STATE OF ILLINOIS, 
 
 Department of Public Instruction, 
 
 County Institutes-1900. 
 
ADAMS CO . Quincy, An?. 13-17; Co. Supt., A. R. Smith; Instructors, W. It. Hat- 
 lieid, Geo. W. Dunlavy, Ella M. Grubb, W. J. Wible. 
 
 ALEXANDER CO., Cairo, June 11-15; Co. Supt., Mrs. F. A. Taylor; Instructors, T. 
 
 C. Clendenen, John Snyder, W. T. Felts, C. A. Quackenbu-li. 
 
 BOND CO.. Greenville, .June 4-29; < o. Supt., W. T. Harlan; Instructors, O. E. Tiff- 
 any, It. B. English A. 11. Jackson. F. C. Reed. 
 
 BOONE CO., Belvidere, Aug. 13-17: Co. Supt., L. R. Fitzer; Instructor. Charles W. 
 Farr. 
 
 BROU N CO., Mt. Sterling, July 16-27; Co. Supt., James O. Briggs; Instructors, S. II. 
 Trego, L. Fairfax. 
 
 BUREAU CO., Princeton, Aug. 13-17: Co. Sunt., Claude Brown; Instructors, John 
 T. Ray, Joseph Carter, S. W. Mountz, Margaretta S. Easley. 
 
 CALHOUN CO., Hardin, July 30 Aug. 10; Co. Supt., Charles H. Lamar; Instructor, 
 W. R. Hatfield. 
 
 CARROLL CO.. Lanark. March 26-30; Co. Supt., John Hay: Instructors. J. A. Keith, 
 Edna Keith, E. S. liady, W. S. Wallace, J. II. Shirk, Ada M. Griggs. 
 
 CASS CO., Virginia, July 9-13; Co. Supt., A. E. Hiuujis; Instructors, C. S. Hoover, 
 
 B. H. Scudder. 
 
 CHAMFAIGN CO., Urhana, July 30-Aug. 17; Co. Supt., Geo. R. Shawhan; Instruct¬ 
 ors, J. W. Hays, H. T. Wilson, W. J. Brinckley, A. F. Johnson, E. J. Lake, 
 Joseph Carter. 
 
 CHRISTIAN CO., Ta.ylorville, June 18-29; Co. Supt.. Mrs. Edith Witmer Volliniine; 
 Instructors, Henry .Johnson, Fred L. Travis, Emma Seibert. 
 
 CLARK CO.. Marshall, Aug. 20-24; Co. Supt., J. D. Shoemaker; Instructors, J. I). 
 Shoop, M. N. Beeman, B. A. Sweet. 
 
 CLAY CO., L uiisville, Aug. 20-24; Co. Supt., Donald A, McQueen; Instructor, E. E. 
 Van Cleve. 
 
 CLINTON CO.. Carlyle, July 9-13; Co. Supt., William Johnston; Instructors, James 
 Kirk, E. E. Van Cleve. 
 
 COLES CO., Charleston, Aug. 20-31: Co. Supt., John II. Sawyer; Instructors, F. G. 
 Blair, Otis Caldwell, Henry Johnson, Anna King. 
 
 COOK CO., Chicago Normal School, Aug. 27-31; Co. Supt.,, O. T. Bright; Instructors, 
 Arnold Tompkins. Sarah Louise Arnold, Edw. Howard Griggs, Jacoues Reel- 
 way, R. R. Reedpr. L> lia E. Patridpe, Henry T.Jman, Cassa I. Heffron. Elizabeth 
 Nash, Edward F. Worst, Peter A. Downey. Horace C Wright, H. V. Church, 
 Clias. W. Farr. 
 
 CRAWFORD CO., Robinson, Aug. 20-21; Co. Supt., E. L. Douglas; Instructors, W. 
 
 J. Brinckley, Jonathan Higdon. 
 
 CUMBERLAND CO., Toledo, Aug. 13-17; Co. Supt., J. F. Grisamore; Instructors, B. 
 
 A. Sweet, Win. Radebaugh. 
 
 DEKALB CO. Sandwich, Aug. 13-17; Co. Supt., Lewis M. Gross; Instructors, R. R. 
 Reeder, S. F. Parsons, Phebe Gardner, Lucy B. Chapman. 
 
 DE WITT CO, Clinton, July 21-27; Co. Supt., Mrs. Hattie P. Wilson; Instructors, W. 
 
