The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-11-24

of the meeting.
THURSDAY MORNING.
Rev. Mr.. Rice took charge of the open
ling exercises.
The Assshmetic class considered the
rules of Interest, Percentage and Dis
count.
M. @. Crosby conducted the recitation
in Mental Arithmetic.
The Grammar class took up the differ
ent points connected with Passive Verbs
and Relative Prt nouns. $50,
After the afternoon recess the Commit
tee on Menainasions reported as follows !:
For President, j. w. Bird Vice Pres
ident, @. w. Grigsby; Secretary, Miss
K. Cordelia Hydorn; Treasurer, Miss
Sarah Presho. U
The report was accepted and the per
sons proposed for the several Offices were
unanimously elected. A resolution WAS
offered which reads:
Rcsoipe1, That in the examination of
teachers, written answers arc preferable,
and should generally be adopted.
Messss J. s. Mann, J. Hendrick, NJ.
II. Rice. G. w. Grigsby and D. Styles
remarked upon the resolution, when it
was laid upon the table. Adjourned.
EVENING SESSION.
A choir from Hebron, under the charge
Of Mr.. S. Graeaman, sung an apprOpri-
ate piece. Miss Sarah Presho read Sc
Iect poem. Messrs. Proctor Maynard
and A. j. Heggie, then delivered decla-
nations, which added much to the varie
ty of the evenings exercises. Music by
the Band. The President of the past year
then delivered his retiring address which
contained the sentiments of a true man
and faithful director. Mr. NJ. o. Crosby
then read an exccllen! address as the clos
ing exercise of the evening. Music by
the Band. Adjourned. ....
FRIDAY MORNING.
Rev. Mr.. Rice conducted the o. ening
exercises, and made some very excellent
remarks on the subject of reading the Bi-
bic in schools.
The Arithmetic class spent it's hour in
the Roots. D. H. Judd explained Cube
Root according to the rule given in "Da-
rles' New Arithmetic" Mr. Hendrick
gave a very plain illustration of this rule
by blocks. Mr. Parsons then explained
the manner of extracting the Cube Root
according to rule of English origin
which may be seen in Perkins Arithme-
tic. The last method, though some what
intricate, is far the most scientific as it is
freed from all the "eut and try work
which necessarily attends Davies method
The Orthography class to-day, closed
the annual debate respecting the number
Of Elementary sounds in the English Ian
guage, and also about w and Y, whether
they arc consonauts or vowels. Rev. d.
Styles said he had not changed his opin-
ion in three years on this question, and |
verify believe he Mill not for three years
TO come. ...g
The tabled resolution respecting teach
ers examinations, was discussed short
time and carried.
The Committee on Resolutions report
cd as follows:
Resolved, That it is tho duty, and
should be the pleasure, of every teacher
to read, or have read, portion Of Scrip
III. es every day in school and that we
recommend that tn" teacher alone should
read and comment freely upon such points
as do not conflict with sectarian differ
ences, which We consider Of little practi-
cal Importance.
Resotred, That we hail with pleasure,
the first rays Of prospect of having uni
fornity of textbooks in our schools, and
we once more urge upon Directors to COM
ply with the scholars profit, teacher s
convenience, and the requirements of the
Pennsylvania School Law.
Resolved, That since the law requires
Directors to visit the schools, they, in ac-
cep.ing that Office, virtually pledge them
selves to meet this requirement.
Resoivcd, That common sepse and the
best interests Of their chiidrca. demand
that parents should be frequent visitors
at the school and we insist upon
their giving US the encouragement Incl
dent to such course.
Resolred, That in view of the alarming
increase of intemperance around US, eve
ry teacher, who is in the least addicted
to the use Of alcoholic drinks as beyer-
age, should be regarded with distrust,
and either compelled to adopt stringent
temperance principles and practices, or
forced from the profession,
Rcsoiued, That We consider the meth
cd of teaching Geography from Outline
Maps, very great improvement upon the
ordinary manner, and We earnestly fe-
commend to Directors to procure them for
each school.
Resolved, That we are under great OBJ
lar