A number of teachers in the Public Schools of Covington, Ky.,
who believe in the value of constructive literature,
particularly in the primary and grammar grades, organized
themselves into a Story Tellers’ League in October, 1908. These
teachers represent all the grades of the Public Schools and
every school in the city. Their purpose is to cultivate the art
of story-telling so that they may make use of it in the
school-room for ethical instruction, as an aid to composition,
both oral and written, to enliven the teaching of history and
geography, and to stimulate nature-study. There is filed with
the editor of this league the source, the outline, the purpose
of each story told, so that the members who may have use for it
in their work may have ready access to it. By the interchange of
their experiences with their stories in the school-room, the
teachers hope to develop a plan by which the pupils in their
charge may be made acquainted, in a systematic and natural way,
with the great stories every child should know.