The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-08-11
TEACHERS INSTITUTES.

TEACHERS INSTITUTES. |
Begin Monday in Lumbetton
and Last Two Weeks-Sever-
al Experts Engaged-Atten-
dance Compulsory-A Pleas
! ant and Profitable Time for
Teachers.
As has been mentioned in The
Robesonlan, Institutes for white
and colored school teachers will
be held in Lumberton for two
weeks, beginning next Monday,
the 18th. Prof. J.R. Poole. coun-
ty superintendent Of public in
struct!on, has received many
letters of inquiry in regard to
these Institutes and is expecting
large attendance. Attendance
is compulsory, no one being al
lowed to teach in the public
schools Of the county who has
not attended an institute either
IN this county or in some other
county.
Sessions of the Institutes will
be held twice daily, in the grad
5 ed school building for white
teachers. in the colored school
building for colored teachers, and
, they will be made as interesting
as possible. Some of the organi-
cations Of the town will provide
7 some sort Of entertainment for
! the teachers during their sojourn
+, here and everything possible will
] be done to make the stay. of the
: teachers inLumberton both pleas
d ant and profitable,
p Supt. W.H.Swift, ofthe Greens.
:. boro graded school, will conduc,
t the institute for white teachers
: assisted by Miss MI. Tillman, ar
t expert in primary work. (Supt
n Poole mas lost Miss Tillman's let
|, ter and cannot remember whers
e she halls FROM. Supt. RE. Sen
1T telle, of the Lumberton graded
school, will assist Supt. Poole il
sr holding the institute for colore'
5, teachers and Profs. Swift an,
q Sentene will change places from
ID time to time during the institutes
er Prof. Swift conducting the in
7r stitute for colored teachers an
Y. Prof. Sentelle conducting the in
K stitute for white teachers. Prof
a XII. Mcintyre, of Holly Springs
ct Wake county, will lecture tw
K days during the Institutes on az
gricultural education. Prof. Nj
m Intyre, who is engaged by tn
10 county board of education in aC
). dition to the regular teacher:
~ has met with great success i
ed teaching agriculture. He Wi
m make experiments relating
us soils and seed termination, an
ed he says that within the two day
ar during which he will lecture /
can instruct teachers so ths
IS, they may, with the same sort {
II inexpensive apparatus he use
perform the same sort of expe
iments and obtain the same T,
lr- suits he has been obtaining in h
Ia work. Some Lumberton phys
as clans will lecture on sanitatiC
dd and hygiene, on how to detect di
IN eases among children, how
or make eve and ear tests, ct
Is There will also be lectures by {
IN expert on the hook-worm.
er- From the foregoing it will |
y. seen that the Institutes will
1ly made of great value to all wi
U.s. attend. Sessions will be he
an from 9 a. m. to IL m. and fro
er- 1.30 p. m. to 4 .. m. Teache
IS. are requested to bring the boo
~ used in the primary and Intern
to- diate grades and will be requi
ne ed to do regular work. Arrang
to- ments are being made for 20
ose 30 teachers to board at the dc
ne mitory, near the graded schc
I'm building, and board in priva
families will be secured for OF
ut- ers.
,en ' Messrs. White & Cough P,