Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1913 — TEACHERS IN BUSY INSTITUTE SESSION [ARTICLE]

TEACHERS IN BUSY INSTITUTE SESSION

HE- E- ■ . : 'E' ■ - Republican Reporter Attends All Sessions and Gives Splendid Aeeount of Proceedings. The Annual Teachers’ Association of Jasper county met this yeas on February 28 and March 1. The morning session Friday was spent by those who were able to get here in visiting the Rensselaer City schools, and studying the work being done in our county’s capital. At 1:30 in the auditorium of the new high school building the assembly, consisting of teachers, patrons and pupils, was called to order by President'!. N. Warren. The high school advanced chorus so competently instructed by Miss Stover, next delighted the gathering with two numbers, “The Oars arc Plashing Lightly,” by A. Geibel, and “My Bark Canoe,” by an Ojibway Indian. The spelling contest was the feature of the afternoon. Representatives were sent from the townships and from each city school. Mr. W. O. Scharilaub, county superintendent of Newton county, was chosen to pronounce the words; and Mr. Sayers, of Wheatfield, Miss Shedd, of Rensselaer, and Mr. Wesley, of Remipgton, acted as judges of the contest. \ The contestants were as follows: Barkley—Denver Potts and Warren Gratner.

Carpenter—Emma Plummer and Harold Cummons. Hanging Grove—Pearl Ross and Walter Erb. ; Keener—Anna DeHaan. Jordan—Stella Corbin. Kankakee—Hazel Hibbs. Marion—Valrie Hill. Milroy—Cora Digmen and Lillian Fisher. __ : Newton—Earl Price. s Union—Elma Umphress and’ Marie Gant. Walker—lrving Lewis and Alvin Karch. Rensselaer City—Esther Harper ’ and Chas. Halleck. Wheatfield City—Nancy Coleman. Five hundred and thirty words were pronounced, taking about one hour’s time. The contest resulted in a victory to Miss Cora Digmen, of the Center school, Milroy township. Her teacher is Miss Ara Griswold. - ’ • * 4 The representative from Wheatfield City, Miss Nancy Coleman, was second. The list of words misspelled follow: unfamiliar, hemstitch, hiding, received, parallel, partition, scarcely, reverent, sparsely, asparagus, stationery, striking, opinion, safety, obliged, towards. After the contest and a short intermission Prof. Edwin P. Holton, of the Kansas State Agricultural School, was introduced and spoke rather briefly on his subject, which seems to be Greater Efficiency in Our Public Schools Than Practical Vocational Work.” He pointed out some defects in our schools while praising the organization of the system, and also showed how a practical remedy might be applied. Prof. Holton’s talk was inspirational, calling upon the teaether to get a larger view of her calling and fill the place more efficiently, that is for a teacher. He lectured Friday evening on “Why I Left the Farm.”