The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-25
Van Buren, Association in Annual
Session at keosauqua Pass Res
oiution Favorable to the
state Candidate
AUTHORITY ON LAWS
An Unusually Large Number Of Edu-
Gators Were Present at the
Meeting Which Was
Great Success.

Especial to The Gate City.1
KEOSAUQUA, Iowa, Oct. 25.-The
Van Buren, County Teachers Associa-
ton held it's autumn session, at the
Keosauqua high school assembly room
Saturday. There were an unusually
large number Of teachers in attend
ance, the bad roads prevented the ar
rival of teachers from Birmingham
and Milton.
Superintendent David Williams of
the Keosauqua schools discussed the
subject of mensurator, which pro-
voked some criticism, some teachers
doubling the advisiability of working
out SO much geometry, in the grades.
Miss Cleave of Pennington, and
Miss Snyder o. Keosauqua, took up
the relative merits of tle Aldine, Sum-
mers, Ward and Pollard methods of
teaching reading. Miss Snyder cham
pioned the Pollard method against all
others, although the majority of those
present showed marked preference
for the Aldine and Summers methods
in the rural schools.
What shall be expected Of grade
graduates" brought out the liveliest
debate of the session. Most of ire
teachers severely criticised the Nat
ural Geography text books, which de-
voted so much space to physical
geography and geology. Supt. Owen
of Pennington quoted the late Supt.
Weyer of Keokuk, when he ndemned
thirty-five pages of physical geography
in a Natural Geography text book
Van Buren, county people and Van
Buren, county teachers are strong
supporters of County Superintendent
A. l.. Hemiger, in ais candidacy for
the Office of state superintendent. The
teachers. while in session Saturday,
adopted the following resolution:
The Resolutions.
Whereas County superintendent A.
T.. Heminger is now candidate for
the Office of state superintendent OF
public instruction, we the teachers OF
van Buren, county in annual conven-
ton assembled, do hereby state oru
reasons for the following resolution
/. Superintendent Heminger has
demonstrated his ability as an execu
tive. He has held the office longer
In this county than any of his pre-
decessors.
.. He is emminently fitted for the
Office scholasticaly. He was gradual
ed by the State Teachers College, also
bv the State University Of Iowa IL
two courses-the philosophical ant
the course in law His ability !!
shown by the fact that he carried
these courses at the same time.
8. Supt. Heminger is conversan
with every phase of public schoo
work. His early training was in tn
rural school then in one of the hig
schools of the county. His experience
in teaching has been in rural school
and town schools. He knows tn
strong points and the deficiencies c
our school system in rural as we'll a
graded schools, and is a recognize
authority nschool law. Therefore
be it
Resolved, That we heartily con
mend Supt Heminger to the people {
Iowa as worthy of their confidence
and as a man who would bring hone
to our commonwealth, an dthat we us
every honorable means in our powe
to secure his nomination and election
One of the teachers, declared til
session to have been unusually attra
tive, because all present had an O
portunity to ride his hobby at lea.
once around the ring"