Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1899-12-08
The Teachers Institute.

Pursuant to notice, given by Prof.
W. S. Drace, county school comm1s-
sioner. 81 teachers of public schools
in Charlton county assembled in Key
tesvllle December I to hold a two
days' Institutute. The forenoon ses-
sion Friday was held In the public
school building, but the attendance
exceeded the capacity of that build
ing to afford suitable Accommodations
and necessitated adjournment to the
circuit court room at the courthouse
to hold the afternoon session. A
COURIER representative was present
Friday afternoon and was much
pleased with what he saw and heard,
We had been attending similar meet
ings of the teachers of Charlton Coun-
ty for over 40 years, but never met
with a more wide-awake lot Of teach
ers than were assembled on this Oc-
casion. Papers were read upon varI-
Gus topics connected with school
work, IN the preparation of which
there had been a good degree of
pains taken. In the reading Of these
papers close attention was given by
the other teachers, and the discus
sions which followed were interesting
and TO the point.
The necessity for county supervis-
ion Of schools was argued at some
length, the consensus Of opinion be-
ing, so far as we could Judge, largely
in favor of its adoption.
Prof c. L. Buckmaster of Bruins
wick showed conclusively that he was
heartily opposed to a school text
book law to secure a uniformity of
books in the schools of the state;
thought 1t best to let each teacher Sc
Iect books to be studied in his or her
school The personnel of the com
mission established by the law to Sc
lect the books and contract with pub
fishers was not to his liking, neither
were-the books It has selected. He
thought children ought to be pro-
vided with books whose lessons were
presented in pure English, and then
proceeded to criticize a few sentences
found in some of the readers now in
our schools.
Prof. A S. Green, a Charlton coun-
ty young man, for the present
LOANED" to the public schools at
Dewitt, read very interesting and
instructive paper on "Class Reclta-
ton" for which he received hearty
applause and the thanks of the 1nstl-
tute
If space permitted we would love
to tell of other things we saw and
heard while attending this very inter
esting and. we trust, profitable session
of the institute. Suffice to say we
very much doubt If superior lot of
teachers can be found within any
county of the state than those assem-
bled here last Friday and Saturday.
The lady teachers, VINO recited, did
themselves great credit and delighted
the audience with their performances.
Prof. w. S. Drace, for so young a
man, we are glad to say, presided |
with ability dignity and ease,
We did not attend the meeting Sat
urday, but learned the attendance in
creased to over 100 members.
The meeting and organization of |
school boards, we very much regret,
was not a great success, there being |
only IS members of these important
persOnages present.
One of the questions drawn from
the query box on Friday was: How
Can You Interest the School Board |
of Your District in Educational |
Work?" There was no response to
this query, except by Prof. Buckmas-
ter, who apologize ed for the lack of |
interest on the part of school boards
rather than telling how this very de-
sirable result could be accomplished.
James Brown, COL, was arraigned !
in Justice Chas. E. Finch's court
at Brunswick last Saturday TO |