West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-09-02
INSTITUTE ITEMS.
The Annual Sessions Of the Teachers
OF Old Preston.
Closing Scenes or the Convention
hingwOOd Again Next Year-ResO-
buttons -GOOd-Byes.
CONTINUED from last week.
Specially reported for TIE AncCs.

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my mountain home," with the us
ual organ work.
Next thing on the program was
the usual scriptural reading and
the invoking Of the divine blessings
upon the Institute by the Rev.
George Trach of the Presbyterian
creed. More singing aud organ
work was rendered TO keep every =
body in good bumor. Ladies'
from number thirty to SIXTY and
gentlemen from thirty to sixty re-
cited "Memory Gems" from Amer
lean Authors, also Prof. Hodges.
IiSs Finch and perhaps others re-
cited, among whom was j. Slidell
Brown who made the hit of the day
in that respect. The Institute
then joined in singing the old
familiar STRAIN OF the "West Yir.
gInia Hills" with the proper organ
accompaniment.
Intormiseion-2O mlnutes-10:0O
-1O:20.
The Institute promptly recon
vened on time and started the ball
to rolling again by singing "rbe
Battle flynn Of the Republic" and
the patriotic air of "America" led
by State Sup't. Trotter. Miss
Finch then took up the old, unlin-
ished subject Of primary reading
and spoke for twenty minutes on
that subject as she makes spec
ialty of that kind Of work in the
Normal Training School at Lewis
ton, Me. where she is from and she
has showa by her instruction that
she understands the subject thor
oughly.
Prof. Hodges then took up the
subject Of "School Government"
and he proved in more ways than
one that school can be governed
with out teacher exercising the
despOtic rule of an emperor, and
that it was absolutely necessary for
hearty corporation between
pupils, patrons and teacher, and
we want to say right here that Prof.
Hodges is growing more Justly
popular as the Institute passes
away, and our teachers will want
him back at Kingwood again
next year as it Is already as good
as settled that two thirds want to
come back to Kingwood-" Pres
toms pride and the teachers choice. /"
After some more preliminary ro-
marks were made, j. Slidell Brown.
chairman of the committee on pro-
gram for Thursday night made a
report and yead the program,
consisting of recitations. essays,
papers, talks, ect. See account
elsewhere in this paper of the even
ing session.
Sup't. J. Ami Martin Of the w.
Va. n. having offered free excur.
sion on that road to Mountain
View the beautiful pars seven
miles south of Kingwood, the Insti
tute decided to go to Mountain
View in the afternoon and then ad e
journed till 2 O'Clock when the
train left Kingwood.
AFTERNOON sEssIoN-TRIP TO NOUN
FAIN VIEW.
Just before the Institute ad iourn-
ed for dinner to-day, the peda-
gogues decided to visit the beautiful
park at Mountain View and spend
the afternoon session there, instead
Of IN the Court House, which is
entirely inadequate to accommo-
date the teachers convention.
Supt. j. Ami Martin, of the w.
V. NJ, very kindly offered free
excursion over his road to the park
and just before Institute adjourned
in the forenoon, Mr.. Holden dis
tributed the tickets, prrettlly en-
grayed card Of pasteboard with the
inscription, Compliments of a
Friend of Education" and i'm the
lower left hand corner, Souvenir,
Teachers Institute, Kiugwood, w.
Va. August 23-27, 1897 The
teachers were allowed TO keep these
as memen os Of tho trip.
The train left Kingwood at two
o'clock. and as that time drew near
the teachers were seen vending
their way over the hll-nOt 10 The
poor housc-but TO the depot. A
| large numbef Of citizens aud young
people OF KingwOod accompanied
them, making at least 300 iu all.
The ladies occupied the passenger
coach, while we took any place wa
could get, as kind nature did not
Include 1s in that class. We filed
70 box car, The engine and tondor,
while Nile Cuppett and j Slidcll
Brown hung Oh Che rear end OF Che
train. In due time We passed tlIo
lig.zog and nag z.gged TO the
/ Park, got there about 3 O'Clock,
and Immediately proceeded TO
climb. not The leaning tower of
Pisa, but The shaky tower OF Vt.
| View, 90 get look at tho SUR
rounding country and feast orr
[ eyes on tho ycruaI grcennoss. Mr..
henderson, photographer from
Torra Alta, was present aud took q
/ picture Of the Institute jn two
groups, to- be- combined Afterwards,
and as we did not want To- break