Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-04-05
INDEPENDENCE HOST
Many Polk County Teachers Attend
Institute.

A highly successful Teachers Insti-
tute was held in Independence, Satur-
day. State Superintendent j. H. Ack-
erman and Professor L. r. Alderman
were among the prominent educators
in attendance. Both gentlemen spoke
in the Independence opera house on
Friday evening to large audience of
teachers and school patrons
Superintendent Ackerman told of
school conditions in Oregon and con-
tended that any district can have any
kind of a school that the people of
that particular district want, and also
that no school can rise above the
standard set by the people of the dis
trict.
Professor Alderman explained the
workings of the County High School
Fund law in Lane and Linn counties,
where the law is successfully in force
and told of the splendid influence it
is having upon educational conditions
in those counties.
The institute proper began in the
High School building Saturday morn
ing at o'clock. Many instructive pa
pers were read, and the discussions
which followed were participated in
by the teachers to the benefit of all.
The titles of these papers were: 'The
Teachers and the Community" by
Prof. j. c. Zinser, of the Ballston
school; practical Manual Training"
by Prof. F. G. Chute, of the Bethel
school; "The Relation of the Home to
the School," by Prof. ]. e. Dunton, of
the Falls City school; The Relation of
Punishment to the Formation of
Character" by Prof A. L. Clarke, of
the Monmouth school; "The Ideal
Teacher" by Prof. J. G. Mcintosh, of
the Independence school. Superintend-
ent Ackerman gave an address on ''The
Rating We Each Have
Mrs. Emily Banks, of Dayton, who
has spent several years in the Congo
country, was present with a large col
lection of curios from Africa and fav-
ored the teachers with a talk on the
conditions of that country and the
customs of the natives.
A vote of thanks and appreciation
was extended by the teachers for the
excellent luncheon given by the ladies
of the Independence Reading Club,
and all returned to their respective
schools with kind words for the hos
pitality shown by the teachers and
citizens of the town.
Teachers i'm Attendance.
The teachers present were: w. I.
Ford, II. H. Parsons, Miss Eta Waters,
Miss Maude Hart, Miss Edna Nor
rison, Miss Irene Abbott, Miss Vera
Cosper. Miss Nola Coad, Mrs. f. II.
Morrison, Miss Eta Phillips, Dallas;
Miss Addie Boydston, Bridgeport; ].
C. Zinser, Ballston; Miss Ethel Lewis,
Salt Creek; Miss Mabel Ellis, Parkers;
A. L. Clark, Miss Mildora Jackson,
Miss Anna Godberson, Monmouth; Mr..
and Mrs. f. G. Chute, Bethel; J. r.
Bidgood, Miss Allie Bramberg. Rick
reall; Miss Ethel Lucas. Elkins; A. ].
Shipley Antioch; Miss Marie Church,
Miss Madge Groves, Buena Vista;
Miss Stella Montgomery. Greenwood;
Miss Ruth Wood. Sunnyslope; Mr. and
Mrs ]. Z. Dunton, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira
Mehrling, Falls City; Miss Anna
Kurtz, Mistletoe; Miss Winnie Kelly,
Pioneer; ]. G. Mcintosh. B. A. Teats,
w. E. Buell.. Miss Iva Burton, Miss
Inez Denniston, Miss Lynda Eppley,
Miss June Seeley. Miss Mary Scollard,
Miss Nora Sorenson, Mrs. Jessie Crom-
well, Independence; sup't J. II. Ack-
erman. Salem; l. r. Alderman, Eu-
gene; sup't. II. c. Seymour and Mrs.
Seymour. Dallas; Mrs. Emily Banks,
Dayton.