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THE WEEKLY TELEGRRPH; TUESDAY, MAY 8,1888.—TWELVE PAGES.
THE TEACHERS.
They
Meet in Annual Con
vention in Macon.
EXTRACTS FROM THE SPEECHES.
The Action of Governor Gordon In Hie Ap
pointment of ft Hcliool tlouiiula.luu
Criticised — Tile Proceeding*
ot the Convention.
The twenty-ninth annuel convention of
Hie Georgia Teachers’ Association assem
bled in the lecture room of the First Bap
tist church at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning
The convention was called to order by
President A. P. Mooty, of Columbus, Ga.
Pravor was offered by Prof, J. W. Glenn,
of Martin Institute.
The attendance was quite large includ
ing most of thoproiuinenteducatorsof the
The address of welcome was delivered
by Prof. G. R. Glenn, of Wesleyan Female
college, as follows:
ADDRESS OP WELCOME.
“I find myself greatly embarrassed in
the performance of the duty I have been
asked to do this morning. I have been
requested to welcome this association of
teachore to the Central City, but an inter
rogation point pushes itself up behind
that word welcome and I find myself a k-
ing welcome to what? Why, you are
welcome to pay your fare to get here, you
are welcome to pay your hotel bills after
you get here, you are welcome to ride in
our street cars, provided you pay five
cents every time you get on, you arc wel
come to visit our institutions, our parks
and onr public buildings, but you are not
welcome to the hospitality of our homes
father waa a teacher.” [Applause.]
THE RESPONSE.
the din of angry strife and the
Thursday’s session.
*“» ““6‘/ kiu iu» nothingness. Sixteen years ago there were His Chri.tinn cl aracter w is •
clash of hostile arms mingle with the wail | xi>e second day’s sessbn of the Georgia n ° organised county schools and hut five veloptd as was his mental lb » • d *
Prof. A. P. Moody, president of the ;™ 1 und ? d & “l® J " ing ? nd the i Teacher’s convention was called to order municipal system*. Now every city and hom-st-afaithful steward!,,
Georgia Teachers’ Association, responded blood of slaughtered hosts cru s to heaven. . , , ‘ ., , almost every village has it* local system, church-a model Sundav-solu. i ' 11 * 1
to folio WB- ’ 1 Iu this class we find, among others, a Na- at 9:30 yesterday morning by President and no rural district but has public schools tendent. lie Unot defld^o, I l-u .P wi, >-
“ Words’ of welcome are like apples of poleon Bonaparte,^ brilliant a* a meteor A. P. Mooty. fnr “' T,v d*v« l>«.tinu Tt,t. .i . *? '.V »eetiinv i.
gold in pictures of silver, and we trust and as brave as a Cawar, reckless, selfish,
that on this occasion they will be doubly sensuous and unprincipled in social life
blessed; blessing them that give and them aad private afiairs, whose sword, instead
that receive. I °* reflecting on its polished blade the
Prayer having beeu offered by Professor
W. N. James, Professor Otis Ashmpre
moved that the hours for the general dis
open for sixty days in each vear. This the cemetery hard by the’field W'« ?
change is due to the labors ot I)r. Orr. work—he livis on in he i i llfe
Certain qualities especially fitted him upon the human minds andZiru",'/“'i' 1 . 6
for this career of usefulness. He was a many former pupils. w ot hu
man of many inches, and every inch a Prof. Lamb,tin is now aweeilv .!«„•
His was a physical frame which hut he still lives to the good of h n P ■*’
10 such things as nehes and pains, and to the glory of God Humanity
it enhances and glorifies our welcome.”
The president tlien delivered his annual
address. It was an able paper and con
tained an exhaustive discussion of the du
ties and responsibilities of the teachers of
Georgia. The length of the address pre
cludes tbe possibility of our printing it,
and a condensed report would not do it
justice.
COMMISSIONER HOOKS’ ADDRESS.
