The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-10-24
LOCAL TEAC!= RS
MEET HERE
FIRST COUNTY INSTITUTE CONVENES
Teachers Spend First Three Days Of Week
Attending Instructive and interesting
Lectures at High School Building

The teacher of Hood River county.
and the students of the different
schools. in order to that the former
might attend the First Annual lnstl-
tute of Hood River county alone. have
been enjoying a vacation the hrst part
OF this week.
! Heretofore the local county teachers
have met in their annual institutes in
| tri-county assembly with the teach
/ ers of Wasco and Sherman counties.
The city's hotels have been crowded
all the week with the country teach
ers. who have been here for the ses-
sions. The majority of those instruct
ing Young America Of the valley are
Young ladies'. The institute. which was
held at the high school building, closed
at noon Yesterday. The addresses by
local teachers and prominent educators
, of the state were all very instructive
and interesting, says Prot. Q. ID.
Thompson, under whose supervision
! the institute was held.
: The instructors of the institute who
/ delivered addresses we're:
! DIR. George Rebec, University of Or
egon: John X. Gentle, Oregon State
q Normal; Pres. w. j. Kerr, Oregon
r Agricultural College Mrs. Mamie Full
: kerson. Salem, Oregon: J o. McLaugh-
lin. Hood River High School; Miss
q, Ava b. Milan, Oregon Agricultural
y College: Miss Della Northey, Hood
:. River Public Library.
,s l.. b. Gibson had charge of the mu-
sr steal programs that were rendered.
y Two of the most interesting address
= es delivered were those by DR.. George
=, Rebec. of Medford, who is associated
- with the faculty of the University ol
y Oregon, and President W. j. Kerr, Of
of o. A, c. DIR. Rebec discussed the
ea subject of Education and the new
bo social vision" tuesday morning.
~ ar eve used to give man an education
~ in Greek. Latin and mathematics,
s 90 said Or. Rebec, land for our etficiene.
W we relied on mother wit. A Jack 0
~ ~ all trades was our IDEAL However, W
70, have come to realize that there mus
he be a more persistent application ana
IN thinking in larger units. Yet an ou
=" thinking is hampered by traditions
oto and thinking tending toward q
wv emancipation from these burdens /.
toa evolving the New Democracy.
w. w. DR.. Rebec does not believe that u
go public school system udS 1St "
sue worked out as it should be. Eigh
~ per cent of the pupils who attel
'Sn, snr schools, he declares, are not in ply
i'' ical condition to secure the hest educ
"a tions. He advises the teachers to U
,uul .a their efforts toward searching out a
,uuu , finding the physical defects and havi
neln them remedled "lt is the duty OF
Q pe teacher" he declares. 1T may
Is. luaurpshg the old right of the lam
con. as we have always looked at 1T, yet
'nnsS get real results from schools. 8
ne i! must be the methods used.
luihB "We should not have mere oc
sional visit to the schools by phi
RUE RUE thropic dentist, he says, But
'oLly physical capacity of all children sho
anu be thoroughly tested. 4"
hese President Kerr delivered an intere
ue ing address at the Congregatio
1tel o church Monday evening. Lunch
ore served for the teachers by the lao
a. of the Baptist church, short dlstal
.ne ,,,e from the high school building.