Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-03
OPEN KE0SAUQUA's
NEW SCHOOL
TEACHERS AND PATRONS CHAU-
TAUQUA FURNISHES EXCEL.
LENT PROGRAM.
(By Special CORRESPONDENT.

teachers and patrons chautauqua
which was really the conjunction Of
two events. the dedication of the new
keOsauqua normal training building
and the regular meeting of the Var
Buren, county teachers association.
Both meetings were held in the as
sembly room of the Keosauqua high
school. Three representatives of the
state department, P. e. McClenahan OF
Des Moines, inspector of secondary
schools, A. G. Fuller, Jr., of Des
/ Moines, state inspector Of high and
graded schools, and Fred l.. Mahannah
also Of Des MOines, inspector of nor
NAL training high schools, were here
and also Miss Kate Logan of the Ames
extension bureau.
On Friday afternoon occurred the
ceremony of dedcating the new build.
ing. After vocal duet by Mrs. S. w.
Manning and Mrs. l.. O. Smith and the
invocation by Rev. c. E. Perkins, At,
torney R. R. McBeth of the Keosauqua
school board, made an address in
which, fictionally speaking, for the
work of the carpenters is not yet COM
pleted he turned over the keys to
Superintendent l.. o. Smith, who re-
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in which they were offered.
The main address of the afternoon
was then made by P. E. McClenahan,
who talked on 1.-The New Education
contrasting the aims and methods of
today with those of forty or fifty years
ago. His talk was supplemented by
remarks from Mr.. Fuller and Mr. Ma.
hannah At the close Of the formal
program the audience went in a body
to see the new building. Only the
manual training and domestic science
rooms are completed and in use, but
work on the upper parts of the build
ing is being pushed rapidly so that
the other rooms can be occupied in a
few weeks.
The session on Saturday opened at
1890 a. M, with Miss Gertrude Robin
son, president of the Van Buren, county
teachers association, in the chair.
When the minutes of the preceding
meeting had been read and approved,
Miss Martha Virginia Burton of Ben
tonsport. was introduced. In honor of
recently deceased sister, Miss Bur
ton is Offering first prize of $50 and
second prize Of $25 for the best choir
singing done by Van Buren, county
choir at contest to be held late next
summer. and prize of SIS for the best
poem written by any Van Buren, coun-
ty boy or girl under the age of %
years Miss Burton explained the ma
ture of the competitions and some de-
tails of the contest were discussed by
persons present
A most excellent paper on Ethics
in the School Room" was then read
by Rev. c. l. Perkins, not only interest
ing but profoundly impressive and in
spring all who heard it. Mr.. Perkins
maintained that a teacher should al
ways move in and generate an ethical
atmosphere, and he gave admirable
suggestions for the inspirational use
of literature. The talk was both
cholarly and practical, the suggested
ideals high and yet not so remote as
to be impossible of attainment. Fol
lowing this paper came talk by Mr..
McClenahan on How to Grade and
Classify a Rural School" He, as we'll
as the other Des Moines men, express
ed themselves as glad to know that
Keosauqua believes in extension,
school extension. of course.
During the noon intermission the
visiting school teachers and the few
school masters RECALLED themselves
with chicken pie served by the Ruth
can society of the Methodist church.
but all were back at the school house
ready for the rest of the program at
1:45.
The first address of the afternoon
was Mr.. Fuller's talk on Adequate
Training of High School Teachers"
The talk was logical and full of mat
ter, comment which all too often Is
inapplicable to the work of public
speaker. Language was made to serve
as medium but not as substitute
for thought Mr.. Fuller took up the
requisites of teachers training under
four heads:
IA knowledge of the function and
aims of the school,
"A knowledge of the machinery of
the school.
ga knowledge of matter and
methods.
4.-The teachers personality.
He came into a first hand conflict
with real problems and offered for
their solutions suggestions we'll worth
serious consideration
At the close of his address, Miss
Kate Logan presented the matter Of
boys and girls clubs, outlining the
following as clubs which the extension
department of Anes is introducing
throughout the state:
Boys Zone Acre Corn Club Each
boy rents an acre of ground, buys his
own seed, does his own work, and
keeps the profits. He keeps his own
bank account and has his own check
book. He must keep a record of the
work done and reports TO the state de-
partment, which awards prizes for the
best work.
2-"Girls' Garden and Canning
Club
3.-Cooking clubs and sewing clubs.
These clubs are planned to emphasize
the Importance of simple living, simple
dressing, and careful marketing, and
are to be conducted in accordance with
circulars sent out by the state depart
ment. Miss Logan tersely expressed
the need Of such clubs by saying.
What boy sows, he reaps, but what
a girl sews. she more often rips
4.-Manual training clubs for boys.