The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-09-10

from darkest to lightsst. Shades are
the pure colors with a little black mixed,
tints, the pure colors with little white
mixed.
2:30.-Prof. Wood. Arithmetic.
In this lecture the Professor ran
hastily over Subtraction, Multiplied
ton, under which head be showed that
the product is always of the same de-
nomination. as the multiplioand and the
multiplier an abstract number. Divi-
sion, showing that the quotient must
always be an abstract number.
3:30.-Professor w eleh. Subject
Colors.
Reviewed the last lecture, and re-
peated the subjects to be taught in a
Primary School, viz: Color, Form,
Counting, Gymnastics, Singing, and
Stories. No exercises should be more
than fifteen minutes in length. Teach
singing by note, not scientifically. Do
not let it be too loud. Teach all the
virtues by stories and not by maxims.
Tuesday A. M. Opened by prayer
by Rev. E. H. Rice.
9:l5.-Prof. WEIGH. Subjeot-Eng-
lish Grammar.
Stated he had three topics which he
wished to present, viz: Connections,
Classi6cations, aud Infections. Claim
ed that the highest philosophy of Ian
guage is in it's doctrine of conneotives.
In the English language there are two
ways of connecting its elements-frst
in pairs, second, when a subordinate
element is connected to its principal.
In the course of his illustrations he
brought out, alphabetically, the defini-
tons, coordinate connective Is one
that Joins elements IN the same gram
NAUTICAL relation and subordinate
connective is one that joins an adjunct
to the element 1t limits. II, the latter
class of conmectives he placed 1oreposi-
tions.
lO:l5.-Professor Wood. Subject
Arithmetic e
Discussed Duodecimals. The Great
est Common Divisor Least Common
Multiple, and excess of mines.
l1:15.-Prof. Welch. Subject-Pri-
mary Teaching.
Reviewed his past lesson on color,
and continued the discussion on sub
jects. Believed the day was not far
distant when the Natural Sciences will
constitute the greater part of the course
of study in our common schools. The
obstacles TO this are not in School
Boards, but in ourselyes-we are not
prepared to teach thus now. In the
next higher Primery, or Second Grade
of First Primary Department, We
have for subjects of study, Color, Forms
in relation to parts, Animals and
Plants, Words and Sounds, Gymnastics,
Singing and Moral Stories. In regard
to oolors we are to teach the primary
colors in their tinges, and the Second
airy colors with their tints and shades.
Defined tinge to be any color slightly
varied by mixing with it small guam
tity of primary color. Explained
how the great number of colors are
formed by making two tinges of each
color, and making each of these base
from which scales of at least fifty lone
different colors may be distinguished.
l:3O.-Prof. Wood continued bis
lectures on Arithmetic.
2:30.-Sup't. Gregory. Subject
Reading.
shall not attempt to show the ina
portance of being good reader. That
is well known by all and it is also well
known that our pupils do not become
good readers. And why? not that we
do not spend sufficient time in this ex.
ercise, but that we do not prescribe a
true method, having in view the true
aim. We put the children into and
through course of Readers, and ex-
pect them to come out polished with
this accomplishment. This is absurd
There is yet another evil, that of re.
quiring children to read without ever
reading to them. No excellence is ever
attained in any art without having .
model to work to. This habit of re-
curing our pupils to read without ever
showing them how to read leads te
very undesirable results-bad habits O
many kinds.
In doing any thing we want to stat,
to ourselves the aim, the object to b,
attained by the work. Now what il
our aim in reading. The answer t.
this question l shall endeavor to deyel
op in the following discussion.