 J. Brinckley, E. B. Bentley, Eva Lhisholm. 
 
 DOUGLAS CO. Tuscola, Aug. 6-10; Co. Supt., B'anche Caraway; Instructors, Otis W. 
 Caldwell, W. M. Evans, Sadie L. Montgomery, F. F. Jeffers. 
 
 DUPAGE CO., Wheaton. Aug. 20-24; Co. Supt.. R. T. Morgan; Instructors. C. E. 
 Mann, J. M. Frost, Chas. W. Farr. Mrs. M. B. Holmes, R. F. Bunnel, Daisy 
 Dunton. 
 
 EDGAR CO.. Paris, Aug. 13 17; Co. Supt.. Geo. H. Gordon; Instructors, W. M. Evans, 
 
 J. D. Shoop, Gertrude Mountjoy. 
 
 EDWARDS CO., Albion, Aug. 13-17: Co. Supt., Frank Coles, Jr; Instructors, W S. 
 Bcotb, C. L. Combs, Minnie M. Hutchins. 
 
 EFFINGHAM CO., Effingham, July 23-27; Co. Supt.. Charles L. Combs; Instructors, 
 
 J. D Foucht, J. W. Euimerson, Alice Wright Givin. 
 
 FAYETTE CO., Vandalia, Aug. 27-31; Co. Supt., C. F. Easterday; Instructors, M. 
 
 N. Beeman, J. D. Foucht, J. N. Street, R. A. LeDoux. 
 
 FORD CO., Co. Supt., Edward A. Gardner. * 
 
 FRANKLIN CO., Benton, Aug, 27-31; Co. Supt., W. S. Buntin; Instructor, W. S. 
 
 Booth. t 
 
 FULTON CO., Lewistown, July 16-20; Co. Supt., M. M. Cook; Instructors, S. B. 
 Hu/sh. C. E. DeButts, B. C. Moore, II. L. Roberts, Edna Keith. 
 
 GALLATIN CO., Shawneetown, Aug. 6-17; Co. Supt., Will J. Blackard; Instructors. 
 
 H. M. Anderson, M. T. Van Cleve. 
 
 GREENE CO., Carrollton, July 9-20: Co. Supt., Harry E. Bell; Instructors, Clyde * 
 Slone, C. E. Joiner, Sadie L. Montgomery. 
 
 GRUNDY CO., Morris, July 16-27; Co. Supt. Mary B. Holderman; Instructors, Lelia 
 E. Patridge, John J. Allison, Edwin A. Greenlaw. 
 
 HAMILTON CO., McLeansboro. Ang. 20-31; Co. Supt., David J. Underwood; Instiuct- 
 ors, H. M. Anderson, W. T. Felts. 
 
 HANCOCK CO.. Carthage, Aug. 20 24; Co. Supt., J. A. Califf: Instructors, L. Fair 
 fax, S. II. Trego. 
 
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 UNIVERSITY of ILLINOIS. 
 
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 CIRCULAR 19. 
 
 The County Institutes for 1900. 
 
 Department of Public Instruction, 
 Springfield, June 1, 1900. 
 
 To the County Superintendents: 
 
 In compliance with Section 10, of Article YII of the School Law. 
 nearly all of you are preparing for the annual ‘‘Teachers’ Institute.” I 
 submit for your consideration the following suggestions: 
 
 THE PURPOSE OF THE INSTITUTE. 
 
 The law declares that the Institute shall be held “for the instruc¬ 
 tion of teachers and those who may desire to teach.” This purpose should 
 not be forgotten nor modified. The Institute is not a school of aca¬ 
 demic instruction. Its singl-e purpose is to develop or increase teaching 
 and training power. Hence, work intended merely to prepare teachers 
 for an impending examination—“cram”—is out of place. Incidentally, 
 of course, the Institute may clarify and even increase knowledge of the 
 subject matter to be taught, but this is no part of its purpose, except 
 as it grows out of, or furnishes a basis for, the real work of mastering 
 the method of using such knowledge in the teaching process. The 
 problem of the Institute is not the problem of the school. In the school 
 the purpose is to bring into the learner’s consciousness certain knowl- 
 i edge so that it shall be his. The learner is in no way concerned with 
 the method of the teacher. What lie wants is the knowledge, and its 
 consequent accession of growth and power. The less obtrusive the 
 teacher and his method, the better. On the other hand, the student- 
 ) teacher at the Institute desires most of all the method of teaching, and 
 that, therefore, will be, or ought to be, uppermost in his consciousness. 
 The teaching process, then, and not the acquirement of knowledge of 
 subject matter, is the prime object of the Institute. The time of the 
 Institute is so brief, and the number of teachers who receive no other 
 training is so large, that I urge superintendents to permit no diversion 
 from this main purpose. 
 