A recess was cow taken after which
State School Commissioner J. S. Hook de
livered an admirable address, the length
of which renders it impossible for us to
print more than a few extracts as follows:
“Mr. President and Gentlemen of the
Georgia Teachers’ Association: The invi-
tatiou you were kind enougit to extend to
me to be present with you on this occasion
is very gratifying.. It afforded me an
apportunity I desired of forming the
acquaintance of, and mingljig with, a
large and respectable body of my fellow
citizens of Georgia, who are pursuing a
calling, which next to that of the ministry
of the gospel of Christ, is doing most for
the moral and intellectual elevation and
civilization of the human race. I am not
saying too much in saying this. History
reveals no truth more distinctly, or of
and that is the thing that stings me and greater significance, than that the minis-
that is the cause of my embarrassment. ters of God and the enlightened school
“I am afraid there is a growing dispost- master have moved down the centuries
tion among the people of Gcoagia to lay hand i„ hand and shoulder to shoulder,
aside some of the features of the old hos- battling against the savagery oi bar-
pital'ity that made our State famous in the bansm and struggling to dispel the gloom
olden time. I am afraid, along with our of ignorance. I therefore experience much
growth in a great many directions, we are pride in the relation my present position
growing in a direction of selfishness as a enables me to sustain to your highly hon-
people that » ill work great harm to our orable body and to the noble anil exalted
civilization, and for one I am very sorry I work in which you are engaged. I feel
to see it, and especially is this indifference that our relations will be pleasant. 1 know
being'shown on all sides, it seems to me, that frequent intercourse with you will
to the Gc.irgia teachers. If yon were a greatly aid and strengthen me in the per-
convention of railroad magnates, the gate-1 foriuance of the arduousdutiea and highly
ways of this town would have been thrown I responsible obligations now,devolved upon
open wide to you, and carriages would have I lut ‘. Moat sincerely do I invite, at all times,
met you at the depot and the doors of the and most earnestly and cordially wiUl ap-
clegant homes on the hill would have I preoiate, whenever offered, your wise coun-
0[iened to vou, or if you had stopped at a sols and suggestions looking to the ad-
hotel your*board bills would have been I venccment of the greatest cause on earth,
maid there during your stay; yon would t the iou.e of education. I use the super-
dmvo been feasted and d'ned and wined as lalive degree in speaking of our cause,
•if you were the lords of creation. Unfor- gentlemen, because with me education, in
•tuimtcly you happen to be only tho fol- j * t! true meaning, comprehends the fall
lows who make the railroad magnates. I development of man physically, intellectu
who train the luiuda that come to be j a Ry> and morally, so that he
the magnates of this world, and these mag- “ay duly apprehend and appre
ciates, like maDy other magnates seem to I mate all his high and solemn rein-
have forgotten whence they sprung. I nm I tionsnipa to his family to his friends to
sorry to seo it; sorry to see in high places | neighbors, to Ilia country, to his God,
as well as in low places an indifference to I lo time and to enternity. Man is the
•the real work of the teachers of Georgia. I grandest creation of God. He was and ia
lam e.pcciaiiy sorry lo see tiiai when uj the chef dkiavs’s - or ths master artist cf
Vacancy occurs in the very highest office in I the universe. It is true God has created
tho profession in Georgia, that the vacan* mighty central suns, glowing with lustrous
cy ia not filled by a teacher. [Applause.] I beams, illuminating the graud ayatem of
am sorry to see that the Governor of our I worlds. His omnipotent will can«ed to
Btate went out of his way to reflect upon n I move in harmonious circuit around those
body of men and women who arecertalnly suns drawing /rout them light and warmth
entitled to the respect of the people. I *»d life '1 •» true he fluug, into space in-
”1*1 us reverse the thing and see how it I numerable worlds and bright orbs all
should happen. Suppose a vacancy oc- glowing with beauty and
curred upon tho bench of the Supreme "Forever tinging as they shine,
Court of Georgia. I)o you snppose any The hand that made us 1* divine,
teacher would apply for it? And if he I 'Ti, true he fashioned and lifted up moun-
■did apply f° r do you, suppose the tains whose snow capped peaks are draped
•Governor would givo it to him; nnd if the j„ ,|, e gorg eous drapery of eternal sun-
•Governor did give him this place would light and stretched immense
not he he the lauglmig stock of the pco- all j blooming valleys and mighty
pie of Georgia? 1 am glad to have M en occani beneath the smiling stare,
in the Twjwraph of this morning that yet in tho midst of all this supreme dire
t tin Wmclilnnt r\• flics lTnit.iil S-t-itsui urhn I. I I I » . * ••
and noble
nnd who, when called to move amid tfie I t h 0 latter plan. He also offered advice as
terrors of revolution and the smoke and h „ hou i d be appointed, discoun-
dm and carnage of wrr, nevertheless bo , f 1 c * .
bore themselves throughout an to win I tenancing the employment of men to teach
glorious unblemished lame which the? Mich brauches of science as can be of in-
nobly transmitted at a shining heritage to terest on j y t0 co ]jeeo professors,
their own nnd to future generations. I „ , i .
“Education invigorpti thought, it com-1 . lro , f ' dno ' ,?lenn next arose and en-
manda respect and consideration. It in- dorsed tb e discourse of bupt. Baker,
spires fancy so it may take its flight to recommending the employment, in the in-
t le stare and reflect images of beauty from °f Georgia instructors, who have
the glowing treasury oY nature in ill her anportumtiea for knowing the customs and
lavish richness. It kindles the fires of a “‘e needs of their people. .
generous ambition that soars above the ^ ro ' dones took the position that the
mountain grass and wins the proudest I expeniicd on inanities heretofore
summits of Honorable and enduring fame. ! as b eea t lrov [ n aw ay, for the reason that
It gives knowledge and wisdom for the ‘l 16 teachcr * wl '<> n ® eJ th . e > u8truc :
council and the forum. It gives life “° n > have not bccn ab e > by real show of
brightness and prosperity to all useful en- the «P*M»r to avatl themselves of the ad-
terprises and industries. It equips the vantages offered by the institu e iiCAtianta.
