Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-08-28
COUNTY INSTITUTE
IS OPENED TODAY
ENROLMENT is ALREADY MUCH
LARGER THAN 1T WAS
LAST YEAR
Attendance at Opening Session Is
Quite EncouragIng--A Competent
Corps of Instructors-The List Of
Teachers Enrolled.

From Mondays Daily.
With an attendance Of nearly 200 |
and an enrolment of 256, thirty larger
than the total enrolment of last year,
the Wapello County Teachers insti-
tute opened it's weeks sessions this
morning. The opening session began
promptly at 8 o'clock The special SER
vices which marked the opening morn
ing were chapel exercises conducted
by Rev. John Hastie, pastor of the
Finley avenue Baptist church. solo |
by MISS Alice Inskeep of Cedar Rapids
and singing by the members of the in.
stitute
For the opening day the attendance
is considered as remarkably good. One
reason for the excellent interest being
taken in the institute this year is the
efficient corps of instructors that has
been secured These are as follows:
w. N Clifford of Council Bluffs, in.
dustrial geography. Mr.. Clifford was
one of the instructors at last years in
stitute and he has been gladly welcom-
ed by all Of the teachers who were in
attendance last year. The day has
been one Of pleasurable renewing of
old acquaintanceship for Mr.. Clifford.
Moines, primary plans-mathematic
Mrs. Mitchell is said to have more in.
stitute engagements than any other
educator in the state and Miss Emma
Nye, county superintendent, feels that
she has been fortunate in securing
Mrs Mitchell for the Wapello County
institute.
H. M. Gage of Fairfield, history, eco
nomics. Mr.. Gage has just returned
from st. Paul, Mimi, where he has
been lecturing. While he is not as
well known in the state educational
circles as some of the other instruc-
tors, he is rapidly gaining prominence.
G.. w. Samson of Cedar Falls,
School Management Mr.. Samson was
here several years ago as an instruc-
tor at one of the Institutes in this
county, and has been secured again
this year at the urgent request of al
large number of the teachers, who at
tended the institute at that time, and
also because of his excellent reputa.
ton as an instructor in the line Of
work which he teaches.
H. @. Hollingsworth of Abba, pen.
manship. Mr.. Hollingsworth is one Of
the best known educators Of the state.
His presence here is of particular in
terest to Ottumwa teachers, as the
system which he teaches, the Palmer
system of writing, was introduced in
Ottumwa schools last spring.
George E. Martin of Nebraska City,
Neb., picture study and reading. Mr.
Martin is taking up two phases Of
school work which are novelties in
Wapello county Institutes, that Of read.
Ing for intermediate grades and pic.
ture study.
Miss Alice Inskeep of Cedar Rapids
music; and Miss Gala M. Hand of OF
tumwa, physiology, are both too well
known to Ottumwans and residents OF
this county to require any further
mention.
w. F. Barr of Des Moines, school
law, pedagogy, will not arrive until
the latter part of the week. The 9th
er instructors are all present today.
Registration List.
The following is list of those teach
ers who had registered UP to IL: 3(
o'clock this morning:
Adcock, Edna, Ottumwa.
Akers, Mrs. M. B., Ottumwa.
Allen Clara Ottumwa.