The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-01
TEACHERS INSTITUTE
To be Held at the Leon NIGH School
Building on Friday and Satur-
day, October 9Th and lQ&h.

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The first Decatur County Teachers
Institute under the new law provid-
ing for holding institutes will be held
at the High School building in Leon
on Friday and Saturday, October 8
and 10, under the supervision of
county superintendent Miss Mabel
Horner, who has arranged a splendid
program.
The laws of Iowa provide that
teachers institutes shall be held
while the schools of the county are
generally in session and make pro-
vision that teachers shall be allowed
to attend without losing their pay
for the time, not to exceed twb days
that their schools are closed. The
following is the law;
"The county superintendent shall
hold annually at least one, but not
more than two county teachers in
stitutes at such times as the schools
of the county are generally in ses-
sion; and shall, with the concurrence
of the superintendent of public in
struction procure such assistance as
may be necessary to conduct the
same
"The school board of every school
district except in city Independent
school districts where twenty-five or
more teachers are regularly employ
ed, shall adjourn the school or
schools of s::id district for not less
than two days in each school year
in order to allow teachers to attend
county teachers institutes held in
the county, without loss of salary.
The county superintendent shall is
sue certificate of attendance to
each teacher showing number of
days of attendance at said institute,
and any teacher failing to attend
said teachers institute two days
shall forfeit his or her average daily
salary for each day of non-attend
ance, except when excused by the
county superintendent for physical
disability to perform his or her du-
ties in the school room" 35 G. A.
II. F. 1862.
The county superintendent has Sc
lected as the institute faculty edu-
Gators of wide repute and not sim
gle teacher in Decatur county should
miss any of the session. The fol-
lowing are the instructors:
Primary Training-Miss Carrie
Van Glider, Public School, Indianola.
General Professional Work-Prof.
Irving Hart, Iowa State Teachers
College, Cedar Falls.
Drawing-C. E. Avis, Chicago, Ill.
Teaching of Reading and English
Ciassics-Edgar S: Kindley, D:.ven-
port.
Manual Training Prof. C. B.
Graceland College, La
moni
County superintendent Miss Horn
er, has issued the following an
nOuncement and program:
In announcing the First Decatur
County Inspirational Institute wish
to assure you of my deep apprecia-
tion of the hearty cooperation you
have given me during the past year.
Such advance as our schools have
made toward higher educational
standards is due to this cooperation,
and the success: of the present year
depends on it's continuation.
The County Institute offers oppOr-
other and with some of the best edu-
Gators in the state; to discuss and
adopt plans and policies for the
years work: to prepare for the
team work" essential to the high
cst success. / trust that every
teacher in the county will be in at
tendance, not because the law de-
mands it, but because of the desire
to prepare to render the best service.
Eternal vigilance is the price of
more things than liberty. 1t is
surely the price of educational pro-
gress. Let us hold all the vantage
we have gained, and press forward
toward the establishment of
stronger, more efficient school system
than Decatur county has yet known.
Program.
Friday, October 9-Forenoon.
2.00 Gonoral Asaomh1v