Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-31
TEACHERS INSTITUTE
For Jefferson County Begins Tonight and Continues Till Saturday Night-Programme for
 the Session.

The Jefferson County Teachers institute convenes in the high school building, Park avenue and Twenty first street, to- night at 7:3O, and will remain In sess ion until Saturday noon.
 The following will be the order of bnsi- ness:
 THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 7:30 P. M.
 Opening exercises-C) Prayer; (2) ad- dress of welcome, Mayor J. A. Van doose and Dr. Samuel Ullman, president Bir- mingham school board; (3) response, I. W. McAdory and H. P. Burruss; (4) enroll ment of members and appointmeat O. com mittee.
 "Inadequacy of Alabama's Present School System,'' Dr. Solomon Palmer, ex- state superintendent of education (thirty minutes) (2) Remedy" Hon. John O.. Turner, state superintendent of education Qhirty minutes); t3) general discussion lhirty miuntes).
 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, "A. M.
 Arithmetic-O) "Number Work for Be- ginners,' Miss Helen Hudson (ten min utes); CD "Reduction. of Fractions to q Commou Denominator,o J. H. Syindell (ten minutss); (3) "MuItiplication and Division of Fracuons,n 0. r. Dunnigan Percentage aud Their Apple ltions Il us- trated,' P. L. Acton tten minutes); (5l ''Business Forms, Notes, Checks, etc. and How to Teach Them,' Superntend- ent Loyejoy tten minutes); (6) general discussion (fif'een minutss).
 Physiological "Oral Instruction aud Practical Application Tn Primary Glasses, o Miss Willie Wallace Gen minutes) @ ''Circula,ion Illustrated, A. B. Perdu tten mInutesli (3) "Digestgon,' II. NJ. somervilIe tten lninutes); (4) "Nervous System,'' !. C. DuBose Gen miputes); t5l discussion (tiiteen minutas).
 Readiug-(D IA List Of Words Tau h. u Beginning Glass in Four Months aud How taught,o Mrs. Ellen E. Grant (ten mln- utes); t2) "Phonics,,', Miss Louise Calvin ing Lesson-(a) Preparation, (o) Recita- ton, (c) Method of Criticism, |" Mss Amy McAoory Cten minutes); (4) "Sense Andy sis, MiEs Jamie Greene Gen mlnut .-); (5) discussion (tif;een minules).
 FRIDAY, 2P. M.
 Geography-Q) "Jeffetson Co1nty,' S. l.. Robertson tiifteeD minutes); (2) Ala han.a," W. L. Murray (fitteen ninut4s); t3) .'Genersl Geography; Toplcni Oat- hue, " J. NJ. Fountain (fifteen minutes). Vocal muei,-(D F., E. Anthony (i teen minutes); t2) general discussion (tairty minutes).
 United States history-d) "Saqu ,n,ial Relations of Discoveries, Settlemen,s and Wars,'' B. F. Giles (itteen minute-) (2) "Vaue of the To pcal Outline in TeacGins History,o Miss Willie Allen (ten minu.cs); (3) Usefu ness of Progressive Maps aud Cuarts in Teaching Historv),' Miss M4ud Saffold (tsn minutes); (4) general discus sion, (fiiteen minute,)
 FRIDAY, 7:30 P. NJ.
 cipine-Mental, moral, physical 1) Mental, Glover Moore (tiiteen min utes); (2) Moral, J. II. B. Hall (ifteen minu.es); (3) Physical, Superintendent McNeal (fifteen minutes); (4) discussion (thirty mlnutes).
 "Rslatiye Activity and Growth of the tive and Rational,'' c. A. Haden (twenty minutes); (2) "rhis Order of Development as Basis of E iucational Metho1s,n G. B. Russell (twenty minutes) l3) discussion (forty mlnutss; five minute talks).
 SATURDAY, 9A. M.
 Industrial work in education-(1) Miss Mary A. Cahalan ~ttwenty minutes); (2) discussion tlwenfy minutes). sa j. Civil government. Its importance tthirty minuies); (2) methods for teach ing it, w. P. Taylor (tWenty mInutes); (3) gene ral discussion (ten minutes).
 Report of critic.
 Report of committees.
 General business.
 NoTE.-I earnestly request all teachers to meet at the Birmingham High school at g u. m. Thursday, January 31, for the pur- pose of visiting the city schools and ob- serving their practical work.
 Birmingham IS preparing to furnish free for the teachers. Some will doubtless prefer 10 stay with special friends or relatives. If you have no such arrange ment please write at once to the chairman of the executive committee, r. M. Roof, Birmingham, that you may be provided for. l. w. MCADoRY,
 Superintenden mt Jefferson County,