Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-08-30
Fourth Annual Meeting of the MiM;n
County Teachers Institute.

] The Mifilin County Teachers Institute,
met in pursuance Of a call of the County Su-
nor,, tend, nj, in the Town Hall. Lewiston u,
m Mnno.-v. A rgust 9th, 1860 and was open
cd with the ?. odu- of a portion of scripture.
and PRAYER by In.~of. NJ J. Smith, follow, d
with music bv the eschers. Irof. AzaFlah
Smith, Co. Snpt., then .9de It" FtinaFkS
expressive of his satisfaction ~ ml ''iH9 me
teachers in this capacity, throwing MT, =" 'Ne
same time, few hints IN regard 10 L." lln
portance Of close attention and good order n
the part of the members Of the Institute
Mis- Mary Stewart and j. X lIar.zler were
elected Secretaries After the order Of excr-
cises for the day had been announced, the
County Superintendent conducted an exercise
in Orth0graphy illustrative Of the different
classes of words, letters and elementary
sounds. NJ. J. Smith then took up Written
Arithmetic, and gave his method OF explain
ing the greatest common divisor. Recess.
Music. The County Superintendent then
gave an excellent illustration Of the ANALYSIS
of sentences by writing on the blackboard
diagram, in which he gaze an accurate elias
sifcation Of the different kinds Of sentences
and Of the elements that compose them The
members of the Institute were next drilled in
Mental Arithmetic by ". j. Smith Concise.
Indispensable to good solution. Adjourned
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Institute called to order at half past one
. clock Grammar again taken up and sew
eral sentences analysed By different teachers
The teaching Of common fractions was next
considered by NJ. J. Saith. The toxin hail
having been engaged. it was resolved to have
no session this evening. Recess Music
An exercise in Reading conducted by the
County Superintendent. Various methods Of
imparting instruction to beginners were then
discussed by ID. Allen, }. X. Iiartzler, W. K
Stroup, d. Ii. look, A. Smith and - Wit
tlngtOn,
SECOND DAV-MoRSING SESSION.
The exercises were opened by reading
portion of Scripture and prayer by the Coun-
ty Superintendent. Music and the critics
report were next in order. Messrs John NJ
Bell, Samuel Sterrett, and Miss Mary s. Shaw
were appointed a committee on finance, and
e. II. Swigart was named as critic for the
day. The teachers were next exereised in
phonetic spelling; the Importance Of this
exercise as a means of correct articulation,
must have been evident to all who were pres
ent. The least common multiple and deei
NAL fractions were next explained by NJ. j.
Smith and several others. Recess and music,
after which the County Superintendent con-
Quoted an exercise in Grammar several diff
cult sentences were analyzed and parsed.
Exercise in Mental Arithmetic Adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Institute called to order at half past one
O'Clock, and opened with music by the teach
ers. The analysis of sentences again taken
up; this was followed by an exercise in Writ.
ten Arithmetic, during which Ratio and Pro
portion were illustrated and explained by NJ.
J. Smith, and Mr.. Wilmington of Blair coun
ty. Recess and music. Exercise in Reading
correct modulatiOn of voice dwelt on with
much stress. The County Superintendent
next delivered a short lecture on the impor-
tance OF rigid classification in school, in which
he urged teachers to classify their pupils as
soon as possible after commencing a term of
school, as they will thus be enabled to do
much more for their pupils in the same time
and with the same amount of labor. In
Written Arithmetic, classification is still who'll
ly neglected by some teachers. The question,
how can we make our instruction most prac-
teal, was then discussed by Messrs. w. X.
Stroup, Mr. Wilmington, j. K. HartzIer and
D. Allen. Adjourned
MARY STEWART,
J. K, HARTZLER,
SacraFarioo