Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22
Prof. Jno. Ogden. Conductor.

By provision ofthe school law the manage
inert Of Institutes Is placed in the hands of the
Territorial Board of Education. which is com
posed OF the Territorial Supt. Eugene A. Dyer
Meliette, OAK; Frank A. Wilson, Asst. Sipt.,
Bathgate, OAK. and Gee. A. Mcfarland, Secre
tary. Melle,te. Dak.
SECTION S-ARTuCLE 2-ScHooL Law:
school sHALL BE ADJOURNED DURING any TIM
that INSTITUTE is HELD I'm the COUNTY, Il
attend which the teachers have been notified
by the County Superintendent, and the teacher
shall draw pay tnr and have counted as part o
lhs term one hss Jay for every Gays actual at
tendance tiiAtlstlie institute Is certified by tn,
conductor OF the institute or collaty supt.
The Board of Education has adopted a cours.
oftwo sessions year OF one week each.
We may or may not agree with hem in th
method, out we do ali agree in the work to b'
periormed--a better understanding of the wort
and how 10 do ii.
We need more teachers who enter into tn,
| work with greater enthusiasm--whoh have al
ambition to rise in the profession. Such teach
ers avail the mSelves of every opportunity l.
better prepare and At themseiv 5 for the grea
wOrk Of training tie minu and moral nature o
The pupil.
Prof. ogden has long been engaged In insti
tute WORK aud is considered authority on mauy
sdbjects-sev JoHnson's Encycio 4la. | douu
not but that we shall all be greatly benefited
by mis- experience.
1 am we'll aware most Of US have about all tn,
expense we can stand, and at times some OF u
feel as ID we are not repaid tor all our paius-
The little good that We can do, ia our shOr
soiourn here, will not alone shed comfort o.
this trnnsitOfy lie, but be, such is my faith,
| Joy here alter"
II we do good work we shall be appreciated
The time is not lar disLRnt when We shall hayt
more months school each year aud better pay
| Inose who are best prepared and do The bes
work " III be best rewarded
AS the teucher. Is the school" II tn.
| teacher is iult of new thoughts, earnest u
study aud work, wide-AWaKe aud original, al
school viii follow his example. Many vi uul
teachers ure doing eXcCllcnt work, bat a te 6
LarII the same cranky Old grindstone year at e.
| year-au better prepared tins year than lasi
ouch damage their pupiis-they waste ava!
\ the unreturninE years OF childhood,
| II could know that al our teachers, sehoo
| officers, auI pI:r0ls fully realized the nubie
! ness OF the work and appreciated It's needs,
| should ieei well paid for nay work aud have III,
| satisfaction OF knowing the future OF our chill
dTen ana country is secure.
| The aim of tine institute besides assisting tLt
| members TO increase their knowledge of thu
matter of instruction, beginning at least, II
| the study OF the nature anu laws of mind-aC
| tlvity aud mind-growth, and in the princi
pies aud methods OF instruction that grow GU
! OF such a study. The young teacher ought K
| have fruitful and effective study of his owl
| mind and the mind of oshers-especiaIly lhos'
| OF the children under his care.
Incidentally, i Will say, believe anarchisn
I is attributable largely 10 neglect OF the par
cHt and teacher To incuieate into the minds am
hearts OF our children, a respect for discipline
| order, aud law. The mind grows in the wrong
| direction, II not pruned, by its own desires, a
we'll as in Intellectual things by cultivation.
We need encouragement as well as work an'
! Will say 10 our friends rs well as teacher
that, ut one of our institutes, the conducto
said he had not been in an institute in the ter
ritory where the teachers had so uniformall
taken hold of the WORK as ours had.
school boards are earnestly requested 10 CO
operate with US in securing the atten3sance G
their teachers.
We shall aim to have one or more soeiable
and lectures during the evenings and hope /
able,
Bring text hooks for references. Should an
Of the schools be i'll session. we ssk teachers
sGeh schools TO adjourn their work for on
week and come. And we especially ask a
teachers who were not in attendance at the Ia.
session to be sure and come, and TO those PEE
sons who expect to teach in the near future
come, and to any others who desire to come W
shall be glad 10 see you. There will be no q
pense except board anu travelling fare "
are making arrangements 81 hotels and wit
private families to2 The aecomm odalion of a
WIG may attend. daily program of exercis,
will be prepared the FIRST day.
An examination of applicants for eertIesate
will be held Mt the close OF the institute Al
plieants for third and second grade eeTtiffeat,
are examined In reading, penmanship, aritt
mstic, geography. grammar, y. S. histor,
oTihography, and physiology, The sverag
standing for third grade must not be less tina
seventy per cent, for second grade not less tina
eighty per cent, For a first grade, in additIo
to the above with an average standing Of N,
less than ninety per cent, the applicant is e,
amined in geometry, algebra natural philost
ply, bookkeeping, civil government an
physical geography with an average standin
| of not less than seventy per cent
No other examination viii be held tin Jun,
Thanking our teachers tor their cordial C,
operation and support and trusting that "
! shall have pleasant and successful session
am, fraterually yours.
AMOS E. BARKER.
Co. Superintendent
STATEMENT OF INSTITUTE FUND,