The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-14
900 PRESENT AT
INSTITUTE TODAY
Most Successful Gathering o
Teachers Held in Years

with nine hundred attentive LISTEN
ers present, eight hundred of whom
were teachers FROM Houghton, Kewee-
nav AID Ontonagon counties, the an
nual mspirational institute for the
teachers of these counties, opened AZ
. o'clock this morning in the Calumet
high school assembly room. II is by
far the best institute held in recent
years. and cannot but have a wide in
llucnce on the years work. Talks by
President Charles McKenny of the
Ypsilanti Normal ON the Tone of the
School" and by Prof H. r. Pattengill
of Lansing ON Lessons from the Big
Ditch proved the features of the
morning session.
President McKenny of the Ypsilan
ii Normal is an experienced teacher
trainer and the local educators con-
slider themselves fortunate in having
him with them as one of the instruc-
tors Many of those in his audience
today were graduated from the normal
of which ne is the head
The Tone OF the school.
Teachers ne said today, should he
serious i'm their work. should look upon
it as "A mission rather than a vocation
Good manhood and good womanhood
are as necessary as good scholarship
If the greatest results are to be attain
ed. There must also be a kindly re-
lation between the pupil and teacher
Tho teacher cannot hope for the great
est success unless she enjoys the con-
tidence of the pupil and is liked by the
pupil The school room must be busi-
ncsslikc. Every school also must have
school spirit The proper tone is as
necessary i'm the school room as in the
home i'm the city or i'm the country as
a whole The atmosphere of the school
room has much to do with the success
or failure of the teachers efforts
President MCKenny pointed out.
Lessons From The Big Ditch.
Prof H. r. Pattengill, publisher of
Moderator Topics and former state
of public instruction, is
the institute. He is no
stranger in the copper country and UNI
der his leadership the institute is a
very thorough one.
I'm his talk this morning ON the Big
Ditch Prof. Pattengill, who recently
returned from an extended visit to
Panama. graphically described tho
work being done there. He called at
.cntiop to the fact that the canal which
is To link the two great oceans is the
direct product of the school room. In
the biology classes of the public
schools are taught the lessons i'm sani
alton, the application of which in the
anal zone made it possible for work
.o be pushed SO vigorously. The en-
sinccr who directed this monstrous en-
crprisc is a graduate of the grade
-Chool. high school and engineering de-
ldrtment OF the University of Michi-
gan. in reality the great problems
which have confronted the canal work
we're solved i'm the school room. And
SO with other great enterprises in the
gast. Without the school room, few
4 any of them would be possible.
Prof. Pattcngill pointed to the nee
'ssity of thorough work in the schools.
So that there may be men and women
Itted to grapple with these great
problems when occasion arises.
The Morning Program.
one of the big features of this morn
ug's session was the exhibition by the
nigh school girls gymnasium class.
which was really revelation To many
IF the teachers present. The girls in
heir "alesthenics, drills etc, displayed
d surprising amount of training and
ne exhibition reflected much credit on
Miss Judith Botvidson, who is in
.hargc OF this class as well as upon
he girls themselves.
The vocal solo by Miss Ozine Des-
prmiers. assistant TO Miss Romsdahl
IS supervisor of music in the graded
schools was very much enjoyed.
Afternoon and Evening.
The big features on the program for
his afternoon are talks by DR.. :. III.
Clarke of the University Of Chicago
Faculty on, THE Element of Beauty i'm