Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-23
SUMMER SCHOOL
TO Be HELD HERE
INSTITUTE OF FIVE WEEKS Du.
: RATION Will OPEN on JUNE
] 17AT HIGH SCHOOL

A. summer school Of five weeks dur
alton will be held in Ottumwa begin
ming June II and continuing until July
%. Instructors of both state and ma
uonal reputation have been engaged
70 take charge Of the classes and d
large enrolment Of students and
teachers is expected. The object OF
the institute is to enable the teachers
and teachers elect to secure a thor
ough review Of all the common
branches OF education under the most
competent instructors. While attend
arlce at the summer school has never
been compulsory. 1t Is considered a
breach Of professional spirit for the
teachers not to attend who are able to
do 80. The following classes will be
organised with the accompanying in
structors: g.gs
History, civics and econotnfcsF. G.
Ensign, ]. c. Bentley.
General geography, algebra and ply
sics--J. NJ. Stokes.
photography, physiology. and meth
ods-Mrs. Hattie Mitchell.;
Industrial geography, and methods
In geography supt. W. II. Clifford.
3. Crone. Z, I. SIS
Mus,c-Nr Thaod osfa Harrison.
In addition to the class work leo
lures Will be given by DR.. A. e. Win
ship, W c. Wilcox and Mrs. Jessie
Instructors Of Ability.
In the announcement of the institute
superintendent Of schools, the follow
ine Is said regarding the instructors:
''Dr. A. q. winship, editor of the
Journal of Education, Boston. Mass,
will be with lls one whole week. 1t is
not necessary to give q biography Of
DR.. Winship; the people Of the whole
United States know him as an author
and lecturer Of national reputation.
"All who attended the institute last
year wifi be glad to know that Mrs.
Hattie u. Mitchell will spend week
with us. Her work will be methods,
physiology and spelling.
Nv. c. Wilcox, head Of the depart
ment Of history, State, University OF
Iowa, will give two lectures daily, for
one week. Last year tried to secure
Prof. Wilcox for our institute but his
time for the whole summer was con-
tracted for.
"supt w. N. Clifford is too we'll
known to wapeNo county teachers TO
need an introduction. He will give
work In industrial geography and
methods Of teaching geography. Mr..
Clifford assures me his work will be
entirely new this year.
n. u. ENSIGN, state inspector OIL HiEIi
schools, and ]. H. Bentley Of st. Jos
eph; Mo-, will conduct classes in his
tory, economies aud civics. Both are
experienced IN public school needs and
institute work.
u. I. Stokes Of Oskaloosa will have
charge OF the classes in physics, alge-
bra and general geography, and Supt.
r. B. Crone of Washington, will con-
duct work In grammar and arithmetic
Both have worked In sumner schools
for several seasons and fully know the
needs Of such Institutes.
Mrs. Theodosla Harrison will con-
duct two classes daily in music. Her
aim will be not only to teach the .ele-
ments Of music, but also to show how
to teach others"
Small Tuition Foe.
A small tuition tee Of. S. will be
charged each student at the institute.
Anticipating great number of teach
ers from all over the state to be In
attendance, Miss Nye requests that any
persons IN the city having board Or
lodging Accommodations to cona,nuni-
cate with her regarding the numb sr
they can take care of and the price OF
the accommodations as soon as posi-
BILE.