The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-20
PUTNAM COUNTY
TEACHERS TO HOLD
Institute in Palatka on Fri
day Next, Nov. 9th.

A Teachers Institute is to be helc
in this city on Friday of next week
when it is expected that all or nearly
all the public school teachers of the
county will be present. The idea Of
the institute, or the revival of the ole
time custom Of holding these meet.
, ings, is due to the efforts of Super.
intendent Cottingham, who is a firm
believer in the good that is accom-
plished by a gathering together Of
tie teachers of the county and an In
terchange of views which is the nat
ural result of the meeting.
The arrangement of a program for
the institute was placed in the hands
Of competent committee, composed
of Prof. R. w. Van Brunt, Miss Amy
Kendall and Miss Josephine Sipprel.
This committee has prepared the fol-
lowing program:
9:00-9:10-Devotional exercises.
10-9:30-Permanent oranization.
ENGLISH-Its problems. Getting
the most out of the new text books.
9:30-10:00-Primary English, Miss
Florence Gautier.
1G:00-10:30 :30AIntermediate English,
Miss Ruth Kennedy.
10:30-11 :00-Grammar School En-
lish, Miss Georgia johnson.
11:00-11 :30-What the teacher of
High Sch oil English expects in the
way of preparation of the pupil pro-
NOTED from the Grammar school, Miss
Ida j. Franklin.
11:30-12:00-Spelling: It's impor-
tance. Why we turn out poor spell
ers. Suggestions for more effective
work and better results, Mr.. John S.
Wheatley.
NOON.
1:00-1 :30-Roll call of teachers with
responses in the nature of brief re-
ports of the best thing in their school.
1:30-2:30-Question box, Mr.. Louis
E. Eigle
2:30-3:00 - Contagious diseases
among school children, DR.. E. w.
Warren.
3:OO-S; 30 Elementary arithmetic,
Mrs. Adelaide Merryday.
Discussion, c. B. Fielding.
Adjournment.
In addition to the program ar
ranged by the committee, if time will
permit, Model Recitation in Histo-
ry will be conducted by one of the
leading teachers of the county.
Supt. Cottingham says: "All teach
ers who are interested in their work
will be present at the Institute. Of
course those who are not interested
in the work will be absent"
In submitting the program the COM
mittee says:
THE above is the program arrang-
ed by your committee. Whether it
proves interesting to you or not, it is
sincerely hoped that you will be on
hand to lend the inspiration of your
presence as well as the benefit of your
knowledge, training and experience
to the making of this conference pro-
fitable to all who may attend
"The School Board has been very
liberal to give us the day; however,
with the full expecta tion that we use
it in an earnest endeavor to improve
ourselves as teachers. This is an age
of swapping ideas. Every profession
and every line of business has its
association. The Teachers Associa-
tion is no innovation-in fact in some
communities it is old enough to be
stale; in others it is even dead But
not so much, in either case, from old
age as from lack of intere,t. Supt.
Cottingham is to be commended for
his efforts to revive the association
idea in Putnam county. Let US as
his associates cooperate to make the
Thanksgiving meeting the best the
county has ever had. To do this you
must attend and take some part in the
program"