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THE INSTRUCTORS. 
 
 The law authorizes you. “with the concurrence of the State Super¬ 
 intendent, to procure such assistance a< may be necessary” to conduct 
 your Institute. For this assistance the teachers pay. The best you can 
 obtain is none too good. Upon the quality of the work done by your 
 instructors, depends the value of your Institute to those who attend and 
 pay for it. Depend upon it they do not want mere talk, pet theories, 
 nor ostentation in any form. The body of our public school teachers 
 are but partially trained, and far too many are wholly untrained, but, 
 with few exceptions, which you are justified in removing as fast as you 
 clearly discover them, the teachers are honest and earnest, and sincerely 
 desire the very best help you can bring them. The County Superin¬ 
 tendent should use his conscience as well as his best judgment, in 
 selecting Institute instructors. 
 
 THE GENERAL, METHOD. 
 
 The general method of the Institute should be in accordance with 
 the purpose as stated. The superintendent should resolutely insist 
 that this be kept in mind, both by instructors and the student-teach¬ 
 ers.. Keeping the purpose of the Institute thus in view, that general 
 method is the best which induces the largest mental activity in the 
 student body. The bane of some of our Institutes is too much “talk” 
 bv insincere or unqualified instructors. The mere “lecturer” wants to 
 do it all. If he is sufficiently amusing or dramatic, the tendency is to 
 let him. But the Institute which permits the student to remain a 
 passive recipient of any man’s ••talk” is a prima facie fraud. It is the 
 business of an instructor to state his problems in such a way as to 
 challenge thought and speech—to make the student! think out and 
 formulate results, and just to the extent that he can do this is he a 
 competent instructor. 
 
 Unless there is thought and work required of the student-teacher, 
 the Institute will not increase his teaching power, and thus will fail 
 to achieve the purpose for which it is conducted. 
 
 THE STATE COURSE OF STUDY. 
 
 The ideal teachrr is one who has ample and accurate knowledge of 
 the subjects to be taught, and ability to organize and arrange them 
 for the young learner in accordance with the condition of his mind 
 at a given time, to/elher with the pedag >gic skill to call into action 
 the mental processes involved in learning or doing the things 
 required. But the Institute must recognize conditions as they exist. 
 Very few teachers can. in fact, so organize their work. The State 
 Course of Study, now in use in so many of the counties, or the text¬ 
 books, will, therefore, be the basis of work in most of the schools. 
 This being true, superintendents should insist that the general purpose 
 and method of the Institute harmonize with the conditions, and work 
 to secure increased teaching power and skill along the line of the 
 “Course of Study.” or the text-books, where the former is not used. 
 But mental alertness on the part of the student-teachers is the con¬ 
 stant test of the value of the instructor's work. If this is not present 
 and visible, the work is not genuine. 
 
 DAILY PREPARATION BY STUDENT-TEACHERS. 
 
 Some work, but not too much, should be assigned for preparation, 
 daily. To facilitate this, the Winnebago county plan is commended. 
 
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 A list of books in science and pedagogy, was provided by the superin¬ 
 tendent, and tlie programme so arranged that all members of the In¬ 
 stitute could have one or more hours each day for reading. By this 
 arrangement all had some time for preparation of work, and many 
 were able to plan and follow out a somewhat systematic, if short, 
 course of reading. It goes without saying that every failure on the 
 part of a student to make required preparation should be explained. 
 
 IN GENERAL. 
 
 No suggestions as to the special subjects to be taught are offered. 
 Few superintendents will find it practicable to provide instruction in 
 all the subjects to be taught in the schools, at any one Institute. 
 Each will understand the present needs of his own county best, and 
 the programme will be made accordingly. I recommend however, that 
 in all Institutes, there be given definite instruction in: 
 
 1. The method of teaching vocal music, to the end that children 
 shall some day be taught to sing as generally, and at least as well, as 
 they are now taught to read. 
 
