Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-05-05
NORMAL INSTITUTE.
Garrett, KaS., Beginning June
5, and Continuing
Four weeks.

To the Teachers of Anderson Count
and others Interested in Education:
The progress and happiness of king
doms and peoples, and particularly of ;
Christian nation. may be traced to tn,
thorough education of its youth, wher,
the purpose is to cultivate and to polisl
by the study of the sciences the intelli
gencc, still rude, of the young, and thu.
to fit them for filling, worthly, the diff
erent vocations to which they may be
destined, and without which they would
be useless to society and the state, Real
izing as we do the important part the
teacher has in training the mind and per
tccting the character of the youth of our
county, is 1t not eminentlv fitting that
we should assemble again for the pur-
pose of offering our plans on favorite
lines OF teaching andconsulting the plans
of others, Frightening the intellectual
subjects, and, at the same time, quicken
our pedagogical sight by pleasing con-
tact with those whose scholarship and
experience eminently qualify them for the
work they have undertaken, and fully
justify us in regarding them as standing
first in their profession?
The inspiration combined with the eff
cient and scholarly instruction of the
corps OF instructors whom we have
chosen for the coming Institute will, III
our opinion provcs to be the most helpful
of the years work tor the live and ear
nest teacher.
For those who desire to spend a month
for theirimprovcment, both intellectually
and financially, and for the advancement
of the pupils whom they may he priv
legged to instruct, you cannot afford to be
absent from normal.
With the above thoughts in view, we
are pleased to present to the friends of
education this opening announcement of
the Anderson County Normal Institute,
which vii convene i'll the Irving School
building, beginning June >, 1899, at
1870 q. m.
Year after year, Anderson countv's
Normal Institute has been regarded by
the teachers of this and adjacent counties
as one of the most interesting and en-
thusiastc of this class of schools, bring
ing as it does each year our teachers in
contact withimproved methods and new
ideas of their noble calling and we trust
this years work will prove no exception
to the rule
Teachers, will you assist to make it |
surpass all past records:
FACULTY.
Prot. Homer S. Myers has been chosen
rs conductor. He has had twelve years
experience as a teacher in district and
'ity schools of Usage county and as
of Elk City, Chcrryvale
md Garrett. He completed the work in
Usage city schools, and has degrees from
Baker University. He has in ucted in
he Normal Institute work Of Usage and
montgomery counties. Since coming to
iarnett, he has identified himself with
he progressive teachers of the county,
nd has taken an active interest in all
chool work. With the above mentioned
Experience, we expect our normal to be
uccsssfuly managed
Frof. {. II. Oman, as an instructor,
eeds no introduction to Anderson
teachers, having spent four years
mong us in normal work, and his many
ears of successful experience in district
nd High School work of the county
ill commend him to us without doubt
r fear as to his ability to instruct and
nthuse the teachers of our county.
rof. Oman is the holder of both State
nd Conductors certificates.
Prof. Ed Barber, superintendent of
Ialstead city schools, is one of the vet
AN school men and Institute workers
Kansas. He is a graduate of Emporia
tate Normal School, and has been active
angaged in school work for more than
Nenty years. His experience cxtenfs
yer the entire field, having taught ten
ears in country schools and served four
ears as superintendent of Allen county
nd seven years as city superintendent.
uring the last three years he has con-