The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-10-25
TEACHERS :.
MEETING
Held at Willow City last Friday
and Saturday.
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EXCELLENT PROGRAM

One of the most Successful ev-
er Held in BOttineau
County.
The te ach ers association
which met at Willow City last
week according to arrange
ments, came off with the usual l
success that attends the gather
ing of the teachers of Bottineau
county. 7 h meeting was
called to order at 2 o'clock Fri
day afternoon in the school
building and opened with a
warm address of welcome by
the president, Wells Smith.
This was responded to by Sup
erintendent Christensen. With
this preliminary opening the
meeting seemed to move into
the spirit and purpose of the
occasion and was alive and ac-
tive for the work at once which
activity characterized the ses-
sion hroughout. The first num-
Der on the program was a pap
er by Miss Alvina Pollman on
'Beautifying theSchoo1 Room"
which was we'll discussed by
Miss Elma Gran. Following g
this was a paper somewhat
along the same line but dealing
more with tree and shrub
growing, by Prof. Thompson
of the School of Forestry. The
Spirit of the Teacher" was next
, conc;dered in a we'll written
paper by Prof. Hinzel. This
paper was we'll discussed by
several teachers and many ex-
cellent ideas were brought out.
Mrs. Wells Smith who had
been assigned to write a paper
on Reading in the Public
Schools" gave some very SEN
sible' thoughts on this import
ant but often poorly taught
subject.
On Saturday morning the
meeting was again called
to order by the president and
after vocal solo by Prof. A.
H. Smith, Miss Alice Sylvester
told us a few things about the
Teachers First Days in
School," in her paper. A most
lively discussion followed this
subject. Miss Bertha Ness
who had prepared a good pap
er on Teachers Reading of
Current Literature" came next
in order. Following this Prof.
A. w. Smith discussed at
length in his paper, The Ideal
Object of Education" AS this
concluded the forenoon's work
the afternoons program was
begun with a discussion of this
paper. Mr.. Gordon then pro-
ceeded to tell the association
of the benefits to be derived
from supporting a country tea
chers' publication, and since
Mr.. Gordon had had some ex-
perience in this line of work
he told of some of his exper-
fences. Mr.. Gordon's paper
was followed in discussion by
Miss Christine Brander.
The paper on some difficulties
to overcome in teaching read
ing in the rural schools by
Miss Letta Babcock came next
on the program and as there
are many difficulties consider
able was said both IN paper and
discussion. The paper on the
Librarv a Necessity was not
read but a lively general dis
cussion was nevertheless had
on the importance Of a library.
This concluded the regular
program but there was another
one in connection with this one
which can not go unmentioned
and that was the excellent musi-
cal and literary program pre-
pared by the people and teach
ers of Willow City for. Friday
evenings entertainment. This
program consisting of the best
musical talent of Willow City
was indeed treat as every one
will say. Immediately after
this, refreshments were served
following which gaines and
other forms of amusements
were INDUCED in until the
small hours of the morning.