The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-28
OFFICIAL CALL

OFFICIAL CALL
By virtue Of the authority conferred
upon me by law, and with the approval
of the State Board of Education n OF
the Board of County Commissioners of
Washoe county, 1 hereby call a teach
ers' institute for the state of Nevada,
and for Washoe county, to be held in
joint session with the Nevada State
Teachers association at Reno, Nevada,
December 14-1S, 1908.
ORvIS RING,
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
l hereby call a meeting of the Ne
vada State Teachers association to be
held in joint session with the state and
county Institutes at Reno, December
14-1S, 1908.
ROMANO ADAMS,
President Nevada State Teachers
Association.
Information.
The law makes attendance at county
and district institutes obligatory, ex-
cept that teachers may be excused by
the state superintendent, and provides
that teachers shall be compensated for
the time taken for such attendance by
their districts in like manner as if they
continued to teach during the institute
week.
School boards are requested to excuse
all teachers for this purpose without
loss of salary. Only those who actually
attend the institute should be thus
compensated.
Teachers may secure transportation
ON most of the railroads of the state
for half fare by writing to Superintend-
emit Ring for the appropriate creden-
tials. Most teachers are familiar with
this arrangement. Others may write
Superintendent Ring for further infor
nation relative to the particular lines
on which they travel.
The membership fee for the State
Teachers association is 81. Two years
ago we had a little over 100 members.
We should have over $50 this year.
A Strong Program.
President c. C. Van Liew of the
Chico Normal school and Professor
Fife Belle McFadden of the San Fran
cisco Normal school will give lectures.
The program cannot be announced in
complete detail as yet, but the main
features will be as follows:
The opening session will be on Mon
day morning at 10 O'Clock.
Forenoon and afternoon sessions will
be held at the high school building each
day.
There will be general sessions each
half day and there will be several sec.
ton meetings.
There will be a few model lessons.
The question of school legislation
will be considered on Wednesday.
There will be public meetings on
Monday and Tuesday evenings.
The social side will not be forgotten.
A number of prominent teachers in
the state will present papers and give
addresses and opportunities for general
discussion of school room methods AMI
educational policies will be afforded.
1t is expected that a number of mem
bers of school boards will attend the
Tuesday and Wednesday sessions, and
probably there will be organized a
school trustees section of the state
association. All school trustees are
especially invited to attend on these
two days.
The aim is to have many good things,
but not to fill the program too full.
Plan to attend this meeting. Make
your plans now
Nevada has made notable progress
in education during the last two years.
Let the keynote of this meeting be
Educational Progress for Nevada"
An Important Meeting.
Read the following quotation from
an educator: cdr. C. G. Van Lew,
President of the State Normal school at
Chico, CAL, is a lecturer who can ex
press more rich, good thoughts on edu-
cational subjects in less time and do
it better than any speaker / have ever
heard" Teachers, be sure to hear him.
AS a teacher, writer and lecturer of
the pedagogic principles involved in
"teaching the language arts" Miss
McFadden has been a decided success.
Being a teacher, she knows their needs.
Being a writer, she knows books, and
having a convincing way about her,
she explains them very forcibly.
To the Teachers and School Officers Of
Nevada:
The coming meeting Of the State