 2. The method of using, and procuring in schools where they do not 
 now exist, school liabraries, including reference and supplementary 
 books, as well as books to read at home for profit and pleasure. 
 
 3. The method of school sanitation and decoration. The average 
 country school room is no credit to the neighborhood. It is shabby, 
 uncomfortable and unsanitary. The teachers are indirectly responsible. 
 They do not know how to improve them. Cook county has led off in 
 a most intelligent and effective way for better things. Now let the 
 other counties fall in line and catch step. Make the school room the 
 pleasantest interior in every district. Make the exterior of the house 
 and the grounds, at least respectable. The experienced teacher should 
 be competent to advise directors as to the general plan, ventilation, 
 heating, lighting and furnishing of a new school house. 
 
 4. The method of observing special days, as Arbor Day, Memorial 
 Day, etc. Two or three such days should be observed every year. 
 Half the school premises in Illinois are without a shade tree. But it 
 is pleasant to note that at the State Normal University the beautiful 
 campus, with its hundreds of trees, notwithstanding, it was thought 
 worth while to observe “Arbor Day” this year, chiefly to illustrate its 
 pedagogical value to the students. There ought to be one patriotic 
 day a year in every school. Memorial Day, or the birthday of Lincoln 
 or Washington. The Institute is the place to instruct teachers how 
 to ob erve a special day pedagogically—that is, sot that it shall have 
 educational value, and at the same time give pleasure to the children 
 and as many of their older friends as care to join them. 
 
 5. There should be one or more special lessons in school manage¬ 
 ment for the exclusive benefit of young persons who are soon to begin 
 teaching. Many a failure in management—which involves failure in 
 teaching—might have been prevented by the right kind of instruction 
 in the “Method of the First Day.” The superintendent of Champaign 
 county reports that, at his last Institute, he devoted an hour a day 
 ^hiring the week to a group of forty young beginners, and all but two 
 or three got through their first term’s work creditably. This pays. 
 
 INSTITUTE EXTENSION. 
 
 The teachers’ meeting is a recognized agency in the organiza¬ 
 tion and management of city schools. Every city superintend¬ 
 ent uses it. The county superintendent does not work this agency for 
 
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 wlmt it is worth The county should be divided into convenient dis¬ 
 tricts, and the county superintendent should meet all the teachers in 
 each of these districts at least monthly. This is his opportunity for 
 what may be called Institute extension; an available occasion to give 
 to teachers as required by law “expedient and necessary directions in 
 methods of teaching and courses of study;” “a practicable way to ele¬ 
 vate the standard and improve the condition of the common schools of 
 his county.” This is the best way to maintain that esprit de oorps 
 which the institute should establish, and which will do so much to give 
 a county a high educational rating. In these meetings he will not fail 
 to utilize the work of ‘ The Teachers’ Reading Circle,” or its equiva¬ 
 lent, when the course does not appear available. 
 
 The Institute should also be extended in another way. There are 
 summer terms in three of the State Normal Schools, and at the Univer¬ 
 sity, intended especially for teachers in service. Pending the time, not 
 far distant, when no person will be admitted to an examination for a 
 teacher’s certificate who has not had the advantage of a specified mini¬ 
 mum training in the art and methods of teaching, the older teachers 
 should be advised and encouraged to take advantage of these oppor¬ 
 tunities. 
 
 COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS SHOULD TEACH. 
 
 Finally, the County superintendent should be not only the con¬ 
 ductor, but one of the instructors in his own Institute. He should 
 choose from all the subjects the one he can do best, and teach that 
 subject as well as any other subject is taught. He should do this, (1) 
 oecause his teachers have a right to know that he keeps in touch with 
 actual work, and can do it, and (2) because he knows his schools and 
 teachers so much better than any other instructor that he can adapt 
 his instruction to actual conditions better than they. 
 
 This circular is issued in the spirit of helpfulness, and with the 
 hope that the Institutes of 1900 may be of increased service to the 
 schools of Illinois, the improvement of which is our united purpose. 
 
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HARDIN CO., Co. Supt , John H. Womack. * 
 
 HENDERSON CO., Biggsville, July 9-13; Co. Supt., S. E. Mace; Instructors, H. M, 
 Anderson, J. A. Strong, F. Lillian Taylor. 
 
 HENRY CO., Geneseo, Aug. 13-17; Co. Supt., Martin Luther; Instructors, W. H. 
 Campbell, Tneda Giidemeister, R. G. Young, Geo. L. Darin. 
 
