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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1905)
FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , AUGUST 4 , 1905. Richardson County Teachers' Institute The Annual Session of the Richardson County Teachers' Institute will be hekl til the High School Building , in Falls City , Neb. , Beginning Monday Evening , April 7 , and Closing Saturday , August 12. PROGRAMME \ * f Please study the above program. It may be changed , as we wish to accommodate as many as possible' ' , but conform to it as nearly as you can. Have your llrst and second choice in each subject you desire to take. All are icquired to be present during Opening Kxerclses , and take at leastsix periods during the day. After October llrsfc the State Superintendent , with his examining board , will have charge of certification of teachers. Your Institute record will be tiled with the State Examining Hoard. ' Bring your desire to work , your enthusiasm and your sociability with you. Thanking you In advance for your co-operation , 1 am , ' fraternally yours , OKu. GltOOKUK , Co. Supt. IMMNTKD IT The Richardson County In stitute will be held in the High School rooms in Palls City during - ing the week beginning August the 7th , and promises to be one of the most interesting educa tional meetings ever held in Southeastern Nebraska. ENKOLLMENT. jf' All teachers who can conven iently are requested to enroll before the opening ot the in stitute. The usual enrollment fee of § 1. will be charged. It would be a good plan to come to Falls City Saturday , secure a board place , enroll be rested and ready for work Monday morning. There will be a list of boarding places at the County Superintendent's office. EXAMINATION. Saturday afternoon , August 12th will be given to examina- tions. Saturday , August 19th Js a regular examination day. ATTENDANCE. The institute will last , only six days. It will be academic , professional and inspirational all three in one. It is very necessary that nil teachers in the county meet at least once a year to learn and discus methods of teaching , to compare notes , gain an inspiration , get a defi nite understanding of the new school laws , and understand definitely the plan of the work for the coming year. All who undnrstand school work realize this to be true , and in fact our school laws make attendance at the institute one of the conditions of issuance of the teacher's certificate. The provision is made that the Coun ty Superintendent may excuse teachers from institute , "When applicationt is made before the opening of the institute and satisfoctory reason for absence given in writing by such teach ers. " But no excuse will be granted except under the most imperative circumstances. It is certainly no imposition to re quires all teachers to be present the full session six days , be ginning Monday morning. Please remember that this is your Institute , that it is not solely for the purpose of get ting a lit.le information about text books , but that to learn methods of teaching and guild the children entrusted to your care is its main object. "Edu cation is the path and goal of human progress and the pat ! and goal of human progress is the social circle. , , Parker. A week's friendly conference and mingling together are o : great importance to all of us. Remember that you are a par of the teaching force of this county and you owe it to your self , to our fellow teachers , to your patrons and to your chosen profession to be present and lend all your iniluence towards making your institute a success. INSTRUCTORS. Most of our instructors are well known Richardson County : eachers and need no Sntroduc- : ion Supt. W. H. Pillsbury , Falls City , will have charge of the work in Physiology , Elements of Agriculture , History and Geography. Sup. R. L. Hoff , Humboldt , will present written Arithmetic Civil Goverment , Mental Arith metic and Diadactics. Miss Grace Greves , who had charge of primary work in Lin coln city schools last year , and who has recently been elected primary supervisor for the Kearney State Normal School , will present the work in Pri- nary Numbers , Form Studys and Primary Drawing , Primary Rreading Phonograms , and will conduct a Primary Teachers. Kensington each afternoon at J:30 : to4 o'clock. During this lour , paper cutting and folding , aflia work , and other kinds of busy work will be taught. Even .adies who do not expect to teach will find this work very interesting and profitable and are invited to join the class. Miss Greves is one of Nebraskas most popular institute instruc tors. Mrs. H. C.Richmond , who has for several years been super visor of music in the South Omaha public schools and who lias recently been elected super visor of music in the Kearney State Normal School will teach our teachers how to teach vocal music in the public schools. Miss Richmond was with us last year and all our teachers are delighted to know she is to be with us this year. Three periods in vocal music will be given each day. All lovers of vocal music who can possibly arrange to do so should attend these classes whether they ex. pect to teach or not. Prof. George E. Martin , Prin cipal of the Nebraska City High School , is a Richardson County boy who has by hard work and good judgement earned for him self an enviable reputation as