The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-12-12
THE MEETING OF PEDAeoeUEs.

trio OF Well-knOWn and prominent
educators.
THE MEETING OF PEDAGOGUEs.
They Assemble in Interesting Session and
EuJoy Themselves Luxuriating in intel
Iectual Glover.
The twentv-eighth annual session of
the Carbon County Teachers Insti-
tute convened in the Opera House
Monday and continued during the
week. The officers of the institute
were, President County Superinten-
dent; vice presidents, w. II. Traub,
VIM. Mclaughlin, ]. H. Werner and P.
H. McCabe; secretary, NJ. j. Mullhall;
enrolling secretaries, A. L. Davis, II.
A. Keiser, H. G. Kidd, S w. Minnich;
executive committee, S. w. Minnich,
James Boyle, w. II. Traub, W. f. Ely,
7. F. Brennan, j. NJ. Stauffer, James
Brobst and James S. Steigerwalt.
Faculty of instructors, DIR. A. E. Win
ship, Editor of Journal of Education
and American Teacher, Boston, Mass;
Psychology and Methods of Teaching.
DR.. e. o. Lyte, Prin. S. N. S., Millers'
vile, Pa, Language and Grammar.
Prof, NJ. G. Brnmbaugh, Huntington,
Pa, Reading, Literature and Geo
graphy. DR.. G.. N. Phillips, S. N. s.,
West Chester, Pa, General School
Work. Prof. L. Irving Handy, Prin.
Normal School, Newark, Del, Ian
guage and History. Miss Jane L.
Graves, Prin, Model School, Millers-
vile, Pa, Formerly at Col. Parker's
Normal School, Chicago, Ill., Form
Study and Drawing. Prof. D. Profile
roe, Mus Bac., Scranton, Pa, Music
Leader and Soloist. Miss Gertrude
Sprague, Mauch Chunk, Pianist
The lectures were, Monday evening,
"Home Life in Sweden" by Miss Cecile
Gohl, of Stockholm, Sweden; Tuesday
evening, "The House of Rrepresenta-
tives U. S. as seen by its chief clerk
from 1868 to 1876" by Hon. Clinton
Lloyd, of Washington, d. c.; Wednes-
day evening, "The Road to Victory"
Prof. L. Irving Handy, of Delaware;
Thursday evening, "The Labor Prob
lem," by Hon. R. G. Horr, of Michigan
The day sessions of the institute as
we'll as the evening lectures were well
attended by our people as well as the
teachers, the latter of whom were here
en- masse from every district in the
county. The teachers from Mauct
Chunk and East Mauch Chunk refused
to enroll or pay the usual fee asked
for, claiming that it was illegal. They
we're sustained by a decision of the
deputy state superintendent as well
as they also we're in t heir claim tha'
the institute was illegally organized
The law says that the tea achers are t.
meet and organize into an institute
body some time during the year. TIL,
work of perfecting the organization
always has been taken care of by tn,
county superintendent and the teach
ers have had nothing to do with it
Now they object to having this privil
ege taken from them, and will no doub
hereafter make their own organization
These two points of law were tn
means of causing a little excitemen
during the sessions Of the institute.
The same circular advertising tn
CARBON ADVOCATE, issued by Mr. Sny
der last week, also assailed Prof. S.
Shope, the able teacher of our Gram
mar school, who is arranging for tn
printing of phamplet form accoun
of the teachers institute held here thi
week. This is very amusing and no
at all surprising TO the average perso,
who is familiar with Mr.. Snyder an
his peculiar actions. The effort of MI
Shope to publish a phamplet form az
, count of the institute is a perfectl
, legitimate effort on his part and th
: institute is without power and in fac
, has NO BUSINESS whatever to in terrier
with him in this enterprise.
In the short time that the CARBo
ADVOCATE has had the pleasure of NJ
Shope's acquaintance we have foun
him a perfect gentleman and the We
dict of the people is that he is Ii
very best grammar school teacher L,
highton has ever had, Mr.. SnydC
Notwithstanding. The effort of M
p Snyder to interfere with Mr.. Shope
private business shows a disagreeabI
t disposition on the part of the formt
e gentleman and he should try to lear
better manners. By the,way Mr.. ShoI
o will have this book printed and Il
j. majority of our prominent busine.
houses will be represented in its page
k notwithstanding Snyder's interference