 IROQUO S CO., Watseka, July 23-Aug. 4; Co. Supt., S. C. Rutherford; Instructors, 
 E. .1, Blake, L. W. Havilaud, G. E. Marker, R. A. Bayne, S. A. D. Harry. 
 
 JACKSON CO., Murphysboro, Aug. 6-10; Co. Supt., Mrs. Emma M. Bryan; Instructors, 
 Joi n Snyder. Theodore Lentz. 
 
 JASPER CO.. Newton, Aug. 27-31; Co. Supt, J. F. Arnold; Instructors, Joseph Car¬ 
 ter, H. W. Shryock. 
 
 JEFFERSON CO., Mt. Vernon, Aug. 13-21; Co. Supt., J. M. Hill; Instructors, J. T. 
 Ellis, C. E. Joiner, Chas. L. Moore. 
 
 JERSEY CO., Jerseyville, June 18-22; Co. Supt., James W. Roberts; Instructors, J. 
 Pike, W. M. Evans. 
 
 JO DAVIESS CO., Galena, Aug. 20-21; Co. Supt., W. H. Martin; Instructors, John A. 
 Keith, Edna M. Keith, W. G. Guthrie. 
 
 JOHNSON CO., Vienna, Aug. 20-24; Co. Supt., Sarah J. Whittenberg; Instructors, 
 G. W. Smith, Sadie L. Montgomery. 
 
 KANE CO , Geneva, June 25-29; Co. Supt., M. Quackenbush; Instructors, O. T. 
 Bright, C. E. Mann, Lelia E. Patridge. 
 
 KANKAKEE CO., Kankakee, Aug. 27-31; Co. Supt., J. H. Peterson; Instructors, II. 
 P. Little, Margaretta S. Easley, II. W. Sutton. 
 
 KENDALL CO., Yorkville, July 9-13; Co. Supt., Amos D. Curran; Instructors, C. E. 
 Mann, Minnie E. Puntenney. 
 
 KNOX CO., Galesburg, June 11-15; Co. Supt., E. S. Wilkinson: Instructors, W. L. 
 Steele, J. M, Pace, M. Evelyn Strong, H. E. Griffith, J. T. Johnson. 
 
 LAKE CO., Waukegan, June 25 29; Co. Supt., M. W. Marvin; Instructors, W. F. 
 Cramer, Alfred E. Logie, Miriam Besley. 
 
 LA SALLE CO., Ottawa, July 9-20; Co. Supt., U. J. Hoffman; Instructors, W. W. 
 Black, Fred W. Smedley, C. W. Weeks, J. O. Leslie. 
 
 LAWRENCE CO., Lawrenceville, Aug. 20-24; Co. Supt., H. S. Hostettler; Instructors, 
 
 S. A. 1). Harry, Martha Buck. 
 
 LEE CO., Dixon, Aug. 20-24; Co. Supt., I. F. Edwards; Instructors, Joseph Carter, 
 Cora M. Hamilton. 
 
 LIVINGSTON CO., Pontiac, July 23-27; Co. Supt., C. R. Tombaugh; Instructors, O. 
 
 T. Bright, C. E. DeButts, j. E, Bangs, Mrs. Margaret Vaughan. 
 
 LOGAN CO , Lincoln, Aug. 20-24; Co. Supt., Evan P. Gram. 
 
 MACON CO.. Decatur, Aug. 13-17; Co. Supt., John G. Keller; Instructors. Sadie L. 
 Montgomery, T. L. Evans, F. W. Westhoff, E. A. Gastman, J. H. Coonradt. 
 
 MACOUPIN CO., Carlinville, July 9-13; Co. Supt., M. M. Kessinger; Instructors, H. 
 M. Anderson, W. B. Davis, Alta A. Harmon, C. W. Yerkes. 
 
 MADISON CO., Edwardsville, Aug. 13-24; Co. Supt., M. Henson; Instructors, F. E. 
 Cook, R. A. Haight, R. L. Lowry, C. L. Dietz, L. P. Froliart, L. T. Kennedy, 
 C. A. Parkinson. 
 
 MARION CO., Salem. Aug. 20-31; Co. Supt., J. E. Whitchurch; Instructors, W. R. 
 Hatfield, W. J. Brinckley, J. L. Hughes, Lola Scott. 
 
