, 1892-08-02
OUR INSTRUCTORS.
Teachers Assemble for Their Mu-
tual Advancement.
Educational Topics with Many
Helpful SuggestIOns-A Success
fuI Gathering of ThurstOn
nomurv Taachars

AOPACH WIN HA"H
Helpful SuggestIOns-A Success
fuI Gathering of ThurstOn
County Teachers.
The. Thurston county teachers insti-
tute went into session in the Washington
school building yesterday, the session be-
ing opened with prayer by Professor Beeler.
Professor Beeler gave the teachers some
helpful hints on addition and rapid calcu-
lation, and advanced many new ideas in
relation to spelling. After the morning
recess Professor Hawes instructed his hear
ers in physiology, and during the rest of
the forenoon Professor Barge, of Ellens-
burgh, devoted his time to the interests of
the state normal school,
''The Turning Points of American His
tory'' was the subject of an interesting dis
course by Professor Hawes, and "Civil
Government" came next, by Professor
Barge. After Professor Hawes had pre-
sented his views on methods of teaching
primary reading, general discussion, with
replies to question, followed.
The teachers in attendance are:
Olympla-L. r.. Byrne, B. w. Brintnall
w. H. Beeler, A. G. Jones, Ella NJ Boyer
NJ. q. Robertson, A. Goldie Robertson
Rose Broden, Estella Tyler, Lillian [. Han
nah, Nellie M. Taylor, Amelia Dittman,
Lillian S, Meays, Lottie Conant, Ida Hill,
Hannah Morrison, Minta Abernethy, An.
ME |. Bullock, Nellie E. Wilson, Ernest
Hartshorn, Anna Callow, Hattie Callow
ID. G. CruIkshank, f ]. Brown, Madge
Cotter, Edith Mcintyre, Daisy Meays, ]
I. Bethel, Mary A. Young, Fannie G. Syl
yester, Prof. A. G. Cushman, Prof. w. P
Tedrick.
Little Rock-J. L. Sare, T. Ives Dodge
A. j. Soldiers, Mrs. Eliza B. Stephens.
Gate City-Charles A. Giblin.
ROchester-O. 1. Hetzler.
Tumwater- l. Karshner Lynnit
Barnes.
Tenino-Sadie Colvin.
BucOda-W. e. Greenway, Minnie Mize
Addie ManYille, Mamie Cowan.
South Bay - Fanny Langridge, Alice
Langridge.
Rainier-May L. Stewart.
After the usual opening services thii
morning, a recitation was heard in arith
metic, by Prof Beeler. He suggested tha
in teaching younger people, teachers shoulC
proceed slowly in taking up a new subject
permitting no errors to pass uncorrected
The multiplication table was then dis
cussed.
Prof. Hawes conducted the work il
grammar, and in novel manner outlined
the parts of speech, and from those OBJ
tanned their names.
Prof. Beeler gave a decidedly interesting
talk on spelling.
After a ten-minute recess, Prof Have,
gave a black board exercise in physiology
while the first grade teachers adjourned tC
another room, where Prof. Beeler heard &
recitation in algebra. There are twenty
one teachers in this class.
At the afternoon session United States
history was taken up, and some important
events of early data were spoken of, to-
gether with acts leading to the revolution
ary war.
Superintendent Byrne then led in a short
review of school law.
Professor Hawes illustrated some meth
DDS of teaching primary drawing.
The Misses Amy Case, Olympia; Alice
Parsons, Olympia; Flora Parsons, Seattle
Kate Ward, Tumwater; Eta Yemen, Olym
pia; Lucy Hartmen, Olympia; Bell ]
Campbell, Tenino; Anna @. Campbell and
Jesse I. Mills, South Union, were among
the new arrivals