Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1912 — County Institute Ended Yesterday. [ARTICLE]

County Institute Ended Yesterday.

The Jasper county teachers have been enjoying a very profitable week at the county institute held at the M. E. church. Supt. Lamison was able to secure a very efficient faculty in the persons of Professors Bittinger, Betts, and Christy. Miss Votaw T gave the music work. In the first three days present Prof. Bittenger confined his topics to the teaching of English and Composition. Prof. Betts, who remained the entire week, lectured on different phases of the teaching problem, including in his topics Pedagogy, Psychology and methods. Prof. Christy,, the expert from Purdue, instructed the teachers in better methods of teaching agriculture. A wide-awake man and full of his subject would properly describe Prof. Christy. Miss Votaw has been doing instructive work in the way of presenting the problem of music to litte folks. Her work Thursday was very novel. Thursday was the day on which all members of the Board of Education were especially invited to attend. Yesterday, in addition to the regular work, Supt. Lamson arranged with Prof. W. D. Palmer of Purdue to give an orchard demonstration in the orchard of Mr. Randle, in the north part of the city. Among the professional visitors at the institute this week were; J. Walter Dunn, representing the Young Peoples’ and Teachers’ Reading Circle of Indiana; Deputy State Supt., Hoffman, and Supt. Henry J. Reid, of White county. 'Schools will be opened again on Monday with all teachers in place and filled full of added inspiration and ideas to be worked out in the schools of Jasper county.