The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-04-25
OUR COUNTY INSTITUTES.
A NEW SYSTEM OF TRAINING THE
TEACHERS SINAUGURATED.


| Every County to be Visited and Every
Teacher TO Come in Contact with
Masters of the Profession tu i"''- ~
The SENTINEL man was in Raleigh
last week and chatted with Prot. G. D.
McIver, one Of the two gentlemen ap-
pointed to conduct county INSTITUTES III
North Carolina for the mex two : Elrs.
Prof McIver. tells us that during that
time he will meet every teacher in
eighty of the ninety six counties of
the State and Prof Alderman Wilt do
the same. They will begin about the
first Of July in the western part OF the
State aud work eastward Zone taking
the northern and the other the south
! ern part e....,5- tft.f 3. ,.-ri-,s.-f{ r
The act under which they are work
ing provides that all the white Nerr
mai Schools in the State shall be abol-
ished and that the $4,000 heretofore
annually appropriated for thepprpose
of holding these Normals be appropri-
ated ''for the purpoee.of Adding Coun-
ty Institutes and conducting examina-
tions of teachers and1.for such. other
work for the instruction Of teachers as
may be deemed advisable in the vari-
Gus counties oft State" The State
Board of Education is, given the full
power of carrying this law. into effect.
1t shall be the duty of the county
superintendent to assist in the insti-
tute work, and the County Board of
Education shall provide suitable
building and defray all expenses ex-s
cept the salary and travelling expenses
of the instructors employed by the
State Board 1t shall be the duty of
all white public schools teachers of
the county in which the institute is
held to attend continuously the session
of said institute, and, On failure sso1ts
do without satisfactory 4reasons ttef'
shall not be certified as teachers for
the ensuing year; and in case an insti-
tute is held while the schools are il.
session in any county they shalt lfbe
suspended during the session of the
institute. af div. rs~-iulr- gu.
What blessing to our teachers
these institutes will be! Young, en-
thusiastic and progressive as Messrs.
McIver and Alderman are, they can
not fail to make deep and lasting
impress on our teachers and through
them on the children in. North Car
olina. 1t is a grand work and has
been given into devoted and worthy
hands. Both gentlemen are making
more money at present than this work
will pay them, but they recognize the
need of such work and do it from
patriotic motives. Two more worthy
or better qualified men couldn't have
been found, and Major Finger will
have the thanks OF the people of North
Carolina for his wise selections.
For the following resume of the
lives of these gentlemen and the adj
vantages of the institutes. THE SEN
TINEL is indeb bted to the State Ctr6ni-
Gle:
MIR. Chas. d. McIver was born IL
Moore county, Sept. 9th, 1850, of
good Scotch parentage, and was rear
ed on farm. He was mainly pre-.
pared for college by Prof John +.
Kelly, then Principal of Union Home
School in Moore county He entered
the University in 1887 and remained
there until graduation, paying his
own expenses while there He took
the degree Of A. B. with the class of
'S1-the largest class graduated at the
University since the war He receiv
ed the medal as the best Greek
scholar and other class distinctions
He began teaching in August 1881,
as Assistant in the Il Durham Male
Academy of WHICH he became Prinei-
pal in January, 1882. In September
of the same year he became Assistant
Superintendent of the Durham Grad
ed School and Principal of the High
School department. In February,
1884, greatly to the regret of the peo-
pie of Durham, wfo were strongly ats.
tached to him, he accepted a similar
position, at increased salary, IN the
Graded School of 2zWinston4 whose
building was then approaching COM
pletion and was soon to be opened for
the reception f papiis. He.remainedl
in Winston two and a half years, ali d
in September, 1886, he accepted at in
creased salary his, present pssaisA at
Peace Institute, Raleigh, NN2ere
he has since been Profess& of IAtin
and Mathematics.
I Mr.. E. A. Alderman the othtf.
newly eiectcd Institute Instructor, was
born ii, Wilmington. May 10Th, 1861.
He Was prepared for College ut Bethel
Military Academy, auaaitr t'hptM,
Vireinia lie was graduated from,
he Uaiysrsily ati North Card h,a sin
1882 and Won the, Wiley p Mangum
ln.dal for "ratory. In September If
the same year he b.gall teaching, as
FrI.1cit al ,.f the lIiigH school e4e,,ares
| ment in lac GoldsborerGraded School
In 1885 up,n the resigaatt,ny6 Prof.
Moses, WIN came u, Raleigh, MIR.
Alderrnap was elected Superintendent
ui the Graded Schooi in GoTdsboro,
and has since held the PLACE He was
Superintendent of the Asheville Nor
mai Schsui two ears and of the New
Ion Normal School one year, and has
| lectured and taught IL many NorInals
aud Institutes in the State. Like Mr..
| Mcieer his experience in Normal
| instruction makes him especi.aily
ada ,stesi for his new work. ME Ahiers
nan has also won IN ! signal way the
cnnfidrmce and est. EN- uf his fell
teachers. In 1886 he was. elected
Prssisiept Of the North g{arolins
hefs-Assembly, and in 1887 he
Was re- elected
No, only will the teachers Of every
! county il he 6tate be Ren9Eiial al}d
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