Evening star., 1899-04-06
ANIMAL EASTER BALL.
Function in Charge of Young People
Teachers Institute.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, April 3. 1899.
The young gentlemen of Rockville gave
their annual Easter ball at the opera house
last night. The affair was an enjoyable one
in every particular, and was largely at
tended. many from distance being pres
ent. The patronesses were Mrs. H. w.
Talbot. Mrs. S W. Taylor and Mrs. w. Ii.
Glascott. The music was furnished by Zim
mermans Orchestra of Washington.
Among those present were Misses Annie
Watkins. Blanche Nicholson, Annie Davis,
Rachel Mothershead, Marcia Swormstedt
and Farnham and Messrs- Harry Beard
A. Burr. Lay, Farnham. Harlan, Leonard
Nicholson, Evans, Waters, SWormStedt and
Charles Beaii of Washington; Mrs. Grocer
Jett, Miss Hattie Bowie and Stephen Quig
ley, Baltimore; Miss Williams, Poolesville;
Miss Jo..-s. Dickerson; Laura Mulhal Vir
ginia; Lizzie Owings, EIlicott City; Misses
Mannakee. Eensington; Misses Beall, Oak
dale; Mamie Bradley, Colesvile; Bessie
MackaI, Virginia; Messrs. DuyaH Cham
bers, DawsJnville, and Paul Waters.
Bradley. Bessie England, Isabel Bouic, Cora
and Louise Edmondston Kate and Eliza
Choate. Mary Welsh, Daisy Prescott Bes-
sic Taylor, Virginia Brewer, Josephine
Glascott, katherine Carr, Maud Klein
dienst, Willie Ward, Mary and Veva Fields,
Mamie Matlack, Mrs. DIR. Able, Mrs. Edw.
Anderson, Mrs William Dorsey. Mrs Helen
Greer, Mrs. Z. V. Carr, Mrs. d. H. War
field and Messrs. Charles and Ralph Jones,
John Brew er, Garner Bouic, Claude Allnutt,
Bouic Ninson, Abby Henderson, Thomas
Bradley, James Veirs, Edward England,
Wallace and Clay Fields, Thomas Keys,
Roger Shaw. William Eagle, Walter Will
liams, George Henderson, Anderson Offutt,
Lee Dorsey and John G. England.
The Montgomery County Teachers In
stitute adjourned this afternoon. after a
session of three days. Although the law
requiring the holding of teachers insti
tutes annually has been on the statute
books for twenty-five years. it was prac-
tically d dead letter until steps were taken
at the last session of the legislature which
secures its enforcement The legislature
created the office of state institute conduc-
tor, and DR.. Samuel E. Forman of Balti-
more was selected for the position.
The meetings which have just closed were
the first held in this county under DIR. For
mans charge, and the teachers are a unit
in the opinion that the annual Institutes
are a decided improvement over the old
system of holding one-day quarterly meet
ings.
The exercises of today were of highly
Interesting and instructive character. DR.
Forman talked on History and also spoke
at considerable length on Learning to
Teach Miss Elizabeth Denney of Wash
ington continued her talks on Language
Work" During the institute Miss Denney
gave three talks on this subject, much to
a. Vi
Harley of Comus discussed Grammatical
Analysis" and Prof. w. C. A. Hammel of
the State Normal School spoke interest
ingly on Physics" illustrating his remarks
with experiments performed before the au-
dience.
AS has been the case for all three days,
the routine work was pleasantly interrupted
by music by the Damascus Quartet.
The county school commissioners, Messrs
John g. England, Charles F. Kirk and Jas
E. Williams. were present at all of the ses-
sions of the institute, and did everything
! in their power to make the meeting a sue
cess.
At the second days session Dr. Samuel E.
Forman gave a talk on how to teach his
| tory, and also a model history lesson Miss
| Elizabeth Denney, director of the primary
department of the public schools of Wash
| ington followed DIR. Forman. Her subject
| was Language Work" Prof. E. Dwight
| Sanderson of the Maryland Agricultural
| College continued his talk on Mature
| Study
/ At the afternoon session Miss Denney
| again discussed Language Work" Then
came some queries and answers, the ses-
| sion closing with a general discussion of
| various subjects.
| Music by the Damascus Quartet was
| again a feature of the days exercises
In the evening a social, which proved to
be an enjoyable affair, was held In the
I court room.