The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-12-11
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
Five-Day Conference to Be Held Here
After Holidays.

Announcement is made by Parish
Superintendent H. P. Broussard that
a teachers institute of five days dur
alton will be held here the week after
the holidays, commencing Monday,
Jan. 3, and extending through Fri
day, Jan. Z. The sessions will be
convened in the auditorium of. the
Donaldsonville High School at 9
O'Clock a. m. each day, and it is ex-
pected that every teacher in the par
iSh will be present.
| At the opening session Mayor Wal
ter Lemann will deliver an address of
welcome, to which response will be
made in behalf of the teachers by
Principal W. l. Smith of the Oak
Grove Agricultural High School.
The topics to be discussed through
out the week will be as follows:
''What / Have Done in Community
Studies Since School Opened" Miss
Isabel Folse, Miss Alma Klos, Donald
sonville High School.
model Lesson in Eighth Grade
Algebra-Factoring," A. R. Babin,
Dutchtown High School.
"Should the New Educational
Readers Be Taught Throughout the
Parish and Why?" Miss Celine Babin,
Dutchtown High School.
"Model Lesson in Phonics," Miss
Dora Katie, Donaldsonville High
| School.
Simple Home Economics Lesson
That Can and Should Be Taught in
Our Rural Schools" Miss Esther
Smith, Oak Grove High School.
''The Importance of Limiting the
One-teacher School to Five Grades" +"
J. D. Aymond, Martin School.
'Model Lesson in Reading" Miss
Edith Morgan, Gonzales High School.
Consolidation, with Special Refer
ence to Ascension Parish" Chas.
Broussard, Gonzales High School.
care the Two High Schools, Dutch
town and Gonzales, justified in Teach
ing Bookkeeping and Typewriting In
stead of a Short Course in Agricul-
ture?" w. A. Babin, Oak Grove High
School; Jerome Aydel, Gonzales High
school.
'Model Lesson in Geometry" Miss
Helene Coon, Gonzales High School.
"Public Entertainments at the
Closing of Our Schools" R. S. VicbA
ers, Donaldsonville3 High School. G
"How | Teach Spelling in the FL
and Sixth Grades, followed by m
lesson, Miss Josephine Devall,
Grove High School.
''How to Beautify Our Sl
Grounds with Our Native Trd I'D
Shrubs What sto Plant; H to
Plant; When to Plant, Etc" A Ker-
nan, Calbasse School. 4
'sLong Tenure Of Teacherskin the
Same Position" L. J.kRahing satsh-
souestionAlg: Can . Teacher
Have Good Questions Without Hav-
| ing Planned the Main Points of the
Lesson?" Miss Lucy Gallon, Elise
Memorial School,
"My Method sof Teaching Correct
English to the First and Second Wear
PuHls," Miss Annie Pujos, Miss M ry
Stgart, Donaldsonville High Schd
G'Model Lesson in Third Grad
History" Miss Jeanne Landry, DOM
High School.
W agriculture Work That Should Be
lDone by Our Rural Schools, Taking
Into Consideration a month
Term Beginning Sept. L." w. NJ.
Babin, Oak Grove High School.
''Should School Time Be Given to
Athletics?" Otto Mestayer, Donald
sonville High School.
"The Importance of Teachers
Keeping Informed About Current
Events" Adner Lafeur, Sacramento
| School.
superintendent remarks on the
work of the schools of the parish as
a whole, H. P. Broussard, superin-
tendent of schools.
Patrons and friends of the schools
are cordially invited to attend and
take part in the discussions of the
program.
Leading educators of the state have
been invited to address the institute.
Thus far the following have accepted: !:
State Superintendent 7, H. Harris,
State High School Inspector C. A.
Ives, and State Institute Conductor
John R. Commit.