Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-10-13
Teachers, Institute.
BrRLIN. October G. Is

| L ne Eo,re5 County Common School
/ Teachers Institute" met on Tuesday. nj lt
o'clock, according % announc, mcnt. The
President and Vice President being absent, Nr
f. Spooner was appointed President pro t,a
a business committee consisting of Mcssrs.
Reefy and Sherlock and Miss NJ \. Hall was
appointed after which the Institute pursued
the following order of business: On Tuesday.
morning session, after the appointments, rcsolu-
tion No. was taken up. 10 wit
Resoircd, That Agricultural Science be taught
in our common schools; signed. Z. SpooRcr
Afier discussion in the affirmative by Messrs.
Spooner and Sherlock, and in the negative bv
Messre. Reefy. Freed and Shipley, it was laid
on the table.
Afternoon session-Mr. E. Spooner delivered
a lecture on Physical Geography" Resolu-
tion No. was again taken up and after discus
sion by Messrs. Spooner, Sherlock and Hall in
The affirmative. and in the negative by Messrs
Reefy. Maxwell and Shipley, was rejected.
Evening session-Lectures were delivered by
Messrs. Andrew Hall on " Common Schools
and J. S. Reefy on Qualifications of Teach
ers." Resolution No. 2 Was taken up. to wit
Resoired. That the school teacher. in order to
be more fully enabled TO manage school. should
have knowledge of the science of Phreno lngv;
signed +. S. Reety, and after discussion in the
affirmative by Messrs. John Crow. Spooner and
Reefy. and by Messrs. Sherlock, Hall and 7.
Grow in the negative, was laid on the table
Second dIy-morning session-The Institute
being organized into I class was instructed in
he science of Physical Geography by Mr.. E.
Spooner.
Evening session-A lecture was dcIiveaed hv
Mr. +. Spooner on School Management" Miss
NJ. I. Vance read an essay on Teaching o f Mo-
raliiy-" Resolution No. was again taken up
and discussed i'll the affirmative by Messrs.
John Crow. Reefy, Tay lor and Simpson. and iu
the negative by Messrs. Sherlock. Hall T. Crow
and Rainsburg, when it was rejected.
Third day-morning session--On institution
of Miss VI. I. Vance, it WAS
Resoired, That when we adjourn we adjourn |
to meet at Nashville. oH the first Tuesday in |
April ucxt. Lectures We're delivered by Mcs,rs. |
Sherlock, on a" What 10 Read" and Reefy ON |
Penmanship.' Resolution No. 3 was then
taken up. TO wit:
Liesofrod. That no person be permitted 10
teach school without first having obtaiucd n
knowledge of Physiology and Hygiene signed
+. s. Rccfv. and after discussion bv Messrs
Spooncr Reefy. and Sherlock in the affirmative,
and by McssrS. Maxwell, Yoder aud Hall IN the
negative. Was adopted.
Afternoon srssion-On notion the Institute
proceeded to The election of officers for the en-
suing year. which resulted as follows:
President-E Spooner Vice Ptesdenl-I.
,.
Corresponding Secretary-Miss NJ.
j. Vance ; Treasurer-Tholnas Crow, Board of
Managers. The Board of Examiners-F. S.
Reefy and Miss NJ. A. Hall. Mr. E. Spooncr
Iectured on the science of " Amenogriphv."
Resolution No. 4 WI, then taken up, to wit
Rcsoircd, That the phonetic system of Orihcg-
raphy te adopted in our common schools
signed John Fugaie, and WAS laid on the table
after some discussion in the affirmative by
Messcs Sroonor and Sherlock, and in the mega
tive by Mr.. Hall.
Evening session-A lecture on Speaking
and Reading was delivered by Rev. Mr. Gil
lum Miss L. Fugate read an essay on Lie
raturc as Science of Happiness" Miss NJ. 4.
Hall read All cssly on d" Our Common Schools
Resolution No was then taken up, to wit:
Rcsolrcd That the policy of the State. in ap-
funds for the support of the Ger
man schools bc discontinued. and after spirited
discussion by Messrs. Hall, Maxwell and Rains
burg in the affirmative, and In the negative by
Messrs. John Grow, Yoder and Sherlock, was
adopted. !
The prcprety of issuing circulars to the
eachers of Holmes Co. was referred 10 the ,
Board Of Managers.
The following resolutions were ordered TO be
inserted in the minutes, and retained for discus
sion at the next regular meeting Of the 1nsii-ti
luic.
No. l. Rcsoirod. That a Gymnasium be con-
ncclcd with every common school in the State +
signed n. W. Yoder. t
Nc. ,. Rcsolref, That Pinneo's Grammars,
being self-contradictorv and absurd. and n
fruitful source of error should not be used as a
ext book in our common schools signed Z.
Spooner.
No. ,. Resolred, That corporal punishment
De abolished in our common schools signed
J. I. Maxwell.
On motion, vote Of thanks was returned 10
Rev. Mr.. Gillum. and he WIS elected an honora-
~ member of the Institute. Pending the mo-
lion 10 adjourn. The President, on behalf of the
Institute, thanked the citizens of Berlin and
vicinity for their courteous treatment of the
members during the session of the Institute.
On motion. the Institute adjourned to meet
IN the first Tuesday IN April. at 10 o'clock, at
Nashville.
The Institute was well attended and an en-
ouraging degree of interest manifested in the
proceedings. The number of names of MEM
ers enrolled during the session 81. of
vhom great many were professional teachers @
md who took an active part in the proceedings
L. SPOONER, President
S. II. SHERLOCK, Secretary.