Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-21
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
EDITED BY

!. s. FORD, COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.
The last institute of the year will be
held at Hope next Saturday.
Schools are rapidly drawing to a
close. Let the last days be the best
days.
Let every teacher who can possibly
do so attend the Junction City meeting
March 29th and 30th. We want about
$50 Dickinson county teachers to go.
In the report of the commissioner Of
education we find reports from the
schools of Clay Center, Atchison, OF
tawa, Topeka, Leavenworth, Law
renee, Kansas City, Kan, Ell Dorado,
Emporia, Hutchinson, Independence,
Marysville, Newton, Parsons, Salina,
Wichita, Winfield. Dickinson county
has no representative.
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
The last meeting for the year IN the
southwest district convened at Bonac-
cord last Saturday with twenty-three
teachers present.
The meeting ~aS called to order by
J. H. Niesley, president, and after q
greeting song by the choir, prayer was
offered by T. w. Meserve, and an or; Cd
dress of welcome given by the same
gentleman.
Responses were made 10y Aessfs'
#ush and Humbarger. An adjourn
l. -Nen taken for dinner, which
ment was 49, .--ad
of course, everyone enJU,~ sc
Upon converting after dinner tn
president appointed committees on res
olutions and evening program, after
which the regular work of the program
was proceeded with. One teacher
whose name was on the program was
absent, but with that exception not a
break was made in the work as pub
lished. Civil government, current
events, literature, methods of spelling
infinitiveS and participates and soun6
were thoroughly discussed and many
good ideas brought out. The discus
sions were lively and pointed.
The school house was so crowded
during the afternoon that it wa:
thought best to hold the evening session
in the church. This was wise move
as it would have been impossible TO-
the large audience in the evening Il
get into the school house. The church
was crowded, about half the audienc'
standing. The exercises lasted unit
10 o'clock. The following resolutions
were adopted:
WHEREAS, This is the closing meet
| ing of what has been most profitable
| and pleasant series of Institutes;
RESOLVED, That we, the teachers o.
Southwest Dickinson county, tender t.
our efficient president, J. III. Niesley
our sincere thanks for his untiring
efforts and his interchangeable iabOrs il
| behalf OF the meetings during the year
ResolUed, That we recognize in Supt
j.. S. Ford most earnest worker in
educational work, and that to his en-
thusiasm must be attributed largely
the progress in educational methods
which has placed the schools Of Dickin'
son county in the van;
R3Solued, That we tender our thanks
to the people of BonaccOrd for their
generous hospitality and kindly wei
come, and to the choir for their excel
| lent music;
Resolved, That we extend to the
county press our thanks for their
friendly notices of our meetings;
Resolved, That we, as teachers, recOg-
nize in the county high school an in
stitution which will greatly benefit the
common schools of the county, and
that we will put forth earnest efforts to
secure students for the same and give
| it all the announcement we are able.