Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-01-20


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for tbe reason Inn, the district Insti.
iute althourh good IN NJ nlncc Ind
survived M limo IA has crown old
and stalo every suh;oct has been OK.
hnus,cd and m,,ch az M former intcr-
est has rcIaxod and v;eld;ng IN tLo
demand for some,h;n3g better Il bas
d;ed a n.t,,ral ,les,h '"7l 1fl 7 /, IT,
n Anderson an regotivo advo.
Gated the district ;nst;,ute. Tbouobt
much of thc nrooress in cducation and
our school work was owinr 10 tbe IN.
aucnces ~ tbo d;s,r;c, ;nstitute Said
one Of the best nroofs we have Of this
IL in ,he hct that In districts where
institutes have hoen held for four q,
five yenrs pasl wa tlnd the best teacb.
ora best furnished school buildings
largest perccnlage Of attendance and
tbe highest salaries mid 10 teachers
Tho ADVANTAGES ac bolJing district
instead otlocal institutesarc meny.cbief
among which n tho owoLen;ng Of m
educational interest among the citizens
Tbev rive vopng teachcrs nm onnor
tunitv of breaking tbc ice nt home
where thew arc ne, loo basbfnl 10 saw
something They also create a spirit
of competition between schools cach
district yicing with the others for Tho
name of Tho hos, schaoI
Superintendent 1,rcgorv tbcn az.
plained the obicc, If he local ;nst;,uto
They would Concentrate tho WORKING
force amono teachers and givc more
time 10 do t5e worl, and mora ,imc FIR
nrcnaration as only Ave or six would
be held in The county during ! scbooI
term A committee wonld he annoint'
cd 10 take cborcc Of Ills work ono
nerson from oach local ,,s,;,ntn All
irict IN thc county ~ oc, as cho;rman
with mower 10 annoint snb'committces
whose duty il wonld be 10 set the time
and place Of bolding sucb institute in
,ho;r resnoo,;vo J;st ,.;c,s md noLo
The necessary arrangoncn,s ho nro
oramme 40
w / kim snol,e !, favor ar tho
district institute soid U,s,on bad
sunnortod thcm two veors md thev
were growing in in,sres, and c,vc,.
omong Tho neonlo Thor had dnno =
rood worl, and wcre recogn;ved bv ali
90 tho host educa,;onoi sp,enc,, a,'o'. ~.
Lronrbt into nso ' W.
a w Marsden said tho d;st,;c, IN
stitute can not be renlaced Inv anv
other AGENCY Of eonai vale u T ~
school yorl, In Cleardeld county Was
sofe IN mal,inr ,he asscr,;cu that
Huston townshin il now IN adyonna ~,
many oldnr dIstic,s Tho snLool
terms are LONGER hiohcr salaries ara
na;d thc teacbcrs snd ,hc cor,,aI
lbigh school located M Penndeld l.
second 10 none IN ,he conntv ali ,h;s
nrogress has taken Mace IN the last
6vn ,ea,.s Tbo non.'lo Laro 80,
arouscd bv the inanepces NJ tbc d;st,;c,
institute. NMr
: Ifthese arc cried down and the local
institutes takes their places, Huston
owing to her isolated position. will nc
doubt be excluded. and if not excluded
we could look for no aid from the Other
districts, as the distance to be travelled
to reach us would be an objection Ia
holding local institute in our town
ship.
r. c. Hayes spoke in favor of III,
district institute. Said Brady town
ship had organized one five years aro
and held their meetings twice month
since. They never lacked interest
Teachers were eager to take part in
the work, and citizens turned out ano
filed the School house each session
Many Young teachers have been school
ed in the district institute. and ar,
ready to admit they received NOR,
practical knowledge by attending then
than by attending the County lnsti
tute.
REMARKS by W. S LUTHER.
Mr. In,bor said ,ha, ho hol;ovad a.,
district ;ns,;,ntea bea o,,I;yad ,,a;, aS,
, usefulness that somefhine he,tcrshanl,
be Instituted, In ono sense Of IN,
word district Institutes arc nm imnosi
. ton upon the people. and that the di
rectors and teachers are doing wrong
f to tolerate them IN the manner il
. which they are generally conducted
! That he believed that district institutes
/ had done more to lower the cause o
t our iree schools in the estimation o
the people than any other agency
A That he knew districts in the count,
t where institutes were conducted a
,hs moonle ~ ,,no any pace ~ !, ,ne , coun
Am, otvoy r ,,i,h m, ,ho 10 ~ 49,, ~ '",Jr , =
svstcm sor nv a,hor ,oIson~ p.os ,t.s s0noo ,,s
tIev have hcen hnmhu~r"d o"I ,r;,L . ~ "a
tr;ct ;nst;,u,os. hoar;I,s. ,o,J ~" ~, m u,s
mort them Les;des ,hc shon,an;,, s ~ s"p =
ihe school ,c,,n m rha, "V' ~ 'o''s aas,, = =