The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-12-18
County and
City Teachers
Hold Institute

The annual Teachers Institute, in
which teachers of both city and eoun-
ty public schools unite. was opened
this morning at nine o'clock in the
public school building at Brownsville.
A very appropriate and well worded
opening address was made by Prof.
C. G. Hallmark, principal of the city
school, who is conducting the insti-
tute. Next followed the work of en-
rollment and organization. In all
there were rs teachers enrolled today,
including the. teachers of the public
school and the various county schools.
Miss Lizzie Barbour was chosen as
secretary of the institute
First on the program after organi-
zation was completed was an address
by Superintendent of County Instruc-
ton E. H Goodrich, his subject.
Needed School Improvements. He
dwelt especially upon the new law
the school tax of 20 cts. on the $100
valuation. which he condemns. Other
recommendations offered were as fol-
lows: A modification of the present
law governing the issuing of certifi-
Gates to permit county board of ex-
aminers to hold a special examination
for the purpose of issuing second and
third grade certificates, to be valid un-
til the first regular examination after
issuing the same; recommending the
raising of the salary of the superin-
endent: advocating legislation to val
idate outstanding bonds of independ-
ent school districts, that have been
declared by the supreme court to be
unconstitutional
A recess followed superintendent
Goodrich's address, after which Prof.
Barbour addressed the institute upon
the subject of Grammar in its Re
lation to Other Sciences" which was
valuable discourse and listened to
with close interest, by the teachers.
The noon recess followed, the insti-
tute re-assembling at one-thirty this
afternoon
The following teachers from the
city schools are in attendance: c. G.
Hallmark, NJ. Valdez Miss Bertha
Thielen, Mrs. Annie Putegnat, Miss
NJ. S. Krausse, Miss NJ. l. Rohde, Miss
E. E. Vesseron, Miss Anita Vesseron,
Mrs. T. H. Clearwater, Miss Lizzie
Barbour. Miss Ray E. Stowe, Miss NJ.
Hanson, Miss May Scanlan, Miss
Hettie Dougherty, Miss Rachel
H. Clearwater, Miss E. r. Cavazos,
Miss J. P Champion. Miss V. Camp
bell, Miss Anita Cooke, Miss Title
Hanson, Miss NJ E. Duffy, Miss Maud
Layton, Miss Maria Egly. Miss Mi
ma Egley, Miss Rose E. Stowe, Miss
Anita L. Kowalski, Miss Eta KOwal-
ski, Mrs Smith, Mrs. C. G. Hallmark
The following is a list of the teach
ers enrolled from the county: Miss
Kate Purvis, San Benito; Miss Bette
Larson, Blalacks; Mrs. K. D. Ham
iltOn, Horse Shoe Lake; Mrs. d. P.
Holt, Union; Miss Bessie Ludlam,
Jones Plantation; Miss Anegeleta
| Cara. Miss Mamie Cottingham, Cot
tingham's Plantation: Miss Fedela
Cara, Villa Nueva Miss Gertrude
COwan. San Benito; Miss J. Webb,
Nogales; Miss E. Fernandez, Villa NJ
eva; Miss Susan Putegnat, Mesquite;
Miss Rita Trevino, Narajos; Miss Es-
tefana Champion, Lineno; Miss Man
uela Longoria, Rancho Viezo; Miss
Eloise Reys, San Pedro; Miss Virgin
ia Cara, Santa Rosalia; Miss Aurora
Cortez, Ell Carmen; Miss Maximina
Valdez, San kafiel; Miss Luisa Soils,
Tic Cano; Mrs. Annie E. Esparza, Err
cantada Mrs Rosalia NJ MunoZ,
Puente del Monte; Mrs. D. T. Lopez,
Las Ruchias; Miss Josephine John
son, TresquiIas; Miss Herlinda Ler-
ma. Puente; Miss Esperanto Labois,
San Jacinto; Miss Annie Dixon, Har-
lingen; Miss Lillian E. Weems, Har-
lingen: Miss Nettie Waddell, Ray
mondville; Miss Nellie Kimball, Ray
mOndville; Miss Louise Champion,
Galveston Ranch; Miss Kate Ed
wards, Santa Maria; J. Scott Browns,
San Benito: Chas D. Baer, Copeland;
D. T. Baldwin, Tuckerton; Miss Hat
tie Case. Isabel; Mrs. L. H. Terrell,
Olmito