The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-08-31
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.

ODESSA, Mo Aug. q, 1899.
EDITOR INTELLIGENCER - Please
publish some notes upon the work of
the teachers institute lately in session
here for nine days. The writer was
present seven days, and was member
of the institute for this time, aud saw
and heard all that was done. About u
hundred teachers, it is supposed, from
all that came and went away, were
present. Some were present nearly al,
the time. Of course these, old or youngl
were benefited, some not so much as
others here all the time. All who are
not progressive, and are careless about
keeping up with the best developments
upon their work as teachers, will soon
be, as they deserve to be. thrown out
of the schools of the country.
The work of the institute was made
up chiefly of the subjects mentioned in
the second grade certificates, prescribed
in the school law. This Is the most
difficult to get good critical and
accurate scholarships for its best
execution, of all the subjects men
toned in the entire school work The
writer of this feels safe in saying from
an extended personal experience in
teaching common, high school, and
college subjects for more than twenty
years in this state and Kentucky, much
reading and attending teachers insti-
tutes, state associations, assOciatiug
continuously with all grades of INTEL
lect and culture engaged in the work
of teaching, that about one gOOd SChOl0r
and teacher for the work of the second
grade certificate can be found for twen-
ty who can easily do high school
and college work higher arithmetic,
rhetoric, algebra, latin, grammar, etc.
The work TO be done upon the second
grade certificate is Uery difficult, from
spelling on through the entire routine,
ten subjects which make up this certifi-
cate. 1t takes nearly all the time of
any one teacher, and critical, pro-
gressive and comprehensive scholar
ship. II is hoped the day will soon
come when those teaching these sub
jects, will get nothing less than $50 to
S55 per month, be such teacher man or
woman.
A few years ago the very intelligent
school board in Columbia, Mo, gave
Mrs. Iglehart S75 per month to teach
only few subjects contained in the
first part of the above named certifi-
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several %nI; sears , ln .ne puoiic S1loH's 0" III
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"u aa"aS oaa;p Is75 Oor ,nomihN w" Co. sou" ,ho
sano Lid of wi, Oho .iid IN ,ho mi,
lie scbooI The anthor NJ tb;s o,.,ic,o
tor twelve davs ai sweet Snr;ngs Mo
In 1897 hoard a loctura dav from
oocb of Tho foIlo,u;no xerv dio,img,i"hod
nrofessors. 8 s laws nres;dent nj
our university. f.. A. Allen. of the de.
nartment of EnyIish literature. Whitam
and Perrinton. of Arkansas university
~ Rerrv Smith of the Methodist COL
laoe Ea vetta Mo pros Osborna
Wsrrenshnrg Normal school and pres
Norton. Cane Girardeau Normal
school We were ali RUNNING sc;en-
fife and nedagouic school in vacation
Th;s ,,ao ,oo5o nn of ,non,, ,,om,, w.
nor;oncod toachars fron, diffarant nor,s
oftho oto,o and Il wos tho nnor;,nons
taeI;na aud das;ra of oil tbot tho day
would soon come when none hnt oood
cyf;cnI schoIars wouId evervwhera he
lemnIoved to do the work so freonentlv
mentioned in This article and that thoce
do;no =, won,d rot from oe5 70 c75 M,
,,nnth fO'
Sold Prof F;sber tbe b;ohoO, latin
toochor In onr ITn;vers;ty ybo ,yor thor
in the state teachers, associat;on fiiIed
Nth 1arw laornod ond avnor;onood
,onai,ors fro,, 81, ,ar,s nf ,ta ,,,',,,,'
81 "a,' Ga sn ,aa"ho,.o areoI ' ~ !
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| NSSih W ~" Wv '" YIN VI wa
80: 'I;a.:.';aI, ""o 81
tnaobar @ onee tor years nrapidnnt ] aT'I ~
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and 80 ac, no mroo;do,'t ~
NJ onr un;varoi,v aud mon a nnoiior
tn ad,,;t tbe toachors NJ onr con,n,om
eohnnIs which had moyer boon dona ho
tono osotooohors ,,,oro ,I,o,, rn'. ~ .
fna, ,;,na adoittaS 70 ,ha ahnn, ',a,n'i a',i
nssociat;on M Edi,nr exc,ua ."
,nnoh =, r;,;no hv wov ~ o,,n,o,;t, t,,;,,I
tho ;mnortanG snd difficnlt tosl: ~ -
;nC, ,yaII dono tho ,ooob;r,, NM, ,ho
ns ,oss ",h;ooto oonta;"od ~ ,ha "pon onoomS .nJ
arade certificates aud of n,v;ng biah
5na"as for tho oanno o;,hor 70 7oar -,
ro9no, Thooo ,,rooont in rho ;nct;,,ta
nora ronv "f ,bam old a,Ud vonm"
fnli of zsai en,huo;asm and oub;t;ons
For hroo6,h of cnI,uro ond crii1c,l
knowIed,e 90 m the suhiacts io ho
,onnht cd tho yorv host I;rnt unnr al
,ba;r wort Twas man;fnst that tharo
ia mnch orowtb in MANY of our teach :
ars male and female i'm matters imnnr
tant to their work The subjects re-
ceivino most critical and sncciaI attnn
tjon for every day O. the institute were
spelling, reading, arithmetic, geoora-
phy. English grammar, u 5. history,
school government. and the best meth.
ODDS for teaching all these above sub
iects. a part of the above named certjfi
cate. The teachers who remained TO the
| o,o,o ,ho,ou,,II,, roy;awoJ oil tLoe,