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LAST LAY.1’lattsmot Til, Feb 24, 1-71.The hou-e was called to order, with the President in the chair.'I he minute* of the preceding day. were read by the Secretary.1 i.- being the orderof tlAe day, several important suhjeets were di.eu,^c*dt among which the organi-zation of a 11 Teachers1 Association/* and on motion Mr. li. ilusicd, Mrs. M. K. 1'oilier and Miss Alice Caw kins, were appointed to draft a Const it tit Urnand By-Laws for the coveriuueut of theassociation ; it was decided that thefirst session should be he held at Kiel itMile 4.irove, March Isth, 1*71, at winchtime, the committee are to present the constitution and bv laws f*»r adoption.On motion, W\ A, Patterson, was chi)Si n to deliver a lecture, to the Adulation olt;i the Lest met Inals of impartinginstruction*On motion, Mr. Mtirfin, and all the friends to education are cordially invite 1to meet with us at ihe first session ofthe Association.Miss Prank Myers, and Miss Alice Bradley, each favored the Institute with some of their choice selections of music.The following resolutions were presented by the committee, and were unanimously adopted by the Institute./feWml, That we recognize the importance of a Teachers’ Institute as a means of increasing nur knowledge of the principles of governing and instructing the pupils of our common schools.Resokctly That our gratitude is due to those friends to the cause of eduration, who are laboring to establish a national system of public instruct ion, andto elevate the the teacher's vocation so it will rank with other professions.J!c$o!irlt;l\ That, (lithography, Klocu-cution and Heading demand more time and study than is usually devote L in mir common schools, to these important brunches of education.
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Plattsmouth Nebraska Herald
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, US
Thu, Mar 02, 1871
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