citizen for the proper discharge of Ills high I Prof. Chaa. Lane stated that Dr. Orr
obligations and duties os such. It gives mad e‘beexperiment of several institutes
jiower nnd eloquence to the pulpit, u and finally establisned the single institute,
gives learning, tact and ability to the ‘bat, m his judgment, being the wisest
statesman, the jurist, the lawyer, the doc- wa y *. n which to spend the limited, appro-
tor, the farmer and the mechanic. It gives l ,n * tl o n J® * llB hands,
charm and elegance to social life and in- * rof ' Woodall recommended the ap-
tercourse and attunes the heart into sweet I pomtment of cduiatcd commissioners in
accord with all the glorious, tender, l D . ‘be counties who, receiving proper compen-
spiring music of eann ns it iloa s upward ? al * on ! should give their teachers normal
to mingle with and swell the grand eternal instruction.
symphonies that fill the temple of God. Superintendent Evans advised the estab-
, , , , t 0 t , lishment of institutes in the leading cities
T , . , i ■ ' of Georgia as centers for normal instrnc-
But every where, especially in this Rreat ti lh ^ in6titutca to be cond u C ted by the
republic the demand for umversa eduea- 8 ’ rinten( , cnts of the cit 8y ,t e ms a nd
cation Bhall be heeded; what a statesman- a88 ^ an t s
like measure is that now pending before Hero a rec€s ^ of ten m ; nutcs wa8 taUcr
he lower House of Congress (having The convention being caU ed to order,
passed he Senate) known as the Blair Prof j H Chapp . U wa ? intjodooed. He
bill? It and the noble scntimenta he ox-1 a ‘ ‘ ‘
THE LAST day’s bes ion.
“MacCm is the geographical centre of glory of » noble purpose, glared ever, with cussion and Dr. Clifton's lecture be inter- ... . ^
Georgia, and with her splendid system of the fury of a mad ambition and dripped changed. The motion having been carried, ; Jjn® w no such things as aches and pains, and to the glory of God
publie schools, with PioNouo, Mercer with the blood of the innocent. Itut '“f „„ n „ ral discussion was announced [ Tins physical vigor enabled him to strug-
University, Wedeyan Female College, the ' *J>e moral faculties be duly trained and a general discussion wmt an ounc . gie on in the midst of discouragemenu, to
•* ■ * .. .. ii..oin n .ii .i nn » .util «iia siiinoiA.i ««,ii cQpenntcndent W. b. UaKer, th© first be hopeful in the midst of hopelessness
eaker, strongly advocated institutes in
as well. We concede, most cheerfully, her of grander type, auch as Wmiliington. various parts of the State institute hereto-
prominence in this direction and fee! that Lincoln, H^M^leUan^wail | fore fchowi , lg that greater bene .
B in private life and social duty, I fits can be desired from the former than
uu uupciui m me uuusi oi Hopelessness, rrt.n .
cheerful in the midst of g'oom. A less 0 “n^ention was called to order by
Buperb physical organization would have “ le I' re8l uent at 9:15 a. m. Prayer was
0,1.1 IV am. me nou.c senumema ne ex- „ roceeded t0 rea J a Bcbo l ar l y pa , )er on t he
pressed while presenting 1. to the Senate, K xhree Guides”-tuition, experience and
will imortalizc its author as one of the 1 - • • • ’
grand men who in
of Napoleon III
epoch.” That statesmanship is lame at
least in one of its legs, which admits that
ns amnor as one ot me intuition, showing that the tuition is
in the nervous language ired ’ b 8 mdy. the experience
HI., “comprcliends hia j^ to ; tlle ^ and \, le in .
ita eamanship is lame at tuilion ig dcrived (rom insi g bt . H e
teas! in one oi its legs which admits that opposed t he doctrine that teachers
ignorance contr.butss largely to poverty L,* bo made by psychology and pedagogy,
and crime, and yet denies to the govern- The discu98 ; 0 ' the pa^er was u^nril
ment the imwer to believe from tho people k Professor L . n . For.l, who adverted
lie fearful bondage of iguorauee. His ,f[ c in ,po«anco of psychology and pedn
|o 5 tc involves him in the absurdity gogy in developing teachers, Superintend-
L nd “ 3 ,L, 0USe, l aIU !., J “ 1 t ant Bramon, of Athens, Prifesfor W. W.
1 penitentiaries than by , liberal i, ambdin Professor G. R. Glenn and
and ludcious government aid to 0 . bc _ ; o! ’ !o _ cd s . !CCC h ;: fall o! valuab.e
intellectual and moral training gu „ ecsl ions
prevent their necessity; that while it is | b U peri..tm.dcnt W. J. McKcmie next
,An a L, J U ,tl 0 . Ter rt TmT 0 Uadran entertaining and instructive
he consent of the governed, and that in- on » what sba ,f wcdo w i th Eng-
telligence and virtue ore the only ®afe I Grammer M
foundations of free government os declared p rofe5sor W. W. Lambdin moved that,
by the immortal \\ ashingtou, yet the guv-1 view 0 f tbc a,„K.intment of a gentle^
r..jucui •“> o»u-uuuumi | ln:ln n, )t a teacher byprof.ssion as suc-
hat it cannot from its treasury give n^ms ftwa , r l0 Dr , 0r r, the following committee
to foster and encourage intelligence ami bc appointed to draft suitable resolution,
virtue among its [.copfe and keen the gov toucl l ,{ n ,. the „ rtion o( the Governor: W.
eminent alive, ihc proud eagle has so H , 1!ak ” r j. M , Gannon, S. C. Caldwell
constrncted his nest, as to fetter hi. own B M ZcTtlor and AV: J: McKcmie, Car-
wings, and cannot soar upward and bathe I r j c j —
his plumage in the upper .unlight of grand ’ afternoon session.
national procress. aioiwr maybe. Tfie session ot the at terhoon was dev
taken to build immense ra.lroad bnca to L tho .i D tment of Superintendents,”
open tip the undeveloped territory ,n the a „ o lil i tion wilhin the Association, and
been broken in pieces against the obsta
cles tie surmounted.
