Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-09-11
TEACHERSASK
WIDER SCOPE
IN INSTITUTE
Express Appreciation
For III arlingen's
Welcome and Work
Of Faculty

HARLINGEN, Sept. 10.-The Tri-
County Teachers Institute, composed
of 642 teachers from Hidalgo, Cam
eron, and Willacy counties. which
had been in session here since Mon
day. was brought To q cfose Friday
afternoon with the adoption Of res
olutions relative TO educational prob
lens of the state and asking that
the institute for next year be en-
larged and extended.
The institute just closed was pro-
claimed the most successful in the
history of the Valley. New ideas and
fresh inspiration were brought to
the teachers through the lectures
Of DR.. Macy Campbell. CHIEF lee
turer before the institute, and the
staff Of well known educators who
had charge of the various sections.
At the business session which
closed the program Of the institute
Friady afternoon the following res
olutions were presented by the COM
mittee appointed apd unanimously
adopted by the convention as a
whole:
That our heartiest thanks be ex-
tended the city of Harlingen for the
kind reception which Mayor Finley
Ewing SO graciously extended to US
during this week Of institute.
That our thanks BE- extended to
Supt. Phipps for providing adequate
room for each section of the insti-
tute and for putting his school, his
teachers, and himself at our SER
vices.
That thanks be extended to Mrs
Crown for leading our singing so ef.
ficiently and for providing music
and entertainment.
That thanks be extended TO the
teachers of the West Ward, Presby-
terian church, girls Of the home
economics class, and the Girl Re.
serve for providing lunches at noon
for the teacehrs.
Whereas the faculty Of this in.
stisute has worked untirinrIy
through this hot weather to give us
the very best instruction and lat
est ideas from the educational world
we extend our thanks to:
Thos. J. Voc, Brownsville, conduct
or.
DR.. Macy Campbell. Iowa State
Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa
general lectures.
Supt. r. +. Oberholutzer, superin-
tendent Houston schools, high school
section.
Mr.. I. I. Nelson, University Of Tex
as. junior high school section.
Miss Inez Foster, supervisor
fourth and fifth grades, San An
tonic city schools, fourth and fifth
grade section.
Miss Anna ID. Cordts, Iowa State
Teachers College, Cedar Falls Iowa,
English-speaking division, primary
section.
Miss Ollie Storms. assistant pir-
mary supervisor, San Antonio city
schools. foreign speaking division,
primary section.
Miss Irene Prewitt, penmanship
supervisor. Edinburg schools, pen
manship.
As the executive committee has
shown such good judgment in Sc
lecting our faculty. We wish, also, to
extend our thanks to them.
That thanks be extended to Mr..
Barrou for delivering the message
from the Department Of Education in
such clear and interesting way
that there was no mistaking its
meaning.
And in the light Of this lecture
this instituiE, therefore, heartily.
one and all, endorses Mr.. Marrs ad-
ministration, his program for the
future, and the amendments to be
voted on this fall. We do this in or
der that Mr.. Marrs may know that
he has the whole Rio Grande Valley
backing him in every progressive
step he makes in Education.
Whereas our schools have been in
jured by the apportionment per
pupil being reduced. we therefore
endorse the idea of sending NJ
Marrs a telegram asking that every
effort be made TO extend tnis ap-
portionment.
Whereas the State of Texas has
been greatly benefited by the work
Mrs. Mars is doing in the Parent
Teachers Association we, the teach
ers Of the Lower Rio Grande Valley
endorse her work and extend to her
our appreciations.
Whereas Mr.. n. I. Ellis has
watched faithfully the advancements
made in education and has spent
long hours in studying the Texas
situation, and therefore knows
whereby Texas can be greatly bene-
fitted by legislative acts. the teach
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