The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-17
County Teachers Institute.

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tendent says:
The instructors are Prof. Thos
| A. Mott, Supt. city schools, Mad
ison, Ind, and Prof. Sherman l.
Davis, of the State University
Each delivers night lecture in al
dition to the day work. Prof. +. +
Sutherland will have full control o
the music, and will give two lessons
daily on the principles and rudi
ments of music.
Institute is held on the week 0
August 3D., so that State Superin
tendent Geeting can be with US
During the same week trustees max,
their annual reports to the county
commissioners, and To the count,
superintendent. Hence the Stat,
Superintendent, County Commits
sioners, and all Trustees will be il
town. and at the Institute during
the week.
By a vote Of the teachers at tn,
Institute of 1898, the Institute fee
was made seventy-five cents. When
this fee is paid the teacher will re-
ceive card emitting him T. free
admission to all sessions of the In
stitute. Call on the enrolling sec
rotary as soon a. you enter the
room. No one is considered a mem
Der until he pays his fee.
Certificates Of attendance under
seal will be issued to all who attend
and pay their Institute fee OF seven
ty-five cents. Teachers are to pre-
sent these TO their Trustee when
they apply to be employed.
The roll will be called each day
and attendance credited according
to the number OF recitatlons heard.
If those teachers who find it ut
terly impossible to attend, will send
us the Institute fee, their kindness
will be appreciated.
The reading circle books for 1896
z are "Guizot's History of Civiliza-
tion," price, 81. Literary Inter
pretations," price, 30 cents.
The merits Of .Guizot" are well
known to all writer's and students Of
history. The book has been care
fully revised and edited by DIR. Geo.
w. knight, of the Ohio State Uni
versity, for the special use of the
Indiana teachers.
Literary interpretations, by
Arnold Tompkins, is a concrete APP
plication of the principles Of psy-
chology as presented in the peda-
gogical studies of the past three
years of the course. In short, it is
method in reading, in which Haw-
thorne's Great Stone Face, Emer-
sons Self Reliance, Tennyson's
Holy Grail and Lowell's Vision of
Sir Launfal are used as a basis.
These two books will be for sale
at the county Institute. Get copy
of each at that time, for you will
need them at township institutes and
teachers examinations.
Reading circle examinations are
held July Is, 1886.
The June convention Of County
Superintendent in 1891 adopted
the following rule: "Applicants
who have not taught shall have -,
per cent. added to their general av-
erage for full attendance at the
county Institute" 1t young teach
ers have ian eye to business" they
will be at the Institute. This per
cent. is not added unless you take
out license or teach.
The following is a synopsis of the
Township Institute work for 1867:
Seven lessons in "Guizot's His
tory of Civilizations" seven in
Methodin Reading;;"(T ompkins.)
four in Grammar; three in Compo-
sition; one in General Method one
in Method Appliedin Arithmetic, /,
2 and 3 years; one in Method in
Geography, i, 2 and 3 years; one in
History, |, ? and 3 years; one in
Spelling and Writing; one on Arbor
Day Exercises, Second Institute;
one outline on Y. +. X. c.; one
supplementary program on "Patri-
otto Day"
Prof. Michael, of Michael's Uni
versity, Logansport, Ind, said to be
the finest penman in Indiana. has
promised to visit the county Insti-
tute. Prof. Sinclair, Couty Supt.
of Starke county, and a candidate
for State Superintendent, has also
promised to attend.
Teachers have their pay increased
one cent per day for each day they
attend the County Institute.