 MARSHALL CO., Lacon. June 25-29; Co. Supt. M. M. Mallary; Instructors, Joseph 
 Carter, Mrs. Mary E. Sykes. 
 
 MASON CO., Mason City, June 18-22; Co. Supt., Matthew Bolan; Instructors, W. W. 
 Black, H. P. Little. 
 
 MASSAC CO., Metropolis, Aug. 6-10; Co. Supt., J. M. Reynolds; Instructor, James 
 Kirk. 
 
 McDONOUGH CO., Macomb. July 9-13; Co. Supt., James M. Pace; Instructors, E. S. 
 Wilkinson, Mrs. Mary E. Sykes. 
 
 McIIENRY CO. Woodstock, Aug. 20-24; Co. Supt., W. E. Wire; Instructors, S. B. 
 llursh, J. E. McGilvery, Phebe Gardner. 
 
 McLEAN CO., Bloominsrton, Aug. 27-31; Co. Supt., John S. Wren; Instructors, Edw. 
 fc C. Page, Cora M. Hamilton, E. M. Van Petten, E. W. Cavins. 
 
 MENARD CO., Petersburg, June 11-15; Co. Supt., Geo, C. Power; Instructors, Enoch 
 - A. Fritter, E. J. Lake. 
 
 MERCER CO., Aledo, Aug. 13-17; Co. S ipt., Charlton L, Gregory; Instructors, S. B. 
 Hursh, A. C. Butler. Cora M. Hamilton. 
 
 fMONROE CO., Waterloo, July 16-20; Co. Supt, Henry Eisenbart; Instructors, W. M. 
 Evans, E. T. Weible, J. W. Jackson. 
 
 MONTGOMERY' CO., llil^boro, Aug. 20 31; Co. Supt., W. J. McDavid; Instructors, 
 O. H. Longwell, A. E. Turner. 
 
 MORGAN CO., Jacksonville June 18 29; Co. Supt., F. A. Johnson; Instructors, P. 
 M. Silloway, Sadie L. Montgomery, M. L. Test, Mrs. Constance Smith. 
 
 MOULTRIE CO., Sullivan, June 25 29; Cj. Supt., B. F. Peadro; Instructors, W. M. 
 Evans, E. A. Cross. 
 

 
 OGLE CO.. Oregon, An". 13-17; Co. Supt., Joseph M. Piper; Instructors, O. T. Bright 
 
 F. Lillian Taylor, J. 11. Kurtz. 
 
 PE’.ORIA (JO., Peoria, April 23-27; Co. Supt.. .1. L. Robertson; Instructors, B. A 
 Hinsdale, O. T. Bright, Cora M. Hamilton, Anna A. Allen. 
 
 PERRY CO., PincKnevvil’e, Mav 28-June I; Co. Supt., Walter R. Ivimzey; In 
 structors, C. W. Farr, J. E. Ramsey. 
 
 PIATT CO., Bement, June 18-29; Co. Supt., Charles McIntosh; Instructors, Wm 
 Radebaugh, T. C. Clendenen, J. L. Hughes, Geo. B. Crawford. 
 
 PIKE CO., Pittsfield, July 2-13: (Jo. Supt., Caroline Grote; Instructors, II. (' 
 McCarrell, W. M. Evaas, Effie Pike, G. B. Crawford, W. C Ivins. 
 
 POPE CO., Golconda, Aug. 20-24; Co. Supt., John H. Hodge; Instructors, F. W. Smedley 
 PULASKI CO., Mound City, Aug. 20-31; Co. Supt., Mrs. Hester M. Smith. * 
 
 PUTNAM CO., Granville, Aug. 27-31; Co. Supt., W. E. Hawthorne; Instructors, Dan 
 iel A. Tear, Margaretta S. Easley. 
 
 RANDOLPH CO., Chester, Julv 23-27; Co. Supt.. Sidney A. McKelvey; Instructors 
 W. E. Lugenbeel, E. E. Van Cleve, Adda Wertz. 
 
 RICHLAND CO., Olney, Aug. 27-31: Co, Supt., R. N. Stotler; Instructors, Samuel E 
 Harwood, Geo. D. Wham, Sadie L. Montgomery. v 
 
 ROCK ISLAND CO.. Rock Island, March 26 30; Co. Supt., S. .J. Ferguson; Instruct 
 ors, M. V. O’Shea, S. B, llursh, Flora J. Cook 
 
 SALINE CO., Harrisburg, Aug. 6-10; Co. Supt., Lewis E. York; Instructors, E. E. 
 Van Cleve, W. S. Booth. 
 
