Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-17
DATES FOR THE COUNTY NORMAL
Sessions TO he Held in This City June


SESSIONS TO he HELD In This City June
II to 10.
The annual session Of the Pottawattamie
county normal institute will be held in
Council Bluffs, June IL to 16, inclusive.
County Superintendent McManus explains
that the institute is called at that time
because it will best serve the interests of
all concerned 1t could not be called
earlier because many OF the schools would
not be closed, and IL called at a later
date teachers VINO plan to spend portions
of their vacations elsewhere would be
compelled to wait for this session of the
institute
Everything has been planned so as to
make this one OF the most profitable ses-
sions in the educational history Of the
county. The old-time plan of conducting
recitations will have no place I'm this ses-
sion The forenoon will be devoted to
conferences in the different departments
of the institute. Four divisions have been
made in order to facilitate the work.
Scholarship and experience have beeu
made the basis of classification. Two
periods in the afternoon from l 80 to $50
will be devoted to general lectures on
educational topics. The afternoon pro-
grams will be held in the auditorium Of
the high school building; the morning
sessions in the recitation rooms of the
high school.
The instructors chosen for this years
session are as follows: DR.. l. w.
Howerth Of the University Of Chicago.
who will give a series of lectures on the
principles of Education Dr. Howerth
has been one of the instructors for the
last four years at the institute and his
selection again this year was at the re-
quest Of many of the teachers.
mary work in the Marshalltown, Ia,
schools, will give a series of addresses on
ARTS and Crafts in Education" Miss
Reed will bring with her a considerable
amount of material to illustrate this work
and make it adaptable to all grades and
conditions of school work.
Principal S. L. Thomas Of the Council
| Bluffs High school has been identified
with the institute for several years past
and his work has been very acceptable TO
| the teachers of this county. Prof.
| Thomas will give a series of lectures on
! physical science. covering in a general
! way the matter and method of presenting
! the subjects OF physics and physiology
! Prof l.. ]. White, superintendent of
| schools at Walnut, Ia, will give a series
| of lectures on civics and economies, Gov
ering in a general way the field of polit-
|
Miss Frances Wright, supervisor of music
| in the public schools OF Dubuque, Ia
will have charge OF the work in music
Miss Wright was formerly a teacher in the
Council Bluffs public schools.
Prof NJ f. Grocer, superintendent of the
Avoca, Ia. schools. who has been. identi.
! fed with the Institutes of this county fol-
J many years, will present the work in ee
mentary agriculture and manual training
and the best methods of introducing same
Miss Frances Tobey of Boston, a grad
uate OF the Emerson School Of Oratory
and for three yearsI a, teacher in tina
institution, will also be one of the in
structors. Miss To6ey has Travelled ex
tensively at home ard abroad and is sale
to be woman OF hisir ideals and attain
nents and is expected to be a strong add
ton TO the corps of instructors