The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1855-06-26
STATE TEACHERS INSTITUTE FOR ssSs
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF J
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,
IANeINn Ma, Oi IQEE

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,
LANSING, May "a, 1855.
ACT. No. 20 of the last session of the Legis.
lature of this State, provides that, whenever
reasonable assurance shall be given to the Su
perintendent ofPublic Instruction, that not less
than fifty teachers of common schools shall
desire to assemble for the purpose of forming
TEACHERS INSTITUTE, and to remain in ses-
sion for period of not less than ten working
days, said Superintendent is authorized to ap-
tute to make suitable arrangements therefor.
and to give due notice thereof.
Said act further provides that, for tho pur-
pose of defraying the expense of rooms, fires,
lights, attendance, or other necessary charges
and for procuring Teachers and Lecturers for
said Institute, there shall be appropriated such
sum as the Superintendent of Public Instruct
ion shall deem necessary for conducting such
Institute, and shall be paid out of tho general
fund.
Said act further provides that not moro than
eighteen hundred dollars shall be drawn from
the Treasury in one year to meet its provis-
ions;-which virtually limits the number of
Teachers Institutes that may be held under
the direction of this Department to nine in any
one year. Ordinarily it may be practicable to
vivs, winror su't tiv U6ginning OF the
summer schools, and four or five in tho fall,
between the close OF tho summer and the be-
ginning of tho winter schools.
In arranging the places for holding these
Institutes, the Superintendent will be under
the necessity of depending much upon the inter-
est that shall be manifested by tho friends of
the enterprise in various sections Of the State,
and upon the cooperation that may be relied
upon at points where il is desirable they should
be held. At few points good rooms have al
ready been offered without charge, and propo-
sitions have been made to board teachers that
may be in attendance at very reduced rates, or
entirely free of charge.
The teachers and citizens Of the State g;
largo will perhaps be best accommodated if
the Institutes, which it is proposed to hold du-
ring the months Of September and October
next, be located somewhat rs follows:-One
at some central point on tho Southern Rail
Road; two, at most, ut points further north -
say at Pontiac, Lapeer, Flint, or Grand Rap
ids. 1t would be impossible TO hold Institutes
under the direction of this department at all
the points pamod, and it may be deemed ad-
visable to hold some Of then in other localities.
APPLICATIONS FOR INSTITUTES
Applications for Institutes should state,-Ist.
The number of teachers that would probably
be in attendance at the point designated; Cd.
What rooms could be furnished for the accom-
mediation of tho Institute, and at what charge
if any; 3D.. The number Of teachers that could
be accommodated with board and at what price
per week; 4th. What Lecturers and Instruc-
tors could be furnished for the Institute from
the vicinity, if required, and on what terms,
together with any other information touching
the desirableness of the location proposed
Information touching all these points is the
moro important, as tho appropriation for Insit-
tutes is scarcely sufficient to meet the expon-
SOS attendant upon providing an experienced
and competent Board oflnstructon, ifsecured
entirely from abroad.
All applications for Institutes to be conduc-
ted under the direction of this department the
ensuing autumn, should be forwarded to this
Office before the middle of July. The times
and places at which II will be practicable to
hold Institutes will be determined as soon as
possible after this pOriod, and due notice will
be givon thereof.
In making these applications it would be
we'll If there might bo concert Of action in ad-
jacent counties, so as very generally to unite
in tho support of tho limited number of Insti.
tutes that may bo held in any ono yoar.
Places that cannot be accommodated tho en-
suing fall, may bo next spring, or at some la
tor period Let us sock so to locate this So
ries of STATE TEACHERS INSTITUTES as best to
accommodate the ,phole Stale.
Ira MAYHEM,
.Supcrinfendant of Public Instruction