Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-03-05
THE COUNTY SCHOOLS
County Superintendent Miller Pub
fishes Valuable Information.
THE NORMAL INSTITUTE;
co. DECIAAMATORY CONTEST
Items Of General Interest Concerning
school Matters Throughout
Winneshiek County.

Tl5e Normal Institute.
The regular session of the Winnie
shiek County Institute will be held
at the Decorah high school building
at eight O'Clock, Monday morning,
March gath and continue six days.
This may be at time of the year
when some schools are in session, but
j trust that every teacher in the
county will make arrangements to at
tend, The law provides that no
school may be in session during a
teachers institute, except by permis-
sion Of the county superintendent
A lecture program has been ar
ranged for. instead OF conducting rec
itations, and hope that the teachers
will feel this as profitable. and more
.inspirational.
In connection with the lecture,
round tables will be conducted. The
discussion will cover any points that
have been brought out in the lectures
or any phase of school work that
teachers may want discussed.
There will be an entertainment
every evening.
Monday night: Lecture by DR..
Bennett.
Tuesday night: County Declama-
tory Contest.
Wednesday night Luren Singing
Society.
Thursday night: Lecture by Aret-
as Kepford.s
Friday night: Talk by State Su-
perintendent Deyoe, II duties do not
hold him In Des Moines.
The instructors for instisute are as
Supt. Eva NJ. Fleming, Decorah.
DR.. Bennett, Fayette.
DIR. Finke, Charles City.
Miss Ella Treat, Decorah.
u Miss Grace Shilt0n; Dec0rah.
& kny teaohers who would like priv
AZ bo11 II8 U1fcco may inquire at
the ofiice. as list Of places win be
kept.
Let every teacher plan to enroll on
Saturday, or early Monday morning,
80 you may attend the entire session.
The success of the institute will de-
pend upon your hearty cooperation.
The County Declamatory Contest.
The County Declamatory Contest
will be held on Tuesday evening, Mch.
25th. Four schools have entered,
Decorah, Ossian, Calmar, and Castal-
Ia Each school will hold local pre-
iminary contest and the two receiv-
ing the Aighest marks will be sent to
the county contest ] would like to
make this a permanent organization,
The contest to be held annually.
Therefore, / would appreate greatly,
If some citizen would offer trophy.
The first school winning it three
times may retain it permanently.
Examination for Graduation.
We appreciate greatly the inter-
est shown in the examination for
graduation. About one hundred and
fifty sets Of questions have been sent
TO the different teachers. Combin-
ing these with the number who will
take in May, we should have a large
class for graduation.
ne teacners repory = 20 oe maue
term. II you do not have blanks for
this purpose, write to the Office at
once. Teachers should not fail to
make OUT these reports as u = a'So
lateiy necessaIy 20 keop z recoru "
the scnoois sn9 teacners IN the coun,
ty. This enables US to keep record
a. the once
Compulsory Attendance.
Duties OF Parents or Guardains-
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