The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-10-20
TEACHERS MADE TO FEEL AT HOME
DURING INSTITUTE WEEK IN BLACKF00T
Citizens Cooperate to
Make Week Pleasant
and Profitable
for Visitors

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teachers Of nine counties Of Idaho,
has been in session this week at
Blackfoot, with very gratifying con-
ditions attending it. The number in
attendance is about equal to that OF
last year, there being 800 visitors
here according to the railroad tickets
sold and collected and it is thought
there are still others of whom there
is no record. With favorable
weather conditions and the whole
population of the town and
all the teachers Of Bingham county
wishing to make the institute pleas
ant and profitable to the visitors,
there has been no lack of satisfac-
tion and expressions Of appreciation
among them.
BY strange coincidence, the one
thing that caused the most appre-
hension and fear Of failure has been
the one thing that has been present
in greatest abundance and has actu-
ally caused an unexpected loss
among the citizens 1t was con-
tended from the first, that it would
tax the housing facilities of Black
foot to the utmost to take care Of
800 visitors, and to feed them. The
whole town bestirred itself to meet
what was considered an emergency,
beds were bought and rented and
borrowed for the week, and housing
facilities expanded to the limit, and
therew ere not enough teachers to
60 round. Many people were left
without guests after making pre-
parations, and they have felt keen
sense of disappointment. Prepara-
tions were made also for furnishing
meals in quantity suiting the sup
posed emergency, and there have
been losses on meals that were pre-
pared and not needed. So many
were unexpectedly entertained by
friends, that it cut down the number
which the church organizations pre-
pared meals for, that the lack OF
understanding of the individual in
tention of guests and hosts alike,
added to the losses. In this way the.
town has taken the measure of its
capabilities and has surprised itself.
It has capacity for handling about
SO per cent more visitors than it has
taken half of one institute period to
find it out and check up on its actual
resources. So far as can be learned,
all teachers are nicely cared for, and
many of the best homes in town are
without guests or have not as many
as they were prepared for.
People have enjoyed having the
teachers, and they in turn have been
very generous in expressions Of sat
isfaction at the reception which the
whole town has given them. The
spirit of the town has been one of
hospitality, expressed officially and
Individually. The mayor and coun-
Gil sent each teacher an invitation
and greeting to enjoy the town in
its fullest friendship, and the enter
tainment accorded them from the
moment of arrival has been a con-
firmation of the sincerity Of that
greeting. On Monday and Tuesday
evening dances were given in their
honor and local people suited their
efforts to the needs of the hour to
see that the teachers had first and
last favors. Drives to the sugar
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the big warehouse of the Potato
Growers association and the seed
warehouse of the Grimm growers,
the packed house at the fashion
shows put on by Seeger- Bundle COM
pany, the Johnson Millintry and the
Beachy Shoe company, the hayrides
on the trucks thru the city park and
fairgrounds and the purchase of 900
seats at the big musical entertain
ment for Thursday night to be filled
by teachers and institute people, all
serve to make the teachers feel that
they have arrived home when they
are in Blackfoot. On the part Of the
Blackfoot people, all of these acts
have been pleasure, and institute
week has been good week. 4
The talent" for the institute, the
people who do the teaching and |
lecturing, have measured up we'll,
and made the work good. To enum-
crate them would be to repeat what
we have already published in ad-
vance of the institute and to 60 into
details to show how and why they
were good.
CAR HITS BOY