The Marlin Democrat
Fifteenth Year Number 8
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, April 21, 1904
MARLIN'S BIG SUMMER NORMAL
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Conductor And Faculty Chosen From
Five Counties
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Marlin is to be congratulated on securing the teachers
summer normal for this district composed of five counties. This meeting will
bring together a large body of teachers from these counties and aside from the
money they, will necessarily leave here, their impressions of the town should be
such as to be of future value to the community. And we feel that we can safely
say that Marlin will extend the teachers a cordial welcome to our city.
NORMAL FACULTY SELECTED
The representatives from McLennan,
Falls, Limestone, Robertson and Leon counties met in Hearne Saturday, to arrange
for the Summer Normal to be held in Marlin from June 23 to July 28th, 1904.
Supt. E. A. Decherd of Franklin schools was elected conductor with following
subjects: Methods and management, U S history, civics, grammar, writing,
English, literature.
The assistants selected, are: Supt. Henderson of
Jewett; general history, physiology, physical geography, psychology.
Supt. W. M. Pendergraft, Kosse; algebra, physics,
reading, history of education, solid geometry.
Supt. J. F. Ellis, Crawford; composition Texas,
history, political geography, chemistry.
W. K. Holland, Marlin; geometry, arithmetic,
spelling, trigonometry, American literature.
The faculty is composed of five of the strongest school
men in Texas and the union of five counties assures a large normal.
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