Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 December 1877 — Jasper Comity Teachers’ Association. [ARTICLE]

Jasper Comity Teachers’ Association.

Will convene at the School House, in Rensselaer,,Friday and Saturday, lUoombor OR4h and 99th. at 10 o’rlook »*. m. The following is a list of the exercises which will be presented: PROGRAMME —FRIDAY, A. M. Miscellaneous business. p. m.—l. Paper by C. P. Hopkins— Attractions of the school room. 11. Paper by 0. W. Clifton—Development of the Faculties. 111. Drill exercise in Local Geography, by A. M. Munden. IY. Paper by Bell Moffit—Changing Teachers. Y. Paper by John F. Boroughs— The Teacher and the State. SATURDAY, A. M. I. Roll call and miscellaneous business. H. Paper by J. L. Makeever—Why Study the Languages? 111. General discussion, by the Teachers, on Grammar. IV. Lesson by S. L. Alter on our Planetary System. V. Paper by Miss Bowles- Co-ope-ration of Teacher's. p. m. —l. Paper by R, P. BenjaminHow to Cultivate a Taste for Literature. IT. Paper by A. M. Munden—School Systems of Ohio and Indiana compared and contrasted. HI. Disiussion—Question: Resolved, That all the Text Books used in the School room should be purchased with the public funds. Ass.—G. M. Johnson. Neg.—W. T. Pritchard. IV. General discussion on above question. V. Paper by J. A. Burnham—lmprovement in Methods of Instruction. The exercises will be interspersed by an occasional soug, declamation, or select reading. After each subject there will be an opportunity offered for general discussion. The County Superintendent is expected to be present and give an exercise of some kind before the Asso ciation. Each teacher and school officer of the county desiring to assist in advancing and elevating the cause of education is cordially invited to attend with any others who have a warm feeling for the welfare of our schools

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

E. L. Switzer. Teacher of the Barns School, Barkley township, Jasper county, Indiana, reDorts for the month ending December6th: Enrollment,44; Daily average, 27 2|5. Chicken-yox and whooping-cough kept some away from school. We should like, next month,, to report all perfect. Those perfect this month : Ada Henkle, Margery Henkle,, Lura Burns, Rebecca Jenkins, Mary B. Jenkins, Melissa Pullins, Wilber Florence, Winfred Pence, Charles Jenkins, Willie Pullins, John McCurtin, Eddie MeCurtin. C, P. Hopkins, Teacher of School No. 6, Marion township, reports for the month ending December 7th, 1877: Number of pupils enrolled, 16; averrage daily attendance, 11 3216; general average of school at the first written examination, which was held December 7,1877—85. Pupils perfect in attendance: . ell Phegley, Emma Hammond. Emma Pierce, Rosa Ham mond, Harley lliff ajid Sammy *Sparling.