The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1906-07-26
HOPKINS COUNTY
Teachers Institute Began Mon
day---Larse Crowd Present.
OPENING ADDRESS BY }. J. GLENN


house Monday morning and will
continue five days. The attend
ance on the opening day was
large and prospects are good for
the largest attendance in years.
A very fine program has been
arranged and a session of great
interest and profit is looked for
ward to by all. Prof. r. M.
Ship, of the Winchester schools,
is the instructor for the week.
Sessions will be held mornings
and afternoons to which the gen
eral public is cordially invited.
The session Monday was
opened by singing and prayer
by Rev. j. B Adams, of the M.
K. church. The welcome ad-
dress was delivered by Prof j..
j. Glenn in a most happy vein.
Mr.. Glenn's address was filed
with personal "reminiscences that
were interesting and entertain
ing The professor has a record
with few. if any, equals In the
state He has attended every
white institute that has been
held in Hopkins county for 2S
years aud every colored insti-
tute, - in all. lie taught his
first school Al years ago.
The response was given by
Prof. I. II. Smith. Mr.. Smith
said the teachers had not come
to jacksonville to be welcomed
and entertained but to work, and
hoped that the institute would
prove beneficial and helpful to
every teacher in attendance.
The work of the organization
resulted in the election of Mr..
w. B DAVIS as chairman and l..
r. Ray as secretary.
Following the transaction of
busin SIS County Superintendent
A. j. Fox delivered his annual
address. He expressed his graft
fication at the attendance and
interest expressed in this, the
first institute held under his adj
ministration. He paid a high
tribute to the teaching profes
sion. He said it was as much
a calling as the ministry. Sue
cess in teaching, said the super.
intendant, depends upon the
preparation and effort of the in.
dividual. The requirements of
the teacher is more than the
mere ability to pass examina-
tion prefcribed by examiner.
The address was an able one eff
fectively delivered.
AT the conclusion of the super.
intendent's address the institute
adjourned and the real work of
the institute was taken up in the
afternoon with enthusiasm and
zeal.
Following was the program for
Tuesday:
$50. Devotional exercises
Rev. s. +. Fowler.
Spelling.
S:45. (1) Teaching of dia
critics-Nora Dame.
$3.50. (2) To what extent
should every lesson be a spelling
lesson?- Taylor Craynor.
1855. CD How to condnct an
oral spelling lesson-Richie Key.
900 (4) Advantages of writ
ten spelling Verdie Jones.
9:O5 (5) What is the teach
er's duty with regard to difficult
words?-Claud Gates.
9:10. (6) What sense of train
ing 10 valuable In spelling les
sons?-J. M. Browning.
9:20. 90 How should pupils
be led to acquire the rules for
spelling?-Lee Weary.
OPS. (S) How teach children
the meaning of words?-Tom
Logan.
9:3O. (9) Show Importance of
affixes H. b. Wheeler.
1000 Recess.
Advanced Reading.
1915 CD What is reading?
Kinds-J. E. Ashby.
1925. CD What are some of
the objects in teaching reading?
LIZZIE Dean.
1915. 60 What is intensive
reading? Extensive reading?
and what special value has each?
Hugh Egbert.
1880, ca Kinds and import
auce of pauses. Venerah Lutz.
11;05. co. How improve artic-
ulation-W. r. Miller.
11:15, CO. How study a given
selection Mary Mothershead.