Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-05-04
NEWPORT

Annual Institute closed Friday
evening after the most profitable
and interesting session held in
the county. There were eighty
i've teachers present instead OF
sixty as reported last week.
Every district in the county was
represented except two and they
Were too far away. The program,
for each day was well rendered
and very interesting. State Sup
erintendcnt Churchill was pres
ent for two days and took great
interest in discussing education
nj questions and explaining
points in the school law and ans /
wering questions put to him by
the teachers. Mr.. Churchill is
an original thinker and goes
ahead and blazes ont new trails
in educational work. He Is q
hard worker and instills that
spirit into the teacher who would
succeed. No success in life,
worth while is ever attained
without great effort. "The nights
by great men reached and kept,
Were not attained by sudden
flight, But they while their COM
panions slept were toiling up
ward in the night" Superinten-
dent Churchill has the educa-
donal work of the state well in
hand and he is popular among
all the teachers. What Churchill
says generally goes" Another
good worker in these Institutes
is Chas. H. Jones, editor of the
Oregon Teachers Monthly and
by the way this is a valuable
journal and should be in the
hands of every teacher and also
others, who wish to be posted in
the new laws effecting schools
and in the educational work O.
the state generally. Mr.. Jones
always takes an active part in
all the discussions-leads the
singing and is so useful to the
success of the institute, that
don't see how they could gel
along without him. Another
live wire and popular teacher Ii
Prof. M. s. Pittman of Mon.
mouth Normal school. Teachers
don't go to sleep while he is talk.
ing. When he first stepped upon
the platform you could see he
was a general. The first he did
was to order every teacher in
the room to stand. This they
did in a hurry, standing in posi-.
ton and as straight as Indians
Then he passed them through a
calisthenic drill that lasted fiji
teen minutes. Everyone kept
time with the leader and went
through the exercises so nicely
that one would think they had
been especially trained for the
occasion. This is a good exer-
else. 1t straightens up the round
shoulders, takes the bow out Of
the back, expands the lungs
makes the muscles hard, strons
and supple. This drill was highly
enjoyed by all the teachers. His
lecture on a select subject wa!
just fine and will be a valuabl,
acquisition to the teachers
knowledge. Prof Seymour oI
the o. A. c., subject, Club Work
illustrated, was the next speaker
but he was in Portland and coult
not come. So his place was fiji
ed by Prof. Allen of the sam,
college. This professor is tn,
pig raiser Of the school but h,
spoke on the subject Of Parent
Teachers Association and ex.
tension work. His first lecture
was at the Royal Theatre, II.
Illustrated with picture slides
showing how the boys that be.
longed to Rural Clubs, conduct
the farm business. Showing tn,
difference between the way the
boy did the work and the ole
man. The boy selected a fe'
male pig and breeding 1t up to Q
high grade soon had a lot oi
fine hogs-fed them on corn oi
his own raising and soon they
were ready for market and sold
for big sum Of money. The pic.
cures showed how nicely the boy
kept the pens, how he washed
the troughs every day before
feeding, how clean he kept the
pigs with brush and soap and
how clean he kept the sty by
washing with lime and water
The fences were kept up and the
land kept clean and everything
about the boys farm was I'm ap-
pie pye order. Il was different
when the old gentleman ran the
business. The manure was piled
up around the barn so you could
not shut the door, neither could
the stock get into the barn. His
mig pens were iiD to the belly of