The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-28

of the subject, and it was listened to
throughout by all present with fixed
attention and manifest pleasure. We
regret that circumstances will pre-
vent the delivery of any more lec-
lures by Prof. Harvey during his
present visit to our city
THE MUSICAL CONcERT.-We re-
mind our readers of the grand musi-
cal concert to be given at Crescent
City Hall tonight by the Evansville
Orchestral Society. The entertain
ment will doubtless be one of
the most pleasing and inter
esting that has ever been given in
this city, comprising as it does the
best musical talent, both vocal and
instrumental IN the city, including
some seventy performers p The
closing overture alone, will be worth
more than the price of admission, be-
ing a goodrepresentation of the min
strelsy of nature, a grand sensational
performance, with Prof. Warren as
leader. We confidently expect to see
Crescent City Hall crowded. ,l
TEACHERS INsTlrUTE-SeeondD Day
The association met at o'clock Al
NJ. pursuant to adjournment. The
roll being called, ty-fve members
were found to be present. The exer-
cises commenced by the reading of a
portion of Scripture, and the singing
of a choice piece of music, after
which Prof T. ". Harvey took up
the subject of Geography He pre-
scented clear ard concise system by
which the areas of States and coun
tries can be learned. by taking the
areas of five States as standpoints,
and comparing the areas of all other
States and countries with them; also,
how TO learn the population Of cities
by making groups of cities and learn
ing their population, and them com
pairing and associating with then the
population of other cities. In
the same manner the length
of rivers and the heigth
of mountains cal be learned also
how to obtain a knowledge of the
position of places by fixing in the
memory the latitude and longitude of
a few places, and estimating others
from them. He made some very in
teresting remarks about hydorme
ters, defining respectively AQUEOUS
vapor, dew, frost, fog, clouds, and the
| various kinds of clouds, as the cirrus
cloud, the stratus cloud, the cumulas
cloud, the Giro STRATUS, the ciro-cum-
illus. the cnmuIorstratus, and the
aimbus 4, - 3ytl .t.eo-.f
Prof. Daniel Hough then exercised
the teachers in arithmetic after
which Miss Locke explained the
manner of teaching Object Lessons
/ to the. first and second years class.
The, first Step for the, first years class
Ito name objects, give their uses, and
place. them IN position, thus exercis-
ing the memory and perceptive facul-
ties OF the child La the second
years class find OUT some of the
qualities Of objecfsi as, water as liquid,
board as solid, chalk as brittle, ribbon
and cloth as pliabIe, glass az transpa-
rent, sugar as fusible, and wood as in
aammable; also teaching the simple
/ ndecenmon qualities Of objects, as,
qualities fefefring2to surface. focon-l
dition, Q direction, sc. Llt.
I0a Mss Brow taught an interesting
moral lesson to a class Of little girls;
in substance. to doupto others as you
would that they should do unto you,
b Prof TsW Harvey then spoke on
the subject of Grammar He bowed
that a ttofd bad a history that The
language Of a nation described the
genius ef the nation which used it;
tkat spelling Should always be taught
sus;th refaronee TO the ANALYSIS of