Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-05
MEET AT BANQUET
Polk County Educators Eat and
Drink and Are Merry.
ToAsTs ARE RESPONDED TO
Principals Club Holds Last Session
OF the Year-Schools News
of the County.

The Polk County Principals Club
composed of the heads of educationa
institutions in this balliwick, held it,
last meeting of the year in Dallas
last Saturday evening by indulgine
in banquet at Hotel Gail. President
W. A. Johnson presided as toast
master, and following the feed, which
was thoroughly enjoyed, severa
toasts appropriate to the occasion
were responded to, one of the most
interesting and instructive of these
being, ''What Saw, Heard and
Learned at the Inland Empire Teach
ers Association at Spokane" by E
+. Carlton, first assistant State
School Superintendent, who, accom-
panied by Mrs. Carlton, was a guest
Of the club. Other toasts responded
to were, "The Good of the Club, F"
by President j. HI. Ackerman; "What
the Club Has Meant to Me-" by
County Superintendent H. C. Sey-
mour; "Some Duties as Principal" "
by f. X. Wells; "The Principals
Club as Principal Sees It," by W.
j. Ford Comparison of the Super
visor's Position in Polk County With
That of the Supervisor in the Phil
ippines," by L. d. Macken.
OF the entire membership of the or
ganization but four were absent, those
present being W. l. Ford and H. H.
Dunkleberger of Dallas; L. N. Mack
en-, county school supervisor; r. E..
Silvis, Ballston; H. E. Barnhart, Falls
City; W. A. johnson, Bethel; E. l..
Keezel, Monmouth; E. L. Haley, Air
lie; R. G. Dykstra, Buena Vista; L.
Mckee, Hopville; H. C. Seymour,
county supt; j. H. Alderman,
State Normal, Monmouth. The guests
of the club were: E. F. Carlton and
wife of Salem; F. X. Wells, Dallas;
Mrs. l.. V. Macken, Mrs. Elma But
ler, Mrs. w. A. Johnson, Mrs. III. H.
Dunkleburger, Mrs. E. M. Haley and
Mrs. H. C. Seymour.
The club has been in existence for
three years, and the past one has
been productive of more real good
than any of its predecessors, educa-
than any Of its predecessors, harmo-
NOUS and united work having been ac-
complished for the upbuilding of edu-
cation in the county. The study for the
year has been "Survey of the Port
land Schools" and yet much time
has been given to discussions of how
to better various local conditions.
The club will resume its meetings in
October.
Teachers Institute.
The last County Teachers Institute
for the year will be held jointly with
Yamhill county at Willamina next
Saturday, when the following program
will be carried out: Music pupils of
Willamina school; "The Teachers
Attitude Toward Local Institutes" :"
Supt, H. c. Seymour, Polk county;
address, "a Teacher as Seen from the
Outside, y Presi. Pennington, Newberg
College; Possibilities of the Junior
High School," w. R. Rutherford, Nc
Minnville; address, intermediate
Grade Work" Miss Grace Davis, Ore
gon State Normal School; music, Will
lamina school; address, Wanted-A
Country Teacher" L. S. Pittman,
Oregon State Normal School; "The
Word Method of Teaching Sight
Singing" j. P. Powell, Dundee;
" Practical Demonstration in Testing
the Dairy Herd" E. R. Stockwell,
Oregon Normal Agricultural College;
address, "The Palmer System as APP
piled TO First Grade Work." Miss
Dawson, Oregon State Normal school;
address Subject selected), Calvin S.
White, Portland; address, "The Ideal
Vacation" S. S. Duncan, Supt. YAM
hill county.
Schools Are Standardized.
The Hopville school was standard
lied April IS, with Lee Mckee and
Mrs. Harriette Acocks as teachers,
and Jas. Anderson, Milton McGowan,
Floyd Woodward and R. H. McCarter
as the board.
The Bethel school was also stand |
ardized on April 2S, with W. A. John
son, Miss Phoebe Wyatt, Miss Dophne
Richards and Miss Ada Shields, teachs
ers, and 7. J. Graves, G. A. Shields,
G. L. Richards and J. 7. Sears as
the school board.
The Liberty school was also stand
ardized on April 30, with Miss Mar
lam Rarly, teacher, and Geo. f. Me-
Bee, ]. l. ReasOner, Geo. johnson and |
L. H. McBee as the school board.
Educational Notes.
Mr.. n. C. Maris, state industrial |
school worker, is in Polk county this
week. Yesterday afternoon he visit
ID the Dallas schools and left early |
this morning for the country.
The Eighth Grade examinations
will be held on Thursday and Friday