His mind was aB strong nnd virile. Dr.
Tucker said of him: “He had the faculty
of being always right.” So cool, so delib
erate was his judgement, so perfect his in
tegrity that this is almost absolutely true.
This perfect physical and mental or
ganization was supplemented by moral
manliness of the highest type. Integeo
vitaescelerisque purus, he needed no weap
ons of offense or means of defenses.
From this • threefold manliness flowed
other qualities which insured his success;
It toliadtli* oonrage of his opinions; 2,
prudence in nn eminent degree; 3, pa
tience amounting genius; 4, he wrought
himself into his work.
Of the surity and consistency of his
Christain life, that life was the best wit
ness. No doubts obscured his faith. He
dwelt upon a hill not to be commanded,
whose air is always clear and serene,
above the errors and wanderings ami
mists and tempests of the vale below.
The great qualities of strength, faithful
ness and truth which shone so brightly in
hi* public life shed as bright, if a tenderer,
radiance within the charmed circle of
home. To those who now in bereavement
sit in that circle ~c say from our hearts:
“You sorrow not alone. Your loss is ours
and Georgia’s. His memory is dear to us,
a precious heritage. The good seed he
sowed in toil and tribulation is bearing
fruit and the harvest is never-ending.
Generation after generation will reap, and,
reaping, will rise up and call him blessed.”
We say that we have lost him. but can we
call him lost whose works do live after
him ?
We have net lo«i him all j he he. not gone
To the dumb herd of them that wholly die;
The beauty ot his better .ell live, on
la mind, he touched wl :h lire, In many an eye
He trained to truth', severity:
He «u a teacher: why be grieved tor him?
In endlcw file, .hall loving .cholera come.
The glow of bi. transmitted touch to .hare,
And trace hi. feature, with an eyeleu dim
Than outs whore reuse familiar want make,
dumb.
PROF. JOHN OLENN
then followed with the following:
- The speaker was nearly related to Dr.
Orr; had in boyhood been aided by him to
an education, and, therefore, lie could not
risk an attempt to express the emotions
which had been excited by this occasion.
The loss was too recent and too great. Dr.
Orr was not only a great man, but he was
kind and gentle as a woman, simple and
trustiug as a child. He was ever ready to
held those who needed held, especially
tender to the unfortunate.
Like all great philanthropists lie loved
uiuanity for humanity’s sake. H® never
sought popular favor, but how could any
one fail to love him? He worked not for
greatness, but for the good of man and
trom a sense of duty. 1 1
1 do not think lin ever fealljr'kncw that
the people of this county assigned him a
Hwilinn among the great! men bf Georgia,
lie WBS .**} RMMt h» naked hit iln position
except to mbor for his people. "He sought
no wealth, end he recognized the value of
money only in the elevation of the maaaes.
He was not ambitious of honor and
preferment, os most men are {certainly not
selfishly so. Yet he waa so ambitious to
offered by Prof. R. B. Brooks.
Mr. Woodall offered the following rcso-
lution:
‘ Resolved, That a committee ci seven
be appointed by the chair to nominate offi.
ccrs for the Georgia Teachers’ Association
for the coming yea
The resolution was adopted.
. On motion of Secretary Thigpen. th«
time was changed from 12:30 to u-aj f,„
the address of l)r. L. B. Clifton.
The following committee on • he nomi.
nation of officers was announced:
II. F. Train, Charles Lore, E. C. Mob.
ley, Benjamin Kneely, L. B. Evans. W J
McKemie, J. H. Chappell
. Arthur J. O’Hara, of Sava, nah, wasthen
introduced by the president anil retds
very interesting paper on English comp,),
sition. This paper was discussrd by E. Q
Branson.
W. T. Dumas was next introduced and
read the following beautiful poem:
TWICE onp. is ONE.
