The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-10-24

reported expressly for the ADVERTISED
We give al interested, and particu.
larry County Superintendent Rollins
much credit for q course which result.
ed In bringing together At the Insti'
tute last week the largest number Of
teachers ever assembled in Cedar
county. The work had In hand by
the teachers OF our com mon schools,
every one nova days admits to be Of
superlative importance; and gather
Ing Of such persons for protracted con-
sideration Of, and interchange Of opin-
lon upon, the means and methods Of
doing their work most thoroughly
and well, must be an important one.
Such Ii the object Of the Teacher
institute !" and when. as In this In.
stance. substantially al the teachers
Of the county are assembled. the ad-
vantages which may accrue from the
exchange Of their requirements and
observations. added TO the careful and
systematic instruction upon new and
important methods by experienced
teachers from abroad. are simply ines
Unable. Feeling thus. and knowing
that there are those who seem To think
such gatherings waste OF time and
money. we shall give space for COM
plete record Of the proceedings Of this
Institute, believing that q distinct
knowledge Of the way in which these
guardians Of the rising gener alton
spend . week in council will convince
any one that II Is time well invested
MONDAY, OCT. l4TH,
scooSding to announcement the Insti-
tute convened In the court room at
one p NJ. and was called to order by
Mr.. Rollins. An organization was at
once effected by the selection Of the
following Officers:
President, G. w. Rollins; Vice Pres
ident, John c. johnson; Secretary.
VIM. NJ Wilcox; Assistant Secretaries,
Jennie NJ. Focht and d. A. Diltz.
Upon motion Of w. d. Vermillion.
the President was empow red to APP
point all committees whereupon the
following Announcements were made !:
Committee on Programme :-chas.
Brown, A. B. Oakley, Eunie Frink,
Mrs. Sherwood.
Committee on Res1,ntioss-W. s.
Chase, w. r. Stubbs, Mrs. Vermillion,
Miss Murphy.
Committee on Fn1ncc-W.. ID. Yer
million. Griffith johnson. +. U. Cook.
An enrolment gave the names Of
thirty-four ladies and twenty-six gen.
tlemen present.
Suggestions were called for, and
w. s. Chase, that eac
teacher provide himself or herself with
. book for the purpose Of taking
notes" by w. d. Vermillion. that
remarks be had upon the utility Of
Tsachers' Institutes. Mr.. V. was
called upon under the latter sugges-
tlon and talked briefly.
Adjourned to seven O'Clock r. NJ.
EvENING.-After some music from
the ladies and gentlemen who, al
though many Of them were not men,
bsrs Of the Institute. kindly added the
pleasant feature of vocal music to the
exercises land whom for convenience
We shall call the Glee Club. the mis-
csllaneous discussion was postponed,
and the Institute listened to an address
upon the subject Of Penmanship by
Prof. Hanna. Adjourned.
TUHDASsA: l5rM.
FORENOON -InslIt61D called to or
der 1t nine o'clock, When further
enrolment showed the presence Of
l0s Iadies and gentleman. Music by
the Giee Club, ater which Mrs. Me-
Gossgsi, Principal OF the Davenport
Thinning School, conducted devotion.
Il sxsscises In manner deemed by
her sppsopriate for the school room
PRAYER b. Rev. J. w. Henderson.
Mn. MeGonegsi presented the SUBJ
jsex II Methods Of Teaching"-her
ssasxns@ns ~ she matter including ref
es~eee % the new Pestaiozzian Theory
6~s ffsss.5~. which Mss i--cri bel -
epcsassing fundamentally Of the fol-
t~seg priocso8es:
Lee. Asnes activity h the law OF
each 6rsg IN work-edu-
So Tho hAc1s-
II Ohs~gvs The uAioral order OF the
form she mind. then
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