The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-10
EVERY Town
IN LEE COUNTY
Has Sent Its School Teachers to keo-
kuk for Two Days to stuV
Pedagogy In County
Institute.
A GOOD LECTURE TODAY
Over Two Hundred Pedagogues Hard
at Work in keoIeuk High School
Building and Seem to
Enjoy 1t.

Enjoy 1t.
Pack up your troubles in your old
kit bag
| And smile, smile, SMILE"
| This is the course over two hum
dred teachers are taking while at.
tending the Lee county teachres' in
stitute held at the high school today
and tomorrow. Every town in the
county was represented at the instt-
tute today with the exception of Fl.
Madison. Fl. Madison teachers will
be in attendance tomorrow.
| Troubles have been packed away
| and the smiles have appeared because
| of the inspirational lectures the in
stitute contains. Round table confer
, ences held for county superintendent
and principals. grade teachers, high
school and rural instructors have
/ proved benefit.
The institute faculty consists Of
Clark A .Fullmer of Lincoln, Nebr.;
/! DR.. ]. Adams Puffer, Hudson, Mass;
Supt. L. L. Caldwell, Monmouth, ILL.,;
| Supt. w. L. Hanson of Burlington,
and r. "A. Folk of Waterloo.
Concrete examples Of how to avoid
pedagogical scars and wounds were
given by Dr. Clark A. Fullmer, state
| Lincoln, Nebraska, when he spoke on
1.-THE Teacher and the Community"
this morning.
Failures would be avoided in the
! life of a teacher If he or she would
realize the Importance of proper
relationship between the teacher and
the community. was the gist of his
| lecture.
Teachers and Public Sentiment.
/ THE business of teacher is to
mold and shape public opinion said
Mr.. Fullmer.
Another thought brought out by
the speaker was that teachers would
have fewer difficulties If they were
more tolerant of other people.
| ANY teacher who thinks 1t doesn't
matter what other people think of
him will last but short time in any
I'm the fall Of the year a new super
lintendent comes into q community.
He accepts conditions as they are and
cites no faults publicly. He works
along quietly and gains the respect
and confidence of that community.
He works to improve conditions. In
short he begins the task of shaping
public opinion for better things. In
the spring he will be found to be in
good pedagogical health.
See, you teachers, that the begin
ming of your school year is as auspi-
cious as possible. 1t doesn't take
lpublic opinion long to set in cast.
When 1t is set it is almost impos-
sbile to change it
A Sure Sign Of Failure.
when teacher complains and
says she isn't getting square deal
the chances are that she has failed.
She has failed not from lack of edu-
cation, or experience, but from not
recognizing the importance of proper
relationship between teacher and
community.
"Tact is an important attribute of
success. You must have ability to
get along with other folks or else
you'll fail. It makes a big difference
what other folks think of us.
ut is a teachers right to believe
in certain religion and live 1t. But
her pupils have other forms of reli-
gious belief The teachers business
| is to know that her pupils have
right to their ideals, too.
"A teacher would have fewer diff
culties II he or she were more
tolerant"
The Program Today.
The program as it was carried out
today follows:
9:0O-Lecture. 1.-The Teacher and
the Communicable. Clark A. Full.
mer.
9:45-Round tables: "Superinten-
dents and Principals" J. Adams PUT.
fer; High School Teachers" DR..
Clark A. Fullmer; Grade Teachers"
Superintendent l.. L. Caldwell; Rural
Teachers" R A. Folk.
10:30-War songs--Prof. P. c. Hay
den, leader.
11:O0-Lecture, Putting the Co
in Pedagogy" Superintendent L. L.
Caldwell.
1:30-Lecture, Vocational Civics"
DR.. J. Adams Puffer.
2:3O-Lecture, Physical Education
and Its Place in the Schools"-Super-
intendent L. L. Caldwell.
3:3O-Round table work continued.
This evening at eight O'Clock DR..
Fullmer will be heard in another lee
ture.
Tomorrows Program.
The institute program for tomorrow
lis as follows:
S:O0-Lecture, DR.. Clark A. Full
mer
Friday, October IL