Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-09-10
Henry County Teachers, As.oc,.t,oo.

Henry County Teachers Association.
A one weeks session of the Henry
County Teachers Association was held
at Liberty Center, o., commencing
Aug. 24th and closing Aug. 18th. The
instructor was Prof. +. p. Ewers, Presi-
dent Of the "Fayette Normal.r The
Professors attention was given TO Or
biography, Mathematics and U. s. His
tory. The other work was assigned as
follows; Grammar, Prof. G. H. Poul-
son; Geography, John Diebel; Elocu-
ton, Mrs. j. V. Cooke. The session
opened with about thirty teachers In
attendance, with frequent additions 10
that number until the close Of the ses-
sion. The different branches were taken
up In order and presented by the in
structors In such way as to hold the
interest Of the teachers who were pres
ent through the entire session. The
most interesting part ofthe institute TO-
the public In general, was the evening
lectures, the first of which was on Mon
day evening by DIR. ID. Il. Haag. Subject:
Alcohol, its use and abuse. The lecture
was delivered in the Doctors usual In
teresting way, and was well received by
the large audience present. Tuesday
evening, Prof. Poulsen occupied the
stand. and held the close attention Of
his hearers, by the mastery manner In
which he handled his subject, s'Silent
Forces.n The lecture Wednesday even
ing was Prof. Ewer's; subject Luck
This was, In the opinion of many, the
most interesting lecture. Of the course.
For many reasons, the first of which
was, the simple manner in whichit was
presented, made it plain to the younger
portion Of the audience, and ut the same
time 1t was full OF interest to the older
heads present; the lecture is remarkable
from the fact that the Professor makes
use of monosyllables only.
Thursday evening DIR. ,Haag again
occupied the stand, subject, "Diges-
tion.u The Doctor was greeted by large
audience, attracted by the well earned
fame Of the Doctor, who never speaks
unless he has something to say worth
lesteningIto. This occasion proved no ex-
ception, and the lecture being iltustra-
ted by diagrams was made plain to ev-
cry one. At the close of the exercises
Friday afternoon, the following officers
were elected for the. ensuing year:
President, G.. III. PoulseH; Vice-Presi-
dents, G.. @. Durbin and j. iii. Russell;
Secretary, w. w. Emmell; Executive
Committee, Libbie Bitzer, w. M. Ward
and John Dieble. The Committee on
resolutions presented the following:
WHEREAS, In the opinion Of the
teachers Of this association, the efficien-
cy and usefulness of our common
schools would be increased by the estab-
oh nf tha. <xf ~ ~ Es1-
perintendent.
Resolued, 1st. That we recommend
that the General Assembly be memorial
lied for such action as will create such
Office ofcounty superintendent, which
will be made q part of our common
school system.
Resotued, End. That this session Of
our county Institute has been full Of in
terest and profit to all lwho have availed
themselves Of its privileges, and that
we deeply sympathize with our fellow
teachers who through negligence, want
of energy, or any other cause have, fail
ed to be present,
Resolged, 3rd. That we tender our
sincere thanks to Prof. Ewers, Prof.
Poulsen, and Mrs. J. v. Cooke, for
their valuable and efficient instructions,
to Prof. Ewers fora rare lecture entitled
Luck remarkable for having been
delivered In monosyllable, to DIR. Haag,
for his valuable and instructive lectures
on Physiology.
The institute closed with an enter
tainment Friday evening. by class Of
young ladies under the direction Of
Mrs. Cooke. Before closing this ar
ticle I wish to say q few words In praise
of the present management Of our
schools. The institute just closed devel-
oped the fact that the pupils of our
schools, compared favorably, as regards
attainme ITS, with the other teachers
present, some Of whom have spent con-
siderable time and money in attending
schools away from home. This leads to
the conclusion that Professor Poulsen is
the right man In the right place and 1t
Is our firm belief that there is no better
teacher In the county.