The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-01-16
the Teachers County Institute

The first session OF the County Insti>
tute met in the Court House, at Ebens-
burg, January 7th, 1868. The follow
ing organization was effected County
Superintendent Chapman, President DR..
d. w. Evans, Vice President William
Berg and Miss Kate G. Young, Secreta-
ries. The exercises of the Institute CONS
Priscd chiefly lectures, essays, class-drills,
and discussions. Evening lectures were
delivered by Cyrus Elder, Esq, Samuel
Singleton, Esq, and Hon. S. G.. Boyd.
These lectures were all able, interesting,
and instructive, and were highly ar;nrcis
ated by the large audiences in attendance
every evening.
The principal instructors were S. S.
Jack, Amos Stevens, George w. Cone
5. @. Boyd and Samuel Singleton. In
struction was given ir Arithmetic. Or
typography, Penma1ship, Reading, Gram
mar and Object Lessons. Discussions on
these Se,ind other subjects were participa>
led in by Messrs. Cope, Parrish, Harold,
Terrence, Evans and Singleton, and
Misses M'Coy, Elliott, Carpenter, Ma
guire, and others
A spelling contest of three hundred
words was conducted by j. Frank Com
don, Esq for the following prizes: 1st,
Hallam's ''AIiddle Ages - I'd, ''Nicho-
las Nicholby - Sd, e'Tennyson's Poems;"
4th, "Lord Bacon's Life and Essays :"
5th, ''The Old Log School House % 9th,
"Robinson's Geometry and Trigonetry :"
7sl, ''Phsycology Of Health ;" 6th, Will
sons ''Object Sermons :" 9th, ''Norlh>
ends Teacher and Parent y 10th, Bates
''Teachers' Institu e - 11th, ''Manual of
Penmanship" The prizes were awarded
as follows: 1st, George w. Cope I'd,
Mary MGoush Sd, Mary E. Demp-
sey 4th, Maria Brookbauk 5th, Mary
Jones 9th, Sue Durbin 7th, John Por-
ter; 9Th, Hattie r. Elliott 9th, Matilda
Glass 10th, Rosie f. Griffin 11th,
Annie M'Mullen.
The election Of Committee on Per-
manent Certificates. resulted as follows:
George w. Cope had 63 votes S. B.
Mccormick had p votes A G. John
son had 40 votes; +. S. Maloy had 27
votes; Miss Kate G. Young had SO
votes Miss Lizzie Marshall had 10 votes;
Miss Columbia 4. Horne had SO votes
Miss Beckie j. MADAM had 10 votes
The Committee stands thus; Geo. w.
Cope, Chairman; A. G. johnson, Kate
G. Young, Lizzie Marshall, Columbia A
Horne.
Seventy-one actual teachers were in at
tendance. Their names and the districts
they represent are as follows:
Allegheny TP. O'Neill, There
sa Cramer.
Blacklick Tp.-Jane Evans. Matte
Davis, William Berg, Laura Brookbank.
Cambria Bor.-J. A. Harold.
Cambria Tp.-George L. Humphreys,
Hannah Evans, Kate L. Evans, Mary E.
Hughes, Annie nj. Davis, Mary Z. Jones,
Mary Davis, Mary Jones, Minnie Hutch~
inson.
Carroltown Bor Michael a. War
ner, Rose +. Griffin.
Carroll Tp.-Isabella DpKeever, Mary
NJ MKsever, Annie M'Mullen, Annie A.
,IIass, Maggie Tierney, Beckie Braniff.
lhest Tp.-Mary j. Fisher, Theresa
F;sber Annie Braniff
Chest tISorings Bor.-Sue Durbin, VIM.
4 Todd.
a. Cl.,arfeld Tp.-~Carrie Allan, Lizzie F.
Hughes. r ,S;,,;o urh.rt
Grovla tn Mary L. Dempsey
Eb:nsburo Bo, --Geo.qW. Cope. Ma
ria Brootbaok Jenn e Evans, Jennie W.
Evans, Jane G. Clark. o. Chor
jackson Tp.-Louis WeA,n' GEO. 0nal-
fer, Albert B. Terrence. "
Johnstown Bor.-Columbia A. l-torne'
Loretto Rachel MCoy.
Munster Tp.--Jennie Myers, Ellen
Luckstt, Maggie M'Closkey, Fl. T. Con-