Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-06-06
Teachers Institute

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The Audubon county institute will
convene June IL, 1907, for two weeks
session including the three days for
State Examination which will be held
the last Wednesday,, Thursday and
Friday. Monday will be enrolment
day. We hope all those expecting to
attend the institute will lie at the
building some time during the day to
enroll, classify and make all arrange
ments necessary that we may begin
our regular work Tuesday without
Interruptions.
The institute is primarily profess
sional school for the training of teach
ers, its purpose is to bring about better
teaching. 1t should bring inspiration
to its teachers. 1t should furnish
higher ideals and more hopeful views
of life. 1t is in our institutes that we
should find practical solutions to the
everyday problems of teaching. 1t
should also be time of social regen-
GRAFTON, time for the renewal of old
friendships and the acquisition of new
friends: 1t should be week of happy
social life. One of our greatest philo-
sopher's has said 1.-THE great object of
with our fellow.man, and he who does
not live righteously is neither educa-
ted nor cultured.
Believing the institute should be in
spirational rather than academic, we
have planned our work as nearly
along that line az our limited means
will permit. We cannot bring to you
many lectures by educationalists,
specialists in their particular work,
for the institute fund in this county is
very limited compared with the
larger and more populous counties.
Yet we believe our regular faculty for
the coming institute is as strong as We
have ever had in any Of our county
institutes. Supts. Repass, Minis,
Mantz, Mrs. Statzell and Miss Brown
need no space taken for Introduction
to the teachers, their former work
speaks for them: There are two new
members of the faculty, Miss Dora
Larsen, science teacher in the Esther
vile high school, and Miss Eva Luse,
critic teacher in the Iowa State Nor
NAL, both Audubon county girls, and
both have made record of which
their Audubon county friends are
proud. We had hoped to have Miss
Beason with US but can make no
definite statements at present writing.
AS to certifcation of teachers, we
are subject to the rulings of the State
Board of Examiners. The following
will show that, 80 far, they have been
liberal in their rulings: Teachers
holding First Glass certificates prior
to October lst, 1905, and who show q
professional spirit in attending insti-
tutes, teachers meetings and in read
inn otp1r will
required to take the examination,
their certificates will be renewed
by the State Board upon the writing
OF q credible theme of from three to
five hundred words. Also Second
Grade certificates held by teachers
who have been continuously teaching
for the past five years will be renewed
upon the same conditions as required
for the First Grade. Continuous
teaching tor the past five years means
ut least six months teaching in each
year since July LIST, 1902.
Attendance upon normal institutes
and educational meetings evidence
professional spirit. Section % of
Certificate Law probes as follows:
The county superintendent shall an
nually on the first Monday of Septem-
Der file with the president of the edu-
cstioDal board Of examiners list of
all persons who for the preceding year
have held certificates and have at
tended the normal institute with the
number of days of attendance of each.
Teachers not attending summer
school are expected to attend insti-
tute.
Everything indicates better things
in store for teachers. A movement
for increased salaries Is gaining
ground not only over the state Of
Iowa but all over the country. There
has never been time when teaching
promised more to those who would
seriously tske it up az profession
than it does today. Every indication
points to steadily increasing demand
and higher CONDENSATION for teachers.
We want to see teachers have their
share in the general prosperity of the
times, and we also wish to see them
prepare themselves to give returns
commensurate to the rapidly advan-
cling wages, and we believe our teach
ers are willing to make this return.
In our visitations over the county we
| find the majority of them working
earnestly and conscientiously.
Our new certificate law seems to
have caused considerable unnecessary
apprehension among the teachers Of
Iowa. This is due partly to misun-
derstanding of the law by the many
and partly, am sorry to say. to in
territorial misreprese nations on the
part of the few. We sincerely hope
that all the misunderstanding and
misrepresentation too will be duly
adjusted. We are expecting the
teachers of the county out in full force
to the coming institute.
ELLA M. STEARNS,
County Supt.