Arizona republican., 1913-11-09
INSTITUTE WAS
 GREAT SUCCESS
Inspiration of Splendid Ad- dresses Will Be Taken by Teachers to All Parts of State to Great Advantage of Schools

The joint county teachers institute
 came to an end yesterday noon and 1 the several hundred teachers who at i
 tended are gradually saYlng kind |
 good bye to Phoenix, each one of 1
 them returning to the old schoolhouse 1
 a better and more efficient teacher |
 fer having attended the institute, each |
 one carrying away resolves and reso- | lutIons for the betterment of the boy | and girl. The teachers, one and all | bubbled over with praise for the 1 character of the institute. On every l ! hand was heard the remark that it 1 was q great stimulus and inspiration. 1 Tt was worth a great deal if for !
 no other reason than to catch the l 1 inspiration of numbers said Prin- i i cipal A. K. Stabler, of the Phoenix l Union High school Prof. Stabler has attended many an institute in his day ! and has lectured a great deal before
 teachers institutes. Speaking of the
 one just past, he said Tt was more inspira tiOnal than in
 structive. The notion of an institute has been that of information con- corning methods with which all up to-date teachers are familiar. The real information which institute lee IuTeIS give IS IOuutl III DOOhS AS lar as method is concerned, there is very
 little new. A meeting of this kind
 is an impetus to the teacher, the principal and the superintendent to put into execution what he already
 knows"
 Superintendent Loper spoke very
 enthusiastically of the institute. If
 he had any regret it was that out
 of the forty eight prizes offered by
 the fair commission his schools took
 only forty. He cannot yet figure out
 how the other eight prizes got by him.
 They had very fine talent" said Prof. Loper, and if they stay with the lecture institute they cant get any better l think an institute or Sanized on the departm entaI plan, in which instructors teach and illustrate would be Of more practical benefit to the average teacher From an in spirational standpoint it was d sue cess"
 Superintendent LOper's offices were tbe headquarters for the visiting teachers. It is due to Prof. Loper and Prof. Randall that the visiting teachers were so splendidly cared for They were met at the trains and taken in automobiles to rooms which Prof Loper had listed. Eve~ythinc, vas done to interest the visitors and make their stay in Phoenix a pleas ] ure. Teachers fIOcked to the offices on Monroe and Center, consulted the course of study, examined work asked hundreds of questions and all Of them were answered. In every way the visitors were made to feel that there was nothing too good for them in Phoenix. As Superintendent J. c. Campbell, of Metcalf said: The meeting was well worth the time and ! money. It was one of the best insti- l tutes I ever attended. I was struck { much by the broadness of the lee { lures. sociability of teachers and gen ] eral enthusiasm"
 $I County Superintendent Hutchins. of Cochise, had a good word for the institute. He thought however that ft was an imposition to make teachers } attend at an expense of so much money A better plan, according to him, would be for each and every ! county to hold an institute within ite boundaries during the same week and have the lecturers do the travelling { J. A. Higgins, superintendent of { Maricopa county, was very tired to- ] day, but none the less happy. Super { tntendent Higgins is really responsible { for the splendid institute. It was he { Nho secured the talent He was the { man who presided at the meetings { and 1t was he that took unto himself the risk of requesting the ladies tc ] remove their beautiful hats
 $ This institute was somewhat of ar , 1 experiment. The intention was that it should interest not only the teach ! el but the general public have