The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-16
INSTITUTE NOTES.
MONDAY, Aug

INSTITUTE NOTES
MONDAY, August Is.
The last week of the institute bids
fair to be the best OF the session.
The instructors have announced their
intention of making assistants out OF
many of the older teachers, who will be
appointed to take charge of the classes
during the week. This will be a splen-
did drill for tho teachers, and it will
also be the means of showing whether
the instructors have been successful in
imparting their ideas of conducting rec
itations ~.
business young men, and editor OF the
neat little educational journal, the "Cab-
met" was at the Normal this morning
and in a clear but modest manner ad-
dressed the teachers. stating the object
and presenting the claims of the Cabi-
net. We are glad to say the teachers
subscribed quite literally but still there
are great many we would be pleased to
see add their names to the list. II this
paper receives the support that it
should receive and the support
that Is due it, we predict that in very
few years it will become one of the lead
ing educational Journals In the west.
For, published as il IS, in city that is
rapidly becoming an educational centre,
1t can not help but grow in magni-
tude and importance. Mr.. Editor
we don't intend this for an
advertisement, but we would like
to see the teachers of Lyon county take
hold of this paper with willingness
that means business.
The teachers association and the read
ing club met at the close OF recitatiOns
and adopted a constitution. They also
discussed some interesting questions.
The spirit of the meeting gave evidence
that the Lyon County Teachers AssOcia-
ton, of this year, would be grand i'm.
prOvement on previous years. A COM
mit.ee on program and general order of
business was appointed. The commit
tee consisted of Miss Mamie Dolphin
and Messrs. Bishop, Cahill and WYmer.
TUESDAY, August IA.
One part of our institute is especially
worthy of commentator, viz: The
model school. 1t is a departure we'll
worthy of example to other institutes.
Having at its foundation the main
elements of Normal instruction it neceS
sarily must keep in view the chief OBJ
ject and purpose of county Normal in
stitutes. These Normals never were in
tended for preparing school teachers SO
that they would be enabled to "pass ex
aminations," but they were introduced
for the purpose of bringing the teachers
Of the county together IN body for
their own mutual benefit and improve.
ment. They meet for the purpose of in
terchanging their views on primary and
elementary instruction in our common
schools, and there can be no better way
of doing this than by giving model reel
tations before class of teachers, acting
as critics and observers.
The past two weeks this work has
been the most prominent part OF the
work of the institute, and many Of the
teachers have the opportunity OF con.
Quoting classes, while all have had an
opportunity to criticise this work and
give their views on the same. To-day
Miss May Herbert, one of the city
school teachers, conducted q recitation
of this character before the institute
The recitation was truly "mOdel'
and all who were fortunate enough tC
be present could not help but be greatly
benefited. Those who were present, We
are assured, would be pleased if Miss
Herbert could conduct many more such
Rotations before the clnse of the insti-
tute.
Pursuant to call the Lyon County
Teachers Library ASSOCIATION met ut l.
O'Clock, noon. Some important busi
ness was Transacted, among which
was the adoption of n
new constitution, the appointing nf "A
committee e. solicit membership, and
the election of officers The officers
elected are as GIliows. President, w.
M. Davidson; vice president, Frank
Kizer; secretary. ]. Z. Klock; treasurer
Miss Eta Kirkendall.
Tomorrow night Rector Mackay viii
lecture in the Presbyterian church, sub.
ject: "The true objects and uses of ed
ucatiOn."