East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-23

The spacious auditorium of the
NJ. L. church has been filled with
Umatilla county school teachers to-
day, and a three days session of the
annual institute opened auspiciously
with over 100 teachers enrolled at
the forenoon session.
At least 80 per cent of the teach
ers present are women and it is one
of the finest bodies of instructors
ever brought together in Umatilla
county The interest manifested
from the opening hour until the close
of today's session makes It evident
to any observer that the law requlr-
ing 16 hours attendance upon an in
stitute from each teacher was not
necessary in Umatilla county.
p Umatilla county teachers attend
Institutes voluntarily without the
gentle pursuasion of any law and
Superintendent Frank X. Welles
paid a high compliment to the in
structors in his opening remarks this
morning when he called attention to
the large percentage of the teachers
of the county present at the opening
session of the institute.
Practically every district in the
county is represented and the attend
ance and interest are highly satisfac-
tory to Mr. Welles. who has been
arduously engaged upon the program
for the event for several weeks past.
Real Work Begins.
Shortly after o'clock this morn
ing the institute was called to order
by Frank X. Welles. county superin-
tendent, who called attention to the
beautiful building which had been
graciously rendered them by the
church people and spoke very opti-
of the prospects for a good
institute. Prof. Noorhoff of the
Pendleton academy faculty, is serv-
ing as secretary.
Following Prof. Welles' talk the
tachers arose and sang America"
after which Prof. Bleakney, president
of the Pendleton academy, led i'm
prayer.
Charles H. Jones, one of the pub
fishers Of the oregon Teachers
Monthly, addressed the assembly
briefly and Prof. Welles followed him
with words of endorsement for that
publication,
Remarkable Primary Work.
After the opening exercises had
been completed the section work
vas taken up and those present were
allowed to choose for themselves the
grade of work they wished to see.
Most of them showed a desire to see
he primary work demonstrated.
The primary reading class was un-
Ter the direction of Miss Rozene Ep-
Die, principal of the Field school,
md the ability shown by the little
ots was something marvellous. Like
wise it reflected much credit upon
he teacher.
In the intermediate section the |
ubject Of arithmetic was taken up
IL lilS HlOlHlhS anu IL was ulsCuSStu
~ Prof. j, S. Landers, city superin-
endent. In the advanced section |
lrawing was the topic and Miss An
Ia E. Knox conducted the class.
Teachers Present Today.
While not all of the teachers in |
attendance have registered with
secretary Noordhoff of the institute,
ret the list was well filled at the !
lose of the session today and many
more are expected to register this
vening and tomorrow morning. Fol-
owing are those registered up to this
fternoon:
Frances Fitz Gerald, Pendleton;
Eva L. Wood, Weston; Alma Harris,
Florence Harris, Pendle-
on; Augusta Moule, Pendleton;
iaude Cochran, Pendleton; L. B.
Kicker, Irrigon: Verna Vanander,
dilton; Lucina Vanander, Milton;