The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-15
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Teachers of M0n0ngaIia County
BY W. E. GLAsscooK, co. sUrr.
OFFICE OF
COUNTY SUIT OF SCHOOLS, :
ArnettsYille. May 81. 'S9.N


To the Teachers Of Monongolta
County,:
| consider it important and necessary
at this time to call your attention to
the matter of Institute attendance for
the coming school year.
No county Institute will be held in
this county the coming summer. But. lin
accordance with arrangements with the
State Superintendent, a District Pea
body Institute will be held in connec-
ton with the State Normal Institute dur
ing the second week of its session-from
June oath to June 29th--conducted by
Hon. Henry Houek, Deputy State Sup't
OF Pennsylvania, and assisted by the
faculty of the State Normal Institute.
Monongalia county teachers will attend
this Institute and will be given certif-
Gates of attendance which will be receiv-
ed by examining boards the same as
county institute certificates. | regard
this as n highly desirable arrangement,
as the instruction you will enjoy at this
Institute will be infinitely superior to
that usually given in county Institutes.
In this connections, | deem it my duty
to call especial attention to the unequal
ed advantages offered you by the State
Normal Institute, and to urge you to
profit from them by attending the entire
six weeks. Don't be satisfied to come
only during the week you are compelled
to come, as you could accomplish very
little in so brief a time. But in six
weeks you could make material progress
in the subjects studied. You will bear
in mind that this Institute is not what
is usually known by the name-it is a
summer school for teachers, where sub
stantial w0rk will be done in all the
branches. The Faculty is composed
of the ablest educators in our own State,
with eminent institute men from abroad.
The various departments will embrace
instruction in every possible subject
connected with the work of the teach
err. In addition to the lectures in Ped
agogy, Methods of Teaching, ETC., the
textbooks in all the branches will be ia
ken up and thoroughly studied. The
work will be eminently practical, and
the methods such as teachers will want
to take home with them and use in their
schools. We direct your attention to the
following paragraph in the Institute cat
alogue:
Don't stay away because your work is
primary, grammar, or ungraded country
school, and you fear the instruction will
be too advanced to do you any good.
There will be something especially for
you. Special attention will be given the
branches taught in our public schools,
and nearly all the Instructors will as
sist in this work. The textbooks will
be gone through and thoroughly review
ed, followed by series of oral quizzes,
and sets OF written examination ques-
tons in Arithmetic, History, Grammar,
Geography, Methods, Physiology, Pen
manship, etc, with view of preparing
the members for examination. Ii you
have been teaching on a number two
certificate, come and let the Institute
assist you to get number one.
Teachers will also remember that they
are now required to pass satisfactory
examination in Physiology and Hy-
giene, and the Effects Of Narcotics. With
all the apparatus of the science depart
ments of the University, and an eminent
physician and lecturer as instructor,
the Institute offers you advantages in
this subject which you could not posi-
bly, enjoy elsewhere.
The advantages of attending such a
school are apparent to every earnest
teacher, who desires to get a higher cul-
ture and a more liberal education, and
thus insure himself a better position and
better pay. | appeal to all progressive
teachers to avail themselves of this OPP
portunity for self-improvement, and to
encourage others to do so.
Believing also that the best interests
of our schools and of our teachers de-
mand that the educational standard in
our county shall be raised and the exam
nations made more searching and thor