Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-11

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where They WIN be Held and How to
Reach Observation-Disclosures Orrss Ap-
peal to Teachers
There will be three Teachers Institutes
this year-one in Macon, one at Norcross
and one at Dalton. All three viii open
simultaneously on Aug. 4. They viii
all be kept up for four weeks, closing the
18th Of that month.
The instructors will be as follows:
Naoon-B. VI. Zettler, superintendent OF
the Public Schools Of the county Of Bi3oi
Charles Lane. Principal Of the Alexander
Fee school. and Iawton b. Evans, su-
perintendent of the Public schools OF
the county Of Richmond. Noreross-M.
n. Baker. Superintendent Of the Public
Schools Of the county Of Chatham; w. ;.
Bogart. Principal Of the Girls High
School. Savannah, and Prof. ;. {. Cald-
we'll. Of Rome Female College. Dalton
Rufus W. Smith. President Dalton Fe-
male College: E. G. Moore, Principal Fair
Street Grammar School, Atlanta, and
John Nicely, Principal Of Girls High
school. Augusta.
State School Commissioner Orr has is
sued the following circular:
There will be separate schools for teach
ers Of the white and cOlOred races, taught
in different houses but by the same IN
-
teachers OF both races are earnestly 1n-
vited to attend. Instruction will be free,
but each teacher will, Of course. be eX-
pected TO pay his own board. 1t is no
part Of the design to expose the Ignorance
Of teachers: the sole object is TO prepare
earnest teachers 70 do better work.
Doubtless boards Of education, in employ
ing teachers, will consider more Iavora-
blY the claims Of such as thus seek to
improve themselves.
The railroads generally have made
liberal reduction in rates.
The Central Railroad will return, at the
rate Of l cent a mile, all members OF any
Of the Institutes who pay full fare going,
on the presentation Of a certificate of pre-
scriOed form signed by the State School
Commissioner. Return tickets from the
Dalton and NOrcrOss Institutes can be
bought in Atlanta: and from the Macon
Institute, in Macon. The privilege thus
granted extends to the Central (including
the Atlanta DivisiOn) }. Southwestern and
Savannah, and the Griffin and North Ala
bama Railroads.
The Savannah, Florida and Western
Railroad will return free all members OF
any Of the Institutes on the certificate Of
the State School Commissioner that they
have attended either for the purpose of
receiving or giving instruction, and that
full fare was paid in going over this road.
The Brunswick and Western Railroad,
the Georgia Railroad, the Richmond and
Danville Railroad, the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia Railroad, the West
ern and Atlantic, the Atlanta and West
Point and the Marietta and North Georgia
Will also give greatly reduced rates.
Board at Macon will not be less than 81
per week.
White teachers attending the Institute
at NOrcrOss will be charged for board the
uniform rate Of $40 per month. ColOred
teachers will be entertained at the rate of
81 80 10 81 per week, payable weekly IN
advance.
Board can be obtained at the Dalton In.
stitute by white teachers at IS per month
Board in private families Sl5 per month.
For cOlOred teachers the price will be
from So to IS per month.
At a meeting of the State Board of Edu-
cation on Jan. 20 last, the following reso-
buttons were unanimously adopted:
ReSOlUed, That, in the opinion Of this
Board, the County Board OF Education
may encourage County School Commits
sio1ers TO attend the Summer Peabody In
stItutes for the purpose Of meeting with
the State School Commissioner, that he
may examine into their mode of admins
tering the school law, counsel with them.
and instruct them in their official duties.
ReSOlred, That, in our opinion, the sew
eral county boards may allow the County
School Commissioners their regular per
diem for three or four days of their at
tendance for the purpose expressed in the
foregoing resolution.
COMMISSIONER ORR SAYS.
Il very much desire that every County
School Commissioner in the State shall
meet me at some one of the aforemen-
toned institutes. A few days after the
resolutions were adopted l sent number
of copies of a preliminary circular in re-
latiOn to our contemplated Peabody In
stitutes to each County School Commits
sioneT for distribution. The circular
contained the resolutions above copied,
and a request to each Commissioner to lay
one copy before his board at its next
meeting. and to invite action on the sub
ject. hope that every Commissioner has
done so. and that the boards have taken
favorable action. / invite the Commits
siOners to meet me at NOrcrOss Aug. D,
in Macon on the 18th, and in Dalton on
the 25th of the same month. Each Com
missioner can select the most convenient
| place for him to attend. l again say, let
no one fail to attend unless absence snail
| be unavoidable.
''There is a strong probability of the
| passage of the Blair bill by the lower
House OF Congress next winter. l make
| this statement upon what consider the
most reliable authority. IL VIII De re-
membered that it has already passed the
| Senate. If it passes the House we will
| have a large sum of money at our disposal
| for the Improvement of teachers by insti-
tutes. normal schools, etc., as the bill
permits one-tenth of the annual appro-
| priation, from year TO year, to be applied
| in that way. This would put at our dis
! pOsal for these purposes about 100000 the
first year. $780, 900 the second, $4,000 the
third, and then gradually diminishing
sums, from year to year, till the end of
the eighth year, when the appropriation
ceases. We shall doubtless have many
county institutes under the operation of
the act, conducted by paid teachers