Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-06-01
DAY COUNTY TEACHER INSTITUTE
Held at Webster, South Dakota.
June 10 to 80.

'hls county. Teachers of TODAY are he
coming to regard professional teachin,
In the true spirit. They recognize tn,
fact that the best teachers secure IN,
best positions, and that the best position,
can only be held by teachers who ar,
preparing themselves in all POSSIBLE
ways, in the science and art of teaching
The attendance at the Normal Institute
Is made compulsory because the state
cannot afford to trust the tuition of the
children who are to form the bulwark Of
citizenship, to unframed and unskillfuI
teachers. We have engaged instructors
who have had long years of experience
In lnstructing the young, and who will
take special pains to bring out the meth.
ODDS and principles of teaching.
The recent legislature has made ample
provision for the maintenance of insti.
tutes and no tuition fees will be charged.
We make a special plea for those to
attend who are contemplating teaching.
You cannot begin too early to study the
principles which underlie your chosen
profession. 1t is vital to your success
II you desire to attain success.
The children of the rural schools are
largely made up of primary pupils, and
special study ID demanded along that
line. Before coming to the institute
read up carefully the best primary meth
dds, so You will be prepared to discuss
them, and thus sift the wheat from the
chaf." A special effort will be made 10
review the higher branches required for
q first grade certificate. Bring text books
suitable for private study.
Il RULES.
l. Teachers who repeatedly fail in
recitation will not be promoted. No
member of the institute who is twice
absent from any regular work can be
promoted except by unanimous recon-.
mendation Of the corpsof instructors.
2. Regular attendance, correct deport.
ment and proficiency in recitation will
be the conditions OF promotion.
3. No excuse will be granted by the
instructors. Necessary absence or tardi-
ness may be excused by the srperinten.
dent, but with the understanding that
the best OF excuse is no substitute for I'M
performed class work.
4. The roll of each class will be called |
by number at the opening of each rccita-
ton. Such marks of absence or failure
in recitation will become a part of the
institute record, kept on file in the county
superintendeDt's office.
5. Individual recitations will be rigid
ly adhered to, in cases of continued fail
ure, such reports of failure shall be rem
by the instructors to the conductor
who shall withhold the certificate until
the years work has been satisfactorily |
finished.
8. From two to three hours study is
expected during each day of the session.
efforts is necessary to 60 so much
work in a short time.
7. Only profitable discussions will be
permitted; no contests over disputed and
points. there Is plenty to do
about that of which there is no doubt.
S. Each member of the Institute is
expected to keep a normal note book in
which will be daily recorded the sugges.
tive outlines, explanations and helps of
the instructors. These note books will
be called for and examined before the
close of the Institute. when the result Of
each examination will be made a part Of
the institute records. Experience has
proven the teachers note book invalu.
able in the school room.
SCHOOL LAW, Il 6, CHAP.
"The County superintendent is autho-
rized and required TO revoke at any time
certificate held in his county under
authority Of section 1 of this chapter for
any cause which would have authorized
OK required him to refuse TO grant il, il
known at the time it was granted, and
for incompetency. immortality, intemper-
ance, violation of the state law. cruelty, |
general neglect Of the business OF the
or for refusal or neglect to a ttend
a teachers institute after due notice and
least one district institute each year,
and the revocation shall terminate the
oisuch teacher in the school
where he or she may be at the time en-
ployed."
We quote the law with reference TO
the necessity of each and every teacher
attending the Normal Institute. The
above law was not made for those who
bo attend, and who. We are happy to say,
constitute the great majority ofour teach
ara. but for those who do not attend. We
earnestly hope that this law will in no
wise be applicable to this county and
that VIC IAN enroll every teacher in the
county the coming session.
Il. A. BRowS,
Sup't Of Schools.
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Peabody.