institute instructor. He will teach two classes in Grammar , one Beginning Methods , the other Diagramming and Analy sis. He will also instruct in Advanced Reading , and will teach a class in Picture Study in connection with his exhibit of fine art pictures. After four o'clock each day he will give instruction in Basket Ball and other school games. Miss Verna Vastine of Rule , will give instructions in Water Color Woric. Miss Vastine is strong in this work , and has , during the past summer been making special preparation in the State Normal School and at the Omaha Studio. All lovers of art who possibly can should take this work' whether they expect to teach or not. An additional fee of 50 cent will be charged to help to pay for the material used. Miss Martha King of Verdon has been doing special work in Pennmanship and Drawing in the State Normal School during the past two years , and will present these subjects during the institute. The work in draw- will be such as should be given in the Grammar grades and High Schools. Prof. Osher Schaifer in his genial and practical way will teach English Composition and Letter Writing. Prof. J. W. Watson will offer instuction in Algebra and Gee metry. County Superintendent Crock er will have charge of the Be ginner's Round Table. SPECIAL I'EATUHKS The annual teachers' reception and spelling contest will bo held in the liiuli Hehool building Mon day evening. Refreshluonts will be served , tea -hers will get no- quninted and besi of all , State Superintendent J. L. McBrien will be with us for the evening's lecture. The spelling contest will be in promptly nt 7:30. : The. words will be taken from the Roll of Honor spelling book as long as more than ten teachers remain in the contest , after this the words will be taken from Reed's Word Lessons. Suit able prizes will be offered. Supt. Pillsbury will have charge of the contest. Wednesday afternoon Prof. Davidson will be with us for a short talk on the Nebraska School of Agriculture , and in the evening will speak on the subject , ' 'Getting the Meaning of Things , " Other evening lecturers will be announced during the first day of the institute. VOCAL MUSIC It is quite certain that Nebraska teachers will have to pass an examination - amination in vocal music in the near future. Wo deeire to pre pare the way for the teachers ol Richardson county , not only thai they may learn to rend music , bul that they may be prepared to : each it in accordance with the ntest and moHt iidvanced ideas. Music and love are the wings of the soul. " "It is not all learned Tom books , " and we should bo prepared BO lend our pupils to love uul appreciate the true , the beau- ; iful and the good. Already many of our teachers are doing good work in vocal music. AB stated abovv , Mrs. H. 0. Richmond will present this subject. I'IGTUKE STUDY All have been delighted with ; he work in this subject during the past three years and the county superintendent has boon urged to ' inve a class in picture study dur- , ng the coming institute. Prof. | I Martin , Nebraska's pioneer in thin j | line of work , will have charge of the art exhibit and conduct a class' u picture study. The good re sults of the last three years' work in this line are seen in nearly every school house in the county. The study of pictures is w subject strongly urging its claim upon the teachers of today. By picture study , we mean , learning to appre ciate the master pieces in art which have stood the p vorcst test of critics and still have their mes sages to convey to us as in days of yore. AUTKXIHHIT The art exhibit will have been prepared at considerable Inbor and expense , and will again bring within the reach of our teachers reproductions of the grentestj ! treasures of art. About 3700.OOJ j worth of pictures will be exhib ited. I HXHIHIT OK SCHOOL WOKK I We owe much to our pioneers. Richardson county is recognized as the pioneer in this Institute Exhibit of School Work. It has become a permanent feature of our institute. People from a dis tance will come especially for this exhibit. Misses Alverda Allen and Ora French , of Salem , will have charge of this work. Teach ers who have not already sent work for this exhibit are urged to do so. We hope to have each school in the county represented. The district number should be on each piece exhibited. The work will be returned to the school. MAP DRAWING CONTKST A special feature of this exhibit will be the entries in the map drawing contest. A prize of $5 will be given for the best map of Richardson county drawn by a pupil who attended a Richardson county school last year ; $3 for the second ; $2 for the third. These maps should be entered not later than Saturday noon , August 5th. HIGH SCHOOL ATHUJTICS As stated above , instructions will be given in basket ball and other school games. Much can be said in favor of athletic sports and especially high school athletics. High school athletics is argument enough. But high school athlet ics is a means to far greater ends. Probably no phase of public school work has been so grossly neglected as physical training The aim for a number of yeaid has been to convert public school pupils into mental acrobats. But one result can be expected from the persistent following of the rule. The creation of an abnormal - mal condition conductive to moral and ! physical degeneracy. Girls