Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-15
MANY AT NORMAL INSTITUTE
Three Hundred and Fifty Teachers Ready
to Profit by Lectures.
INSTRUCTORS CORPS MOST STRONG
Those Attending VIII he Divided Into
Glasses Graded According to Ex-
perience for First Time
in History.

County Superintendent McManus expects
an enrolment Of $50 teachers at the Normal
institute, which will open this morning in
the High School building for a weeks ses-
sion. A number of teachers from the rural
districts arrived Saturday and yesterday,
and last evening over 100 names had been
enrolled.
Among the instructors who have reached
the city are I. d. Symm Shuttleworth, gu
perintendent of schools at Oakland; Miss
ummers Of Chicago and Prof. I. w.
Howerth of Chicago.
These will form the corps Of instructors
for the institute:
Psychologist. w. Howerth. university
Pedagogy and Geography-W. N. Clifford,
city superintendent Of schools, Council
photography, History and Didactics-F
G. Ensign, principal Of the high school,
Primary Methods, Occupation Work and
Manual Training-Maud Summers, formerly
principal Of the Goethe school, Chicago.
Physics-S. l.. Thomas, professor of phys
BLUFFS, Ia.
Eeonomics-I. D. shuttleworth, superin-
tendent of schools, Oakland, Ia.
Reading, Arithmetic and Didactics-M. e.
Crosier. superintendent of schools, Avoca,
Music-M. Lucille Porterheld, supervisor of
music in the public schools, Council BLUFFS,
Ia.
Will Grade Teachers.
For the first time in the history OF the
Pottawattamie County Normal institute the
teachers attending will be divided into
sections according to their experience, as
follows:
%. All teachers holding state certificates,
special certificates or first class county GER
tihcates, and teaching in the graded or high
schools, will enroll in the A division.
() All teachers holding first class county
will enroll in the b division.
90. All teachers holding second class
certificates and having at least two years
experience will enroll in the CT division.
90. All teachers holding second class GER
tiicates and having more than one and less
than two years experience Will enroll In
the CO division.
(). All teachers holding second class GER
perisnce will enroll In the b division.
(6). Applicants without experience will
| enroll In the D division.
These divisions will hold their sessions
separately during the morning, but in the
afternoon the entire institute will assemble
in the auditorium and listen to lectures by
Mr.. Howerth and Miss Summers, the pro-
gram for the afternoon sessions being as
follows:
1:aO-2:n-Mr. Howerth-Monday, "The
Teachers Art end the Artist Teacher
Wednesday, "The t1nisheu froouGt Oh Lne
trine of INTEREST,"" Friday, "Apperceptior
| and It's Importance in Education"
| 2.30-3:20-Miss Summers-Monday, 1.-The
' Imaging Power" Tuesday, Learning by
! Doing" Wednesday, The Uniication o.
Thought and Form In Elementary Educa.
TONY Thursday, 1.-THE Educational Value
of Play" Friday, 1.-THE Public School as G
Social Center"
A feature Of the institute will be the leo
ture on Friday evening by DR.. Samue
Phelps of Chicago on THE Factors o.
Life" This will be the only public evening
lecture during the institute.
The institute will close on Saturday a
noon and examinations for county certih
Gates will be held on Monday and Tuesday
in the ONCE OF County Superintendent Nc
Manus in the court house.