Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-08-18
JOINT INSTITUTE
AT BOISE
ELMORE COUNTY WILL PARTI-
ClPATE IN THIS IMPORT
Ant GATHERING
Railroads Grant Reduced Rates.
Instructors From All Parts of
United States.-Lectures to BE
Delivered of High Order.

The Joint institute of the counties
of Ada, Boise, Canyon, Elmore Owy-
hee and Washington. comprising the
southwestern section of the State
of Idaho. will be held in the beauti-
full high school building of the city
of Boise, Monday to Griday, Sep
TENDER So, 1910. No pains have
been spared TO make this the equal
of the great Institutes which have
preceded it, The best available tai
ent has been secured and it is hoped
that this institute VIII do much 20
for every teacher in attendance
Teachers should plan to arrive in
Boise in time to secure accommoda-
lions before the opening session at
$3.50 o'clock Monday morning. Sep
TENDER 3.
RAILROAD RATES
The Oregon Short Line railroad
has granted a twO-cent a mile rate
from all points west of Bliss. Idaho.
Tickets viii be on sale September
4th and 9Th with return limit Of Sep
TENDER 10th. The railroad company
will be asked to sell tickets at above
rates on September third but this
concession has not yet been granted.
Ask your ticket agent.
VISITING TEACHERS
If you have not secured a place to
room and board before arrival in
city go to the high school building
where lists of places Offering ac-
commodations will be kept on file
and every assistance will be given
to you in securing comfortable quar-
ters Offices at the high school build
ing will be kept open Saturday and
Sunday preceding as well as during
the institute for this purpose Those
arriving on night trains should go
to some one of the city's splendid
hotels. Be sure to file with the sec
rotary of the Institute at her Office
in the high school building, your
Boise address so that you may be
reached in case of emergency
CORPS OF INSTRUCTORS
The following able institute work
ers have been secured for the session
of 1910:
John w Cook. president of the
Northern Illinois State Normal
School. has had a very rich teaching
experience embracing practically ev-
cry class of school work. For many
years he has been recognized as one
of the national leaders in education
There is no better known figure in
the national gatherings than Dr..
Cook. With his years of experience
he has learned to talk to teachers
not over them. Dr. Cook will give
two series of lectures: one on Gen
eral Pedagogy in which he will lay
down a simple yet scientific peda-
gOgical system, the other on Reading,
a subject which he has taught many
years and which he thoroughly un-
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universal vaIue to all teachers On
ly the lure of the great Northwest in
which he has investments enabled
US to secure this educational leader
at this time.
Prof H. A. Adrian. ex-Superin-
tendent of the city schools of Santa
Barbara, California, has made such
a reputation as an educational lee
turer that all of his time is now tax
en- up in that work. He is no strang-
er to the teachers of the Northwest.
His work in the counties of North
ern Idaho was received with an en-
thusiasm unequalled before Prof
Adrian however, is more than an en-
tertainer The teacher feels, after
hearing him, not only that her prof
essiOn is indeed worth while but that
he has shown her how to make ii
still more noble and helpful. Among
the lectures to be given by Prof
Adrian are the following: Some
Things not Found in Books, THE
Average Boy" Arithmetic and Its
Method" Language and Compost
ton. industrial Education. School
Agriculture and Gardening" HUI
man Derelicts,' New Educational
Movements" Problems Of the Play
500,
al influence"
Miss Alba Bales, Professor of Do
nestle Science and Arts. Lewiston
State Normal School is a graduate
of Pratt Institute and in her work
at the State Academy. made a splen-
did reputation as a teacher of dOmes-
tic science and art Miss Bales has
something to offer the teachers of
Idaho which they Will find worth
while. The people are demanding
practical education and what is
more practical than fitting our girls
One-half of our population for the
work which ninety per cent of them
will do? Miss Bales will take up such
subjects as the following: General
Composition of Foods" Changes
in Composition of Foods During
Cooking" Bacterial Action Of
Foods" vegetable Foods" Milk,
and Dairy Products" Cereals, Tea,
Coffee. Cocoa" Food for School
Children" Domestic Science in Ru-
raj Schools" Health. Rights and
Physical Welfare of School Child
rem" 'The Fight For Clean Food.
Clean School and Home Premises. -
Miss Bales Will come with an en-
thusiasm and earnestness in her
work which viii enable her lectures
to do much toward giving domestic
science the place it should have in
the schools of Idaho.
Miss Amy f. Arey. Primary Critic
and Professor of Primary Methods.
Albion State Normal School, is a
graduate of Iowa State Teachers
College and Iowa College, (Grimnel.)
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