TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXV, Issue 10713, 5 July 1915, Page 2

TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.

WAIRARAPA BRANCH. The annual general meeting of the Wairarapa branch of the Teactiors' Institute was held on Saturday ■ morning last at the Technical School, I Masterton. There were just -upon thirty members present, Mr \\ . n. Jackson, president of the branch institute, being in the chair. 'fho report audi balance-sheet (which re-counted the solid success of last year's operations and finances) were presented, and on the motion of the chairman, were .manimously adopted. Votes of thanks to the retiring officers were carried, special mention being made or Mr Jackson's usefulness dn the •apacity of psesident. The election of officers ior the cosuinv year resulted as follows: President, Mr D. E. Leslie; vicepresidents, Messrs F. L. Combs and J Bringan; committee of management, Miss Haggett, Messrs R. J. Foss, Fieldhouse, A. J. White, \\. H Jackson, A. C. Cumming, and F C Brockett; hon. secretary and treasurer, Mr ,G. A. Jones; auditor, Mr A. D. Lowe, Messrs Fuss and Jones were appointed delegates to represent the Wairarapa branch at the meetings of the Wellington District- Institute.

MISS A. D. BRIGHT'S LECTURE. On Saurday afternoon .about 80 members or the Wairarapa branch of the Teachers' Institute attended at | he Technical School, Mastertou, to listen to an adclress given by Miss A. D. Bright. The chair was occupied by Mr D. B. Leslie, the newlyelected president, who, in a few well-chosen words, welcomed Miss Bright and introduced her to her fl.ncli.6nGC < The paper, entitled "The Fighting Man in Fiction," .glowed with the spirit of stirring times and reviewed the characteristics of the great soldier (heroes of fiction, from the earliest Greek models up till those of our own time. Emphasis was i laced upon the belief that "only truth abides" and in this belief the heroes of fiction still surviving are truly .types of the noble warriors of the times they represent. From this, naturally followed the hope that our splendid soldiers also, now fighting grandly and offering noble sacrifice will be.<Hvoven into the fiction of the future, and as true types of our heroes live unto poserity. The whole subject, most delightfully treated, most charmingly delivered, was appraised by all f.s an artistic as well as an intellectual treat, the general appreciation being evidenced by the (hearty burst of applause which followed Miss Brighfs concluding IremaJrk. This is tlie second address with which Miss Bright has delighted meetings of teachers in Masterton, and in moving a vote of thanks to the speaker, Mr Leslie expressed the hoj>e that Miss Brigjht would gain favour the instituto with a third address at no distant date. The heartiness with which the vote cf thanks was acclaimed, told most clearly that the chairman's hope was the hope of all.