Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-12-03
|ASP|RAT|ONAL COUNTY
TEACHERS INSTITUTE

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institute will be held at Audubon
High School building Thursday, Fri
day and possibly Saturday forenoon,
Dec. 3, and 5th. This is the first
Institute under the new law.
i 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 in session. and
shall with the concurrence of the
superintendent of public instruction
procure such assistance as may be
necessary to conduct the same.'
''The school board of school dis
trict except in city independent
school districts where twenty five
shall adjourn the school or schools
of said districts 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 a certificate of attendance at
said institute and any teacher fail
ing to attend said teachers insti-
tute two days shall forfeit his or
hel average daily salary for each
day of non-attendance, except when
| excused by the county superinten-
dent for physical disability to per
form his or her duties in the school
room
In accordance. with the foregoing
law, the schools in the county will
be closed during the time of the
Institute and every teacher will be
expected to attend.
WHY HOLD INSTITUTE NOW
Believing the purpose of the In
stitute to be to develop a profess
sional attitude or spirit on the part
OF the teacher toward the great
work of education; to develop a
more conscious idea of the worth
and value of boys and girls, and
the necessity Of the teacher giving
the full measure CT devotion to her
work; to develop an increased sense
of responsibility to her profession
and to her community, a d faithful
ly to discharge her duties as
teacher; to fost u, to creete, in the
| Teacher a desire to he of real SER
vice to the boys and girls who will
be her coming pupils in these win
ter schools especially the boys and
girls who are not privil ged to a.
tend school during the enti school
year. We are holding the institute
at this time thst the teacher mey
go out to such as these wi enthus-
iasm and inspiration fer service a.
| mcng them, that she may go to
| these boys and girls like the great
Teacher in at least one important
respect, and will be able sincerely
and reverently 10 say. "I have gone
that you might have life and that
ye NIGH have it more abundantly"
The fact that less than % pr
cent of the 5000 600 ru II school
children in the United States are
completing the eight grade is moth
ing short of tragedy THIS too in
the morning of t. e twentieth CEN
tury. We repeft this institute is
held at this tine that the winter
schools may start with boom-it is
particularly the boy that cannot
start to school until aft-r corn-pick-
ing that we are thinking about, we
want him to have square deal'..
] EDUCATIONAL SUNDAY
| AS the majority of our rural
schools, throughout the county will
open November seth and December
| 9th. we are going to ask the min
listers of the church, S to call at
tention to this fact and unless it
| would interfere with some previous
engagement to at least give some
space in that day S sermon to educa-
ticnal subjects, fer we beliSve that
in order to advance Our schools and
therefore make t T. general uplift
and betterment, the home the school
and the church must cooperate. We
also feel that to have Educational
Sunday closely following this Ins j.
tute is fitting
LECTURES NOT CLASS WORK
The work Of the institute will
consist of lectures and not class
work as formerly conducted under
the old institute law. Not o only
| teachers, but school Officers, patrons
and any wishing to attend are
| welcome.
EDUCATIONAL MASS MEETING
On Friday aft ernpOn wa will