The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-11-29


MIE COUNTY fEACHEa4 lMsTlIUTE;
couscls Bt;dI kts;E oyp 1ssG !,
MONDAY, New. l7th.-Instituts convened
pursuant to the call Of the County Superin-
tsndent J. B. Rue, and vas ,opeped- With
prayer BY L. s. Axtell. The Secretary be-
ing absent Spencer Smith was appointed to
Gil tho vacapsy.l The Constitution Was
read and on motion Of L. s. Axtell, Article
4sh Was 80 amended shat the Executive
Committee should consist Of instead OF 8.
L. S. Axtell, j. A. Sylvester and Miss L.
Burke were chosen q the addition, TO that
committee. Thedolio~ing resoiasionswas
offered by L. s. Axtsll, and adopted:
Rpse}ysly vThss ,shs ssgular ysessiops- OF
this lnstitutS sball b "a follow :--Eson 9
to IL O'Clock A. NJ. and from half past | to
4 O'Clock P. NJ.
On motion Of A.,Sylysster, Mfe IL. s.
Axtell, Miss Annie Buody and Miss Maggie
Werlich were appointed to act as critics du
nss ths session Il tbe IastitSts =. !
Recess. 10 minutes.
j. B. Rne, then gave bis method Of teach
ing small children and vas followed % the
same subject by L. s. Axtell.
Adjourned to II O'Clock P. NJ.
ArtsbooS ESSssrcs. The sdtiect for
reading was taken up BY L. s. Axtell and
conducted with considerable interest.
J!A.SSsNester-sbhn explained bis method
Of teaching the multiplication table, After
which Primary Grammar was taken up BY
Miss Maggie Werlich and continued BY J.
B. Rue, - ~
Critics reported and house adjourned till
Tomorrow morning a q o'clock.a q
TUESDAY, Nov. iSth.-House met pursu.
ant 10 adiOurppsensss. o. end vas opened with
prayer by J. B. Rue.
L. S. Axtel then proceeded to demon
strate his.method lof teaching Mental Arith-
metio, BY tie use Of the Ari,hmomster to the
interest Of the Institute, ! a..i i NITRO Q, szsu
On Motion of G. W. johnson, j. A. Syl-
vester and LxSs.Axssltwers appointed 4
committee on resolutions to report at the
close Of the session. ''4 50 1'9 " y 0''''
G. W. johnson, explained his method Of
teaching Geography and vas followedby j.
B. Rue.
Recess, 10 minutes.
AFTERNOON SEssIoN.-Practical Arithme.
tic was taken up BY ia. Sylvester and con.
tinued until recess, after which the follow
ips sqpestien WAS dinousseds varlsgla-
'sRSs6lvsd, That corporeal punishment
should not be Inflicted in our schools 5" and
decided in favor of the negative.
Critics reported quite fully and house ad-
journed to meet at the Presbyterian Church
at 7 O'Clock P. NJ, zs f.s,sts, - asss-.ss
EVENING SEss1oN.-House called to order
by J. B. Rue, Dr.. Mcneil, Of Omaha, was
then intr oduced and delivered . very able
aud seloque1s lectufs "a = the subject of
Physical Education.
Adjourned until 8 O'Clock tomorrow
imorning.
"WEDNESDAY, Now 10th. -House called to
order by j. B. Rue and opened with prayer
by Rev. J. W. Todd. -
The subject of Geography was taken up
by l.. S. Axtell and treated quite fully, after
Which The; singing method was introduced
BY G. W. johnson. Then followed Practi-
cal Arithmetic BY J.. A. Sylvester, with
blackb board exercises.
Recess, 10 minutes. a.
The remsining time was! occupied by j.
B. Rue on the subject Of Grammar.
Adjourned tol3 O'Clock P. NJ. p" :
AFTERNOON SEssIos.-Tbe subject Of
Grammar was resumed by J. B. Rue as q
recitation. .axrrgata saaEna
Mental Arithmetic was again taken up by
L. S. Axtell and also conducted as = reci-
tation.
Recess, 10 minutes.
C. Cook then presented upon the black
board the subject Of Penpmansbip. ] :.
Critics reported, but not fully. House
adjourned to the Presbyterian Church, 7
O'Clock, P. NJ.
EVENING SESSION. House was called to
order by the President, J. B. Rue. @s.l55
L. S. Axtell was introduced to the audi
ence, and delivered very practical lecture
on Our Common, Schools-their impor-
lance and Improvement. = Z
Adjourned until tomorrow morning 9
O'Clock.
THURSDAY, Nov. Goth House convened
It The. usual time and place, and was opened
with prayer by J. B. Rue.
Geography again claimed the attention
of the Institute under the supervision Of
G. W. Johsson, from which aross discuss
sion % the cause Of light and heat.
Recess, 10 minutes. u .a
Common Fractions we're then taken up
BY J. A. Sylvester.
L. s. Axtell then explained the rule for
finding the greatest common divisor.
4Aajoufhed Til l ! o'cioek P: . : aSss-
AFTERNOON SEssIoN.-The subject Of
Grammar was sgain continued BY J. B.
Rue, and the Verb treated OF quite fully.
The subject of Cube Root vas next pre-
scented by L. s. Axtell, and clearly demon
strated to the Satisfaction of the Institute.