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1907 Teachers’ Institute
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The fifth summer session of the Howard County Normal Institute began Monday, July 1st, at the High School building in Cresco.
Promptly at 7:30 o’clock, conductor E. C. Roberts touched the lever and the wheels began to move with little friction and no serious jolts. Sixty-four teachers were in their places ready for the beginning. This number rapidly increased to eighty-one.
Until July 15th, the sessions begin at 7:30 and close for the day at 12:14, leaving the afternoon and evening for Study. During the last half, beginning, with July 15th. The morning program will be unchanged except that music under Miss Hammond will take the place of Didactics the first period. Illustrative primary teaching will supersede reading, and penmanship will be offered the last period.
During the last-half, there will be afternoon sessions including Psychology under Sup’t. McAnelly, a lecture each day, and primary work with Miss Huffman. No first grade subjects are offered this year. The teachers wisely decided to spend the whole time reviewing the subjects they are to teach.
Miss Huffman is a teacher of long experience and wonderful ability: Her work cannot fail to inspire the student teachers and interest the public. The system of primary reading presented by her is to be used in the Howard County, schools next year.
The course of afternoon and evening lectures are a very important feature. Not often is an institute so fortunate as to secure such a series of good things.
All the work of the institute is public and visitors are cordially welcomed.
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THE ENROLLMENT.
The Teachers Institute attendance report was extracted from
Library of Congress Micro-Film using:
Chronicling America, transcribed and prepared for the Web by Bill Waters. This Report was
published in the Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer on July 5, 1907, Page 1.
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