The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-04-19
MANY TEACHERS
ATTEND MEETING
Study Center at Denison on Saturday
Last Brings ne Teachers to the
city-Last One Of Year.
INSTRUCTORS FROM CEDAR FALLS
Very Profitable Meeting and Superin
tendent oiry Much Elated-List
a.. Of Teachers attending.

The fifth and last study center for
the school year 1915.1916 was held on
Saturday, April 18th, in Denison and
was attended by 172 teachers OF Craw-
ford county, who gathered to enjoy
the excellent program which had been
arranged for them by Prof. F. N. Olry,
county superintendent of schools.
1t has been the custom to hold a
teachers meeting at each town in the
county, but when the State Teachers
college at Cedar Falls offered to send
to our county special teachers from
the college who would lecture on the
latest and best methods in school
work it was decided to hold central
meetings termed study centers here
In Denison. The new arrangement
has worked out better than Professor
Olry had anticipated and the teachers
of the county are delighted with the
study centers as conducted. The in
structors sent to Denison have been
men and women of much experience
and they have given to the teachers of
Crawford county twenty hours OF
study work which would have been i'm.
possible under the old method of hold.
ing teachers meetings in each town.
The program Saturday was fitting
climax for the last of the study cen
ter meetings for the year. Professor
Sampson, Miss Aitchison and Miss
Barr gave the teachers much disable
material. Professor SIMPSONS lee
lures were inspirational and from the
heart He is friend OF every boy and
girl and those who were fortunate
enough to hear him felt that the teach
er has wonderful opportunity to de-
velOp the qualities in our boys and
girls that go to make life worth liv-
ing. Miss Barr gave the teachers sew
eral folk dances and games that will
put life into the play hours and the
children will be benefited as we'll as
entertained Miss Aitchison gave the
teachers some talks and helpful hints
in the teaching of geography that can
be used in everyday work to make
the lessons more interesting. Her
talk on Iowa geography was especially
helpful.
In all five study centers have been
held during the past year, with an av-
erage attendance of 1873 at each meet
ing. Had these meetings been held
In the towns of the county an attend
ance Of 300 would have been a large
number, while in all 665 teachers at
tended the five meetings.
Professor Olry is planning to organ
ize in each town in the county a par
ent.teachers meeting to take the place
of the regular teachers meetings,l
which will meet and discuss the prob
80 ;n<o
ents and teachers. In some Of thel
towns there now exist parentteach'
ers clubs which are proving beneficial
to the schools.
Below we give the names of the
teachers In attendance at the meeting
held Saturday.
Teachers in Attendance.
Lillian Granny, Lillian Miller, Grace
Tarpy. Loretta vanNess, Gertrude
Yerovich, Charlotte Anderson, Chris.
tine Anderson, Relta Coyrell, Anna L.
Powers, Bernice Hunsicker, Martha
Hird, Jessie Pease, Gertrude Latchaw,
Marie Rath, Marie McHenry, Margar-
ct McHenry, Mary A. Peters, Prof. C.
c. Randall. Myrtle Mcmahon. Bessie
Lyon, Gladys Funk, Ruth Leise, Ethea
Smith, Jacob Johnson, Nellie Upham,
James Edwards. Frank Lynch, Abbie
Cook, Florence VandeSteeg, Cora Pat
terson. Clara Krull, Anna Shirley
Verne Stocking. Hilda Turnlund, Efhe
Norris. Susie Craft, Harriet Hall, Iva
Mason, Myrtle McAhren. Kathryn New
land, Edna Raine, Berenice Blake,
Hazel Leise, Elizabeth McGinn. Faye
Chamberlin,, Olive Sophy, Mary Hall,
Helen Johnston, Sarah Trexel, Grace
Murchland, Tena Nelson, Birdie Berg,
Mrs. Decide Carl, Emma Wilken, VIC
let Tempest. Nellie Cosgrove, Leona
Johnston, Maude Leahy, Mary ". Far
reilly, Hilda Christensen, Anna Smet-
hurst, Prof. w. L. Upper, Flossie
Phillips. lila Lamb, Clara Morgan, Ag-