The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-01-21
DISTRICT INSTITUTES.
List of Dates and Places for the
County.
Topics TO be Discussed and Names of
Committeeman who will Arrange fer
the Meetings.

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| the Meetings.
Teachers District Institutes for til,
several Districts In Mononealia county
will be held at the following places, ant
on the following dates respectively:
Grant Distrist at Laurel Point School
House, Friday, January q, 1908.
Cass District, at Cassville School
House, Friday, January 30th, 1908.
A Union Institute for Morgan and
Union Districts viii be held at Easton.
1 Friday, February 9Th, 1903.
Clinton District Institute will be held
at Ridgedale, Friday, Jan ID, 1908.
Clay District, Daybrook, Friday, fet
10th, 1908.
Battelle District Institute will be held
at Wadestown, Friday, Feb q, 1908.
The following committees are hereby
appointed ON General Arrangements to
arrange for music, and for recitations 81
| pupils of the several schools in each
district.
For Grant District-C G Hall, T L
Brand. b r. Fisher and Jesse Henry,
Secretary.
For Cass District--Z Ammons, VIM
E Martin, John Laird and Warren ID
Miller, Secretary.
For Morgan and Union Districts-J
L Colebank. Emma Vangilder, Carrie
B Hackney, Hattie Hess, and Mrs
Wolf; Emma yangider, Sec'y.
Clinton District-M Fl Steele, E G
Stsnsberry, A r Downs, Anna Larkin,
Matte Hess and Sanford McBee Sec'y.
Clay District-L Piles, ] Ray Con-
ner, Stella Park, Mary Thomas, Rus
sell Core, ] L Devine, Sec'y.
Battelle District-Clark Clovis, Thos.
Estel, Nora Leezer, Saul Shriver, Thos.
keenan,. and Rose 6. Shriver, Sec'y.
All teachers in their respective Dis
tricts, are required TO attend these in.
stitutes, as they are held on school
day. and teachers will get the same
wages for attending these Institutes as
they get for teaching.
The Secretaries of the several irsti-
tutes will report to the Secretaries Of
Boards of Education for their district,
the names of the teachers present for q
full day at their District Institutes.
Following is q list Of topics to be dis
cussed in ali these institutes. Teachers
of the several districts, are requested to
prepare talk on that subject of most
interest to them in their work. These
institutes will begin at 10 O'Clock =. M,
on the dates fixed respectively.
LIST OF TOPICS.
Do We spend too mnch time on
arithmetic?
2 Do you teach enough mental arith-
metic in your school2
3 Are you ever tardy?
4 What can be done for the careless
parent2
8 Are you teaching geography &C.
cording to the new or the old methods
6 Is the present plan OF observing
holidays profitable to schools?
What were your plans for Arbor
Day?
s How shall we secure more tell.
gent reading2
8 Should the indolent pupils be de-
tanned after school?
10 Elements that characterize sue
cessful discipline.
IL How far is the teacher RESPONSE
BILE for the moral character of the pu-
pill?
IL Spelling-How to teach it?
Is Composition work Has it place
in the Public Schools7
IA Do teachers attempt too much7
Is When should pupils begin to use
pen in writing?
l6 What amount of home study
should be required?
IL Should algebra be taught in pub
lie schools?
IS What shall the teacher read out
of school?
10 What are the essential marks Of a
good teacher?
20 Problems of school seating and
furniture.
q What are the leading qualities OF
a strong primary teacher?
% How much time do you give the
subject of writing?
% Do you encourage drawing in your
SCHOOL,
"a What are you doing to secure
full attendance in your school.
20 Have all your pupils secured the
late adopted text books?
rs What is your greatest difficulty in
securing order?
81 Public School Libraries-Are you
in favor of them?
rs The power of associates in form
ing character.
20 The Influence Of the home.
30 What kind of men should we elect
on Boards Of Education?
81 Why do teachers quit the profess
sion?
80 The sanitary condition OF the
school room. Have you scrubbed your
house since school began?
80 School Room Decorations.
"a Public improvements - School
room Apparatus.
30 What Should the Teacher Read
SO What Good Books have you Read
within the last year?
81 Parents Duty Toward the Pupil.
38 Do we, as a People, do our whole
Duty towards the Schools?
80 Are your pupils trying to win the
John NJ. Gregg $500 Prize. for the
best oral spelling in the country schools
of the county? This prize is to be de-
cided by a contest to be held at Laurel
Point along about the close of school
40 Are your pupils trying for the $25
Library Offered by J. w. Wiles for the
school in the county making the best
per cent. of attendance for the term.
Al The Value OF Education.
Now, teachers, be present at these
sessions and our ms flutes will be sue
cessful. Boards OF Education, patrons,
pupils and teachers are all cordially in
vited to attend.
Very truly yours,
STEVEN MASON,
County Superintendent.