The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-09
&oueationaI
Proceedings o. tha andrew County
Teachers Institute.

Teacher3 Institute.
At thr request Of the Ansir-w County Teachers
Institute, yon arc now furnished u portion Of the
proceeding. of the Institute. They will be lurn-
ishrd in in-tallurnts and will b. continued from
week To week until flushed. We shall try in
these MINUTES 10 chow m impartial feeling,
show ing neither fear nvr favor, prejudice nor
Partially.
MDNDAY-MoHSING SESSION.
The lnsti ,utc met IN the Public Sc,ool-housc
in savannah, on Mon'iay. December ~, ls'3,
County superintendent, ". u. IIpar, e~r-eDie,o
President, in The chair. The forenoon was
passed in di,cusSng aud adopting u Constitution.
Adjourned until iP. ".
AFTERNOON SESSION..
Institute met al thu hour appointed, AMI pro-
cct-ird TO ,lec, officers Ter the ensuing year.
The election resulted rs follows: President, W.
d.. Huar; lst Vice President, Miss Anna T..
Morris; ID yies rEss,!.n.' Ms, Eva rarsrri
Miss ALA Buckley; Treasurer, D.. g.; ilonnold;
Executive Committee, II. +. AlexanI-r, DIR. Il.
Cruikshank. jos; Br2"k : nna w. W. W. h %a.'
Mi, A armstrong, Mi-s T1!lork, j. Powell
and 6. r. King; Chap, H. +. Alexander.
Afl.r II recess Of ten minutes, = song. Greet
ing Glirr, > aud then the rcpIrt OF the Treasurer,
who reporteti u balanc. eli slj- ~ IN his hands,
which WAS iransfcrirJ Ia the hands Of the new
Treasurer. Next in ortrr WAS Il .oag. followed
I,y the Annual Address by the President, who
gave the Institute s"m- good ndyic'. 1t was
short, concise, and To tn point. lie wished Inc
teachers to meet on level ground, AMI To work,
MT ONLY + r heir own improvement, but for The
impro,rme [ IT tho-a, placed uud r their charge.
AT the ciu-e. the President appointed the t'il"w-
ing committees: On Programme, Wln. Hunter,
}. II. Wiik 'rson and jos. Br,nk'; on General
Arransrin MS, T.: King, VIM. Examining AMI
J. Is Till; on Res ,lu, ioi-, Miss Eva Parker,
Mr.. Walter Thurtrn AMI } kinzrr.
The Institute was noa gi:rn time for general
discussion upon any question which might be
proposed. Mr.. Honnrid proposed: -, u p's,
sibic to prevent whispering in school-ind
how" Quit. an interesting discussion was
maintained pro and con, until the hour of All
io,lrnmcni, whau the que sliun WIS len open toT
discussion, aud the Committee On Programme
were instructed 10 give II q pla". On Iurstin! :
! programme. The Committee On General, Ar
| rapgrnirnt. report iiLi they had procured the
privilege of using the ba-rinent of the sixth
Street Methodist thuYfh for the Evening Sessions
of the Institute, which report wa- adopted. Ths
| Institute then adjourned To Inrrt Ut ] O'Clock
xyENISG sE-sioN.
Tn, following Arrri-r s were hr+i in the even.
ing: 1T, II song, Mrle"m-, sung 10y IN
ed of Mis-, l.. Armstrong, alto; i. r.. Hunter,
bass; and II. ;. tiarlincr. tenor. Thu ch,ii
was accompanied with In. organ. played by Mis-
Annie II ,hrrr. An here W. W ,uld SAY that IL
nil the ni rtings Of the Institute We would rec
ommcnd that more niu-ic bc inicrspersc't There
L, nothiur that can he introduced MO thr scs'
sion, of this Institute tluit will bring all tn
m.mb.r. into better feeling that social sony-
and W.. further rec pniR MI that a series oi son;
books be- rrcoInm n ted BY the Comfy Snrrrin
tend,tt. 20 that all The s.h,"l>, teachers an'
scholars my brcnnr. ftmiiiai with good ap
nruurilte songs. lnrrr ar COLLECTIONS III song
nnhli,h,d. suitable for the Use Of our c.'nliiJi
Schools, and i fall the schools IN the count.
would adopt u series ot songs, when the teacher
mrtt for mutual instruction AMI Improvement
ali Could join in singing. The song, rendered
by the choir nj the church. were all well AMI cor
rectIy rendered, AMI the way they were FER
formed shows the benefit and Importance OF mrl
mai ur,rtjcc. An-r the song, srlrct resdinl
Was given by .Jahr Powell. Them, .'Cnwrit
ten Music The Institute then went into u dis
cussiun of the gl',ti III n :ivrh IN IN: pro
yr.,nnI.. viz: 'R.sJisei, That the Gcsini
1,nrnlyr should not he tIus',t IN thc comm ;
scinnjs of The rnii.d states" The first ulo
the floor wus NJ. Charles Mct'"nasic. VII
stated That he parto'k Ia III" discussion WIN
urrni d,uI of rclucianc :, tor III reason thli
might place linn III an unpleasant positio
.n,onp In. nt,run- of his Sciippl and nrigibor
hnnd So lar rs he was individuality conc.r1cd
he had no interest in the m utter; but as u. "a
cali.I uuon To ol,ei the discussion In the aiiriii.
siy.. m. would proceed 50 Ia d.. lie thnngi
ina, rs we were a strictly American lsopi.Ear
III stoi{-s go. L.a-',-I lIn:u -, MAT u '"
A., u]iu.i,r. 10 IA y. ps' 20 a.: ~" t.'.' = >tfu
10 teach iaredig. ~: \ cJpa a.; thtf l!