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1891.] Document Xo. o
).
REPORTS OF INSTITUTE CONDUCTORS.
REPORT OF Prof. E. A. ALDERMAN.
To the Honorable S. M. Finger, Superintendent Public Instruction :
Sir—I have the honor to submit herewith, in accordance with your
request, a report of the work done by me as Institute Instructor from
July 1, 1889, to July 1, 1890.
An analysis of the table hereunto annexed will reveal the fact that I
conducted thirty Institutes, each of one week's duration, for white
teachers, at the places and times indicated. In order to reach these
widely scattered localities, extending from Ashe to Carteret, it was
necessary for me to travel 3,100 miles, 2,625 by rail and 475 by private
conveyance. The number of teachers in the counties visited by me, as
reported by the County Superintendents, was 1,548—881 males and 667
females. The number of teachers in continuous attendance upon the
Institutes was 1,335—767 males and 568 females. The enrollment inclu-ded
only those teaching in the public schools, or preparing to teach in
the public schools. It thus appears that eighty-six per cent, of the bona
Jlde teachers of these counties attended and partook of the benefits of
the Institutes. It should be borne in mind, however, that the teaching
force of the counties changes quite rapidly. Indeed, it is probable that
owing to the slight pecuniary inducements offered, at present, in that
line of work, the entire personnel of each corps of teachers changes every
four or five years.
I consider the above per cent, of attendance a most satisfactory one
—
in fact remarkable ; and a certain impressiveness and dignity is added
to it when one reflects that that number of men and women have under
their care and tutelage about seventy-five thousand children—a grand
army—who, a generation hence, will inevitably give shape and ten-dency
and character to our State and its movements.
The Institutes have met with a most cordial reception from school
officers and citizens wherever they have been held. County Superin-tendents,
as a rule, have left no effort untried to make them occa-sions
of real and genuine profit to the teachers, and citizens of all
classes have contributed the support of their presence, endorsement and
good will, without which, being a new departure in our educational
policy, the Institutes could not have fulfilled so effectively the purposes
of their establishment. The preliminary work of the County Superin-tendent,
in a great measure, determines the success or failure of the
Institute, after the arrival of the Instructor. The increased and marked
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| Full Text | 1891.] Document Xo. o ). REPORTS OF INSTITUTE CONDUCTORS. REPORT OF Prof. E. A. ALDERMAN. To the Honorable S. M. Finger, Superintendent Public Instruction : Sir—I have the honor to submit herewith, in accordance with your request, a report of the work done by me as Institute Instructor from July 1, 1889, to July 1, 1890. An analysis of the table hereunto annexed will reveal the fact that I conducted thirty Institutes, each of one week's duration, for white teachers, at the places and times indicated. In order to reach these widely scattered localities, extending from Ashe to Carteret, it was necessary for me to travel 3,100 miles, 2,625 by rail and 475 by private conveyance. The number of teachers in the counties visited by me, as reported by the County Superintendents, was 1,548—881 males and 667 females. The number of teachers in continuous attendance upon the Institutes was 1,335—767 males and 568 females. The enrollment inclu-ded only those teaching in the public schools, or preparing to teach in the public schools. It thus appears that eighty-six per cent, of the bona Jlde teachers of these counties attended and partook of the benefits of the Institutes. It should be borne in mind, however, that the teaching force of the counties changes quite rapidly. Indeed, it is probable that owing to the slight pecuniary inducements offered, at present, in that line of work, the entire personnel of each corps of teachers changes every four or five years. I consider the above per cent, of attendance a most satisfactory one — in fact remarkable ; and a certain impressiveness and dignity is added to it when one reflects that that number of men and women have under their care and tutelage about seventy-five thousand children—a grand army—who, a generation hence, will inevitably give shape and ten-dency and character to our State and its movements. The Institutes have met with a most cordial reception from school officers and citizens wherever they have been held. County Superin-tendents, as a rule, have left no effort untried to make them occa-sions of real and genuine profit to the teachers, and citizens of all classes have contributed the support of their presence, endorsement and good will, without which, being a new departure in our educational policy, the Institutes could not have fulfilled so effectively the purposes of their establishment. The preliminary work of the County Superin-tendent, in a great measure, determines the success or failure of the Institute, after the arrival of the Instructor. The increased and marked |
