held crowded meetings. '1'jie mass-meeting last iii'hl w as attended by nearly liono dele); itcs. Vtleiday ti.ortiiu llorticUiti.ral pav.liou V:is lilied to li-ten to the papula r ad by State Supei'intem'eut J. K rrestuu ot Missifgippi ami Miper-intendent Miper-intendent A. S. Mai kay ol Halifax, N. S., on the teaching ol patriotism iu the public schools, 1 r 1'resion set forth that though the o'.d idea of patriotism was to bo ready to die lor oue's country, tho model u and truce i lea ai to in o and w oi k fur the uuieriand and strive to leave it better than we found it. The speaker hud a supreme belief in the perpetuity of tin- American union. Tho eternal principle of lree pivuriiuieul will j fuse nil discordant element. 1'ubiic school ait yreat luiim; lurnaces, and fiom the piastn; sireaiu of American childhood they must mould American patriots. i Last nicdit at the jjreat Ilia ds meeting i l.'nited Sialus (Joiutiiissiotier of Ldnca-tion Ldnca-tion Harris a a concise and lucid account ac-count of the present sluttis of education iu the I'niied Siates, sliotviui; how both the white and colori'd popu alions woro yenriy takini.; a lvautati'' of tlie splendid edui alianal facilities within their readi end how vtfl slridea w ere beiuc nitdo iu sdi.cati in. 1 le spokii of the S .'I.U 'O.-,100 'O.-,100 puid from t!ie publin money for educational ed-ucational purposes during the past thirteen thir-teen years, and referred with pride to the lac.t thai Ml annual en. low ineni of KK'.ooo.ouu has been donated for many years p.v-d l'ot:i the privato purses of wcaltiiy titizens. |