Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-02-02
THE LOCAL INSTITUTE
The local institute that was bo

| hiShiy piSaoihS W myself ana
many others who l heard express
themselves. There were present
sixteen of the wideawake teachers
of the county, and enough of tie
patrons of the Newport district to
fill the largest room in the school
building, to overlooking. There
was no set program to be carried
out with rigid preciseness, but
rather progressive program which
brought out general discussions on
the better way of teaching spelling;
the picture study in the different
grades had its place anu some good
ideas were given by a number Of
different teachers. The mid-term
Eighth Grade examination, being
fresh in the minds of many of the
teachers, was also mentioned. Pref.
Davis, principal of the Newport
school gave an interesting talk On
How to Study and Teaching How
to Study" The subject of his talk
being the name of one of the books
in the Teachers Reading Circle
Course, made it more interesting
than it otherwise would have been.
1t was decided, by vote of the
teachers present, that all teachers
who wish to teach next year, who
are now teaching, must do their
reading circle work by the first of
June, 1912. (This is for Lincoln
county only. Among the rther
topics was The Industrial Work, in
the home and in the school, Prof.
Weber, principal of the Toledo
High School, led I the discussion.
He mentioned many things that will
be tried in the near future. At the
present time the Industrial Wcrk is
the BIG thing that is being brought
to the front in the schools in this
state, and with such organizations
as the State Board of immigration,
the State Board of Education, the
Portland Retail Merchants Associa-
ton, the Portland Live Stock AS
sociation, the Portland Commercial
Club, the Portland Rotary Club,
the Oregon Development League,
the Y. M. c. A., the State Bankers
Association back of it, we can only
say it will be factor in the school
work for years to come. That it is
There was demonstrated at the In
stitute. In each of the rooms, the
walls were decorated with crochet
and needle work of the girls, while
on the tables, desks, and teachers
desks could be found articles that
the boys made in the shop, such as
penholders pen racks, bookcases
and other things which shows the
hardness of the pupils. In addi-
tion to what the Newport school
displayed the teacher of district
No. SO had few things there to
show that while her school is not in
the city her pupils are handy with
common tools. That was not all,
for when the noon hour came we
were told that dinner was ready
for US in the primary room, din
ner such as would Satisfy school
ma'ams and school masters, and
they are often hard to please. This
dinner was prepared by the girls of
the Newport public school. For
the dinner, Irene Magee, Ethel
Mulligan and Barbara Buckley fur
nished the cakes, Maude Kirkpatrick
the salad, Madge Borden and Bar
bara Buckley the cream, Madge
Borden sandwiches. While the the
different articles were labeled, Civ
ing 1the name of the one who pre-
pared it, | haven't time or space to
give them all.
The following teachers pre-
sent, besides the full corps of New
port teachers, were, A. H. Weber,
M. A. Coin, Winifred Spencer, Olga
Peterson. and Nellie Bard of To-