Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-05-08
with volunteer questions of a military
nature and much of value and interest

with volunteer questions of military
nature and much of value and interest
was elected. Conductor McArdle
then took up the work in English, con-
sisting of the reading of the next por-
ton of Snow Bound, as outlined in
the state superintendent's institute
course, and a comparison of the diff
ferent interpretations Of teachers.
The discussion was quite general and
spirited on the passage descriptive of
the school master.
The next period was opened with a
motion sons led by Miss Herring,
after which the subject OF primary
arithmetic was discussed with great
benefit to the teachers. A model les
son in teaching the minus sign was
presented and it's application elnpha-
sized. Difficulties in the work of
teaching numbers by the teachers
We're given and help suggested by the
conductor.
The State Superintendent and
Supt. Devine arrived at $50. Miss
Bates took the floor amidst hearty
cheers which were duly acknowledged.
She complimented the teachers as be-
ing aggressive and progressive. No
county excels Griggs in the earnest
nest and excellent spirit of it's teachers.
We can have cultured people even
though the schooling is limited. We
must have love for good reading.
We must have good books to read.
Books are cheap and easily obtain
able. 1 want you with other teachers
in other counties to make special
effort this year to secure district
libraries. I want you to instill
the love of good reading into the
minds of your pupils. It was to this
end that chose this poem of Snow
Bound for your study in Institutes.
I wanted you to concentrate your
energies on this beautiful picture of
life in our early days. And further
reason why chose this was because
of the picture of home-life. The faith
er, mother, children, neighbors,
school-master in the happy home circle
center our thoughts upon the beauty
of the model home.
Supt. Devine next took the floor
and said: ''If there is one thing above
another that should be learned it is
history. One OF the important subjects
of learning for the teachers is general
information. Teachers, when you go
back to your schools donot teach
that the men who wore the gray were
not patriotic. Teach them that they
were taught wrong. hope when you
go back to your homes you will teach
that this broad land is ours" The
patriotic thoughts held the teachers
spell bound his descriptions being SC
vivid. In the course of this eloquent
speech he represented Lincoln as
growing as ''big as the universe' be.
cause his university was nature and
God was his teacher. At the close ol
the session a large party of the teach.
ers with the state superintendent in
the midst posed on the eastern side OF
Mr.. Syverson's store to be confronted
by Mn. Belgum's Photographic gum
The subject of drawing was next dis.
cussed and the rudiments taught. II
was peculiarly interesting. The great
field of expression opened up by the
simple combination OF lines.
THURSDAY MORNING.
After the usual opening. exercises a
most excellent explanation of the
causes of the rainbow was given by
the conductor. ''Rays of light that
come from the sun ninety millions ot
miles away and not vary more thar
an inch in that distance can be called
parallel" Many teachers were sur.
prised to learn that one of the descen.
dants of the school-master described
in Whittier's "Snow Bound," had
been present all the week. Miss
Herring is worthy of her illustrious
ancestor whom the quaker Bard has
sung into enduring fame. A further
critical analysis OF this interesting
poem, followed by other subjects ably
taught, closed the morning session.
Miss Herring's work is right up to
date, and, as is her earnest endeavor,
is a continuation and completion OF
the work begun last year. Supt.
Sinclair is enthusiastic, earnest and
helpful. He is right in sympathy with
each teachers needs and is always on
deck for ''his turn at the bat.' The
writer's twenty years experience with
county superintendents in teachers s
institutes will qualify him to say that
Mr.. Sinclair for his management, en-
thusiasm and sympathetic helpfulness
has seldom been surpassed. Mr.. Nc
Ardle while conducting institutes may
be somewhat out of his line, ssgets
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