Phillips County herald., 1923-07-12
TEACHERS INSTITUTE
/. TO Be Hello HERE
JULY 23 TO AUG. 8
TEACHERS FROM SIX cuNTlES
TO MEET IN HoLYokE FOR
SESSION OF TWO WEEKS
District Teachers institute Planned
to be Real Treat for Teachers
Four Hundred to Attend

The teachers from Logan, Morgan.
Washington, Yuma, Sedgwick and
Phillips counties will meet in Normal
Institute, July 23rd, and continue in
session until August 3rd, Commit
tees assisting Supt Walter V. Riffen-
burg have about completed arrange
teachers.
The business men and Commercial
Club are sponsors for free festivities
provided for them which include Band
concerts, free movie at the Peerless
| thearte, picnic with basket lunch at
Gilbert's Grove four miles west of
Holyoke, and one afternoon will be
given over to an auto trip to show
the beauty and wealth Of this county.
| The HOlyoke people are almost a
unit in making this town a pleasant
place for the visiting teachers. Let
everybody get together to make the
Holyoke Institute the pleasantest and
bes ever held in the district, and il
we do, it will require some effort on
our part for the Brush last year did
herself proud in her entertainment
of the institute people. Let's try to
beat it.
The instructors who will be here
are the best ever, list OF which Is
| given below.
Mr.. Isaac E. Stutsman. Superinten-
dent of Schools, Fort Morgan. has
been chosen as conductor of the IN
stitute. Mr.. Stutsman is well known
to most of the teachers of this dis
trict and needs but little introduction.
He has been associated with the in
stituta work of Colorado for years
with increasing success. His class
room methods are novel and give an
added zest to the work In history and
clvics.
Mrs. Charles Price Cochran. of
Pueblo. will have charge OF the work
In rural administration and will offer
a course in physical education. Her
experience "a rural teacher, as a
county superintendent and as a teach-
er in large city system fits her ad-
mirably for the work that she will
present. Mrs. Cochran has been in
structing in the Institutes of Colorado
for but four years, yet she has made
for herself place beside the ablest
In the state.
Mrs. Villa Stevens Girault, head of
the department OF Normal Instruction
in the Logan County High School, has
been a successful trainer OF teachers
for years. Her personal work Is Iarg-
ely responsible for the high class OF
rural teachers graduated from the
Sterling School Mrs Glrault will
present the work In Primary Methods
and Construction.
Mr.. K. D. McClntook. who will
have charge of the work In Geography
and School Law. has made a reputa-
tion Cor himself as a County Superin.
tendent In otero County. and as Di.
rector OF Teacher Training in the
New Mexico Teachers College ut Las
Vegas. He has been engaged In In
stitnte work in other districts during
the summer and comes 10 Holyoko
with a wealth OF new material.
Mr.. Ralph Robb. Superintendent OF
Sohoois in Holyoke. Is a new man on
the faculty. He win have charge OF
the work IN science. Mr.. Robb, by
his steady growth as school man.
has attracted attention TO himself and
Holyoke. His enthusiasm coupled
with his technical training makes him
an Ideal Instructor
Mr.. Edwin Barlow Evans ls too well
known by bis work as a lecturer To
need any Introduction 10 the tsachers.
He has filled numberlesa return ON.
gagements all over the Unlted States
and hts work each year shows In
croasing power Hig work In Litera-
ture viii be particularly interesting
10 The more experienced teachera
Mr. John ifCochran returns to the
faculty after nm absence N one year
spent doing advanced work al Colpm.
bia University His previous work
with the taacbers OF thls district has
been OF such "a character that every.
ons halls his return with delight.
Miss Zoe I. smith. who viii have
charge Of writing. IL one Of the beat