The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-04
SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION.
Summer school Students. Give Unstinted
Praise to Their Ipstructors.

Summer school students. Give Unstinted
Praise to Their Instructors.
We the members OF Dakota Univerity
Summer School and teachers in At
tendance the Dawson County Institute
realizing the manifold benefits we have
received and highly approaching the
numerous painstaking efforts that
have been put forth in our behalf, do
hereby gratefully offer the following:
Resolved, That we extend our most
hearty thanks for the establishing and
maintaining of the summer school,
thereby presenting to us such excellent
opportunities for further advancement:
further we extend our approval of the
systematic and businesslike manner in
which the work has been discharged,
and hereby pledge our support to the
management in the every effort made
to raise the standard OF the education
in the schools of our beloved state;
That we especially thank Pres. DR..
W. 1. Graham for his kind and valuable
assistance in every way; further that
we congratulate him and his worthy
assistants for the high degree of per-
fection reached in this our first sum-
mer school:
Tha' we recognize in Prof. L. A.
Stout one of our leading institute con-
ductors, aud q teacher in the true sense
Of the word; that we express our
sincere gratitude to him for his untir-
ing efforts to make his instruction OF
greatest value to his classes, and
especially for the very practical and
thorough way in which he has present
ed his work to his methods classes,
leading the students to think for them
selves, and expressing the fact that
they should lead their pupils to do the
same.
That we highly appreciate the very
efficient and interesting instruction
received in Prof. j. F. Brumbaugh's
clesses, especially the thorough aud
excellent instruction in literature and
reading, where he has brought out the
valuable points much needed by teach
ers; that we recognize his work in all
his classes as especially fine, leading
his students to see deeply into the sub
ject before them;
cere appreciation to Prof Theo. F.
Graham OF Fort Worth, Texas, Uni
versity, for his efficient instruction in
the classic languages, and broad inter-
probation of civics and constitutional
law, and that we deem ourselves spec
tally honored when under his inetruc-
tion and the influence of his personal
friendship.
That we extend to Prof. W. A.
Shurtletf our gratitude for his ex-
cellent instruction in book keeping and
drawing, and that we deem him in
every respect worthy of the position
occupied by him in Dakota University.
That we recognize in Prof. E. l..
Fullmer an efficient and thorough in
structor: that we extend our hearty
appreciation for the interesting and
enthusiastic manner in which he has
presented the subject to his science
classes, also that we extend to him q
hearty welcome to our state.
That we extend our unanimous
approval in our worthy county superin-
tendent, O. E. Browne for com bining
the institute and the summer school
and thereby 30 much increasing our
opportunities.
That Miss Amy White and Mrs.
Barber are deserving of commendation
for the very practical and progressive
ideas which they have given US in
primary methods and for the admirable
suggestions they have left US. That
We thank Miss White especially for the
fcrceful presentation of the Speer
Number Work methods, which we be-
lieve to be the true way of teaching
primary arithmetic.
We appreciate very much the
thorough and excellent work of Miss
Mary Mcguire in the history class.
That we desire to express our thanks
and appreciation to Prof. Yoder for his
very instructive lectures in psychology,
whereby, we feel that we have been
lead to realize more than ever before
our responsibility as teachers.
That we feel favored, and highly
appreciate the visit of Deputy State
Su perintendent Schellenger.
That we extend our thanks to the
parents who so kindly sent their
children to the primary classes.
That we express our gratitude to the
citizens of Mitchell for their kind hos
pitality, the interest they have man.
ifested in our work, and the efforts they
have put forth to make our stay among
them pleasant.
That copy of these resolutions be
sent for publication to each of our local
papers and the South Dakota Educator.
Committee.
J. M. TEESDALE,
JUNE CONNOR,
LYDIA FARRELL