Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-03-15
COUNTY NORMAL FOR 1905.
To Re Held at DecOrah, Commencing on
Monday, March 9th, at
$3.50 a. m.

structors, and we believe we are for
tunate in that we can announce so
strong list as is given below:
Supt. Finch of Marion will be with
us again, and those who were in his
classes before will be glad to welcome
him back again, am sure He will
have the work in Reading, A Arith-
metic, B Geography, Physics, and
Psychology.
Supt. H. A. Dwelle of Waukon will
also be one Of the instructors. He,
too, will be gladly welcomed back,
as he has proven very thorough and
painstaking worker with the teachers.
His work will be Grammar, Didactics
and Arithmetic, in the B and @ divi-
sious.
Miss Treat will again have charge
of the music, and she expects to take
up the work this year with special re-
ference to the best way to introduce
the subject, aud to secure systematic
progress on the part of the pupils.
Everyone should come expecting to
make extraordinary efforts in this sub
ject this year. A new book will be on
hand at the Institute so teachers NAV
have the very best possible opportuni-
ty to study the subject more thorough
than ever before.
Supt. Johnson of the city schools of
DEBORAH will have the work in History
aud in Algebra. His study and ex-
perience have fitted him specially for
these subjects. Everyone will feel that
since the past few years have made
history very rapidly, he or she, in
order to be up-to-date in this subject,
must be up and doing every day in
the week. The work in Algebra will
be given so that good review of the
subject will be had, but should there
be those who want more advanced
work, arrangements will be made so
they may have some special work
with Mr.. Johnson.
Miss Julia Breckenridge will again
give her drills in Physical Culture,
and in addition to this very popular
work she will give a course of lessons
in Composition and Rhetoric, and al
so in the teaching of English Classics.
We have observed great need for the
work in the lines that Miss Brecken-
ridge will present, and we expect to
ask teachers, regardless of the grade
of work they are teaching, to be able
to write a reasonable review of the
work given in the two classes: Rhet-
ORIG and Composition, and on English
Classic given. Miss Breckenridge will
also have the work in the @ Geo.
graphy.
The work in Civics will be given by
Principal G. A. Russell, of Ossian.
Mr.. Russell is teacher of many years
successful experience, and he will give
a thorough course in the comparative
study plan of the Township and Coun-
ty; the COUNTY and State the State
and Nation. This will be very pro-
fitable course to those who have to
teach Civics, as well as to those who
wish to review or make a more thor
ough study IF the subject.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
We are not only pleased, but elated,
to be able to make the very special an
n dncement to the teachers that Mrs.
Gudrun Thorne- Thompson, of the
School of Education, University of
Chicago, will be with us the entire
first week. This is very rare treat,
indeed, for she very seldom engages
for more than three days at most.
Mrs. Thomson is no ordinary teacher,
but an extraordinary one. She is
teacher of teachers of Primary teachers
Other Primary Instructors go all the
way to Chicago to take work of her at
the School of Education, affiliated
with Chicago University.
A limited number of enrollments of
mothers and others specially interested
in the teaching of the "little folks
will be received up to Monday, March
9th.
Every teacher in the county, whether
primary or high school teacher, ought
to be ready Monday morning, bright
and early, to enroll for work Do not
let anything prevent you from being
ready for the first word of the first
recitation given on the morning of
March 27th. 1t will not be surprising
if number of grade teachers from
neighboring towns in other counties
should be on hand to enroll when the
time comes. We must be prepared to
show that we appreciate a superior
teacher when she comes.
Very truly yours,
ELLIS j. HOOK,
County Superintendent.
Low Settlers Rates.
On January 18th, February 21st, and
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