Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-01-27

Over Hundred Present. Interest
ing and Instructive Session Held.

The first local Teachers Meeting
was held at Independence. Saturday,
January Oath, with the lest atten-
darce we have ever had at local
lrreting. Our aim was ONE HUN
DRED TEACHERS PRESENT, and
lhe result was several over The lrit-
drd.
The people of Independence as
sisted in the musical program rs fol-
lows mixed quartette, Mrs. Pad
dock, Mr.. McIntire and Mr.. McIn-
tcsh; Duet, Nellie Branherg .,nf
Louise Baker; Drama, by tn. sccnnd
grade pupils, ga Selfish v ,;lar -
violin solo, Miss Louise Larson; vo-
cal solo, Miss Dorothy Paddock; vio-
lin solo, Miss Catherine Gentle
f. F. Carleton, Assistant State Su-
Ipelintendent, gave an address on
/" Sonny" bringing out the individ-
uality of the child. This was well
received by all.
Professor E. l.. Griffen of the Ore
gon Agriculture College gave an ad-
dress on "The Boys and Girls In
dustrial Clubs of Oregon" outlining
the plan as proposed by Superinten-
dent Churchill and the Extention De-
partment of the Oregon Agricultural
College, showing the benefit to be de-
rived from the different clubs organ
lied throughout the state and the
greater increase in interest shown by
the children in the work, also mem
tioning the fact that Polk County
was leading in the organization of
the clubs, as there was some thirty
or forty in the county at the pres
ent time.
Miss Rose Vreeland, the nurse sent
out by the State Board of Health
to inspect the school of the state,
and who has been working in the
county for sometime gave an excel
lent talk upon Sanitary Conditions
of Schools as they Should Be-, and
gave much valuable information to
the teachers.
DR.. A. E. Winship of Boston gave
an address on "Teaching for Eff
ficiency". binging out some points
that were greatly appreciated by the
teachers. DR.. Winship is an excel
lent speaker and brought many good
things to the teachers of the county.
Polk County teachers are congratu-
lating themselves upon being able to
have DIR. Winship with them at this
time. He also spoke of the interest
being shown in the Home Credit
Work now being done in Polk Coun-
ty by the Educators and others in
terested in education throughout the
entire United States. All of the
teachers united in expressing their
thanks to Dr. Winship for making
The trip from Bellingham, Washing
ton here on purpose for this Insti-
tute.
The following teachers were pres
ent :-Zena, Miss Marie Groves; Dal-
as, w. l. Ford, H. H. Dunkleberger,
Miss Rose Sheridan, Miss Maude Nc
Donald, Miss Pearl Horner, Mrs. En-
ma Jost, Miss Edna Morrison, Miss
Lula Houk, Mrs. Edith Plank, Miss
Nola Coad, Mrs. F. H. Morrison,
Miss Sadie Lynn, Miss Cora Roster,
Miss Agnes Clark. Miss Alta Saw
lge; Red Prairie. Miss Alice Miles;
Bridgeport, Mrs. Addie Holman; Salt
Creek. W. f. Buell.; Parker, Miss !.
Jrissie Bramberg; Fair View, Miss
Mary Tapscott; Valley View, F.
Silsbee; Monmouth, Z. Il. Keezel,
Miss Armidila Doughty, Miss Mar I
,aret McCockey. T. H. Gentle, Miss +
Alice Mcintosh. Miss Catherine Ar !
Miss Grace Davis, Miss Olive
:. Dawson; Orchards, Miss Carolyn u
iohrke; Airlie, f. NJ. Haley, Mary q
Whitney, Miss Pearl Snedeker, Miss .
dary A. Ewing; Bethel, W. A John ,
on, Miss Phoebe Wyatt, Miss Ava =
shields. Miss Daphne Richards; !
'olk Station. Miss Norma Holman /
)ak Grove, Miss Louise Sears !,
Ward. Miss Edna Dammon; Perry =
ale. G. W. Montgomery, Miss Mel :
e Keyt. Miss Mary Wyatt; Cochran. !,
Hiss Roberta Ballard; Rickreall, F. q
!. Crowley; 0akpoint, Miss Anna NJ :
benny; Independence. C. F. Walt
nan. Mrs. c. F. Waltman. d. Ches-
sv Bones. Genevieve Tillery. Miss v
label Galbreath. Miss Edith West. Il
fiss Margaret SINNERS, Miss Hazel a
Miss Kora Browne, Miss
lila Thacker. Miss T. Pearl Smith:
LntiOch, Mrs. F. R. Palmer; Brush {
'Ollege. Miss Almeada J. Fuller. Miss h
Telen Cook; West Salem. Miss Eta r