The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-05-05
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Schools:
CHARLESTON, April %, 1870.
A State Institute is hereby appointed Il
be held at Parkesburg, commencing
Tuesday, June 2Sth prOx., at 0 o'clock
A. NJ, 10 continue through Wednesday
Thursday and Friday. An Institute be
ing a temporary Normal School, the ex
efcises during the day will consist Of IN
struCtion and drill in the several branches
and subjects involved In Teaching. Eacl
night there will be a popular LeCturec OF
some educational topic. The several de
partments will be conducted by the fol
lowing gentlemen: = = pr VI
ELocTTIoN-By Prof Robert Kidd, o.
Cincinnati.
ARrTHMRrc' AMI. = GBoORAPHY-By
Capt, VIM. Mitchell, City Supt, Schools
Columbus, Ohio.
GRAMMAR, Analysis, &C-By Hon. E
E!jWhite, Editor OF the Ohio Educational
Monthly.
GYMNAsr1cs-Prof s. r. Thompson,
Principal State Normal School.
} THEORY AND PRAoT1cE-The General
Superintendent
The citizens Of ParkcrsbuFg very gen
crously guarantee free entertainment 70
all Teachers, county Superintendent, and
others, In regular attendance upon tho In
stitute; and the Baltimore & Ohio Rail.
road will return FREQ those who pass over
the road in going to It The expense oi
attending will, therefore, be very slight,
in comparison with the great advantages
a., 10 ,nn,,1n, las Ala, IT,B
1t Is also proposed to rcorganizc q State
Teachers Association. In connection with
the Institute,
I, therefore, urgently reqdest every
county Superintendent In the State TO at
tend, that he may become better fitted 10
discharge tho duties Of his office; and l
suggest that county Supervisors allow Su,
pcffntendents per diem for the time actu-
ally spent in such attendance. Teachers,
who aspire To a front rank among the
Profession In the State, will hardly fail to
be present.i The friends Of education gen
orally arc also invited 10 attend.
An examination Of candidates for 0
State Professional Certificate will also be
held on the last day Of the Institute. All
wishing such certificates will do well to
be present then; as, except in very extra
ordinary cases, no private examination for
such certificate will he held.
Some OF the best educational talent In
the nation has been employed TO assist in
conducting the Institute, tho citizens OF
Parkcrsburg are enthusiastic in making
the amplest preparations to entertain It,
and now let the Superintendent, Teach
ers and friends Of education, do their part,
and the Institute will be most gratifying
success. State papers please copy. a
Y Ifs,s y a. D. WILLIAMS; n
n w" 'F'@ GenVSapt. Of ss'ooA 3
In enclosing us the above document
Prof. Williams writes rs follows in his
letter:
"Pleasc, also, call especial attention to
the nrray Of talent, in Instructors, which
has been secured. Hon. E. E. White,
you know, US one Of the very foremost
educators Of the land Capt Mitchell,
though less known, Is scarcely his Inferior
In practical work. Prof Kidd, too, you
know, rs one of the first elOcutlonists OF
the times, never hiling to excite the high;
eSt interest. Prof Thompson Is thorough.
" posted in Dr. Dto Lewis system Of
Gymnastics, and will make that feature
marked attraction"