Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-02-22

Yeachers' Convention at Chelsea.
The teachers OF Salt Creek and ad.
joining Townships met in convention
at Chelsea, At the call Of the County
Superintendent, commencing 1t Z
o'clock P. NJ, Feb. 9Th, 1872. The
house was called to order by w. e.
Roberts. A. L. BEEN was elected
Chairman, snd D. O. Wilcox, Secre-
tary. The Chairman stated that the
object Of the convention was to pro.
mote the cause Of education and es.
tablish . general good will between
Superintendent and teachers. A com.
mittee was appointed to arrange q
programme. The remainder Of the
evening was spent in discussing the
question Why do teachers allow
their pupils to read in books SO far
beyond their capacity" in which oil
joined. The convention then ad.
iourned 70 meet as nine o'clock A.
NJ.
Feb. 9th,-morning session-the
convention was called to order by
the Chairman, and the minutes Of the
last meeting road and approved
Methods OF teaching Grammar, Elo-
cution. Practical and Mental Arithme-
tic were presented and illustrated by
actual class exercises.
Afternoon session, convention met
and was called to order by the Chair.
man. The Secretary being absent,
Miss 8. e. Brown was chosen to fill
the vacancy. Methods of teaching
History, Geography Penmanship and
Orthography were presented. Dis.
cussions followed, on Theory and
Practice of Teaching and Punish
ment in school. A committee was
appointed to draft resolutions. Ad-
iourned until 7 o'clock p. NJ.
Evening sesslon-convention called
to order by the chairman. Prayer
by w. E. Roberts. Lecture on Ed.
ucation by F. Hurd, Co. Superintend.
ent. Meeting adjourned until nine
O'Clock A. NJ.
Feb. lOth,-convention met And
was called to order by the chairman.
Multiplication and Division Of t'rac.
lions we're explained. Discussion on
"How AN teachers secure q regular
and runctual attendance at school? ?"
in which all joined; Religion in
school, by w. +. Roberts and Mr..
Henderson. Orthography, Class Re.
citations, and miscellaneous business
occupied the remainder OF the fore.
noon. The following teachers were
resent J. p. Heaton, L. p. Win
te~rstein, S. P. vandykc, c. NJ. Barn.
hard, J. o. Roberts, J. T. Hall, G.
D. Thompson, Ella f. Sears, Auer
Graham, Susan E. Brown, Nancy l..
Brown, A.. L. BEEN, D. o. Wilcox,
NJ. w. Staley.
The following resolution was unan-
imously adopted:
ResolSed, That we, the teachers of
Salt Creek and adjoining Townships,
who here meet in convention at the
call Of the County Superintendent,
feeling that we have been greatly
benefited, hereby express our regret
for those teachers who have been un.
able to attend, and d,sapproval 0 fthe
conduct Of those who have willtully
absented themselves, aud consequent.
" lost our confidence as effective
teachers and manifest our approval
Of meetings which have for their OBJ.
ject the improvement Of teachers, and
making them more capable of dis
charging the duties devolv,ng upon
them. We also return our thanks to
the peope of Chelsea for the hospi.
talities extended while attending the
convention.
G. NJ. BARNARD, L. p. Winter
stein, Ella E. Sears, Committee.
The convention then adjourned
ssne do. s. E. BRowN, Sec'y.
A.. L. BEEN, Chairman.