Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1874 — Teachers’ Institute. [ARTICLE]

Teachers’ Institute.

The teachers of •Barkley township met at Center school house, December 12th, and hel<l Ifo'if first Institute for this year. Air Janies McCleary was chosen chairman. The programme of exercises was as follows: Instruction in iMiuiuoti fractions by Mr. John Day. Motions of the earth and their effects, by Miss Mollie Hogan, Digestioti. by Mr. L. Johnson. Articulat.oti in reading, by Miss Melle Mtipre. Discoveries and discoverers, bv Miss AL N ichols. -.- Petituatiship, by Miss Finney. Division of decimal fractious, by Mr. Jumis McCJgary. Punctuation, by McDonald. Teachers were all present except Mr. McCleary. The exercises were interesting, and all ajqieared to be pleased and benefited. After transacting miscellaneous business, adjourned for four weeks.

MELLE MOORE,

Secretary.