The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-11-18
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
40th Annual Session OF Somerset County
Public School Instructors.
WILL sEHELD N THE COURT HOUSE OF
DEC. 7rH TO llrH, INCLUSIVE.


lished the official program for the 10th
Annual Session OF the Somerset County
Teachers Institute. The officers are as
follows: President, L. L. Pritts; Vice
Presidents, q. o. Saylor and X. X. San
ner: Secretaries, Miss Emma Schmucker
and Miss Grace Kifer Time Clerks, n.
f. Berkey, J. C. Neff and b. +. Rayman.
The following committees are also
named:
| Professional Studies, .. o. Saylor. ID.
| w. Seibert, Z. :. Frease, III. ). Weller,
Albert Lambert. r. w. Lohr, Miss l..
NJ. Kantz, Miss Lou A. Moore, and Miss
Annie Sipe.
Resolutions-H. s. Rhoads, :. G.. Shet-
Ter, c. f. King, NJ. d. Reel, orville Fike,
J. Il. Schrock, Miss Ida Speicher, Miss
Helen SchafT and Miss Carrie johnson.
Queries-P. L. Miller, L. q. Whipkey
and w. III. Howard.
Arrangements-H. l.. Young, c. C.
Heckler, B. l.. Horner and Charles a.
Miller.
The following named instructors have
been engaged: J. ;. Walton, Supt.
Chester County; Prof. y. II. Chaplin,
Rochester, y. Y; DIR. 4. B. Horne, AL
lentown. Pa. DIR. T. B. Moss, California,
Pa. Theo. Carmichael, Musical Director,
Pittsburg, Pa. Miss Julia Ward, Soloist,
California, Pa. Miss Elsie Snyder, Plan
ist, Somerset, Pa.
The Institute will be called to order at
leo +. IL, Monday Dec. 7th. Prayer will
be offered by Rev. William Mullendore.
J. y. Berkey, Esq. will deliver the Ad
dress of Welcome, and V II. Saylor. of the
Salisbury schools, will respond. The re-
mainder of the session will be occupied
by the instructors.
Monday evening, Judge Alfred Eli
son will deliver his popular lecture en-
titled: Kings and Queens, or Earth's
True Royalty"
At the teachers session Tuesday morn
ing the topic for discussion is The Rela-
tion of Teacher and Pupils" 1t will be
discussed by II. S. Weller, C. F. King,
Orville Fike and III. S. Rhoads. Instruct
ors from abroad will occupy the remain
der of the morning and afternoon ses-
sions. In the evening ii. w. J. Ham, of
Georgia, will lecture on 1.-The Snolly
goster in Politics."
Graduation and Promotion of fPupils,"
is the subject assigned to ID. w. Seibert,
J. b. Schrock, Albert Lambert and Ira
G. Carver, at the opening of the session
Wednesday morning, to be followed by a
paper by Miss Amy j. Huston. on 'The
Moral Influence of the Teacher" In
structors will occupy the balance of the
time morning and afternoon.
At the evening session +. Hopkinson
Smith will lecture on Under A White
Umbrella
J. +. Dively will preside at the Teach
ers' Session, Thursday morning, and 4.
b. Groff, O. j. Kreger, p. ;. Spangler
and w. J. Woy will discuss the subject
Are Our Schools Meeting the Demands
of the Hour?'' Miss Hattie a.. Will will
read paper on THE Work in lhs one
Room SCHOOL, The remainder Of the
morning session wilt be occupied by for
eign instructors
Thursday afternoon the teachers and
directors will meet in joint-session. F.
]. Kooser, Esq, VIII deliver an address
on a subject yet to he announced. \
discussion on "The Teacher will be |
opened by Rev. a. c. Snyder; Supt j. 5.
Walton viii speak on the merits of ''rhe |
Township High School" and DIR. Moss |
will drop ''Some Hints in School Man
agement."
Thursday evening the Arion-Cooke |
will render a vocal concert, |
assisted by Humorist J. Edmund Cooke. |
The sale of reserved seat tickets for the |
evening entertainments will begin at | p.
NJ. on Saturday, November 30th. Mail |
orders will be attended to Immediately |
after those present have been accommo- |
dated. Persons desiring to have seats re-
served should address their letters TO =. l.. |
Somerset, Pa. One-half of the |
seats in the Opera House will be reserved |
for the exclusive use of teachers, each |
teacher being limited to the purchase Of
four seats. Reserved seats for the course, |
81 TO 81; single reserved seat, 60. General /
admission b and 30 cents.
DIRECTORS CONVENTION
The Seventh Annual Convention of
0buAtL.tl AOhhAN bllCStpiS VIII hiNt1 III
the Presbyterian Church at 10 A. NJ, Dec.
9th. AssOciate-Judge ID. J. Horner will |
deliver the opening address NJ. }. Pritts
will speak on "How Shall We Best En-
force the Compulsory School Law?"
which will afterwards be discussed by
w. II. II. Baker, c. :. Lichliter and
Stephen McClintock. ''The Economy of
the Best Qualified Teachers
at Good Wages,'' is assigned for discus
sion to w 4. Seibert, /. p. Dull, ]. X.
COder and f. L. Moore.
At the afternoon session S. c. Hartly
will open discussion on Selection of
Sites and Construction ofSchool Houses"
by $. X. Mognet, =. G. Miller
and J. p. Miller.
The first subject for discussion at Thurs
day mornings session will be on "What
Constitutes Necessary School Apparatus
and What is the Best Way to Secure 1t ?''
% be opened by Wm. Zufall and discuss
ed by ID. l.. W. Wiand, George +. Kim
mel, and T.. ID. Miller school Vista
ions" Will be discussed by Rev Wetzel,
Dr. X. T. Pollard, J. C. Gnagy and j. III.
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