iu the majority of cases have ' been taught for several years past that to engage in an old-fashioned game of ball or black man was unladylike. In consequence they have loitered about the school rooms at inter mission telling endless shallow stories of nothing and occasion ally indulging in secrets and scandal they would better far know nothing of. Boys have been taught to be content with a game of marbles or the fascinat ing interior of a five-cent novel. Let us seek to arouse a lively enthusiasm in athletics for boys and girls alike and lead them to seek a well rounded and balanced development i of all their powers. JIOKNING TALKS We have planned to have a twenty-minute address each morning. Monday State Supt. J. L. Mc- . . Tuesday Business meeting of Richardson County Teachers' association , and Reading Circle work several talks. Wednesday Mr. Gco. Watkins of Verdon. Thursday Prof. J. W. Crab- tree of the Peru State Normal. Friday Supt. Geo. D. Carring- ton of Auburn. Saturday Prof. W. II. dem ons of the Fremont Normal shocol. KIJADING CIKCLK WOKK The State Reading Circle board have adopted the following books for the ensuing year : Hitch cock's , The Louisana purchase , White's Elements of Pedagogy and Putnam's Text Book of Phy- cology. A supply of books will be at the institute. Each teacher in the county is urged to do the reading circle work. It is hoped that teachers will come prepared to take the books. KKCOKD Each member of the institute is expected to keep a record of the doings from day to day in an institute note book furnished for that purpose. Perfect attendance , prompt ness , close application and good work in class will be recognized and due allowance made in mak ing up the grades at the close of the institute. High school pupils and all who expect to teach with in a year or two will find them selves much behcfitted by attend ing the institute. A cordial invitation is extended to all school officers and patrons to attend any or all sessions. Notice of School Of fleers'Meeting In accordance with Sec. 3 , Subdv. 5 , of the School Laws of Nebraska ( read note below ) the school officers o f Richardson county' are hereby called to meet in the court house in Falls City , on Monday , AUg. 7 , 1905 , at 1:30 : p. m. Monday morning at 8:30 : in the high school building , State Supt. J. L. McBrien will address school officers , , teachers and pa trons. We hope that you will be able to attend this meeting. We want you to visit the Teachers' Institute , sec the Exhibit of School Work and the Art Exhibit. The business meeting will be held in the court room at 1:30 : p. m. We hope to perfect a school officers' organization. A new course of study , rules and regu lations will be adopted which will apply to all the schools of the county. We arc anxious for you to be present and have a chance to express your views. State Supt. J. L. McBrien will be with us and assist in the discussion of the following subjects : District Records How should they be kept ? The annual re ports. Salary of school officers What compensation should each member of a board receive ? Text books and supplies. Care of school property. Beautifying1 school rooms and school grounds. Hiring teachers. What the school board should expect of the teach er. What the teacher should ex pect of the school board. A li brary in every school , The com pulsory attendance law Duties of truant officer and director. School vacation When and for what length of time should vaca tion be held ? The course of study. School equipment Houses , outbuildings , grounds , furniture , maps , charts , globes , lictionary , etc. We hope to meet every school officer in Richardson county at this meeting. All patrons , and every one interested in the cause > f education , arc cordially invited to attend this meeting and take part in the discussion of the above subjects. | It has been suggested that , where the schools arc some dis tance from Falls City , the board in such districts send at least one- of their members and pay his ex penses out of the general fund of the district. Fraternally yours , - jr- GKO. CKOCKKK , Co. Supt. Fioin See. ' ) , Subdv 5 , School Laws of Nebnmka : { " * * * and It Is hereby made the duty of oneh district board , or one of thtilr number empowered by the board , to attend all meetings culled by " ' . , the county nuperlntondcnt for the pur- post ; of adopting or revising a course of ftudv for the advancement of district schools , ( if making rules and rGgulu- tloiii-i tliey muy think neei'oisury for the government and health of the puplle , and of devising such means ns may i-emii boot to seetire regular at- tcndancu and pro rcfB of children at school. " Nothing on the Market Equal to Cham berlain's Colic , Cholera and it. Diarrhoea Remedy. This fact U well known to druirdats cverywnerc , find nine out of ten will plve their customers this niupurutlon when the bust Is asked for. Mr. Obu Wltmer , it prominent druyjjUt of Jop- lln , Mo. , In u circular to bis customers buys : "There is nothing on the market in tba wuy of patent medicine which equals Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel com plaints. Wo null and recommend tbia preparation. " For sale ut Kerr'sdrug store. WANTKD. To exchange a 200 acre farm in North Georgia for small property in Falls City. J. Cronenberger , Falls City , Neb.