The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-05
COUNTY NORMAL.
One OF the Most Successful Nor
mails In the History Of the
County.

hustling county superintendent de-
serve the thanks of all the teachers
and the citizens of the county for
the way in which they made the
week 80 interesting. Great good is
to be gained from these annual
meetings. An interchange of ideas
is always beneficial.
The teachers of Blount County
were called togather Monday,
morning, June %, by the ringing of
the college bell.
Devotional exercises were held at
nine O'clock conducted by DR..
BOardman, followed by a short
talk by him.
Our first examination was in Or
biography Monday evening.
There are about eighty-six
schools in our county and almost
everyone is represented by a teach
er in our normal. There are about
seventy-five in attendance.
Several new teachers are being
examined for certificates this year,
and are making good progress
toward getting them, 50 far.
Tuesday the devotional exercises
were conducted by Rev. White.
After the devotional exercises
Rev. White gave US a very interest
ing talk on school teaching.
We had two examinations Tues
day. One in reading and the other
in Grammar.
Rev. F. f. Moore conducted the
devotional exercises Wednesday
morning and gave short talk on
the subject of thinking, which was
very interesting to the teachers.
Miss Sallie Wallace, of Knoxville,
accompanied by her cousin, Miss
Ora Broadly, attended the devotion.
al exercises. The teachers were
glad to see visitors.
The subject of Arithmetic was
taken up Wednesday morning by
professor barnes and thoroughly
discussed.
At II o'clock Wednesday Miss
Lord gave a very interesting talk
on Tennessee history which was
very profitable to the teachers.
Prof. Waller conducted the devo
tional exercises Thursday morning
and then gave us an interesting
talk.
Miss Mollie Caldwell visited tn,
Normal Wednesday.
Prof. Withers, of Holbrook Nor
NAL College at Knoxville, was will
us Thursday and gave ashOrt tall
on the subject Of definitions.
Thursday closed our examina
tions.
Rev. McAllister conducted tn,
morning services Friday, aftel
which he gave quite lively tall
on the subject of teaching.
| We had the whole day Friday Il
devote to the subject of school man
agement.
Saturday several hearts wer,
made light by what they had beer
so earnestly striving fora certifi
cate.
The Institute was success al
round.
There were eighty-fOur teachers
enrolled at the close of the Normal
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON
RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, we, the teachers of this
and other counties, have been sc
pleasantly situated in the college
and,
Whereas, we do so highly appreci
ate the many kindaesses shown us
by Supt. Walker, Pro-. Barnes and
others,
Therefore be it resolved, 1st THAI
we tender our most sincere thanks
to the Supt. for his careful atten
ton given the preparations for ex
aminations, and also to Prof
Barnes for his assistance in the
work.
Resolved, End, that we also re
turnour most cincere thanks to The
faculty of Maryville College for tn,
privilege of using the College dur
ing the Normal.
Resolved, 3rd, That, as we are pro
crossing in our work, we strive t,
make our Normal more and NOR,
beneficial.
Resolved, 4th, that copy of thes'
resolutions be furnished the Mary
vile TIMES for publication.
Respectfully Submitted,
| NINA CUNNINGHAM,
n. b. ADAMS,
| A. L. GODDARD.