Show announcement monthly hereafter this space will I 1 sed for education only under the direction matter cr of tile the county superintendent of schools solicitation it is not the intent of the projectors of this plan to give space to tile alio cont contributions of teachers only school officers leadin leading citizens and others who feel an interest in educational matters are arc earnestly carnes aly solicited to add their mite to the work questions pertaining to school law district hoard board annual reports or school affairs in gene general ral will receive prompt attention and whenever consistent with the circumstances cum curn stances questions and answers will be published the school law requires the holding 0 of an annual institute for the instruction of teachers in each of tile the several counties P provided provided that two or moro more counties may meet in ill joint institute under the direction of the state superintendent the length of time this tea teachers cheris school shall remain remain in in session is fixed at two weeks and to meet the expenses of the same an appropriation of fifty dollars is provided for from the county school fund this in the main is the legal side of the present institute work tile the custom of the past has been to hold a serie meetings meeting gs in the county for the benefit of the teachers just prior to the opening of schools at these gatherings erin 0 s the teachers were entertained by a nicely arranged A pro gram of educational exercises i prepared in part by the leading teachers of the state the plan was vas orthodox the arrangement ideal but tho the discovery of weakness in this flower display of th thought on athas has long since been made the receptive teacher became enthused it is true and at times the tide of fervency was seen to reach ti the high water mark but the fact of more or less baloon inflation remained only to manifest itself in the form of a dreadful colla during the early part of the school we work the real growth of tile teacher 1 as seen from physical side presents no contrast with t the he development of the physical organic aaion the normal or true growth crowth i in either case is the result of the right kind and right quantity of food and its proper digestion and asselia assimilation tion does it not follow then that the institute work it which best provides for these conditions of growth best serves both the tha teacher and the people c this is our conclusion and this it the apology we have to offer for this new departure in institute work the faculty of the highest t institution of the state is now at jour our service and the use of the duany conveniences and means of study study the institution affords is at I 1 kur our disposal 0 in lieu of tho the three to ton ten day entertainment we have a five ll 11 weeks cour course of study consisting in of a series of consecutive lessons dilong the most important lines of thought ought prom the side of economy no Is i mi dait dit ional expense to tile hie county has been incurred while on the I 1 tiler hand the teacher finds his ab i lr ri tuition fee reduced to about forty kalk percent recent of the reg regular ular charge |