Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-03-14
Teatllres Column.
JEsuP, March 8, 1878.
w. j. KELSEY, EDIToE.


JEsuP, March 5, 1878.
Ed. TEACHERS CoLUMN:-I have no.
ticcd with some interest the difference of
opinion among some Of the teachers in
regard to the quotation presented by Mr.
Turner
The sentence is complex, consisting of
principal and All advcrbial auxiliary
sentence.
The poet is supposed to have drawn
his inspiration from reflections in coun-
try churchyard, at the close Of a tranquil
summers day, when all nature was in q
state of reposc; hence l would regard
''air" as the subject of the principal sen
tence, and Stiffness" the object And all
the mir holds u solemn Stiffness, except
the place in which the beetle wheels his
droning fight. Save" is used in the
place Of except" and shows the relation
between holds and "placc."
JENNIE IL. IALDWlN.
WINTHROP, March 4, 1873.
ED. TEACHERS CoLuMN:-The follow.
ing is solution of the arithmetical ex-
ample In the Teachers Column of Febru
airy 2sth;
The area Of the board is 8 so. #. One
halt the area is AZ So. #. Supposing
the board to be continued in length IL
feet, it would be triangle "a feet long
and II inches wide at the base. The ad
dition would contain 3 So. #, 3 So #.
plus AZ Sc. #. equals ~ So. #. The
area of a triangle formed by dividing the
board, IL 50. f., equals the area of the
board and addition. From this We have
this proportion:
12:71a ::24:(
Reducing the proportion, it equals
1897 #. Subtracting the length of the
addition, and it leaves COZ feet which is
the required answer
BURGESS w. BRINrNALL.
At the close of the winter term of Miss
CAROLS school, at Littlcton, many of the
teachers of the county met at the school
house in Littlcton, on Saturday, March
LIST, Ito mingle and comminglc with, to
instruct and be instructed by, each other
The weather was fine and the sleighing
good Mr.. Pickett, of independence,
was there with his corps of teachers, so
numerous that we counted them by loads
Mr.. Kelsey, Of Jesup, came, too, with his
load of teachers, and every district in the
vicinity had its representative, filing the
house completely
Opening exercises by prayer, by Rev.
Caldwell, with music, conducted by Mr..
Barclay. We were favored with the va
rious exercises attendant upon institutes
generally. Specimen classes in reading,
spelling, practical arithmetic, mental
w. bCCuIipdIliGu Win ulSCusSlOnS OF
methods by the members of the Insti.
tute.
AT l2 O'Clock adjourned to partake of
the inequalities of the good people of
Littleton, who showed their appreciation
of the strangers by catering to the wants
of the inner man, as those good people
know ST. well how to do.
Convened at half past one and were
entertained by Supt. Ely, in an exrosi-
ton Of Mathematical Geography in his
illustrating method All were interested
and profted
MIR. Kelsey, Principal of the .Jcsup
school, then addressed the Institute upon
the prominent hindrances to success in
teaching. His address was pleasnely
listened to, and was full of instruction.
l only regret that all parents and "the
rest Of mankind" were not there to hear
it.
After critics report, and acknowledg-
ing our Indebtedness to the kind friends
IN L., we adjourned, feeling the happier,
wiser and better for the Institute at Lit
Teton. Long will we remember it.
TEACHER.