The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-12-18
Correspondence of the FLoRIDIAN.l
COlOred Teachers Institute.
Quincy, December 8, 1888.


Editors FlOr5dlan..: The cOlored teachers of the
public schools of Leon and Gadsden counties, SO
in number, have been attending institute OF
three weeks duration ut this place.
They have been instructed very efficiently by
Professor Felkel, the instructor, and others, in
photography, reading, writing, arithmetic, alge-
bra, geography, history, grammar book keeping
composition, elocutiOn, drawing with blackboard
exercises and in the art of teaching. Miss M. E.
c. Day, of Tallahassee, a very competent teacher,
instructed in music Every teacher prepared
compositions on the best methods of teaching
several branches of education, and all took part
in an oral discussion of the subject of the proper
discipline and government of school, and in an
interesting spelling match. In addition TO the
regular instruction the institute favored
with several lectures on mathematics by Rev. B.
Howe Professor Of Mathematics and Languages
in the Quincy Academy; with lecture on clo-
cutiOn from Major E. r. Rivers, President of the
West Florida Seminary; with lecture at night
on chemistry, with experiments, from Professor
Dickerman, of the Florida University.
Hon. E. X. Foster, the Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction, made visit, and delivered very
impressive speech. Bishop Wayman, of the A.
N. E. Church, was present On several occasions
education and the great necessity OF thoroughly
trained teachers. The teachers were much
pleased with an address by Judge Parsons, of
Michigan, now sojourning in this place.
The teachers unanimously. and with much
feeling, adopted the following resolutions:
WHEREAS, The State Of Florida, led thereto
by desire for the betterment of the educational
condition of all classes of her citizens has pro-
vided that institutes be held throughout her Dor
ders, making liberal appropriation for that pur-
pose; and aoieretLs, the action of our political
mother has been ably seconded by the will and
work of the Hons. G. e. L. Allison, of Gadsden,
and II. N. Felkel, of Leon therefore, be it
Iesolued, That we the teachers of Gadsden
and Leon counties objects alike of the thought
eminent instructors, return to the first our need
felt thanks, trusting that the seed which they now
SOW may spring up in an hundred-fo Of good
to all classes OF the State we love 50 we'll
Resoloed, That we recognize in Hon. E. X.
Foster, our State Superintendent, an able and
efficient officer, lover of justice, friend of
education and the public schools, and to him we
present, through the press of the day, our heart
felt thanks for his recent visit and instructive
advice.
hesolced, That our thanks are rendered to the
several gentlemen of known ability who have
given US such interesting and instructive lectures
during our session.
Iies0lued, That the members Of this institute,
separately and collectively, hereby express their
thanks, and ask a perpetual blessing upon the
people Of Quincy for the kind and courteous
manner in which we have been treated by them
All the teachers have expressed themselves as
greatly benefited by the instruction received at
the institute, and declare that their future tcnch
ing will be of an improved character. ***