"Twice one is one,” said Norn Maglll,
Sweet Nora, whore father took toll at the mill
•‘Twlre one in one," and ehe started dl.ra.ved
And bluehedat theatre ot the blunder .he'd
made,
office seeker, to this highest judicial office , nd destined to live on when the sun., tfie
•in the United State, but he ha* appointed moons, and the star., shall be blotted out.
a lawyer, a man eminent in his proles When man iethue rightfully contemplated,
ston, who has the training and the high I indeed, is the duty ofinstructing ami train-
culture that come* from that training, ht- j ng him aright a most weightv obligation,
ting him admirably lor this high pod- and fearful responsibilitv, su'd truly grand
tion. Why then ahould we in Georgia re- u he who assumes the mighty trust and
verse this natural order, and why should nob i y 1H , r f 0 mis it! But the teacher’s re
tire teachers in Georgia he told that they .pomdbility is neither jnstly measured nor
iiave iiota man in all their rank, ht by fully comprehended ao leng a* one fact of
training, education and culture to fill the tremendous moment is left out of view,
one place in the educational syBtem of That fact is, that he deals with the un-
Georgia that a teacher ia moet 1 formed and pliable dispositions, temper.,
•fitted for, and for _ which nobody I m i„ d9 and hearts of childhood and youth,
wise but a teacher u, in the nature of I a fulwe treatment of, arid consequent er-
thinga, fitted for. This is the truth, and I roneous direction given to these may spoil
we have come to a time when in Georgia, | the symetry of an otherwise noble man-
we teacher* must call a spade a sptde I hood or womanhood anil cause the direst
when a profeeeional indignity has been consequence, in our social life,
indicted on ns, and when I read in the “Viewed from this standpoint the duty
article* of our aseoctatum that it was and manner of teaching, os well as the
formed for the object of upholding the I character of the teacher, stand forth as
dignity ot the profession, I say the profea-1 matters challenging most serious and pru-
sional digi ity of every member of the as- found thought and consideration; of course
sociatibn has been grossly imnlted by tin. I knowledge i» essential to the correct and
unwarrantable action of the Governor of efficient performance of the work of teach-
our State. Now, l yield to no man in my i ng . But knowledge, while vastly im-
revcrence to our distinguished Governor poitant and essential, is not the only'lessen-
in bia official position; I yield to no man 1 tial and vital element entering into tbe
in my loyalty to him as our chief execu- character of a good and efficient teacher,
live officer, or in my respect to him as a Doubtless it is exceedingly iui-
great and a good man, but even Governors portent to have a prop-
are not infallible, and Isay that lie has not I er theoiy and practice of teaching and
made a great or a good appointment to the w b« and good teaceera, but these alone do
office of school commissioner of the State not exhaust all the conditions of a thor-
■of Georgia. I onghly wise and tru’y desirable education.
“But, ladies and gentlemen, I am .glad I No system or theory of instruction, how-
'to welcome yon as teachers. 1 thank God I ever valuable it may be, in some respects,
that I am a teacher. I thank God that i. I in complete, that does not deal with man
the profession of my life, that it is the pro-1 as possessing a three-fold nature in onr
'feoslon of my choice; and I thank God that I personality; that is not based upon a just
■ I am a teacher of the nineteenth century, I conception of his origin, his three-fold
with the vast possibilities opened to me; I naiore and his destiny; that does not con-
and while we come together, at teachers, I template him as a distinct creation above
to discu s some of these possibilities, the I the animal, and just a little below the
handling of some of tkese problems, we I engel, and complex and Somewhat mysti.-,
enrol .tint our eye* to a great many I yet perfect union oi body, soul and spirit
' thing* that are nl* n before us. There is I aa having a beginning in theanna's of cre-
a gieat di-p wition on the part ot the pro-1 atinn, but never to become extinct as an
pie of (ieorx’a to turn over their children I existing intelligence capable of ever prog-
in o the h.nd> of other people. And sad I ressive d< veloinnent through all the cycle*
ii ia that it is hi and that the family train-1 of eternity. Man viewed in reference to
ing hat b*rn pushed into the back. I [hi* wonderful trinity of his being
ground. 1 read a few years ago a crit-1 it not wisely, fairly i rj i.Uy educated, uu-
luism I'Le this in relation to a great trial. I li»* edneat. .1 it, harmony wi lt all hi* it-
“We are givn.g our wivia to our preach-1 tribute*, t Ue ex|«riem>-a ol the race in
• ra; we are giving onr ch.ldrm to our | this regard hatu fully i.talliahed thi
M ' hen., aid we are all going to the devil j truth o> thi- assertion. To illustrate, let
liter.” I u* sup,ai*e a chii.t developed mu-llectnally
lave as U ac’iere. What will we do I and cm j|ionaliy ; without appropriate iu-
ahontitT Thus I. a ditWv to throw lipoi. I viguralinp physical development, wind ia
von and me a re»|.>ns<bility <M teaefieni I the r.-uu? If. growl np n into a feeble
l.anlly tliioan on auy o.her > lass in this I and ••iTeuiinab: manlmod, unlit for and un-
pallet through the ocean
two grand territories ol mu mmu, ,,
and heart which lie demands shall he q., * wtt , ealld to order bv
opened for all the noble purjioses of their >. 8 o .;, ‘ » \facon urtso di8chftr K‘ ! every duty faithfully, con-
creation and of human government and | dl . Ilt: i/tVYlranmn! of AtlieL. sccretnrv. «cientiously, that he rarely took sufficient
rest. Ho loved much and he worked much
in the cause of elevating the human race.
