Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1880 — The Teacher’s Association. [ARTICLE]

The Teacher’s Association.

Owing to the inclemency of the weather and the icy condition of the roads, but few teachers were present at the association Saturday. Some work, however, was accomplished on the regular programme and the Association was reorganized for the coming year. Officers elected wore as follows. President, W. G. Allen; Vice President, first district, Lewis Alter; second district, Charles W. Coen; third district, J.C.Dunn;RecordiugSecretary,Miss Atuanda Osborne; Corresponding Secretary, E. R. Pierce; Treasurer, Ida Nowels; Executive Committee, G. W. Allen, E. R. Pierce, Lewis Alter, D. M. Nelson, and Miss M. P. Bowles-.

The uext meeting of the Association will be the last of March or the first ot April, the exact date to be fixed by the Executive Committee at the meeting about February Ist, at which time also a programme of exercises will be adopted and published by the committee. The old constitution of the Association was adopted- Under this constitution, any teacher of Jasper county may become a member of the Association by paying ten cents and signing the constitution. Teachers at a distance, by sending their names and fees to the Recording Secretary, may thus become members of the Association, and will be subject to selection for duty at the next meeting. Every public spirited and wideawake teacher should be a member of this body. Its object is to elevate and ennoble the profession, it starts out in Its career with every assurance of abundant success in its object. No teacher who prides himself on the earnestness in school work will be .left out of this association, for we feel assured that every such teacher will be a member and will work to support us. Teachers, let us hear from you.

G. W. ALLEN,

Pres.

E. R. Pierce, Corr. Sec’y.