Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1897-06-10
AUDRA1N TEACHERS INSTITUTE
Will Begin July 5 and Continue Un-
til Wednesday Evening, July 81.

Commissioner of Audrain county.
Instructors, Superintendent McMil-
Ian, of the Mexico Public Schools.
Superintendent Roberts, of the Ore
gon City Public Schools.
Alb. Berry, president for the last
eight months of the north Audrain
Teachers Institute, and Bert Rodgers,
of Monroe county, both successful
county teachers in Monroe and Au-
drain counties.
Two of the former instructors are
leading teachers and graduates of
normal schools and colleges.
All educators know Superintend-
ents Mcmillan and Roberts, and it is
useless to say anything about them.
With such a corps of instructors
will not we have full attendance OF
teachers?
You that hold first grade certifi-
Gates are urged to attend and show
the teachers of the county that we
have those at home who can ably fill
the position of instructors, not only in
this county, but in any county in the
state.
You who hold second and third
grade certificates surely will not be
satisfied with anything less than a
first grade certificate. And I beg you
who failed last year to initiate the
noble example of one who was more
unfortunate than many of you, for
she had already received a school.
She went right to work and conse-
quently she has secured one of the
best schools in the county for the next
scholastic year. I
verify believe that no institute in
the state will have board of instruc-
tors superior to the above all live,
earnest teachers.
John r. Kirk, our able State Sup
erintendent, uses the following Ian
guage in circular to school commiss
sioners and county superintendents:
"The institute is a school where
everyone works; 1t is not merely a
school to teach the common branches;
it is not to prepare for examinations;
it is not review school," After
stating what it was not for, he uses
the following language in defining it's
purposes: "To enrich the course of
instruction, elevate the standard of
professional ideas, create educational
sentiment and enthusiasm, give edu-
cational inspiration, exemplify scien-
tific teaching in elementary schools,
instruct teachers as to how they may
organize, manage and control
schools" etc.
I wish teachers would read these
words of one of Missouri's ablest state
superintendent, one whose heart is in
the work.
stand ready as the county COM
missioner of Audrain county to do all
1 can for educational interests of our
county and to throw around the
children of the county all the safe
guards in my power. 1 urge school
boards to exercise the greatest care
in employing teachers and not to
place their schools under the care of
teachers whose greatest recommended
tion is their cheapness. A successful
bust ness man once said to me, "the
highest priced man ever employed
on my farm was the cheapest" The
Mexico board of public instruction,
composed of the best and most sue
cessful business men of Mexico, act
upon this principle In placing a man
at the head of their schools and keep
ing him there. President Yancey and
Superintendent Mcmillan have each
successive year added more reputa-
tion to the Mexico private and pub
lie schools. AS few changes as pos
sible should be made In our public
schools. This is fully shown in the
history of the Mexico schools, public
and private. FRENCH STRoTHER,
County Commissioner of Audrain.