Imperial Valley press., 1913-12-15
County's Teachers
Meet in Institute


opened this morning at the auditor
ium Of Central Union High School for
a three day session with about fifty
teachers from the county schools; ex-
Superintendent of Schools Thomas e.
Thompson of Leominster, Mass, and
Arthur H. Chamberlain, editor of the
Sierra Educational News present.
/ The teachers were scheduled to as.
semble at 9:30 and shortly afterward
the institute was called to order by
Superintendent of Schools l.. f. Cool
ey, the first number on the program
being musical one presented by Miss
Cairns, director of music at Central
Union High School.
Mrs. r. B. Vale, president of the
Imperial County Board of Education,
welcomed the assembled educators in
a brief but pithy address.
( Ex-Superintendent Thomas E.
Thompson of Leominster, Mass, spoke
for nearly an hour on his experiences
in school work and gave to the teach
ers of Imperial county the results Or
his years of study of school work
Following Mr.. Thompson's address
the teachers of the high schools and
grammar schools separated into two
sections for detailed study.
The high school section was presided
over by Mrs. R. B. Vale and introduc-
tory remarks We're given by N. X.
Kerr, principal of Central Union High
School. Three high school teachers
of the county addressed the nigh
school section. They were: Miss
Luetta c. Seal of Calexico on "Ex-
Al
Juvenile Court" Miss Olive Wright
of Holtville on "Why Should Physiol-
ogy be Taught in the High Schools ?"
and j. L. House of Ell Centro on "The
Origin and Nature of the Repreduc-
tive Cells as Basis for the Study of
Heredity'
The section meeting closed with the
round table opened by Mr.. Chamber
lain on "School Problems of Adde'S
cense."
The grammar school section went
into session with Principal A. P. Shib-
ley presiding. The session opened
with an address by Mr.. Thompson on
"The Essentials of Language"
"The Arithmetic Course of Our
Country was the subject of a dis
cussion with Miss Ada Hurlburt as
leader, in which Miss Dicie McFadden
of Date school and Roy Dickerson of
Imperial took strong parts.
TOmOrrOw's Program
An excellent program of study has
been arranged for tomorrow's sessions
by the board of education and Super
intendent of Schools Cooley. It is as
follows:
Morning session, $50, music, Miss
Irving; address, "The Test of the
Teacher" Mr.. Chamberlain; recess.
10:30-12:00 section meetings. H. S.
section, elementary section. Noon re-
cess.
Afternoon session. 1:3O music, Miss
Irving. Address: "The Place of In
riculum," Miss Ednah Rich, Santa
Barbara State Normal School. 2:30
Discussion: Mrs. Edith E. Geek,
Jasper School. Miss Florence A. Dun
ham, Magnolia School. Address:
"Practical Suggestions for Teaching
the Effects of Alcoholic Stimulants and
Narcotics on the Human SYSTEM"
Mrs. Mary Conan.
Evening, 500, reception to teachers,
rendered by the Parent-Teachers AS
sociation and Womans Ten Thousand
Club. Address: Training for Citi-
zenship," Miss Rich.
High School Section. Mrs. r. B.
Vaile, Ell Centre, chairman. introduce
tory remarks, F. L. Rittenour, Calex-
leo. "Carlyle's Close" Miss Winifred
B. Hughes, Brawley. "The Relation
of Grammar to Language" Miss Dor
othea Nath, Ell Centre. "The Place of
Magazines in a High School English
Course" Miss Ethel Pope, Ell Centre.
Declarations, H. l.. Hockenberry, I'M
perial. Round Table, "How to Devel.
op the Expression" opened by Miss
Rich.
Elementary section. Morning,
1O:3O-12:OO Principal j. S. Gilkerson,
Calexico, presiding. 1920, "My Criti-
cism of the County Course on Geo.
graphy," Principal c. E. Vertrees.
Holtville. 1890, "The County Course
on History" Miss Mary Farrell, I'M
perial. 11;05, Discussion of the Coun
tv Course by the Teachers. 1890
Geography Modernized," Mr.. Cham.
berlain.