LOUISA COUNTY, IOWA

Columbus Gazette, Columbus Junction, Iowa Thursday, August 17, 1893 page 1

All Wapello is full. Every other person you meet is a teacher and every teacher, wit a few noble exceptions is a school ma'am. The school master is now a thing of the past; a reminiscense; a rare, though tame relic, interesting only for his scarcity. The "survival of the fittest theory" doesn't land him among the survivors. And it is well. Women are natural teachers and subdirectors have turned the business over to them. The institute now in session at Wapello demonstrates this. One hundred and forty-three teachers are enrolled. The majority of the young men who are in attendance are mere society boys who shine best when in a position to monopolize the attention of the fairer sex. And they take advantage of the situation. Miss Superintendent Hughes assumes the conductorship ad she does her work well. The instructors are the Misses Burt and Curtis and Messrs. Gamble and Dornon. Of these Miss Burt and Prof. Dornon were employed last year; the others are new to the work in this county, but they seem to understand their business. This will be a two-weeks session, but will continue through Saturdays. The following is the enrollment up to the hour of going to press: