The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-02-22

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Institutes, makine many pleasing aad
practices REWARDS. ckAs~. Oliphant
and others took part in The discssssion
shsi foll,wed. Institute sdiMned IN
I o'clocs '. n.
Upon re assembling the conscnis of
the QUERY box were read. and the
question whether teachers shoul con-
duct thar oxn Institutes w employ .
Conductor. ELECTED such IN -xpressson
Of opinion ss indicated = preference
for employing home talent.
4 very spirited discussion on the
qucstio, II al,oliahing corporal pun
ishmea, was participated In by Rol--
Inns, uiphsns, Chase, Mather. and
others.
G. Maihcr, d. A. Waters, +. U.
Cook. Jennie Pearson and Sadie
Wattcs, were appointed Committee
on Resolutions.
Institute adjoarnes! 10 2 o'clock
next morning.
Saturday 4. NJ, Feb. 10.
Institute wet pursuant to adjourn
ment.
G. Mathcr introduced the subject Of
Grammar.
D. A. Waters illustrated his meth
Cd OF teahing Geography, which was
followed by lesson on the same SUBJ
iect from S. NJ. Waters.
VIM. S. Chae gave his method Of
teaching reading. c. Leech followed
upon the subject of Writing.
At the conclusion Of these exercises,
all of which we're very interesting
and instructive, the Institute adjourn
ed 10 meet at one O'Clock.
The afternoon session commenced
with consideration Of Primary lnstruc-
ton, treated bv Rollins, Cook, and
others.
A lively discussion upon Compulsory
Education wasgenerally participated
in.
An interesting exercise in map
drawing was conducted BY Hannah
Bean.
George f. Beams painted criticisms
must have convinced the teachers
present that there is abundant room
for improvement
The following resolutions were
adopted:
Res. That County Institutes are
beneficial; but we believe Branch In
stitutes to be Of more practical utili-
".
Res. That the subject Of primary
instruction has been too much neg
lected in our Institutes.
Res. That system Of compulsory
education is desirable, and that our
Legislature should pass law enforc-
ing the same.
Res. That there is no more import.
ant Office in our county than that Of
County Superintendent of Public
Schools, and that such officer should
have salary that would compensate
him in the performance Of his duties.
Res. That every school in the
county should be furnished with .
dictionary, comb, wash bowl, soap,
towel and looking glass,
Res. That we offer our sincere
thanks to the citizens Of West Branch
for the hospitable manner in which
th>v h.-~ ~cn1crtanscu ssso ...---.s..-.
and visitors Of the Institute.
Res. That copy Of the proceed
ings Of this meeting, with resolutions,
be furnished to each Of the county
papers for publication.
Minutes of the different sessions
read and approved.
On motion the Institute adjourned.
MARY NJ. SMITH, Sec'y.