Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1889-09-19
TEACHERS COLUMN.
NOTES OF INTEREST To nouGLAs
CoUNTY'S EDUCATORS.
]. B. HoRNER, A. NJ. EDITOR.

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r. E. Daniels is engaged to teach in sho'
String.
/ J. @. Twitchell commenced his school worl
at Fall creek on the and inst.
Miss Maggie Wiley has been engaged a
assistant teacher at Canyonville.
R. c. Hutchinson began term of schoo
at Rice Hill last Monday, the 10th.
The new school building at Myrtle creek i
to be Of neat design and very conmodious
Vocal music and physiology viii be taugh
moro this year IN the public schools thar
hitherto.
Elmer McBroom, an experienced teacher
from Dakota, opens term Of school neal
Billiards next Monday.
The French Settlement School Board i.
about 10 purchase some apparatus for clas.
use. A good example.
Mr.. Lee Barker began term Of school al
Bitter creek last Monday. Mr.. Barker is q
graduate OF the public school Of this city.
Miss Lucy Hay will teach school in Medford
during this year. Miss Hay has taught sey
eral years very successfully IN this county.
The county hoard Of examiners have recon-
mended J. K. Kendall and Miss Rhoda
Hudson to the state board for state certi6.
Gates.
The people Of fCanyonville have generously
offered to give the teachers free transporta
ton from Riddle, the neaTes. railroad station.
We hope to have a large attendance.
II. A Elwell, who has taught considerably
IN Washington territory, has opened music
store in Roseburg. Mr.. Elwell is a fine
vocalist, and performs well with piano.
Miss Mary Rice read poem entitled, "A
Pile Of Alder Poles," before the last teachers
institute that portrays very clearly what teach
ers have 10 do when they have no janltors.
II is nearing winter, and the matter Of
music can be encouraged by the teachers.
Each community can afford an orchestra.
But this is more than most towns have. More
glee clubs, and choirs and orchestras and we
shall have mofe anthems and operatic music
Some difficulty arose at Nonpareil from
some OF the pupils calling others Indians. =
The directors adjusted the matter. Everyone
should be courteous under all circumstances.
Nothing is ever lost by so doing-not even
! when the other side iszat fault
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/ The Douglas county Teachers Association
will meet at Canyonville, Sept. 2S. 1852
J We shall at that time be at the Dedicatory
Services Of the new school building in Browns
vile. The Association Secretary will please
/ furnish this department with copy of the
proceedings.
Miss ALtie Mills Whites: sThe fall tern
Of the Oakland school commenced Monday
last under the supervision of Prof. Hunt
assisted by Miss Eva Basset. Both teacher.
/ come we'll recommended. About sixty name.
/ were enrolled at the opening of school and .
number Of new ones since added 10 the list
We need wide-awake Literary society,""
| The new school law is being distributed
State Sup;. McElroy complied the frs
annotated school law Of Oregon; which like
this one is credit to cur beautiful state. Il
school boards will see 10 it that these are KEEP
safe, there will not be the general scarcity o.
these valuable volumes about two years from
now, that there is usually just previous te
publication.
The following teachers have kindly CON
sen,ed to furnish correspondence FOR this col
umn: Miss Lucy Hay, Miss Sarah Adams
Miss Mary v. Rice, Miss Dora a Irish. Mis-.
Abbie Mills, Edward Eccleston, u. p Nc
Kay, ] c. Twitchell, w. C. Hawley, r. {
Daniels, Elmer McBroom, j. B. Ford, J. A
DAVIS. J. n. Davis, George H. Dunn. c
w Wonnacoti, Thomas Wlis,,n, !. X. Ken
dali, Archy Adams, Douglas Waite, J. F.
Wlsner.
We once conducted church paper tha
was ''backed up" ty two large conference.
and seventeen corresponding editors who
were as slow to contribute as have been th,
correspondents 10 this column and as a resul
we got about $1,000 90 worth of very unen
viable newspaper notoEiety. This column be
longs to you, the teachers of Douglas county
and If you want TO see interesting conespon
dence in it you will be under the painful ne
cessity Of dong your part of the writing.
Supt. Hutchinson writes: "The time Q
the exchange Of readers has been extended t
Oct. Ist. Let no one fail TO take the benefi
Of the free exchange. Some teachers ar
asking pupils 10 provide themselves wit
youths spellers." These books were nc
re adopted. two books being thought to b
sufficient, the 'tchild's speller," and the "con
l -pleie spelIer." So teachers please cover
yourselves accordingly. The exchange pric
: fof Fish's Arithmetic No. l is IS cents and {
( No. 2 is 90 cents. II any dealer charges 20
E more than these prices he is simply swindlin
e you, either ignorantly or Intentionally. A
arithmetc Of a lower grade can be exchange
FOR one pf a higher grade. Please note tn
fact. The regular retail price of the aritI
lnetics after the introduction is completed
for Fish's Mol, IS cents and No.2, IS cent