Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1913 — TEACHERS IN BUSY INSTITUTE SESSION [ARTICLE]

TEACHERS IN BUSY INSTITUTE SESSION

Republican Reporter Attends All . Sessions and Gives Splendid Account of Proceedings. 7i jj| : i i'i V,ijin.^fciiiri — ' **" nn.iiijtii, ni ii.ii The teachers and a few patrons and pupils of Jasper county met Friday evening at the high school auditorium for the evening session of the'Teachers’ Association. The high school orchestra delighted the assembly with their well rendered selections given under the direction of Miss Stover. , Prof. Holton next gave his lecture, “Why I Left the Farm.” He gave advice about building up the country community through the agency of the public school, using vocational studies. X 'i:: His talk was full of hard common sense, advising that which is not ‘nrfere theory, but has been actually tried out in the rural community. He brought attention to the fact that there are twelve hundred fewer people living on farms in Jasper county today than there were ten years ago. He ended his lecture by commenting on the story from Genesis, of Lot and Abraham, and advising to follow the example of Abraham rather than that « Lot Saturday morning the Association opened at 9 o’clock. The assembly was entertained by the seventh grade chorus of the Rensselaer city schools. They gave three numbers, the last for an enchore. Prof. Holton next continued with his subject and further instruction given along the lines of his .WorkFollowing this he invited questions, and \ many were thus personally helped by the instructor. The Round Table Discussions of the morning session were then held, and many common questions of interest to grade, primary and high school teachers were discussed. The afternoon session met at 1:15 o’clock and about an hour was given to further round table discussions. Ptof. Holton then gave his closing lecture, which he followed by questions concerning the number of teachers who were doing this line of work. The number of teachers actually doing the work is surprisingly small, but it is to be hoped that his lectures will inspire and direct in these great vocational studies. Shortly after 3 o’clock the meeting was adjourned by President L N. Warren, the teachers going back to their work after a two days’ session in the county’s capital.