Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-10-08
ELhLs.LiS:3' INSTITUTE.

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| -hs oeanandoan County institutf
twas held intha Count Eouse IN W., h
latock on Friday, Oct Isl.
! Devotional exercises vera ooYducA
led by Rev. S. w Krhns TIE surar-
!'3senoent gave q summary # lhe
ipans for the co,ning year, pointing
jouG the need for better attendance,
better schools N every respect.
The roll call showed only small
number of teachers absent.
Hon Henry G Ellis, State High
School Inspector, gave q very inter
eStiug address in which he pojaled
| the need for the ratification Of the
three proposed school amendments TO
! the Constitution. He stated that
with the ratification Of these amend
ments the General Assembly would
De 10 position to provide for the
Expansion Of the school system, but
that if these amendments were defeat
ed the school system would be uuab Q
to make any considerable progress
Tor number Of years.
Mr.. Arthur G. Ramey of the Stras-
burg schools discussed the "Deteu-
ton Camp" idea as 1t is now con
Quoted in that school. MIR. Ramey
stated that the detention camp did
two very definite things, It helped
careless and indifferent students con-
siderably with their work and that
In d large measure it tended to break
up hardness.
The County Teachers Associ alton
effected an organization at which the
following officers were elected: Mr.. NJ.
c. Uolingsworth, President, Miss
Margaret 4 Davis, Secretary Treas
urer. Vice Presidents for The sew
eral districts were as follows: Ashby,
Mr.. 4. b Moore, Lee, Mr.. w. j..
Ssirewa)t; Stonewall, Mr.. Ernest MI
le-; Woodstock, alr. Fred { Buck;
Davis, Mr., a. G. Ramey; Madison,
Miss Bertha A. DeIlinger; Johnston,
Miss Esther Wisman.
The Association elected the fol-
lowing delegates to the State Con-
ference in Richmond MISS Maude
OrndorT, Miss Margaret B. Davis,
Miss Mary c. Shipe, Miss Ruth Mil
Ter, Mrs Stella W. Keller. Alter
mates we're elected as follows; Miss
Eula Sine, Miss Catherine O'Neal,
Miss Joyce Dellinger, Mr.. c. c.
Copp and Miss Clare Whetzel
The Teachers Association passed
resolutions endorsing the three pro-
posed Constitutional amendments.
Al the afternoon session Mr.. Geo.
W Guy. Executive Secretary o: the
Co-opera:tve EducatouaI Associa-
ton, spoke on the need OF good
school league or some similar organi
cation In every school within the State
Of Virginia after this address the
Institute broke up into conferences
The conference OF high school teach
ars was conducted by Hon. Henry G
Ellis This proved to 5e q wonder
fully helpful conference as many I'M
portaut high schoo. problems were
discussed
The conference OF the grammar
grade teachers was conducted by Miss
K ate NJ. Anthony Of the Il arrisonburg
n Normal School Miss Anthony dis
cussed methods in reading and gave
considerable attention to the discus
sion of writing and tests and meas
urements. Some OF these tests and
will be used in the
schools Of the county this session.
The primary conference was con-
Quoted by Miss Seegar, Primary Sup
ervisor in the Harrisonburg Normal
Papers on reading were presented at
this conference by Miss Lena Cooper
and Miss Lois Smoot. Following
these papers Miss Seegar conducted a
very helpful conference on teaching
reading in the lower grades.
The fourth conference was q confer
ence Of patrons and te achers conduct
cd by Mr.. Geo. W. Guy, OF Rich
mOnd. At this conference definite
steps were taken to encourage the
work of the league throughout the
county in the coming session MIR.
w E. Mclnturff was reelected Chair.
man of the county organization and
Mr.. c. W. Hepner was reelected Sec