Show county teachers association Aiso clation pursuant to adjournment the convened in the yen den aral schoolhouse may alay at 11 u m the choir snug and prayer was offe offered redby by irvin T alvord singing fair as the morning mr bir Irvin T alvord then read an essay may ou education following this prof L A edwards sang in masterly style bride bells the soldiers Ite reprieve w was aa feelingly recited by miss alias mary stanger tho rho misses pearce then delighted the audience with the beautiful duct duet 1 I had a dream mother seldom if eyer have we listened to SO sweet a song sung in so charming a manner man tier prof T B lewis then arose and referring to the essay of mr al als vord read from authority to show that civilization is hi higher her deeper and broader than ever eve before tho fact that crimes are more ous than ever is a the direct result of this advanced civilization open the avenues of knowledge and all classes come in ill the thief and criminal will enter as well as the good naan wan ve we have better scho schools now than ever before as authority euch buch as parker and hundreds of others would testify ic it is the education of the day that is causing the great powers of bf the earth to settle their difficulties by arbitration the wonderful inventions vent ions attest the superior civilization of the present age never before was the teaching of the child adopted to the harmonious development of the whole so much as now teachers now are preparing te to meet all oyer over the land this summer in their institutes showing an increased in interest if more teachers and trustees were wore out today to day it annid show that they were p pro r 0 gree gres sive there is no possibility of having good schools when teachers arbnot are not progressive and willing to attend their meetings and work batmon harmoniously iou 8 I 1 y together E every ve ry teacher and trustee should be present it is their duty parents who are interested in thead the advancement vanco of their children should also be present the I 1 h e university though thirty six years old only two days ego go i issued its first degree does do es this t h i n not 0 show that our schools are dot prop erly graded grade dand and do not supply this institution U with pupils who are sufficiently adva advanced nedd to take university studies udies et the studies that should have been taught in eur our district schools we have been corn com belled to teach in the university our children should stay iu the schoula more regularly will pais par cuts sustain us in upholding good schools I 1 have been hero since november and I 1 can count on the fingers of one hand band the number of parents who have baye felt sufficiently interested to visit me some parents thick that a teacher a mere herder that bis his chief business 40 is to b keep tep the chil children dien in the house to prevent them from getting into raia mis chief this is ia not so he should act with the parents in teaching and training the children superintendent anderson And ereon remarked that the association would adjourn during vacation ioa duri durice n g the summer vacation it is the intention t of tho the superintendent assisted by br leading teachers to visit the school districts of the county hold meetings and lay before the parents a jew few of the obstacles in iti the way of better ac hoole schools the pro gramme will wil 1 t be publisher hero here after prof lewla endorsed the idea of holding meetings mee tinga throughout the settlements of t the 0 Co county lAnty supt bupt anderson requested tho the trustees to be prepared to send in their reports in proper time and to get their records meetings and aporte in proper propel shape the inee meetings tings for electing trustees will tilia this year be held heli on monday july they should we use their influence to get large numbers of df the people to attend these meetings there were representatives i es pro sent from ogden hooper east west i and ind north pleasant view N north orth ogden west weber taylors harrisville Ri verdale plain city lynne eden the choir aang sang benediction wa was offered by mr J H bavine and the tile meeting e ting adjourned eine sine die tie |