He was cautious in planning nnd patient
in executing; strong and wise in both. No
wonder he was always “right and effect-
Ills strong power was in hia strong con
victions. Ilia ideas were a* clean cut and
as solid as marble cubes. His mural con
victions were as positive nnd as well de
fined ns his conception of truth. While
hit love of humanity nnd his charity made
hint Catholic in opinion and liberal in
udgment, wrong to him nneoranromls-
ngly wrong nnd right eternally right.
There was in his mind no shading off
from right to wrong, from truth to error.
A good and great man!
But ho is gone and “we shall never look
upon his like again.”
He left a nobte name to his family and
very little error; a legacy of good deeds
to the people of Georgia remains, and he
ha* left a work for our association to
complete. He never considered the pub
lic school system of Georgia na complete.
He had based it on the idea local taxa-
a'ien as the means of support.
He knew that the machinery
now constructed was too heavy
to be run hy the small amount of money
received from the State alone, and he tried
every year to have the amount increased.
Let us see that his work is finished, the
system completed and the means furnished
to run the schools at leaat eight months in
the year.
May we have this good news to carry
with na when we mast past frOm'enrth and
go to meet him in tne land of spirits,
where all systems are perfect, and study
will no longer be a weariness to the flesh
THE LATE C. E. LAMBDIN,
Prof. W. H. Woodall then delivered the
following in relation to th* ii»ath of Prof
Lambdin, of Barncsvtlle.
I’rof. C. K. Lambdin graduated at the
Baltimore Central College in 1857. He at
once entered upon hts life-work—teaching
—one year in Tennrasee, the remainder of
hia life in Georgia. His greatest snecem
was in founding and advancing to the po
sition of one of the best schools of Georgia,
Gordon Institute, situated at Buruesvillt-.
Ga.
As a proof of his success as teacher, hi-
pupils hare won first honors in Mercer
University, Wesleyan Female Cothg*, m
onr State University, have never failed to
win in any competitive examinations into
which they bare from time to time omcicd
with pupils from other schools. 1 ‘
How did hesnccecd?
cmmiry.H
1 he sneaker folio*, d
th- lector.' great re*|„
lire, closing lit. apee» It
iriiuia to Agare'z, wl.
I cq .al to the .torn anti** of life, and that
with an ontline of I Income* a piiy.ie.l wreck before ilie
nsihiUlic. ami da-1 irirnilly windamn swell th* sail* o' hi.
* u. *»l. fAlULIj ui lUaiAJli} (JlCOi
.... . „ r . . .ident; E. C. Branson, of Athens, secretary.
* " IT- The feature of the session waa a paper
n ,i ,a ' e £°t«l<«ne.. The states- b D> G . Abbot , assistant superintendent
SEm P h. h JL ™ '., t wU ‘i T, ol l ° 8 "; of the Bibb comity public school*, entitled
api ,ro priately labelled atd .. Nature and p;^'.,, 1 , o( Work ilt Graded
stored away upoa tlio shell whern other! Ru m#n t*rv (UhnnU ”
dmtVftotwriton^A 8 to lre *;![ f\ aT ' n K the j * 1’iof. Abbott took"the ground that the
H .o, “ U ‘® down U R°“ course of tho public schools was overcrow-
Lre^.nd^“ViTSf t “° r# ?“n thi ^ 1 0.1 and the three IV* should bear
alrea.lv icimi d t o, 1 m l L of*’ 1 tl,e burden of the work, and to carry out
i.to ^ P dtW “ Ch °' y° ur Talu ‘ hU idea he would rule out manual train-
tv turn. ing, general history, kindergarten mate-
u p ““ c “ un,a work. rials, spelling liooks, teclinical grammars,
Mr. r. H. Train moved that a commit- j old forms of Geography work and clocu-
tee be appointed to report the names of | tion.
thou who desired to become members 0 f A general discussion followed, in which
the auoci.tion. CgSD.
After a recess quite a long list of names Dalton, and Oienn, of Martin’s Institute
were reported as now members of the asso- took part.
ci mi° n * , ‘ 7 I NIOIIT HC8SI0N.
Tbe secretary and treasurer reported to The evening session was occupied wholly
the convention that a number of members with the poem, “The Karth, its May time
whose names appeared on the roll were j bath,” etc., delivered by Mrs. W. F. Wood-
delinquent in the payment of their dues. I ruff, of Newnan, and the address of F. II.
Capt.. Robert E. Park moved that the I Richardson, Esq., on “The Tress as a Fac-
-conventton forgive all back dues and that tor in Education.”
they start anew. I *jq 16 members of the Association ex-
nccretary Ihigpcn stated that an he had I pressed themselves as being charmed with
no hopes of collecting these past dues, that I the poem and delighted with the address,
it was a matter of indifference whether Roth were well received, the poem espe-
the resolution was passed oi* . I cially receiving praises on every hand.
lie further stated that the financial eon-1 To-day’s session proQiisiS to he one of
dition of the treasury had prevented the unusual interest. A rtsolution will be in-
publication of the proceedings of the last troduced touching Governor Gordon, and
convention, and that the expected income I Secretary Thigpen will defend Macon’
from the due* of members at this couven- hospitality.
tion had already been anticipated in the tuksimy’h memorial services.
