The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-08-02
COUNTY NORMAL.
Mahaska Teachers in Annual
Training School.

The county normal is down to
business with win and the program
is running smoothly in all the de-
partments.
There has been a steady increase
in the enrolment and the afternoon
will see the end of the list. 1t is
thought that the number enrolled
will go beyond three hundred.
Chapel is one of the hours of the
day that is looked forward to with
pleasure by all the teachers. This
morning there was solo by Prof.
Solomon and after devotional exer-
cises, Pres. Rosenberger addressed
the teachers. His talk was meant
for teachers and was of the practical
sort that does good. The seed sown
this morning will bear fruit. The
speaker told of the lack of training
today of almost all people for the
work of the future and at a time
when there is a great demand for
qualified workers, especially in edu-
cational lines. His address was lis
tened to attentively and the words
spoken will have an influence in
more than one school room of the
county during the coming months of
the school year.
There will be a social at Penn Col
lege tomorrow, Wednesday eve, for
the teachers and students who are
attending the county normal. All
cordially invited to attend and bring
their friends with them.
One of the visitors of to-day was
F. L. Douglas, of Des Moines, prin-
cipal of one of the ward schools and
publisher and business manager of
the Midland School.
Supt.J f. Dodds works with method
and everything goes along with the
regularity of clock work. The gen
tleman is to be congratulated on the
excellent start that has been made.
Teachers are still enrolling at the
superintendent's Office and the en-
rollment will pass all expectations.
Gail Hoskinson and Prof. Solomon
furnished music for chapel this
morning. Rev. Duboc of the Baptist
church conducted the devotional ex-
ercises. The chapel talk was by
Supt. Session of Lincoln. His re-
marks were along lines of general
interest to teachers.
There will be social on the cam
pus this evening for the entertain
ment of teachers and their friends.
All should be there and have a
pleasant time with the teachers of
the county. The reception committee
that has been appointed to receive
the teachers and make them ac-
quainted, consists of Mrs. Gilchrist,
Miss Douglas, j. M. Stoke, Meta
Butler, H. @. Roelofsz, Alice Van der
Zyl, Carrie Young, Paul Bowles and
Hazel Phillips.
After the reception on the lawn,
there will be literary program of
brief duration in the chapel at which
there will be readings by Miss Morris
and Miss McCready and others.
DR.. Miller, of Oskaloosa, will give
the chapel address Thursday morn
Ii,g He will talk about alcohol u
Miss Fannie McCanna and 7. L.
Whitehill, two well known Mahaska
teachers are the latest to enroll.
Prin. J J. Williams, of the Fremont
schools, is recent addition to the
enrolment lists.
r. Anna Morris will organize an
athletic club for evening play at the
campus. There will be basket bal
and tennis and there will be in
struction in games to be taught tC
children for physical welfare.
1t was suggested by Prof. Sessions
that there could be all Authors clnt
formed of the members Of the norma
faculty as each one of the instructors
with the single exception Of Mr.. Ses-
| sions is the author of some book
But this gentleman is well known or
| account of his lecture on Lii IuiC
Air"
Misses Anna brennan and Emm
Sanders were chapel visitors Wed
nesday morning.