The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-03
TERRITORIAL TEACHERS, 11sT1-
TUTE.
" vsn" Session, Wherein Some
very Suggestive Resolutions
were Passed.

Wy session, Wherein Some
very Suggestive RESOLUTIONS A'
were Passed.
To- noon, Dec. 10Th, the Torr;,u.
teacners' Institute wa noarllofial
super; o1snslius Hedges, Tertiary; Iy
praf n'endent of Public Instrnat;ns
elected a. =: Newill of Butte was
flolessors Davis and
M Mnhe, May Layton, Gertia RRoMnl.
a ma ;bealaand Cora Yovn n"lker,
T Tu.e.su amongst the new NJ were
q san1ect Of change Of ,a ueinoers.
ana rights Ct teacher. .eAt books
duced: After considar. was intro
F.! ,Iu tas following resolutions ' Wers
!; That teachers should IN csss y,
he Il o ,st oe notified to that effect bv
tne G os s.e < at least 80 DAYS before
dent hat me territorial superinten.
high frads On examination. grant
Wild cer,; e~srtihcates to teachers,
throi Ehont 1caIes should be valid
~ %oot the Territory.
.rsor nst the blanks on which con-
... II De'ween trustees and teachers
oG ulawn, be uniform through-
Tuesdays
-. ras.ule elaboration the fol-
.oo1 were pssu ods relating to text
III ~ We, the assembled teschsr.
Of t1 territory, do heartily annrove
ot a E1orm series of text hooks for
the p9g Pilc schools of Montan. astaHI
l us ~ = law law, providing for the sale
.. ptas i ~ AZ retail at moderate
dxed .aes 10 each County.
III a while tavorine these psn-
eraks poses we further believe nat
thl 'es AZ present in use would he
g improved by the substitnt.on
q c'oits. readers for the Inde.
' series, of Appleton's far
ths Biographies, OF Rec / and
8 Tor SelIs's grammar. and
~ 8 arithmetic for Robinson,s
y0s WEDNESDAY.
Cd session met as usual and the
G business of the Institute was
q ded with. The following reso-
/ were adopted
nat the school law should be
ded so as to provide for but one
81 report from the county super
dents, during the month of De-
Dr., so that it might contain the
la-atlstlcs. and that such report
. in addition to the statistical!
d aow required, contain state
OF the general school interests
county, with suggestions for
cement IN any direction.
hat to secure prompt reports
district clerks, officers should be
ed SIS from the general school
for making the report, and that
very days delay after due the
" superintendent shall deduct
pm the amount apportioned to
district to be TUNED back to the
al fund.
That the minemum of county
tax for supporting schools
be 4 instead of 3 mills, and
maximum shall be 6 instead of i
on the dollar on all assessable
erty.
That the minimum Of school
shall be four months for each
let.
That all census returns shall
Ify particularly the number of
lren between the ages of 5 and Is
he following officers we're elected
he ensuing year:
Fesident-Prof. s. G. Murray, of
tna.
ice President Miss Mary r. Lay
OF Butte,
ecording Secretary-A.C. Newill.
Suite,
corresponding Secretary--Miss
tie Barker of Butte.
[reasurer-Prof "A. Z. Logan. of
Fes City.
Executive committee-P Prof. 8. G.
lrray. Helena ; Prof, J. K. Davis,
tie; Miss MN. Williams, Helena:
d Prof. ]. Cannon, Butte.
EVENING SESSION.
At the evening session the follow
resolution was adopted:
Resolved: That it is the sense of
lis convention that the school law
(Ould be so changed that applicants
II certificates before county super
he charged one dollar
Ich, and that the fund 80 made be-
Jed to secure competent instruction
the county institutes.
Resolutions We're also drawn up and
Used concerning the payment Of
achers' expenses to Institutes, Co.
lpts.' expenses through their dis
lets, and y committee selected to
nbody the above resolutions and
Q report of a petition to the Legia-
ture.
The entire session was harmonious
the extreme and productive Of
UGH good, every member seemingly
terested in all matters pertaining to
the welfare of the association.
The session closed with an able ad-
ess by the Territorial Superintend-
t which vas listened to by the n
e assembly with rapt attention.
Jay GOuld's EniOynaents.