° f P " P " ing f ° r ‘ h * pre “ nt The crowded eondition of the Tel*.
VrofLor W. Harper, snperinten.lont “ RAP,t anything like
public schools, Dalton; Ga., was then in- a 8 ynoi»ts of tliu addresses made in the
troduced to the convention, and delivered afternoon. ’ ! ' ... .. . , ,
5S» h8 addr " i ‘‘ Me,1; ° dH 1,1 loWdSUi olt heart ‘ Leonid
Some ducuasion of huaddrea. followed. I 8a y nothingon this occasion. Hi* pecu-
and his methods were oppoeed by Frofes.-or I ‘“ r «««'?" » ur. urr, nis warm uffev-
Ford, superintendent of public whools at non for him and lH* profouhd reverence
Newnan, Oa, and also questions by Super- for 1 hul ex»l t f d tlrtu.* would prompt him
intendent Evans, of the Augusta schools. I rather ,0 ,lt ^mournful silence. He felt,
State School Ceuitnissioner J. S. Hook ho * evc [- t *J at he would bo recreant to the
stated to the convention that he regretted noblest feeling* of hu.nature if he refused
the impossibility of bis remaining during *° make some exprrtstons of his apprecia-
the session, a* he had an apSent to ,ioD , or ,hc c “ Cr . th *7 ^ f, nd l
deliver an address before the rolore.1 State fV>° d “>?"• D f , 0rr .‘"'j **
Teacher.* Association, at Athens on Tliurs- the “uthor and founder of the present edu-
dar next. I cational system of Georgia. At a time
Superintendent Evans introduced the ■*J* n , th e government of onr
following resolution, which was unim- beloved btste was in the
intonsly carried: D ’ |handsofaliens,andhereducationalinter-
"^Resolved that th* Georgia State Teach- cats were entrusted to a stranger, whtMe
era’ Amociation pledget itself to upheld onI y alm * nd ob i«‘ we [9 10 lhe
the present Statecommiaioner in all his leaves and fi-in-, tins noble man came to
efforts to benefit the schools in this State.” h er rescue, and by his influence caustd the
• I'rof. Ashmore offered a resolution look- »doptioii of a laV which wrested from
mg to the establishment of a State educa- th<w < adrentnrert this great power and
tional journal. Ducuaion on this reeoln- P 1 "** 1 lt l « th . e . h . rtd " ot oa f ow 1 n l’*°P le -
tion was made the special order for to-dav « e was a faithful officer, a loyal man to
at 12*^0 o'clock. hu pepple and to bit convictions of honor
Metre. Caldwell, Ashmore and Abbott ‘"“b- He *“ » 8°^, «"» <" » h *
B were appointed a committee on revision of bigbret erase of the word, fnfset, hews*
tbe constitntion of the aaaociation * <"»n, lake him for all and all We shall
ra not look upon hi* like again.
. . .. . ,, , - AFUEKXOOH SESSION.
util a gtuwioK I ii.trlhaeiiiai iiarquc, thal fain rouh’. riJe The seasionof the convention of the after-1 ruoF. a. c. caldwi.ll
wroLc but naiH. | the wav.* and beariucirgo of < hour i:’«n was devotedfto memorial *.»!.
As custom demands, when the tiller went
ronud.
"O Nora, swt et Nora," he said with a smile.
‘•Wcr* your heart and your father'! nut w.otlns
in Kulle 8
I would say that you'd learned to reckon an 111
By taking two measures tor one at tho mill."
And deeper the blushed, and a tear, like the
dew.
Rolled down on her cheek at the little she knew
And she vowed that some day she'd be just si
wise
As he who sat mocking with words and with
lyes.
When the school was dismissed aud the girls
and the boys
Repented of silence In laughter and noise,
By tho pathway that wound through thebr.nch,
o’er the bill,
Home, pensive and silent, went Nora Maglll,
And the thrush, soft-throated and swinglugit
case,
Mocking and; chuckling, would twit her and
tease;
And that chronic complatner, the poor whin-
poor will.
Piped sadly “O Nora, 0 Nora Maglll.
1 multiply better, far better than you,
For one egg, you know, taken two times It two."
And the frogs, as they practiced their part, in
the pool.
Would bellow Inchoru., "A fool! What .fool!"
From the trees, ugly faces would grtmsce tnd
r tf
whispers derisive and many a leer.
Thus homeward she wentss the sur.llsh: Hi
And vowed once again thu she’d study and
know
All tho facte that the grim old Greek had ar
rayed
To vex half to death every poor little ratld;
For the thought If the failed her teacher to
please,
She'd set herself right with the birds tad tbe
tree*.
As some time "twill happen to on: and to ill,
This teacher "departed th. so coa«ta" in the tali;
And anuther eauie lu with bit birch and Ms belt
To teach the young urchins to read and to spell.
Anil tho summer, sped by and Nor* Muill
Still goes to the little eld school on tbentll;
And harder aba studtesaad wlser ehe grows
TilUhu wti^u book ol stqcs and, coalncaiho
An.l fairer - beiolacs, as the snmmert goby,
For linger they must in her cheek *n<l tier tyt.
The old mb'! turns on with Its mom covered
wheel; 1 n .
