Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-12
500 TEACHERS TO
Be IN OTTAWA FOR
ANNUAL INSTITUTE
OTTAWA TO BE MECCA FOR
COUNTY EDUCATIONAL v-EAD-
ERS AUGUST 25-29-PROMlNENT
SPEAKERS ON PROGRAM.

1t is expected that five hundred
teachers will be in Ottawa for the
annual fveNay session of the La
Sale County Teachers Institute,
which will be held August 25th, 26th,
9th, 2Sth and 29th in the Ottawa
township high school. The institute
will be one of the best conferences
ever held by the teaching force of La
Sale county, and noted educators
from all over the country will be
here to take part on the program.
The sessions will commence at 8
o'clock in the morning and will last
until about o'clock in the afternoon.
There will be no evening meetings.
1t is thought that practically every
teacher in the county will be in at
tendance. One of the interesting
features will be the sectional meet
| ingS, when the teachers will meet
and specialize on the work Of the
grades in which they will teach dur
! ing the coming year.
Miss +. Louise Adams. primary in
! structor of the De Kalb normal
school will discuss educational seed
work, with the primary and intcrme-
diate sections.
Miss Grace Shields, primary in
structor of the Iowa state normal
school at Cedar Rapids, will present
the Beacon System" of reading for
rural teacher and to the primary sec
| ton
John Hof will have charge of the
| musical work of the institute and will
| also assist with the sectional meet
ings Miss Helen EIoff Will act as
| accompauist
Mrs. +. II Benson, chairman Of the
state war savings society of Illinois,
will deliver an address on Thursday
afternoon on "Tcaching Thrift in the
| schools"
Miss Mary Pack. hot food expert
Of the University of Illinois, will de.
| liver an address on Tuesday on the
Value Of Warm Lunches Miss
| Helen Glotfeter county home advis-
or will enlarge on this subject with
the rural teachers during the week
| W. r. Foster, county superinten-
dent of schools, will deliver talks on
| the organization and management of
| schools to the rural section.
| 4
will take part on the program will be
| DR., Elmer +. Jones, head of the de
partment of education of Northwest
ern University. Evanston. DR. Jones
will deliver addresses an School Ef,
ticiency' and Modern School Stand.
ards and Measurements
DR.. Charles II. Woolbert, a former
Ottawan, head Of the department OF
public speaking of the University Of
Illinois, will present oral reading and
expression to the grammar and inter
mediate sections DR. WoOlbcrt ra.
| Gently returned from overseas AZ
member Of the educational corps sent
| over by the government 10 teach the
/
body Of men who are attempting to
educate the American students to be
| come platform speakers. He is the
| son of Mrs. l.. w. Brewer of Congress
street.
r J Mccormick, principal of the
Ia Sallc-Pcru Township High School.
/ viii dcliycd an address on "Ameri.
caniZation" and will also discuss the
high school courses and standards
with the high school section
c. II KinGman principal Of the OF.
tawa Township High School, will nave
charge Of the high school section and
win deliver addresses on the organi.
lation of the modern high school and
the afIiatiOn Of the high school.
Musk Melons Are Ripe.
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