Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1861-01-05

way was elected, but before he could en-
ter upon the duties of his Office, the regu-
lar President made his appearance. The
minutes were then read and adopted, and
the committee on Criticism made their re-
port After some general criticism, Prof.
Wickersham answered the questions sent
him through the box. The church choir
then onlivoned the proceedings by singing
one or two pieces.
Prof. Wickersham, then gave final
lecture. The subject was "Thc Duties of
the Citizens to the School," Though the
building was crowded to excess, yet the
utmost attention was paid to the plain and
pointed facts as they came from the lips
of the speaker. He closed by inviting all
to visit him at the State Normal School at
hlillersville. After recess, the Committee
on Publication again urged the matter of
subscription for the minutes. A piece of
music was also sung by the choir.
Prof. Walker lecturcd for some time on
the duties of parents and teachers, and
also alluded to the right of children. In
answer to repeated calls, he read Poe's
celebrated Poem, "Thc Bells"
Mr.. Burgess presented the following
resolution which was unanimously adopt
ed.
Resolred, That we hereby tender our
warmest thanks to Mr.. Wickersham, for
his able and valuable labors among us in
elevating the educational standard Of this
County; and we trust the friends of edu-
cational advancement here assembled,
will ever hold his name and services in
grateful remembrance.
After the singing of a beautiful piece of
music in the gallery, the Institute adjourn
ed.
FRIDAY FORENOON.
The President called the teachers to
order at one quarter past nine. Prof.
Walker read chapter il the Bible and
then offered up a prayer. Besides an
swering a number of questions he talked
for some time on general subjects. He
also explained his method of teaching
Grammar, and his reasons for it. He
next took up Arithmetic and solved many
practical questions. After recess he con-
tinued his remarks on Grammar and pars-
ed several sentences by system of SYM
bols. Adjourned.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
The Institute was called to order at
10 2. The question box was examined,
and its contents commented on by Prof.
Walker. The Finance committee again
called the attention of delinquent teachers
to the fact that they should pay tho a.
mount levied upon them.
Prof Walker made some further re.
marks on Arithmetic, and showed an easy
method of extracting the Cube Root. lie
also spent some time on Percentage.
His next subject was School Govern
ment. His experience in that alone would
be OF Immense benefit 70 any teacher
Adjourned.
EVENING SESSION.
The Institute was called to order at the
usual hour, when the minutes were read
! corrected, and adopted. The committee
OH Criticism made their usual report after
whirh there was some sharp general criti
cism. The committee on Resolutions
made their report which was accepted.
The Resolutions will be printed in the
Pamphlet The committee on Finance
made their report, showing that sos had
been received, of which amount S6l.ll
had been expended & -.s.s-y the nccessa-
ry expenses; thus leaving balance of
SO 80 in the hands of the committee. On
motion, this amount was given to the COM
mittee on Publication to assist in publish
ing the proceedings in pamphlet form.
AS number of the teachers thought some
of the items too high, Mr.. Brockway, from
the Finance committee, stated that he had
agreed to the report, though if any one
would do any of the work cheaper, he, for
one, would be willing to let them have the
job. This led to a slight misunderstood
ing, which, however, was speedily dissi-
pated.
The committee on Publication reported
that they had nearly enough money col
tected to get the proceedings published in
a respectable manner.
Mr.. Burgess then spoke few minutes
on "The Personal Qualifications of the
Teacher" His remarks were listened to
attentively.
The place for holding the next Teach
ers' Association was next discussed, but
nothing definite was arrived at After a
short recess, the County Superintendent
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