Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-22
EDUCATIONAL.

state superintendent WOlfe's Tour OF In.
stitute Sisitation-The State Teachers
Association Committees Choice of
Books for Reading Courses.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Sept. 4.-State
superintendent Wolfe has returned
| from tour of institute visitation. occu-
pylng more than month, tour in
wnlch ne addressed forty-six teachers
institutes, nearly 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 2On, the entire attendance for the
state being between 1900 and Is. 900.
Never were SO many and such excellent
! Institutes held in Missouri. The effect
OF this institute work will be seen in
all the schools the coming fall and win
ter.
The Missouri State Teachers associa-
ton, at its last session, appointed the
following representative committee to
adopt a list of books: L. Mccartney,
superintendent Hannibal public schools;
H. Z. Dubois. superintendent Trenton
public schools; Il. G.. Shackelford, SUI
perintendent Richmond public schools;
W. ID. Grove. county commissioner Atch-
ison county. Tarkio: John 7. buchanan,
principal Kansas City high school; H. F.
Triplett, superintendent Jacksonville
public schools: A. J. 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;
r. NJ Patterson. superintendent Wash
ington public schools; J. S. Collins,
principal Divoll school, st. Louis:
Geo. L. Murphy, assistant superitend-
ent St Louis public schools; A. 5. Co
ker, superintendent Frcdericktown
public schools; S. Pirlley, 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; Z. c. Norton, presi-
dent Cape Girardeau normal school; W.
II. Martin. superintendent Lamar pub
lie schools: j. I. Muir, professor didac-
ties, Huntsville 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
the members of this committee, met
September in State Superintendent
Wolfe's Office, jefferson City, and. after
three days session, made the follow
ing choice adoptions at greatly reduced
terms:
TEACHERS READING cIRcLE-coUNTY INSTITUTE
COURSE.
First Year-'Page on Teaching" Payne.
American Literature, -" Hawthorne and Lem
mon.
Second Year-'Pedagogy," Hewitt
Character" Smiles.
Third Year-"Compayre's Lectures On Teach
ing" Payne
Lights of Two Centur - Hale.
DISTRICT INSTITUTE COURSE.
Fourth Year -"Educational Reformers."
Quick.
Life and Her Children" Buckley.
Fifth Year-"Lectures On Teaching Fitch.
The State" Woodrow Wilson.
Sixth Year-'Tsachers' Hand Book of Psy-
biology Sully.
Introduction to Shakespeare" Corson.
PUPILS READING cIRcLE-tBELow HIGH SCHOOL,.
First Year-''Nature Stories for Little
Readers"
Easy Steps for Little Feet" Swinton and
Second Year-"Sea-S Side and way-side," No.
l., Wright.
Golden Book of Choice 7ading" Cathcart
Third Year-"Sea- Side and Way SIDE No.
II, Wright.
"Esop's Fables Stickney.
Fourth Year-"Saa 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 Year-Information Reader No. l. Beal.
Robinson Crusoe." Defoe nambert.D
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 Year-''Starland," Ball
''Silas Mariner" Eliot.
Third Year-"winners in Lies Race" Buck
ley.
washington and His Country" Irving and
Fiske.
Fourth Year-"Ivanhoe," Scott.
1.-TWO Years Before the Mast" Dana.