The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-30
lTHE INSTITUTE
CAME CLOSE
All NOON TO-DAY.
Teachers Pass
Res olutiotls

me closing session Of the teachers
Was held this forenoon. This
ea one Of the most practical and use
faI Institutes ever held in Marion
county Judging from the interest
taken by the teachers In the lectures
gwen by the instructors, they will go
Is the respective schools better pre-
pared to teach, because of the nuner'
Gus plans and methods given them by
tie lectlrers
PROT Hodges lecture on IAN Even
iag with the Alternating Current"
list evening was one of the most en-.
Retaining and instructive ever given
fsre, and was honored by a crowded
audience. Prof Hodges demonstrated
himself to be an adept at managing
Tie anknown force in nature, SO much
80 that he held his audience speel-
hound for more than an hour, in which
time he gave many interesting eSper'
iments, with voltage power, incandes.
cent lights, and magnets. The cleo
tric weld was perfectly performed in
tie presence Of the audience and the
product was passed from one to anoth.
for examination. He avoided all
teehnicalities in discussing the force,
illus rendering bis performances more
easily understood when he came to
the experimental part Of the exercise,
The lectro.motlye force Of 1o4 volts
was lowered to one volt and raised
again to about $4,000 volts and he per
formed the wonderful experiment Of
( taking It over bis body-certailly not
into ii, or IT would have killed him.
He closed by saying that knowledge
Of this force although no one knows
what It is-ought to make us more
asvout Christian men and women
AS the age needs 1t, God opens the
great repositories Of nature to the use
of man.
institute was opened this morning
promptly at the appointed hour The
deyotional exercises was conducted by
Rev. n. B. LaHer, after which the
iastitute fairly made the chapel ring
N With the melody Of The Star spanglel
Baaner.
Hon Thos. G, Miller, State superln.
tendent Of Schools, was present and
gave an interesting and instructive
tank on education in this State and the
4 surrounding ones, He demonstrated
that he had been keeping in touch
mot only with the educational problems
Of our own State, but spoke Of the
growth of educational institutions
elsewhere. he said that West Virgin
Ia stood at the head of the Southern
States in me educational line and this
Information can be had by noticing
the Jmestown exhibit. He spoke Of the
scarcity Of teachers of this State and
others being due largely to the mate
rial growth calling away into Its ser.
vice some Of our best teachers,
he said that there were from 1900
TO 1900 teachers holding certificates
under the uniform systems, not teach
ing at present.
He spoke Of necessity and value OF
district supervision and the advance.
ment that is being made along this
line of Improvement.
Miss Patrick followed and did not
confne her talk TO any one particular
subject, but thanked the teachers
kindly for the courtesy they had ex.
tended to her during the weeks work.
She gave glowing description Of a
vision or fancy she had at one time
and told how It meant to her as 1t
means certainly to all "Their duty to
Humanity
1T was a most vivid account and
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