The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-23
TEACHERS
INSTITUTE
IN SESSION
Enrolment is Increasing =
President Aasgaard One
of the Speakers

The enrolment at the Clay County
Teachers institute had increased to
sixty-fve this morning and several
teachers arrived too late to register
before the opening exercises.
The feature of this mornings bro
gram was the demonstration of prt-
mary reading under the direction of
Miss Mary. c: Rainey. of the primary
Rainey had a class of first reader pu-
pills at work, not an exhibition, but
regular lesson. The object was to show
primary reading with d a view view, to to. pro TO
ginning of the work. Important points
brought out were training memory and
reasoning power. Miss Rainey's dem
onstration supplemented MISS Conant 8
excellent talk given yesterday after
Miss oLaughlir's hour in teaching
the art of penmanship occupied the
second period this morning.
school, conducted the chapel exercises
and gave a reading from Kittson's How
to Train Your Mind.
This afternoon, Pres. ]. A. Aasgaard,
of Concordia college. will address the
institute, taking the time allotted to
Miss Sherwood.
This evening, the teachers will be the
guests of the Country Life club of the
normal school from to s o'clock In
the gymnasium.
Miss Conant's talk yesterday after
noon on Teaching Children to Study
was given in manner that . emphasiz-
She said the reason so many people
fail in life is because they are not
taught to study-they only learn to
ted to drift along instead of being re-
CURED to study, they often feel that
the time is being wasted and drop out
of school.
said Miss Conant, 'is render her serv-
ices unnecessary to the pupil"
ITO know how to use ones energies
to best advantage when the problems
of life are encountered, she said, rs
the chief benefit to be derived from
Miss Conant said the study period
should be planned to develop in the pu-
pill concentration, judgment ana rea-
ly upon the German method, which lays
particular stress upon learning how to
study.
Miss Sue o'Laughlin gave a demon
stration in the Palmer system of writ
ing She put the institute to work as
a class in writing and there were few,
If any, who did not learn something
new in this important branch of school
work. Miss O'Laughlin's method was
definite and practical.
Among those who have enrolled are:
Magnus Johnson, an ofhcer of district
No. IS; supt: and Mrs s. O. Tang; Perry
Miss Amanda c. Johnson, who is teach
ing a rural demonstration school afhli-
ated with the normal school.
Following is the program for the
Central Minnesota Educa-
tional association, which will begin
Thursday morning:
Normal school, Jan. "a, c. c. SWAIN
Forenoon session, 9 a. m. to IL M
The New Course of Study: (a) Princi-
pies. aims, use. OBJ How can the sup
erintendent effectively make use of the
Program in Rural schoolss (a) I'm
portance; suggestive program. (b) d.
rection to teachers as to the proper dis
tribution of time, grades and subjects.
(c) Recitation and study program.
Afternoon session, p m. to 5 p: M
The Recitation: (a) How to judge a
recitation-special emphasis on read
ing. (b) How to be constructive In
A Practical Health Program: (al
Special emphasis on value of school
nurse. OBJ Teaching of sanitation and
clean building. (c) Building conditions
that should not be tolerated.
Community Activities-Proper and
valuable community activity to be en-
school field meets, county graduations,
club work, reading circle work, con-
tests, county fair exhibits. consolida-
ton.
Northwest Central Minnesota Educa-
tional ssociation-Thursday forenoon
Visiting schools of Moorhead and
Fargo.
Thursday forenoon, o'clock, audi
torium, Clay county institute. Supt. S.
o. Tang. presiding.
Opening exercises.
Physical Training in the Rural
Schools, Grace B. Sherwood, Crookston
School of Agriculture.
Organization of Boys and Girls
Clubs, T. A. Erickson, state leader OF
Boys and Girls clubs.
termission-Teachers and School
OfIicers' Reports, Supt. S. O. Tang.
Chapel exercises.
Thursday MISUNDERSTANDING schools
OF MoOrhead and Fargo.
Thursday afternoon, 2 o'clock, audi
torium--Joint meeting Of school oflcers