Smyrna times., 1875-12-15
For the Smyrna Times.
Kent County Teachers' Tns&;@r4

morning at halfpast ten, Prof. Groves.
9tate superintendent, acting as President,
Frayer was offered by Rev. j. II. Caldwell,
OF Dover, followed by the appointment Of
oihcers, which were as follows: II. C. Jones.
wee PRESIDENT; T. B. Johns, Secretary !:
Miss Ida ii. Pennington, Assistant Seciy..
Mr.. Groves then delivered a verv able
opening address, and was followed by ad.
dresses from Hon. Charles Brown and
iroi. - NJ. W Wllliams, of Dover. The meet.
ing then adjourned to meet at two o'clock
In the afternoon.
lhe afternoon session Orened with PRAYER
6y Rev Mr.. Recder, of The Baptist Church.
Dover, and singing lay tie choir. The choir
was constituted as follows: Misses Cannon.
Louder6ough and Pennington, and Messrs,
Durhett, Louderbough, Roe, Merriam and
heV. Mr. feeder. The roll was then called
3oout eighty being present during the first
day' The principal exercise for the after
noon was an essay on the subject of
Writing" read by Mr.. James II. GEORGE,
OF Magnolia, he giving the principles of the
small letters on the board, followed bv
remarks by several members and visitors
and Mr. Herman Roe, of Smyrna. by re.
quest giving some of the capitals with cx-
Pianatory remarks. Miss Mary Cannon. of
Dover' then sang with fine effect n solo
ehtitled, "Amalla, or the Roman Chariot
eef, when, with some miscellaneous ra.
marks and music by the choir, the Institute
adjourned.
The evening session came to order ot
Lali-past seven. The roll was again called
IolIowed by quartette anthem. Mr. Her
man Roe then read a selection entitled
lhe Lerer," one of n. p. Willis's sacred
poems The string band then discoursed
some sweet music, after which DIR. w. II |
furnell' OF Delaware College, delivered |
very instructive and interesting lecture ON |!
" Books and Authors" Music hy the hand |
followed by reading by Prof j. NJ. vii. !
mans, OF the Wilmington Conference !
academy, selection entitled "Outgrown
ne attendance i'll the evening was very
large, there being about five hundred pe6-
pie IN the hall. The lecture was very
entertaining, the music was good, and the
style.
The session of Friday morning ononed at
nlne Prayer was offered bv Prof. Rev.
nolds, of Wilmington, and music Inv tLo
choir About one hundred teachers were
present during the forenoon. The essay of
ime II.e, morning was delivered by Mr. Fred. A.
", ",ililamS, OF Dover; subject, Text Books"
followed 10y remarks by Prof. REYNOLDS.
hon. Z. Brown, Elias S. Reed. Herman Roo
and others. Prof Reynolds then gave n
very instructive address on Grammar and
the best modes of teaching it. porsinr
many sentences which were sent IN from
the audience. The session closed with
singing by the choir.
Ihe afternoon session was called TO ordar
shortly after two by Prof. Groves. PRAYER
was offered by Rev. j. Dare, of Wvoming ,
followed by music by the choir. The roll {
d teachers was again called. The principal
'Sercise = oil the afternoon was the reading q
d an essay by Herman Roe, on the subject t
d Reading" 1t was well written and I
covered the whole ground. The essay was q
hen discussed by Prof. REYNOLDS and | l
others. Miss Mollie Caldwell then gave a $
reclamation entitled the Maniac" which i
vas followed by class exercise in spellino q
by the Dover Public Schools, conducted by c
MIR. Fred. a. Williams, PrincipaI Adj. !
ourned at halfpast four, to meet in the ! /
evening VAC :
Evening session opened at halfpast seven i
vlth quartette song. Miss Ida PENNINGTON +
II Dover, read very beautiful selection q
untitled Rock of Ages" 1t was we'll Il
endered and received with applause. Tho G
ecture Tor this evening was given by Prof a
". M. =. Jetfries, of Delaware Collepe. on II
Mathematics as an essential element in q /;
Gneral education" 1t was very able 0
ddress and was listened to with the great C
81 attention. Miss Mary Cannon shot off Ii
gain with very sweet solo. 8. Kathleen 7
lavourneen." A recitation was then ,,;vo, O.
y Miss George Rockwell. of Dover n
Curiew must not ring tonight" and tLe il
leteting closed with music by the choir.
Inc saturday morning session. the last
the institute, was opened bv SuDt
roves with the subject of "School Govern Il
lent, which was discussed by Messrs | b
has. Brown, Fred. A. Williams. Prof | b
eynolds, Prof. Heath and Others. Mr. | III
E ID. Johns OF Smyrna then read u we'll | N
repaired and comprehensive ESSAY on The k
ioJect OF Arithmetic" followed bv dis. 81
lssions, and an address on the same sub 1t
CT by Prof Reynolds, with explanations ra
1d demonstrations on the board. Mr. Groves hi
zen stated that out of one hundred and on
n schools IN the county, one hundred and DC
ven teachers had been present during re
le session TINS being very generous ~ ~
'erage. A preamble and resolutions were Nj
ad extending vote of thanks 10 the III
,oPle OF Dover for their kindness in enter. ca
lhing the teachers; to the Levy Court for oi
e use OF the hall to the lecturers. musi. IN
ans, and all who had assisted in the .
sututej and with various remarks by IN
embers and visitors the convention adj. III
urned for one year. tn
This first Teachers Institute in Kent tai
unity was an eminent success. Every IN
rt OF it passed off pleasantly the State otl
pt. exerted himself to the utmost in its III
terest; all were interested and profited. BiI
d there are doubtless no teachers in the me
unity, who were present, but feel repaid ces
: closing their schools and going to Dover. CHI
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ABOUT HoGs.-Mr. Lowery, of Milford. kn
He'd IL pigs, six months old, last week, wr'
at averged 232 TBS. each and aggregated
S24 lbs. The heaviest weighed 277I {
has put II in pen, eight weeks old Tn
lich he proposes to kill March 25tb. and frie
allenges any one to race with him. Mr. ens
IS a very successful pork raiser and he exI
ties some practical ideas to the Dover Gel
at'neL We make the following clippines der
IN his article % wit
have for the last 2S years taken n con. sale
erable interest in the raising of hops con
few years ago, ! had great mania for be
sing large hogs. ! cannot give any good not
ancial reasons for so doing, but nv greot are
bition was to raise twelve hogs to weigh iter
ty hundred pounds. In the Fall Of 10 opi,