The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-29
County Club Leader Announces the
Events Next Week at Fall Festi-
val and Asks Co
operation.
TO COMBINE MEETINGS
II Was Decided at Lee County Insti-
tute That Association Meeting
Be Held With Southeastern
Iowa Session.

Boys and girls club week at the
Keokuk fall festival, October 8 to Z,
was announced before the Lee coun-
! ty institute this morning, by A. c.
Evans of West Point, county club
leader. Mr.. Evans explained what is
being done, how the clubs have been
organized, and how the results of the
boys and girls work Is to be judged
here next week. The Keokuk mer-
chants are going to pay the expenses
OF the Lee county boys to Keokuk.
and the prize winners among the boys
will have trip to the cattle show at
Chicago and to the state college at
Ames, for the girls.
Club Leader Evans urged all of the
teachers who have boys and girls in
the corn and canning club contests to
allow them to be absent from school
during the club day next week, which
will be Wednesday He spoke of the
excellent work which many of the
pupils are doing and asked that the
teachers cooperate that much.
To Combine Meetings.
At the business session Of the Lee
county teachers institute held this
morning, it was decided to consoli-
date the meeting of the Lee county
association with the southeastern
Iowa meeting in April, and to con-
tinue the officers OF the county asso-
citation for another year. The Off
GERS are James Fisk Of Fort Madison.
chairman and Miss Louise Helwig, of
Keokuk, secretary These
officers and County superintendent
Lynn are the executive committee of
the county association.
The reason for the change was to
make the southeastern Iowa meeting
one of the largest possible. 1t is sell
dom that the meeting comes this far
down In the state. Keokuk had it
few years ago. 1t was in 1898 that
Fort Madison had the meeting the
last time. Every effort is to be put
forth to make this large convention
and to get all of the teachers in
southeastern Iowa interested.
G. w. Cruikshank OF Mt. Pleasant
and E. d. Bradley OF Muscatine are
the officers Of the southeastern Iowa
association.
Or. Reimers Talks.
Another former Keokuk man ap-
peared on the program this morning.
He was DR.. Robert NJ. Reimers of FIT.
Madison, who talked on "The Conserv-
alton of Vision Dr.. Reimers said in
his talk before the teachers that this
was an important fact and was fire.
quently overlooked. 1t must be given
careful attention he said, or else per-
manent impairment of vision would
result It is hoped that the address
Of DR.. Reimers will start movement
throughout the county on the part of
instructors to protect the vision of
the school children through proper
methods Of handling the illumination
advantages of the school room.
The Closing Sessions.
Prof. F. c.. Ensign of Iowa City
opened the mornings program with
an interesting talk to the teachers. He
was followed by DR.. Reimers. Chapel
was led by superintendent WEIGH of
Fort Madison. The Problem of Disci-
pline" was the subject of an interest
ing and instructive talk by DR.. w. o.
Bagley The early afternoon session
was taken up with conferences. Pro-
lessor Ensign was in charge of the
high school teachers round table and
Superintendent Galloway had the
grade and rural teachers work. The
final session of the afternoon was
taken up with an address by DR.. Bag
ley who told of the tests to apply in
efficient teaching.
Superintendent Lynn has an
nounced Seed Corn week, next week,
and fire prevention day on October 9.
He is suggesting to the teachers that
they observe these days.