Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-02-07

The teachers and directors of Cranberry
twp held their first Institute at School
No. 6. on Saturday, Jan. 25th.
At an early hour the teachers, directors
and citizens commenced coming in. tow
ara No. from all directions.
Bg 10 o'clock the house was crowded
until nearly all the seating capacity of the
large school house was taken up. In the
forenoon the school proceeded pretty
much the same as on the regular session,
with the exception of some reeitations and
declamations, which were given at differ
ent intervals. All of the exercises during
forenoon were good and were appreciated
bv all present. Miss Cox deserves the ap
provaI of every one for the way in which
she conducted her school and entertained
the audience, during the forenoon, thus
showing that she understood her business
in the best possible manner, and also that
the pupils are eager to grasp the instrue-
ton which she imparts. After the exer-
cises Of the forenoon were exhausted, Mr..
Graham announced that it was now time
for the Institute to hear from directors,
teachers and citizens. A few responded,
stating they were well pleased with all the
| exercises. Mr. Graham then asked a
blessing, and the lunch was passed around.
All partook very heartily of the lunch,
especially the teachers. 1t now being after
10 NJ. the Institute did not take up until
1:30 p. m.
The afternoon session was opened by
Mr.. Graham, who led in prayer. Mr.. Rus
| sell was elected chairman, and Miss Cox,
secretary. The first thing was a class
| drill in fractions by Mr.. Sipe. He took
the teachers for class and proceeded to
| illustrate how he starts beginners in frac-
tons
The next was class drill in spelling by
Miss Cox. She said: 1t had often been
query to her that children in our common
schools could spell words of three or four
syllables and yet miss easy everyday
words of one or two syllables BY the
way she proceeded, one could see that she
understood what she was doing. Next
Mr.. Russell told how he starts beginners
in grammar After making out program
for the next Institute. the Institute ad-
| journed to meet at School No. 4, (Mr.
| Sipe's SCHOOL, on Saturday, March 1st.
| The following are the topics assigned to
the teachers for the next meeting: Miss
Cox, Spelling" Miss Pierce, Reading"
Mr.. Kinsey, duty of Parents to Teacher
and Teacher to Parents" Mr.. Russell,
DUTY of Teacher in and out of School"
Mr. Hunter, Writing" Mr.. Sipe, "Class
drill in Primary Arithmetic"
CHICAGO will not down. The executive
committee of the worlds fair has decided
to increase the So, 900, 900 contribution for
the fair to $40, 600, 900, and so notified the
committee of projectors" in Washington.
Money talks very loud, and New York will
have to take back seat unless it can shout
a louder song than Chicago.
No wonder the Argentine Republic is
knee deep in financial panic. About six
years ago they got tired of the paper dol
lar, which had been holding sway for
long time, and decided to return to
specie basis. The dollar they desired was
an alloy of copper and silver about the
size Of q buckwheat cake. 1t was essen
TALLY the dollar Of the daddies, for children
couldn't handle it at all. 1t was the most
colossal thing in the shape of coin dol
lar ever known in the history of the world.
The citizens had to 20 shopping with
drays to carry their wealth. 1t never con-
tanned silver enough to give it standing
in the dollar court, so the progressive
financiers brought up the balance in copper.