And bully drop* from it. hopper the meal;
While below, 'tween the banks that are shady
and cool,
The trout doth lie hid In bit favorite pool.
Doth cautiously nibble tbe young truant's book,
And again goes r
Aud tho brook,
■■
And laughs as he leapt o'er the rode Sutter mill,
Aud sparkling with mirth aud stng|ag with
glee,
Goes gleaming along to his home in the tea.
On bis porch, sits the miller In tbe heat of etch
day,
And dreamily look, o'er the field, far away.
On the bill .lopes, the corn, in uniform green,
Its long blade, .flashing, majestic. Is Men: ,
Kach head bcar.lt* gold-powdered plume of la-
create,
The beat mending army e’er mustered la raw.
In the wheat Held* the partridge doth pipe la
delight,
And rails to
white;”
Like tbo sob of a soul from tho woodland there
tloala,
Ol all -minds tho saddest, the turtle doret
In the orchard* the apple* peep out from tb«
And blu.h where tbe sun's hot klstet hare
played;
Tho lK-aeli drip* its nectar, tho pomegranate
gleam..
The tig. face I. pnrple and bunting lnr“~
ly nibble tbe young truant’, hnok,
* to .leep In hU bed in th. brook;
: dances on by the ichool on the
hia mate with hi* cheery "bob
From tbe hedge conus the acetit of theeweet
brier row. . „,
And the klue feed knee-deep where th* wild
clover grows; . . ,
From the house creep* a hum In urowsi*«
Btaek^Cl'ilne i. spinning aud staging the white:
And the miller coutent doth uoa there ana
*n° r ®
Till bis pipe from his mouth drop* dowu oa
the floor. „ ..
Thus the summers go by with their light and
their •hade. .
And fairer they make the milter's tstr ®*da
In a great city's dust amf confusion end heat,
A young lawyer dreamed of this rursl retreu.
Ol Its woods, of it. blits, of Itafre.hDcuoM*™.
Of the school be bad taught there tome to*
He lio.Vw.fnvHor client, and esse, and fee*,
nail sickened at heart while be waited lot
Bad^atudled and plodded and plotted and
and dreamed, "•* , h .
And to /every chance caller quite busy n
seemed: , ,
But th* big world went by, end It eared not *
straw
For tbe fate of thta rising attorney-at law.
Hut aucce» came at last, *a It cometh to *U ...
Who have courage to labor, to wait and ;
Ho thla lawyer he thrived, and his b**rt d*B*«
In wIuh
As hts poekeu grew fat with many a {«*• th .
Ho he thought, as he mured, that he d leave u*
hot town,
And Ju.t for a change to the country go down.
A* legal attaint look him part of the war.
No client could grudge him a brief holiday-
He found the brook langhtng, as ten year* t^;
A"d dam-lug down re.ward with musical " •
1 be dim woodland, .weet with the teen' 01
field* atos.lng their billows
tho old will turning night turntal
i grumble end groan at the Ineremeol w’?'
tor i Ttlu r with grain, trom the whole couotry
aide, ia,ta.-
To ,ee the fair Mora, young rustle* would run.
I.ut Nora declared, wit,, a tore ol her tM .
1 list never a «w*lo of them all woi,M «b_ w>,
Amt he found the lair Xora, whore product.
To tin- tune moot surprising of twlreonc U OJJj
But^ihf- wna at nine; now. at nineteen.
He waa an ex.ellent di-cliilinitH.fri ’ b Jl4 l1 ''* l rhlng. Iwl.w taken, the prodm i I- 1 *^
fewU.ysereydare.lio tWtav hhuf*3 “m' ”
Ihi y onlf once. He had line
live ability no clashing nnM»ng UU rr4t*)i
*n»; pupil-, temchen*, ;.».«! |air. iu B liko f
worked in liaraiocir under lu» wiid gu d-
Another great factor in hSi mark'd iur.
wa^ mci^v. Iff was »n indcfaiiglile
worker. “Wort wiiih** vm |«U n* 0 |»o.
lie wu •> brave, Aurally, •» t< c brav«pt
mouldy
The wheat
Hchuud iho
morn,
1 hnii fur TiUent «o bow H IkKUlj’a Wf •’
An*! ftcMotu || fWH« proud ikoutjr to
Wl*. i. iHii.i U(wr* hrrfi«»«-4 dowu on
thin lan}t*r would climb/;** r* 6
»l*r rtf* ns* nl»*d pwrlt?r of Norn j*
flu; n:uduft‘: vt ubfch fbc fl •*«" * 1 ’ 0
iwcr. _ .Na
Aini **»• hum of ihc bwi would dr«ur*o *>n -
i«r: , .
An«l..fieri. qn!P ofirn. tofefher Ibcjr
F« i (I*.? H, .1* where lh« wbent R* Wl
l-wii’l K'Hi, . .
hr iIm »»?««*»!. with If* flint m •hodj
Thr**’ ih« wtmml, V» luvluiirof IM
A mill r »/r ourr fombtr
Aud chuc» i».- BI «l mil mm Iftln rooplr •
Cuuiinucd ou |Mge ■even.