TEACHERS MEETING HERE TO EXCHANGE IDEAS; HAVE FINE MEETING

County Superintendent H. C. Van Loh was in town Saturday last conducting a teachers' meeting which was held at the high school building. A session was held beginning at 10 a. m. and another beginning at 1:15 p. m. and those who attended were able to extract much that was good and practical as pertaining to their line of work.

The teachers and the superintendent as a body discussed the question, "Why Good Attendance?" and arrived at the conclusion that good attendance is the chief essential to a good school. In this connection Miss Sarah Sunde read an able paper on "The Value of Good Attendance," which was heartily approved of. Miss Sunde cited the fact that the absence of one pupil for a day or more may retard the work of the whole class for the reason that in order to do justice to the pupil explanations must be made of different phases of the lessons or discussion he has missed. Comparison of his own work with that of others also urges a pupil to greater efforts," said Miss Sunde. "This of course pertains to one who attends regularly, as he will then see no excuse for falling behind the other members of his class."

"How to Get Good Attendance," was taken care of by Miss Margaret Hickey who had many practical suggestions to offer and handled the subject very adroitly.

Miss Ida Bahr, one of the more experienced of the county teachers very ably handled the topic: "Who Should Recite, the Teacher or the Pupil? Why?" Her paper must have been a very helpful one to the teachers who listened to it, for she pointed out the many reasons why the pupil should do the reciting, why such a course is an important factor in adding to the pupil's learning, and how the teacher may aid and draw out the pupil in his recitation periods. Miss Bahr's paper was concise and logical.

Discussion of the topic, "Arithmetic" was led by Mrs. Pearle Edwards, normal teacher in the local high school, and that lady infused the subject with enthusiasm. It included graduation, methods and written work in arithmetic, and proved to be one of the most beneficial periods of the session.

Mrs. Margaret Baker who was expected to explain the girls' bread baking contest, failed to come.

The attendance at the meeting was very satisfactory.