People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1896 — An Educational Event. [ARTICLE]
An Educational Event.
An educational meeting, conducted by Dr. Charles A. McMurry of Normal, Illinois, and Mr. F. A. Cotton, deputy state superintendent, Indianapolis, Indinana, at the high school building in Rensselaer, February 1,1896. The following is the program: 10 a. m.—“ The township high school,” Cotton. 11 a. m.—“ Concentration (1.) Meaning of the termand related terms,” McMurry. Noon intermission. 1:15 p. m.—(2.) Principles of, and proofs of its value in the mental life of children, McMurry. 2p. m.—“ Hawthorne and the Scarlet Letter,” Cotton. Intermission. 2:50 p. m.—“ Concentration (3.) Application to the school course,”McMurry. 3:35 p. m Dangers and difficulties in applying the principle of concentration.” Evening lecture at 7:30 p. m. in the court house, by Dr. Chas. A. McMurry. Florence Brockway and Bertha Hop kins,two charming young ladies of Shel by, Ind., in a hand to hand fight Saturday. It resulted in Miss Brockway being knocked out in the first round. They were both fined at Lowel 1 Monday. Don't fail to see the new Model ’96 Columbias on exibitiou at Ferguson's General Supply Store, opposite Nowel’s Block. Eleven styles. Popular prices. Address E. J. Wilcox, Agt.,
Rensselaer, Ind.
