The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-09-24
EDUCATIONAL.
state Superintendent woife's Tour Of IN.
stitute yisitation-The state Tesehers'
Associatfon CommltteS's Cffofes Of
B8oss Tor ReidinR Courses.

statA Superintendent woife's Tour Of In.
stitute visitation-The state Tesehers'
Hssociation Commuters Cffofes Of
BSoss for Reiding Courses.
JEFFERSON Efrf; Mo-; SEPT A.-State
Superintendent Wolfe has returned
from tour Of institute visitation, occu.
pying more than a month, tour in
which he addressed forty-six teachers
Institutes fieafly 5000 teachers, and as
many other citizens. The trip was full
of work and will be productive of much
good. Some days he addressed three
institutes in different counties. The
attendance in some counties was more
than 200, the entire attendance for the
state being between 1900 and $4,000.
Never were so many and such excellent
institutes held In Missouri. The effect
of this institute work will be seen in
oil the schools the coming fall and win.
ter
The Missouri State Teac hers associa-
tion, at its last session, appointed the
following representative committee to
adopt q list of books: L. Mccartney.
superintendent Hannibal public schools;
Fl. E. Dubois, superintendent Trenton
public schools; B. g. Shackelford, su.
perintendent Richmond public schools;
W. d. Grove, county commissioner Atch-
ison county, Tarkio; John T. buchanan,
principal Kansas City high school; II. r.
Iriplett, superintendent Harrisonville
public schools; A. ]. Smith, superin-
tendent Sedalia public schools; T. L.
Rubey, professor of literature in Rolla
school of mines; L. J. Hall, superin-
tendent MontgomeryCity public schools;
F. NJ. Patterson, superintendent WASH
ington public schools; J. S. Collins,
principal Divoll school. St Louis;
Geo. T. Murphy, assistant superitend-
ent St Louis public schools; A. 5. Co
ker, superintendent Fredericktown
public schools; S. Pirkey, superintend-
ent West Plains public schools; J. NJ.
White, superintendent Carthage public
schools; R II. Jesse, president state
university, Columbia; W. d. Dobson,
president Kirksville normal school;
Geo. L. Osborne, president Warrens-
burg normal school; R. C. Norton, presi-
dent Cape Girardeau normal school; W:
ii. Martin, superintendent Lamar pub
lie schools; ]. T. Muir, professor didac-
tics, Kirksville normal school; II. w.
Prentis, principal Hodgen school, St
Louis, and president of the State Teach
ers' association for 1892; L. E. Wolfe,
state superintendent of schools.
A subcommittee, chosen from among
tho hov-a ~ chic r,,ttfan
September in State Superintendent
Wolfe's office, jefferson City, and, after
a three days session, made the follow
ing choice adoptions at greatly reduced
terms:
TEACHERS READING cTRcLE-coUNrY INSTITUTE
COURSE
First Yesr-"Page on Teaching" Payne.
American Literature. Hawthorne and Lem
mon.
Second Yesr-"Pedsgogy," Hewitt.
Character" Smiles.
Third Year-"Compayrs'sLe Lectures on Teach
ing" PAYNE.
Lights Of Two Centuries" Hale.
DISTRICT INSTITUTE COURSE
Fourth Year Educational Reformers."
Quick.
Life and Her Children" Buckley.
Fifth Year-"Lectures on Teschiug," Fitch.
THE State" Woodrow Wilson.
Sixth Year-''Tsachers' Hand Book Of Psy-
choloRy," Sully.
'-Introduction to Shakespeare" Corsou.
PuPrLs' READING cIRcLE-(BELow HIGH scnooLl.
First Year-"Nsture Stories for Little
Readers"
"Essy Steps for Little Feet" swinton and
Cathcart
Second Year-"sea- Side and way-side, " No.
l., Wright.
Golden Book of Choice reading" Cathcart
Third Year-"Sea- Side and Way Side" No.
II, Wright.
''1Esop's Fables. " Stickney.
Fourth Yesr-'Ssa- Side and Way Side, !" No.
Ill, Wright.
"The Seven Little Sisters Who Live on the
Round Ball." Andrews.
Fifth Year-"Sea- Side and Way Side" No.
". Wright.
BLACK Beauty" Sewell
Sixth Ysar-Information Reader No. /, Beal.
Robinson Crusoe." Defoe Lambert-l
Seventh Year-Information Reader No. II,
Beal
tom Brown at Rugby" Hughes.
Eighth Year-"Locusts and Wild Honey"
Burroughs.
Franklin. His Life. by himself.
HIGH SCHOOL
First Year-"Young Peoples History of En-.
gland" Towle.
THE Fairyland of Science" Buckley
Second Ysar-"Stariand," Ball.
''Silas Mariner" Eliot
Third Year-"winnsrs in Life's Race. - Buck.
ley.
Washington and His Country" Irving and
Fiske.
Fourth Year-"Ivanhoe," Scott
Two Years Before the Mast Dana