Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-12-10
CLrARrIEIp Counrv Tr,cuvn.,I N,

srirurE.--Thc Clearield County Teacbcrs' Irst,.
tute, for the school year 1878, will bo held in m,
Court House, In the borough Of Clcarficld, com.
mencing on Monday, December 22, 1873, at
O'Clock I. NJ, and closing on Friday evening, De.
ccmbcr 20. All the Teachers Of both pupt,,o ana
PRIVATE Schools, and the School prectors FROM
all the districts, are cordially invited 10 atlend
and participate In the exercises. Ample assist
anoe has been secured and sufficient rangep,ent,
have been made TO enable us to gnarant tee A ploa
SAINT and profitable time to all who may be nres
ent, and we hope there is not one teacher IN m,
county who has not sufficient professional zeal ana
pride In his work to attend.
At Directors Convention which met last ven,
the Directors decided that Institute time ,bonla
not bc granted to Teachers, but that thew woulS
endeayor, us far the means of the district woul,
permit, to give such liberal salaries as might en-
able theTeachcrs to attend, independent of this
This Is truly benefit to the Teacher, as IL ena
bles him to escape the reproaches of the citizen,
who are opposed to Institute work, ifsuch there he
In his district, and to show that his motives ar,
sincere. 1t also greatly aids the Institute work
as those who may attend will desire 10 rcceiy,
value for the time and money expended, and
therefore, VIII aid In making the work profitable
EXERCISES.
The exercises will consist Of Methods Of Instruc
tion, in the branches taught in our Common
Schools, Lectures, Essays, Discussions, Readings
Method Of Teaching the Alphabet, Miss Merit,
Mcdowell photographic Spelling, b. L. Bottorf
Phonetic Spelling and Analysis of Words, j. b.
Johnson Geography, 1--we chapters each day)
Edgar Wilson; English Grammar, five chapter,
each day., i. @. Hays; Analysis of Sentences, O
y. Wech History, lone epoch each day), Miss
Hattie Swan; Composition, J. Y. McKenrick
Mental Arithmetic, ltcn chapters each day,) Il. N.
Root Written Arithmetic, (ten chapters each day
John Ii. Breth; Natural Philosophy, A. W. Mul
hollen Drawing, W. S. Lpthcr; Vocal Music, G
W. Weaver; Algebra, Miss Y. La Porte; Genera
Lessons, Miss Hattie Bloom.
spnJEcrs FoR CONSIDERATION.
How should reviews be conducted J. F. Ander.
son. 10 what extent should Teachers assist pu.
pills. J. W. Greene. How may Grammar be taught
prohtably without booksl T. IL. Litz How may
biography be taught prohtsbly without books
q. u. Ague Are Visits from parents beneficial
U. V. Spencer. Method for getting pupils not in
attendance to attend schools1 p. Chamberlin
The condition of the school room to preserve the
good health Of the pupsl W. +. Shannon
What Is the necessary apparatus for distric,
schooll @. D. Crawford. What apparatus should
Teacher possess to be successful in his work
W. A. Coulter. How should a Teacher employ
his time outside Of school hours J. T. Hartshorn
QUESTIONS ron DISCUSSION.
salary Of Teachersl
ID. Should better qualified Teacher be en-.
ployed for primary than high schooli
I'd. Should a Teacher require written excuses
from his pupils for being absent7
4th. Should Teacher detain pupil after schoo
hours to prepare lessonl
Messrs. NJ. l.. MQuoyn and J. d. Ncif will oper
the discussion on the 6rst question. Mcssrs. 0. b
Welch and J. 4. McKenrick the second. Messrs
nal u..I ID n Ill. l.. ~.
W. i. Shannon and j. A. johnson, the fourth.
DIRECTORS DAY.
Thursday viii be Directors day, when the fol
lowing questions will be discussed:
LIST. Should there be division in the dv,
I'd. Should Directors permit unprofessiona
Teachers to occupy the houses during the summer
season
Sd. Should school houses be used for other thar
school puposes'
fyESIEg LECTURES.
Evening lectures viii be delivered by Hon. ]. p
Wickersham, DR.. William Cattol, Ex- Gov. Bigler
Hon. Wm. A. Wallace, Hon. @. X. Barrett, Rev
II. s. Butler, Rev. W. NJ. BurchGed WIN. NJ. Nc
cullough, Esq, John Ii. FulfOrd, Esq
MUSIC. H
The Vocal Music win be conducted by Teachers
assisted By Prof. John Weaver instrumental
Music by the Clearfeld Orchestra.
ACCOMMODATIONS.
Boarding can be had at Hotels for 81 90 per day
and at private boarding houses for rs cents, dur
ing Institute.
The roll will be called by districts. During III,
Institute there win be Spelling Contest. Es
says will be read by different Teachers during th,
week. The Comwittee en- Permanent Certificate.
win bs selected on Monday afternoon. During In
stitute week four copies of the late School Law
will be distributed to each School Board in th'
county. The President OF each Board will pleas,
send a written order for them, sigaod by himself
The persons placed on for Methods Of Instruc
tion, in the different branches, viii please CONT
prepared to write cut an analysis in full, on the
board, cf their work, when others will bave oppor
tunity Of questioning their methods.
We thank the many Teachers for their attend
anee and earnest work last year. and desire to SCI
all present this year.
J.A. GnEooRr, Co. sup't.