Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-05
WAS PROFITABLE meet
INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS HAS
A LARGE ATTENDANCE.
Splendid Program Interests, Leading
Educators Being Among the
Days Speakers.

The Teachers institute held at In
dependence last Saturday was one Of
the best ever held in the county. II
was well attended. The professional
spirit of the teacher was excellent
many teachers coming from across the
county, having to start the night be-
fore in order to make the trip. All
of them expressed themselves as be-
ing well pleased with the meeting,
from which they denved much good
The professional teacher, and the
teacher who has her work at heart
always gets much from a county in
stitute.
The following program was carried
out: Address, Grammar" H. J.
Hockenberry of the Portland schools
address, "Industrial Work." F. H.
Shepherd of the Oregon Agricultural
college; address, "The Old Play
Ground and the New" H. j. Hocken-
berry; class demonstration, Miss
Katherine Arbuthnot of the Oregon
Normal school; address, j. A. Church
i'll, superintendent Of public instruc-
ton; address, "School Gardening"
Miss Alice Joyce of Portland; two
vocal solos by Mrs. E. E. Paddock
and Mrs. Claire Irwin of Indepen-
dence.
The following teachers were pres
ent: Dallas, W. l. Ford, H. H. Dun
kleberger, Mrs. Bonnie Smith; Smith
field, Miss Fay Henson, Miss Dora
Hayes; Eola, Vesta Gardner; Red
Prairie, Eva Schneider; Lewisville,
Miss Cecil Dodd; Parker, Dora Bort
ner; Valley View, F. Silsbee; Mon
mouth, Miss Armilda Doughty, Miss
Alice Mcintosh, Miss Katherine Ar
buthnot, Miss Olive Dawson, Miss Su-
,dah Cohoon; Orchards, w. E. Buell.; !;
Airlie, Miss Delilah Mcdaniel, Miss
May Tapscott; Polk Station, Miss
Norma Holman; Oak Grove, Miss
Olive Porter; Perrydale, A. L. Apple
white, Miss Nellie Keyt, Mrs. A. l..
Applewhite; Fairview, Miss Minnie
Nelson; Rickreall, Mr.. Fred S. Crow
ley; Oakpoint, Miss Carrie Dahm;
Elkins, Miss Edith Witzel; Indepen-
dence, Mr.. C. F. Waltman, Miss E.
Pearl Smith, Miss Madelaine Chase,
Miss Martha Calbreath, Mr.. D. Ches-
ley Bones, Mrs. Margaret Dalton,
Miss Kora Browne, Miss Agnes John
ston, Miss Amanda Facklam, Miss
Mable Stevens, Miss Bessie Graham,
Miss Stella Robinson, Miss Frances
Cooper, Mrs. George Conkey; Brush
College, Miss Almeada j. Fuller, Miss
Margaret Garrison; Buena Vista, Mr..
R. G. Dykstra, Miss Vera Burns, Miss
Helen Cook; Spring Valley, Miss
Marie Vinzelberg; Popcorn, Miss
Flora Grice; Suver, Miss Olive
Lembke; Greenwood. Miss Jennie
Schriver; Sunny Slope, A. J. Ship
ley; Oakdale, Mrs. Matte Neal;
Black Rock, Miss Alice f. Quint;
Falls City, Mr.. E. M. Haley, Miss Ina
B. Graham, Miss Edith Montgomery,
Miss Leta Wolverton, Miss Alice p.
Pimm, Miss Pearl r. Snedeker, Miss
Mary E. Whitman, Miss Leone Chap
in; Cherry Grove, Miss Daphne Hen
derson; Oakhurst, Mrs. j. D. Meyer;
Mountainview, Miss Esther Halver-
son; Hopville, Miss Martha Skersies,
Miss Lena Skersies; Mr.. L. P. Gil
more and Miss Mira Butler Of the
Normal school faculty. Also there
were several of the students of the
Normal school present and several
visiting teachers from other counties.
The next teachers meeting will be
held at Falls City April 10.