The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-07-25
TEACHERS HAVE
FINISHED WORK
SIX WEEKS SUMMER NORMAL IN
STITUTE WILL HAVE MOST
BENEFICIAL RESULTS.
Thirty-four Teachers Receive Instruc-
ton and Normal Training-Attend-
ance Record is ExcelIent-Appli-
cants for Certificates Examined
Next Week-ThOse Who Attended.

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After six weeks of hard and care.
full study on the part of the thirty.
four teachers attending the summer
normal institute, and of skilful and
painstaking instruction on the part OF
the conductor and his assistants, the
institute concluded its work for the
summer yesterday afternoon. The
institute has been conducted by Prof
VIM. Vallandingham, who has I'M
doubtedly demonstrated great ability
and fitness for the very important
work. He was ably assisted through
out by Miss Lizzie Barbour and Miss
Rita Clearwater, teachers of high
standing, who have had excellent nor
NAL training and are well fitted for
the work of training teachers.
The usual common school course
has been covered during the six weeks
each subject being taken up with a
view of showing how best to teach it,
and school government has also re-
.ceived considerable attention. Special
instructions have also been given to
those who must take the examinations
for certificates, and they have been
largely benefited by the course.
Prof. Vallandingham, at the close
of the institute, issued certificates of
attendance to each member, and re-
marked with pleasure upon the fact
that the attendance record of nearly
every member has been excellent. In
fact while the members are required
to attend only twenty days during the
session of the institute, in order to OBJ
tain certificates of attendance, they
have nearly all attended fully twenty
five days. which speaks well for the
zeal of the teachers of Brownsville
and the county.
The professor spoke also very
highly of the work done by the mem
bers of the institute, who, he says
have taken great interest throughout,
and showed commendable desire to
improve themselves. On the whole,
he has been greatly pleased with the
results of the institute.
The teachers, who have been stu
dents in the institute, also speak very
highly of the work of Prof. Valland-
ingham and his assistants, and feel
that they have ben very greatly bene-
flied by the course The result will
no doubt be most beneficial in the
class of work done in the schools
hereafter, as normal instruction is
very essential to assist teachers in
their work.
There will be six applicants for
teachers certificates, who will be ex-
amined next week.
Following are the names of the
names of the teachers who took the
summer normal course:
Mrs. H. T. Clearwater, Mrs. A. S.
Putegnat. Misses NJ. E. Duffy, Martha
Krausse, Mariana Rohde, Horn, Do
nita Demere, Hettie S. Dougherty. |
Bertha Thielen, Marianne Egly, Yer
-rees, Eloisa Cavazos, May Seaman,
Josephine Johnson, Ray Stowe,
Rosa Stowe, Bessie Vertrees, Vir-
sinia Campbell, Anita Kowalski, |
Eta Kowalski, Emma Vesseron, Ma
ia Valdez, Maximina Valdez, Hino-
osa, Manuela Longoria, Josephine |
Champion, Estafana Champion and |
Esperanto Labois, of this city, besides
Hiss Kate Edwards and Louise Cham
)ion of Santa Maria, Bessie Ludlam
If Harlingen and Emma and Kate
ourvis of San Benito, and Mrs Holt
If the Union Church