Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-06-24
THE AUDUBON cHAUTAUQUA GROUNDS


Presbyterian church Monday evening,
though not we'll attended, was u most
excellent address. His main thought
was along the line of tuberculosis.
DIR. Kepford again addressed the
teachers Tuesday morning in the high
school assembly room, emphasizing
some important points and extending
his argument of the evening before.
Superintendent Stearns was the re-
cipient of a handsome set of Brown
ing's works, presented her by the In
stitute at chapel time Tuesday. Each
member of the Institute was a partlci.
pator in the pleasant event and all en-
joyed the complete surprise OF their
leader when the presentation wasmade.
Miss Stearns responded briefly thank
ing the teachers for their kind remem-
brance and expressing her apprecia-
ton for the cooperation and kindly
attitude OF the teaching body OF the
county.
The people of Audubon county are
to be congratulated upon the excellent
spirit shown among the teachers.
There seems to be an effort for loyalty
and cooperation with the superintend-
ent, Miss Stearns, that is indeed com.
mendable. Sincerity and honest pur-
pose to do the very best they can under
the circumstances in which they are
placed, marks the determination OF the
great majority OF country teachers.
The work during the Institute just
closed has been in most respects the
best for a number OF years, in number,
in spirit and In effort, and the teach
ers are open in their approval of the
manner ia which the Institute has been
conducted and Of the excellence OF the
work presented by the faculty,
The teachers appointed q committee
consisting OF the Misses Hurd, Noon
and Denton to draft a series OF resolu-
tions expressive of the views OF the
teachers on educational questions In
the county. The committee at chapel
period gave the following report,
which was enthusiastically adapted;
We, the teachers OF Audubon county,
assembled inthis the thirty-third annu-
al county institute recognizing the i'm.
! portance Of the public schools In the
training OF citizens for this great re-
public and believing that some decided
changes should be made In the immedi.
ale surroundings and equipments OF
rural schools, and desiring To express
our appreciation for the earnest and
persistent efforts being made by our
county superintendent and the school
officers to correct these evils and ten
denotes, do hereby adopt the following
resolutions and recommendations,
pledging our earnest support to our
county superintendent and the school
officers in their efforts to bring about
the desired conditions,
], That school rooms have oiled
hoors, and that the outbuildings be
kept in O decent condition, SO as not
to be a positive detrlment to the physi-
cal and moral welfare OF the pupils,
2. That the windows OF the school
houses be so adjusted that IL may be
possible for the teacher to use them
for ventilation.
3. That there be some extra desks
provided for each school room, adapt
ed to the changes In size Of pupils from
time to time, or that footstool OF some
kind be furnished.
4 That there be uniformity OF text
books throughout the county and that
the county superintendent, knowing
the needs OF the schools, recommend
such text books.
3. That the county superintendent
select the library books, and that In