The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-03-10
THE INSTITUTE
FINE SUCCESS
The Teachers of st. luCie County
Assembled in First Gathering
MUCH GOOD TO RESULT
Benefit of Having thorough Educator at
Head of School System is Fully
Demonstrated by Results

The first Teachers Institute, of st.
Lucie County, convened in the High
School Building, Fort Pierce, last Fri
day and concluded it's sessions Saturday
at a O'Clock p. m.
The Friday morning session was called
to order by County School Superintend-
ent j. W. Hodge, conducting exercises,
singing of two hymns and Aud Lang
Syne, and the Lord prayer. The sing.
ing was led by Prof. Okerlund.
Superintendent Hodge was elected
chairman of the Institute, and b. f..
Hardesty, chairman of the County
School Board, secretary, Prof. M. }.
Okerlund, critic.
After the opening exercises, Superin-
tendent Hodge, in a very fine address,
answered the opening question: "Why
We Meet? His remarks showed q
perfect familiarity with the whole range
of educational matters, and was well
received by the Institute.
"Class Exercise in Fourth Grade
Spelling" conducted by Miss Mary Fair
was something fine, especially when
the youthfulnes. of the teacher is
considered, AS Lawton F. Geiger was
absent, Miss Fairs exercise, impinged
on his part of the program: "Phonics, !"
and the Discussion" following, entered
on the same field, as we'll as whole work
of word developing; and was altogether
most interesting and instructive.
After recess, How to Secure Better
Results in Language Teaching, was
expOunded in two very interesting pa
pers by Mrs. Fair and Mrs. Schofield,
an extended discussion of the subject
by the institute, in which many good
things were brought out.
After the noon recess, Good Order"
in its several program features, was set
forth by Miss Ida Vause, Prof Oker-
lund and Miss Inga Helseth, the two
latter being both entertaining and in
structive.
The class exercises in arithmetic Fri
day afternoon by Miss Edna Johns; and
Saturday morning by Misses Eva
Daniel and Elma Geiger, all showed
near approach to the mastery of teach
ing in these grades. and promise Of
great future usefulness as teachers.
The subject of particular interest of
the Saturday morning session was RE
lation of Exercise and Ventilation of the
School Room 10 Health of the Pupils. !"
The paper read on this subject by Mrs.
Schofield, was one of the leading fea-
lures of the Institute.
The principal subject of interest Of
the Saturday afternoon session was
Superintendent Hodges instructions
TO Young Teachers. This was truly
instructing in everything touched upon,
and if needed, will bring forth good re-
suits.
The Committee on Resolutions offered
the following: We, the teachers of st,
Lucie County, assembled in Institute at
Fort Pierce, March 3-4, 1911, do hereby
adopt the following:
Resolved, That we thank the Board
of Public Instruction, for granting Us
this opportunity of meeting together,
and we especially appreciate the inter
est shown by Mr.. Hardesty in meeting
with us and serving as our secretary.
That we are heartily grateful to Sup
erintendent Hodge for his efforts IT,
wards the betterment of the schools
throughout the county.
That we appreciate the presence of
the patrons and friends of education
who have been with us.
That we extend our thanks to Mr..
and Mrs. H. W. McComhs for the
pleasure afforded us by their exquisite
music.
Signed: Inga Ola Helscth, Elma
Geiger, Edna Johns.
Roll Of teachers present: Profs n.
}, Okerlund. j. +. Rlanton, Mrs. Flu
genia Fair, Mrs. Eunce Schofeld, Miss
es Mary Fair, Inga Helseth, Ida Vause.
Pauline Smith. Emma Helseth, Pene.
lope Geiger, Emma Hall, Edna Johns,
Emma Bell, Josephine Stinson, Annie
Brown, Eva Daniel, Ula Geiger,
frankie Pearce, Nellie Schofiel,, May
Pennington. To this add: Superintend-
ent j. W. Hodge, and h. f. Hardesty,
who was required by the School Board
to attend.
Visitors attending: Mesdames n. b.
Pax: ION. P. Chr. BrOnnum, A. C.. Dit
mar, Clarence Summerlin, Alta NJ. Sig
low, j. H. Wynn, MI. Okerlund. Miss
es Nellie Chandler, Tantie. Fla. ,I,la
w. Stark, Bertha Sackett. Carsen.
Messrs. Gore, Blanton, r. w. Knight,
A. c. Dittmar, W. B. Cross, &c. Sum-
merlin, w. J. Nesbtt.
Prof. Okerlund throughout the eXer-
cises, was a large contributor to the
interest and instructiveness of the Oc-
casion. Superintendent Hodge was
evidently in his element; and it was
only the youth and lack of knowledge
of such affairs, that caused many of the
young teachers to fail to participate tn
the extent of their duty and privilege.
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