The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1897-02-12
TEACHERS MEETING.
A Feast Of Good Things. Lit
orally and MctaphOrically.


The meeting of the county teachers held ut the
large and enthusiastic body Of teachers. The
| prof sslona part of the program began little
| after ten O'Clock by the singing OF America,
| Prof Butter at the organ. paper on Gcog-
raphy teachiLg by Mes Won VALID followed,
which was an able discuss of odern methods
| in tina, branch OF study. Mr.. II. l.. Priest then
| presented n paper on The Development OF Civi
| Government in England" which was along the
lines of the reading circle work for this year, and
was q remarkably clear nad concise statement
| OF the various events leading to En-land's
| present form of Government. Next followed
! Instrumental music by Prof itutlcr Nho uIaNed
| Il march Of his own composition, Srp't Aidrch
gave talk on Success In Teaching, taking up
| Il selection from the writings of "m. llawley
| Smith and giving n little attention to child
| study. Miss McCa!ilster Gang n Lullaby--sccom-
| panied by Miss Crowl Mr.. Diman of Reviilo,
was to have given II reading, but as he had not
| yet arrived the morning exercises were con
| cluded and the gathering was IN formal until the
sound OF the Sayel announced thnI diun
| ready. This meal wae pref AIRED from the con-
trlbutions OF the teachers present, by a commit
| tee Of school ma'ams appointed by snp't AldrIch,
| and assisted by Mistresses Kelley, Cunningham
and Adrich II was a bountiful spread and
goes far to explain the remarks able demand fot
Grant connty's school ma a'ams in other lines, as
eAempiifed by the matrimonial events Of the
| past year After about l25 persons had been
| fed. and an air of conteniment had spread over
| the scene, Prof. NJ. NJ Ramer was called upon to
speak on the Country School House" His
| speech was suitable mixture OF the grave aud
! he & q In ter al M nj in
description of how he raised the standard OF
| education in Il country school in North Dakota
| IT trnnspired that the whole building WAS raised
| on jackscrews to allow the removal of family OF
Mephitis Amerc which had entrenched
| themselves there against the peace and dignity
Of the school. He paid a hish tribute to the
| earne-tnees and capabilits Of the student from
The country school when he comes 70 work in
| The high school. Mics Nuna shannon replied
to The Boy on the Back Seat with general
discussion Of his capabilities and tendencies
Prof Kelley was called upon to talk on "Mul-
| tum IN Parvo,' but refraned from discussing
has own high pressure experiences IN the Mil
| bank High school, rather prcferrug to talk
about the much that the country hoy must learn,
| III the little time that is provided him Mr..
Will Dllmau OF Revillo, favored the andicnce
tai" an old man impersonation, which was most
| excellent and won him encore, To which he
responded by giving illustration Of the way
| an old man tells story, which was a triumph
| of imitation and was heartily appauded Clerk
1 Of Courts q. ". Prevev WIS called upon to state
| tho feelings OF one ont-iae 81 educational work
I'm outer darkness ns j, we're. He p,gan by
stating that he hac never before realized the
l q n ey pf n1n fhHt
! No person could enter the hall and look at the
| display OF eatables before HIM without admitting
| that tho canse OF education was a noble one and
| ~ the highest importance He might row be
| fairly considered to be outside of educational
J work. He thought that when the work eft
| under proper cirenmstano es !: was n wise thing
| to GO He presumed that there were school
| ma ans present who we're laytg plans looking
! to retirement To those and to any Interested
| schoolmasteIs he woGli say that license fee is
but 81 90. loud aud prolonged npplause)
The program being concluded, Sup,t Aldrch
exp essed his thanks to the teachers for their in
lerest in the meeting, and the thanks Of the
| assembly 10 Mr. A. n. Cummings, agent for the
| Estcy organ, for the use of his excellent instru
men,s, aud the meeting adjourned
The display Of school work attracted much
| attention Miss Merry Of the sixth grade Mil
| bank schools, had nn excellent exhibit OF maps
aud composition work. Miss Crow Of the fire,
! primary had fine showing OF buay work and
| number work. Miss TOllcs OF the second pr
mary, also had good display OF similar work
| The Marvin school taught by Miss Estella
Green showed maps, language work and local
| history which very commendablc. Two
fine colored maps from Twin Brooks village, one
u map OF South Dakota with countlcs in di ffereAt I
colore, by Master Grover Green, ten year Old,
were gwen prominent places. As the maps were
framed for preservation they were removed
| Saturday night and We are unable to give the
| name OF the maker Of the Other mnp. Mr.. Will
bur Bems 10 the efficient teacher. An cxhib bit
Of history tablets frt M Twin Brooks, No. 2,
| taught by Miss Nellie Cleveland. atti acted much
atteni on from it's unique character. The covers
were the shape oI the state OF Virginia and the
mountains. rivers and oiher features were drawn
thereon with INK. The pages within, I'LL OF the
| same shape, contained notes on the history OF
| this colony. Twin Brook, No. 3, Miss Aimee
Cleveland, displayed All original design foi Il
| border drawn by Miss Mani. Cunningham
Troy Nos. and 4, taught by Miss Kate Philip
and Mr. A NJ. Boston showed composition
work and map drawing. Georgia No. taught
by Miss Rednxn had some good composition,
work BY Amelia Englnnh aud Ellen N"ard. and
also presented some map and other disWtng
Georgia No. ;, Misc Hilda Psulson exhibited
quit. large amuunt of good composition work
Mlss Nellie Ackermsn Of south shore sen, in
some composition work from her school aud
Mrs G. schultz Of the Aork district. south 1T
tevilio sent IN few sheets of work also. Mise
Anna Kubel, Of the Big Tom school In Albsn,
had large an,oun, OF very GOOD composition