The Mena weekly star., 1917-06-21
INSTITUTE WAS
 BEST HELD HERE
Largest Attendance, Most Efficient in Work in Every Department--Some Special Features-TaIk of
 30-Day Normal Next Year.

The closing session of the Polk County Teachers Institute. which had been in session since Monday. was held Friday morning, and most of the teachers left that day for their respective homes. The insti- ute without doubt was the best that has ever been held in Polk county, from the standpoint of attendance, as well as from the interest that was manifested thruout by the in strnctors and those in attendance. indeed. the teachers became so in- tereSted in the work, and they real ized the limitations Of time so great ly, that they went on record as fav- bring a summer normal of one month, the plans for which are to be worked out by the County Super intendent The record for attend ance was another evidence of the interest which was taken by the teachers Out of the total enroll- ment of i2i, there were ii3 who att tended every session.
 True Co the rule that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, the teachers did not spend all of the time in study, but took time for re- creation and entertainment Chief among the entertainment features was the program given Tuesday night by the members of the w. C. T. U. in the auditorium of the Nj. k. church, South Then there was one evening spent with Miss Mamie Johnston in Jansen Park, for the story telling hour, and on the fol- lowing evening the teachers all gathered again in Janssen Park for play ground activities under the di- recton of Prof l.. E. Quinn, the object being not so much entertain ment as to teach the value of sys- tematic and supervised playground activities, and yet all of the teachers are agreed that this hour was the finest effort that had been made for fostering goodfellowship amons the teachers. Last, came the flas day exercises given Thursday nigh under auspices of the Elks lodge and which were attended by man, Of the teachers.
 The aesthetic influence of the in. stitute was so strong that one of tn, teachers, Prof C. N. Woods, dur ing the closing hours became poetic and this is the result:
 Let us look from the State to tn,
 County,
 Where "Old Polk shines, jewe
 bright,
 Where the sunshine of joy and glad
 ness
 Floods the woods and the fields will
 light:
 There sweet fragrance fills the air There the gardens bloom so fair, sFis land Of the home with no sor
 row or care;
 0hl What joy thore awaits all tn
 weary
 Who may seek for a Home Swee
 Home"
 At close of the session Frida, morning a number of resolution were dii0ptisii duui III tifcst io Iuli' expressed the consensus of opinion of the teachers.
 Following is the report of the res olution committee at the close of tn, institute:
 To the Teachers of Polk County. il Institute Assembled:
 Whereas. We have been assisted by many of the good people of Meni in rendering pleasant as well as profitable program,
 Therefore, be il resolved, Tha we extend to the following name, persons ous sincere thanks for lhei services. Misses Kathleen Holt. Ma, Mcdonald, Irene Thornton an, Maud Moore.
 Be 1t further resolved. That tn, teachers of Polk County extend theii