Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-12-07
CLEARFTELD COUNTY TEACHERS
INSTITUTE.
GENERAL PROGRAMME.
now 10 BECOME ENRoLLrD.

& Accompanying the circular is al
=, envelope containing a printed form
a. which fully explains the plans adopted
for enrolling members and certifying
d the result of their attendance to schoo
:, boards, as required by the Act Of AS
sembly Of April, 1881. We presume
Q all teachers know that they are now
d allowed their time and wages while at
v tending the County Institute. (Act
a of April, 1881. Teachers who are en-
J, rolled on Monday afternoon and re
l main until Friday noon, will have a
S credit Of five days, as the law allows q
7 half day for coming to, and half day
o for returning from place of meeting.
s A list Of all the school districts OF the
j county, with the names Of all the teach.
l. ers employed therein is now recorded
. in the roll book. At the opening Of
the session on Monday the districts
will be called alphabetically, and the
teachers present will then deposit their
= envelopes with the Enrolling Commit.
tee, who will see that they receive the
proper credit upon the books. Please
observe closely the instructiOnsprinted
upon the blank, and thus avoid con.
fusion and mistakes in enrolling names.
WHAT THE PRESS MAS TO SAY or OUR
INSTRUCTORS.
Space will only admit of brief in.
PRODUCTION to the gentlemen who will
lecture before our Institute. They are
all men Of National reputation, and we
could give hundreds of testimonials If
it were necessary, regarding their fit
meas for the work they are pursuing
col. J. p. SANFORD,
The old-time favorito, will appear for
the last time, before our Institute, on
Monday evening Dec. 18th, at which
time he will either deliver his celebrat-
ed lecture, paris in War times" or
repeat his famous lecture, "Old Times
and the New" A Pennsylvania editor
truthfully describes Col. Sanford in
tho following paragraph:
after hearing him last night, we
can tru.hfully say His witticisms are
irresistible; his whole soul manner,
his full, clear accent, his natural elo.
quence, his powerful human sympa.
thies his acute comprehension of hu.
man nature, and his wide world tray
els, stamp him as one of the most in.
teresting speakers and remarkable
men Of the United States"
PROF. LADD AND DR.. HIGBEE
Will lecture on Tuesday evening In
order that all may hear these distin.
guished gentlemen, no admittance fee
will be charged
Hon. Il. Il. Higbee Gas all know is
our present efficient State Superintend
ent. \ gentleman possessing rare
gifts as speaker, and as q scholar
without peer in the State. DR.. Hig.
bee is genial selfpossessed and
scholarly gentleman, having stern
devotion for the responsibilities that
rest upon him as a leader of the edu.
cational forces of the Commonwealth.
He comes to Clearfeld county to form
the acquaintance OF those whose co ope.
ration he expects in the discharge of
his duties, and we trust his reception
may be a cordial one from our teach.
ers and Directors
PROF. JOHN J. LADD
Comes from the Sunny South, having
been employed for the past eight years
as School organizer and Institute lee.
turer for the Southern States, under
the direction of the General Agent of
the Peabody Fund. Prof Ladd has
done Institute work in most every
State in the Union, and is the greatest
and most acceptable Institute man in
the United States. He will DO with
us the entire week, and on Tuesday
evening will deliver his lecture "Par.
ent Teacher, Pupil"
"Prof John j. Ladd has cndeared
himself to a large circle of friends
among the teachers OF North Carolina.
His lectures before the State Normal
School, over which he presided for
three years, will not soon be forgotten.
lie has been transferred TO Arkansas,
where he will STIR up the Educational
world. Chapel Hill (N. c. Ledger.
"At7 o'clock the house was literally
packed to hear Prof Ladd We can
not do the lecture justice. 1t was one
of Prot. Ladd's own jealous, earnest
talks, glowing all through with the
warmth and ardor which flows from
soul thoroughly enlisted and fred up
In great, good and noble work. For
tunate were they who heard it,
DdrdiHeH (ArkdnSdS) migrant.
col. Il. +. COPELAND.
Wednesday evening, December 2lst,
Mr. Copeland will deliver his celebrat.
ed lecture "Snobs and Snobbery." We
submit the following in evidence of
the merits of the lecture:
The Col. dealt with snobs of both
sexes, and snobs whose appellations
are manifold, the titled, literary, fash
onable, the money snobs, and so on to
the end of tho chapter Verify were
all snobs brought to grief. Those who
did not attend missed rare intellectual
treat, a genuine feast of reason and
flow OF soul, and those who did not
must congratulate themselves upon
their rich euioyment"-Troy (N. W
Times.
THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER %.
On this evening the Colonel will de-
liver his lecture on the "Mistakes Of
Bob" All who hear the first of course
will be present to hear the second.
Read what is said OF this lecidre
"Col. l.. f. Copeland, Of Indiana, has
been in this place occurring on tho
Mistakes of Bob We would advise
people everywhers to hear this lecture.
| 1t is logical, humorous, pathetic, and
sensible, ana the best lecture we ever
listened 10, and such as is needed in
every Gown, The gentleman is a mag
nifsent orator and he keeps his audi.
snces in splendid humor by his witty
and ludicrous illustrations, while at
the same time vein of good, sound,
practical ideas is constantly before
them" Albion ( tMich.) Cor. ~. y.
Witness.
SPECIAL TO OUR PATRONS.
The course of lectures will be given
in Pies Opera House. We feel safe in
saying that they will prove moro &C.
ceptablo than any course Of lectures
ever delivered in Clearfeld. We know
they are much moro expensive than
any preceding ones. At our low rates
Of admission 1t will require liberal
patronage to meet tho expenses con.
nected with these lectures The free
lectures of Tuesday evening, music.