The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-01-09
Teachers Imstitute or Columbia
Tow nkhip.

Township.
The teachers Of Columbia tovnsh;,
lhcld their third institute 4 Crvstsi
jan ; 1871. All were present aud re.
sronded cneerfuIly to roll call, at IA
O'clock. sharp
! Virgil X Greene. csmo before The
teachers IN ~ nnconcerned and witty
manner and being thoroughly prepared
made his subject very interesting and
hrne fetal. All the TEACHERS smile. and
virgil, foo. when II comos his time 10 re-
cite. The Prof IL doing some splendid
work for the Hillham school.
4 pronunciation exercise was con-
lfncsed b. Alonzo Gass, OF the uarrjs
school. Al Crystal. Spelling being I dun
study, all the teachers Joined IN with
Lon. and made Il very interesting reci-
Iistion.
Wm. 5. Milburn. OF Union Valley, ap-
|peared before the teachers, and stamped
upon their minds the beauty and useful
ness OF the Rock Maple, The different
kinds OF Oaks. Pine and Hemlock. III
being . subject that all the teachers were
fully acquainted with, Il is needless 10
sAy Il was made very enjoyable and .
lasting one
The Mynattc University was repre-
sented BY Henry $. Simmons, the Prin-
cipal. The Joint High Commission' u
being assigned him. his large historical
knowledge lief, on the minds OF the
teachers several good and lasting i'm
provisions Henry has cntc eve 10 al
matters pertaining 20 history. He "a, :
that the birth OF Stats Is when Il IL
formed a. : Territory.
One honr aud half Vas given ct noon
for refreshments.
Miss Lucy Cox. read one Of the most
essays read IN this or last
years Institutes. Tier euhject was
American Literature She quoted
from James Oils. Josiai, Quincy, Pat
rick Henry. Geo. Washington. Thomas
Jefferson. Alex. Hamilton. and John
Adams. She gave skslcb ~ ~ 10 one I
essay, which w. highly 3D.
preciafcd ~ The entire Institute.
Pres. :. B. WaldrIp, governed she To-
'ttcte with critical eye 70 bueineas,
which u very essential 70 jnsnrc success.
Charlie Simmons, solicitor end agent
Of Chicago firm. WA next. y. s. Ais-
DRY having been assigned him. Charlie
lid exceedingly we'll. lie has had I
amount of experience IN
raveling over the u. s. and for thai I
easou could give msnv incidents not
ound in U. 5. History. (Theso ere
Hind fscss.)
Prof. W. W. Ellis. Of Brush CoIleee, !
va introduced. and gave . warm and !
arness lecture upon me "elemenss OIL !
cSding" lie spoke we'll and deIibcr- I
tely upon mcntal and vocal reading
IL defined the ussges OF comprehension. 8
pprecistion. conception and pronuncia- In
lon. He said that reading would BE-
Mechanical unless the pupil compre.
Z resds. This no repeated many times. \
We IL being decidedly successful. not :
The many lhorns that fall Il
, he path ~ the teachers.
'Railroadin9.v by Nina NJ. Conrad, wssi
10 last discussion Offered for the day
iss Nina was very brief but Just to the n
oint. !,
The visitors were James .. Songer. of y
rystaI. and Prof II. r. Smith, or ffArbi- !,
N township, formerly oi Brush College, y
both promising young gentlemen N
heir presence was appreciated by al !,
The work assigned being exhausted =
% President assigned subjects for next N
'siiiute IS follows: Virgil r. Greene. 4,
iat No. 1, fIitory Of Edncstion;
Ionic Gass, Dist. No 2. Hygiene:
I'm. Milhurn. Dist. No. 3. Plsnt Stud, II
enry Simmons. Dist. No. I, Ariih-
etc: Lncy Cox. Dist. No. 5. American VI
rersture; Chas. N Simmons, Dist. No =
u. ;. HIstory; Willis Ellis, Dist. No. !,
Miscellaneous; Nina NJ. Conrad, Dist. 4,
.. ?. u. s fistorv. -
Tho Institute adjourned to meet It Al
'ystal Feb. z, 1891. |us
r b. Waldorf, Pros. n
ALoSzo GAss, Sec'y. A.