Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-09-12
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At the Teachers Institute, lately held
at Morristown, the following was unani-
mously adopted:
of Belmont County offer the following
premiums:
JVebster's Quarto Dictionary, revised
edition, for the best essay on the theory
and practice of teaching, of not less than
five nor more than fifteen pages cap pa
per.
2. Fine Edition of Shakespeare for. the
second best essay as above.
3. Edition, Of LonafeltoU, in blue and
gold, for third best essay as above.
4. Eiitionof Whittier, in blue aud gold,
for the fourth best essay as above. sl
These essays must be sent TO a commit
tee appointed by the Institute on or be-
fore the 1st day of July 1858.
Any practical public school teacher of
Belmont County may compete for these
prizes, provided that any one not men,
Der of the Teachers Institute, In order
to be in the list of competitors, must en-
close 81, (the fee of ofmembership) with his
essay, and thereupon he or she shall be
considered member.
1t shall be the duty Of the committee
to award the premiums, and report their
action at the next meeting of the Insti'
tute, to be held at GAINESVILLE, and the
committee shall have the right to with
hold any or all of the above premiums, II
in their opinion there are no essays OF
sufficient merit.
Each teacher competing, shall mark
his essay by some three letters of the
alphabet, seal up and send to the COM
mittee. He shall enclose with the essay,
In separate envelope letter signed by
his proper name, informing the commit-
tee what letters he affixed to his essay,
and declaring upon honor that the essay
isstrictly his own production. Inc COM
mittee shall not open the last named let.
ters until the essays are examined, ana
the prizes awarded, nor shsll any mem
ber of the committee compete for the
prizes. If, in the opinion of the commit
tee, none of the essays merit the premi-.
ums above named, then the amount OF
money required to purchase them may,
in the discretion of the committee, be
expended in purchasing other valuable
prizes, to be distributed to greater num-
ber of competitors.
On the passage of the foregoing, the
chair appointed the Board of Examiners
r. H. Cochran, John Dunham, @. w.
Hoge-as the committee to examine the
essays and award prizes.
The following report by the committee
on resolutions was unanimously adopted:
| Resolved, 1st. That we, the members
of the Belmont County Teachers Insti-
tute, tender to the citizens of Morristown
and vicinity our sincere thanks for the
cordial manner in which we have been re :
ceived and entertained during our daily
sessions.
Second, That we feel under deep obli-
CATIONS to the Trustees and members of
the Presbyterian Church, for the gratult-
Gus use of their house.
Third, That we hereby express our
high appreciation of the able, instructive
and entertaining manner in which Pro-
fesssrs Schuyler and Henkle have pre-
sented the various topics pertaining to
teaching and school government.
Fourth, That the thanks of the mem
bers are due to the Executive Commit
tee, for the efficiency with which they
have discharged their duties, and espe-
cialIy to our County Board of Examiners,
! for the untiring energy with which they
have Iabored in behalf of the success of
the Institute, that the Teachers in their
attendance Of the same might enjoy the
greatest possible advantages.
Eliza f. Johnston, Mary w. Mackall,
Hugh Rodgers, A. P. White, Committee.
The following officers were chosen for
the ensuing year:
President-Jas. f. Anderson.
Vice Presidents-A. p. White, s. H.
Lee, VIM. Jones.
Secretary-D. w. Shields.
Executive Conmittee--R. II. Cochran
G. w. Hoge, Miss A. A. Grove, Miss A.
c. Clark, Miss Esther H. Hamilton.
Resolued, That the foregoing be fur
nished to each one of the papers publish
ed in the County, with a request tina,
they be published.