Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1903 — The Teachers’ Institute [ARTICLE]

The Teachers’ Institute

As Seen and Depicted By a Member. ,* The writer who is the author of is called upon and requested to report the proceedings, do ngs, sayings—wise and otherwise,—in minutest detail at most, or a summary at least of the Jasper 00. teaohers’ institute—the grandest, largest, wisest educational body now convening, sitting, listening, sleeping, or perspiring (some of these oharacteristioßCome about because of the lectures, and this is not uncomplimentary to the instructors for they will be lauded as hereinafter provided,) i l Jasper oounty. The affair opened Monday morning Aug. 31, one, nine, naught, thiee. Each pulled from his wall«t the sum of 11.00 to defray the expenses of the instructors who sign a verbal oontract to give us more than our money’s worth of—wind. Monday was the great day, and so far has been the greatest day of the week save the day on which was held the reoeption to the teaohers—bat it was in the evening of the day and thus not held as part of the day’s proceedings (I wanted this point dear before I proceeded.) Well, toresoom; much can be said for the instructors who are with us this week but more can be said against—well some other things. Miss Love started the good humor {which is so prevalent this weak) by seating the young t-aoh-ers with old teachers by sexes for harmony. This oooarred Monday morning and with the injanotion that no one should get out of harmony by seating himself too close to another, (one mast have rjom to vibrate, she said, bat I think she meant breathe.) Thiß injanotion above referred to has by now—the'middla of the week—been so saoredly kept that rearrangements are necessary eaoh day to keep the bass Co-eds from associating’with the soprano sex. Wm. Lowe Bryan, president of Indiana University gave ue a talk abont pome things Monday whioh hit the mark for whioh he is characterized. Prof. Cotton, Supt. of Pnblio Instruction, gave an oatline in his talk suggestive of the work whioh Indiana shall be asked to do thru her schools and educators for exhibiting the fine system of schools for whioh she has long been noted, at the next World’s Fair to be held at St. Louis. Then followed our regular instructor Prof. Fox who is an oratorical professor in Ohio, and is an all-around np-to-date, practical educator, who knows some things well and other things better. He thinks the oommeroe of the world will be run over a

railroad which shall be tunnelled j under the Bering Bea end Strait oasting $67,000,002,00 of Mr. Morgan’s surplus. j a L ion Reid is our other instructor. It is bard to sty much about his ways hod manue e for he is almost perfect in graoafullness (this is said because he was formerly connected with our city schools ad principal of the H 8 ) He has the work ia composition, eaglish, and reading and is handling it with rare skill, ttot, and in geriuity. - - O. E- F. We are very anxious to sell yon fencing. We have barb wi.e, Elmood woven wire and plenty of all kinds of board fencing. We are making special pr ces on each for all trade. Lee & Poole, McCoysbnrg, Ind.