Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-01-10
REPORT or THE TEA CHEERS
INSTITUTE.

II lcttthANt ibt Aht ~ iNtt y Nal AOtOt tOti-
vened in the Opera House, in the Dor
ough of Clcarfcld, on Monday, Decem.
ber 18th, and closed on Friday, Dem.
cember 29lh. On Monday lew teach.
ers were present, and Of these, some
manifested n dispOsilioH TO adjourn un-
Ill the next day, as il wus Christmas
a .cgal holiday--and the room being
too cold to remain in. The motion 70
adjourn, however, was voted down, and
the members proceeded with their
work. tN h
On Tuesday morning large num-
ber Of teachers were present, and at
the close Of the Institute the roll show
cd an attendance of ono hundred and
twenty-nine teachers, and twenty.one
directors. Both teachers and direc-
tors worked earnestly during the entire
Institute, and we are safe in saying
that, not a performance proved fail
urc, but all the exercises showed earnest
and diligent preparation by those who
took part in them, and from the qnes.
tions that were asked, we are satisfied
that most Of the teachers were prcpar-
cd upon the tircprogramme. While,
during previous years, u number of
those placed on the programme have
acquitted themselves with great credit,
yet, on no previous occasion have we
found all SO well prepared. The qucs-
tions on Theory OF Teaching were
readily answered by large number Of
teachers, not a single one requiring an
answer from the one questioning and
as each days programme was read,
those placed on performance respond.
ed with well prepared work.
Mrs. Anna Randall Diehl, from New
York, was present during the entire
Institute, giving readings during the
evening and class-iriiis during the
day. Prof Horn, Principal of the Key
stone State Normal School, came ON
Monday and remained until Wednes-
day, when Prot. Shumaker, from Cham
bersburg came, and remained until the
close OF the Institute. These gentle.
men took part in the exercises, and
gave lectures IN the evenings. The
work OF the Instructors was well re-
ceived by the teachers. Rev. ii. S.
Butler Rev. J. B. Young, II. II. Muir.
ray. Esq, and Col. Walter Barrett gave
afternoon and evening lectures. Both
day and evening sessions were well at
Tended by citizens and teachers and
we are glad to say that good order was
observed during each meeting. The
boys who were present behaved them
selves like men, making us all glad TO
see them present. aat
The exercises OF the Institute con-
sisted ofclass- drills from charts, debates,
lectures and answering questions on
theory OF teaching.
rhc roll was called at each day scs.
sion of the Institute Each day Sos
sion was opened with prayer BY one
Of the teachers, followed by singing
from a card previously prepared Tor
the Institute. The evening sessions
were opened with prayer by the cler-
Ky, and followed BY singing BY the
quartette. tft9H HaIL
The following committees and Off
GERS were elected On resolutions, g.
W. Weaver, NJ. l.. Guclch and J. W.
King; on permanent certificates, A. r.
Read, G. W. Weaver, J. +. MeKcnrick,
J. NJ. Postlcthwaitc and Maggie H.
Read; on local Institutes, NJ. l.. Nc.
Quown, l.. ~. Weber and J. p. Lytlc /,
on printing, NJ. l.. Guelcb and j. W.
King; delegates to State Teachers As
sociation, g. w. Weaver, A. n. Read,
NJ. l.. McQuown, ]. r. Wilson, Misses
Frances LaPortc, virgie Il. illegal,
Maggie Read officers TO serve at the
next meeting, Vice Presidents, l.. u.
Weber and J. n. Wilson Secretaries
Ella Howe and Kate Allcman.
The committees handed in the follow.
ing reports: The committee on perma-
nent certificates will hold two regular
meetings during the year; the first on
February 10th, in the Leonard school
building at Clcarfeld, convening at !
O'Clock p, m. They will require all
teachers desiring q permanent oertifi-
cate TO pass an examination on the
branches enumerated on their certi6.
Gates before thcm, The time for hold
ing the second meeting will be an
nounced after the close Of the first
meeting.
The committee on local Institute
renort two local Institutes for the pres
ent school year; one at Lumber City
on January 26th and 9th, and one at
Goshen on February 10th and 18th.
The committee on resolutions pre-.
scntcd q number Of resolutions found
in the after part Of the Institute report
The committee on printing reported
that the several editors agreed to give
place for the proceedings in their pa
pcrs free OF charge.
SUBJECT ron CLASS ss-DRILLs fRoN cHARTs
Mr.. d. NJ. DeVorc gave an interest
ing talk on the benefits OF phonetic
spclling with short drill on spelling,
lnitsr which number Of questions were
asked him by the teachers, and short
recitation conducted by Superintendent
Gregory. Advanced writing and draw
ling were taken up by Mr.. j. Y. Nc
Kcnrick, alter q short lecture with q
humber Of illustrations, he gave tho
teachers an opportunity Of questioning
him. Mental arithmetic (sge problrmsl
was taken up by Mr.. Silas Rscce. IL
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