 SANGAMON CO., Springfield, Aug. 20-24; Cr Supt . Charles Van Dorn; Instructors] 
 O. T. Brignt, W. M. Evans, Frank H. Hall. Emma E. Siebert. 
 
 SCHUYLER CO., Rushville, July 30-Aug. 10; Co. Supt., L. J. MeCreery; Instructors, 
 Elbe Pike, S. H. Trego, D. P. Hollis, T. A. Jeffers. 
 
 SCOTT CO., Winchester, * ; Co. Supt., Elmer F. Walker; Instructors.) 
 
 T. M. Jeffords, M. L. Test. 
 
 SHELBY CO., Shelbyville, July 10-20; Co. Supt.. J. A. Montgomery; Instructors.) 
 
 G. P. Randle, F. D. Jordan, Wm. Miner, Mis. I. P. McNair. 
 
 STARK CO., Toulon. Aug. 13-17; Co. Supt., George O. Frank; Instructors, H. L. 
 Roberts, Adna T. Smith, Edna Keith. 
 
 ST. CLAIR CO., Bellevlle, Aug. 20-24; Co. Supt., Charles Ilertel; Instructors, R. R. 
 Reeder, F. W. Westhoff, Adda Wert./.. 
 
 STEPHENSON CO., Freeport, Aug. 20-24; Co. Supt., R. W. Burton; Instructors, E. 
 
 A. Fritter, W. W. White. 
 
 TAZEWELL CO., Pekin, March 12-16; Co. Supt., W. I*. Mavity; Instructors, W. W. 
 Black, O. A. Schotts. Nellie Barrett. 
 
 UNION CO., Anna, Aug. 20-24; Co. Supt., George Barringer; Instructors, .Tames! 
 Kirk, Samuel E. Harwood. 
 
 VERMILION CO., Danville, July 30-Aug. 10; Co. Supt., R. B. Holmes; Instructors, 
 J. N. Patrick, R. R Reeder, Henry Johnson, Sallie J. McCall. 
 
 WABASH CO., Mt. Carmel, Aug. 13-24; Co. Supt., .T. E. Ramsey; Instructors. W. S. 
 Booth. W. E. Lugenbeel. 
 
 WARREN CO.. Monmouth, June 18-22; Co. Supt.. Mrs. Eary E. Sykes; Instructors, 
 Lelia E. Patridge, W. L. Steele, J. M. Pace, Jessie Buckner, Edith Sykes. 
 
 WASHINGTON CO., Nashville. June 4-15; Co. Supt., Jesse T. Gibbs; Instructors, 
 E. E. Van Cleve, Albert G. Owen. 
 
 WAYNE CO.. Fairfield. Aug. 27-31; Co. Supt., John L. Young; Instructors, E. E. 
 Van Cleve: R. V. Black. 
 
 WHITE CO. Carmi, July 30-Aug. 3: Co. Supt., Everett McCallistcr; Instructors, W. 
 S. Booth, A. M. Reedy, W. E. Lugenbeel. 
 
 WHITESIDE. Morrison, June 25-29; Co. Supt., W. ,T. Johnston; Cora M. Hamilton, 
 
 H. L. Chaplin, M M. Warner, W. S. Ellison. 
 
 WILL, Joliet, June 25-29; Co. Pupt., W. H. Nevens; Instructors, Frank II. Hall, S. 
 
 B. Hursh. J. J. Allison, C. W. Weeks, Ililma Harthe. 
 
 WILLIAMSON CO., Marion, Aug. 13-17; Co. Supt., M. N. Swan; Instructors, II. W. 
 Shryock, John Snyder, Theodore Lentz. 
 
 WINNEBAGO CO., Rockford, March 26-30; Co. Supt., O. J. Kern; Instructors, J. E. 
 McGilvery, Mrs. Lida B. McMurry, Clara Randall, Helen Dickey. 
 
 WOODFORD CO. Eureka, .Tune 25-29: Co. Supt., W. J. Whetzel; Instructors, Enoch 
 A. Fritter, Mrs. Lida B. McMurry, R. E. Conklin, Mrs. G. W. Hootman. 
 
 Not reported. 
 
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