The Portland daily press., 1867-11-27

ga .r85i sEd eDtn y LEWISTON Nov. 20 1867. 70
10 the Editor of the Press ;esdi 4nIAsm al 80
lAgreeably to Gail of Committee appointed al
Farmin9ten, Attn Of ii ne last many of the
teuctiorsJ ufr1uaiiic Iaru oJner If1enus COM
mon school education asse mbled yesterday in
| the new Hall of the Grammar School building
Lewiston Alta Pm, there being quite a
large attendance, the meeting was called to or
der by Prof. G., M. Gage, chairman of the com
mittee appointed at Pennington to make ar
rangements for the present convention.
MONDAY AFTERNOON q
: Prayer was offered by Rev DIR. Ballard. Of
Lewiston 40 u h9oWa 1plJ 85slD "a ).
On motion, Prof Geo. ii. Gage, of Farming
ton, was chosen temporary chairman, and G
B. Stetson, of Auburn, temporary secretary. 81
The Chair read the following order of bust
ness ~ To- lii" Siit''S.i1l - 1--- - i''- g.
I58al b. go5iio 10 MoSnAF ID asieiae d
oc 1s tor purposes of Organization
81 o'elock--Discassion. Subject Arithmetic tn
mctiea Series.
zsO'elOek --Lec.ure by Alit. GeneraiJ 6. cald,
TUEspkY.
8; A: M.--Buslness Meeting. L5ilA2 tiss1Ii Il
y o'elcck.-Dscussion q Tho EesaI Method of
School Supervision for Town or Slate. To be oren-
ed DytieF. Edward Ballard, D. D., State Superili-
'tSbueHt Of common SCHOOLS.
9 Il o'clock.-LecflIe by 9. d. stotson of Auburn.
San)sst, aommon School EdJcation,- its Philosophy
5as2 9'cl9ek +. M.Iectluc by a L Stone, Prineipal
81 rclaland High Seheo suhrcs Success in
a, 2 o,eleek.-Discussion. Paper on HIemorIzng, by
On melton of Rev Dr. Balkan. a committee
pointed by the chair, to wit: Mr. Littlefien,
OF Bangor, ,. IL Hanson, Of Wateryille, and
Thomas fash of Lewiston oidO aioK usE
80 While the committee were dschargi,1g their
duties, the Convention look recess and in
dulged in social converse. ff.i.lsIia54J szsi
aib The committee on Permanent Organization
reported a form of Constitution and Bylaws.
also names of officers. Report was accented
and laid upon the table for farther consider
alton at s1-2o'clocl Tuesday morning. go
sG "A IA = II ARITHMETIC. - -.
} The discussion OF Arithmetic was now OMEN
ed by Geo. Aviation, author of Walton's Sc
ries of arithmetics s'-'' zen, % . ME- ~.
Arithmetic, Mr.. Walton said. sbould he 5;.
vided into an elementary and ., scientific
course; the first for the youngest pupils, the
second for the older. ds;5sa los e-I1 M
VI Children should first be taught 10 count SO &c
to give results at sight--to tell for example,
whether there are nine or ten, thirteen or
fourteen OBJECTS the instant the eye falls upon
them. 7 sali 37s bnHi4na l -lsa sm sai.'> I
Simple addition is toe most important III mart
OF arithmetic. Children can DE taught. and
should be taught, to add columns of figures
rapidlyas the eye can read them. 59d3Ilr.
He had tested agreat many teachers with q
sum in addition which consisted of Invent v
hve items-eaeh item consisting of three fic-
ures~-doiars and cents.I This wouJd MAXI
seventy-hye figures in all to be added JlF;va
minutes was the time given for ad ding tbe
numbers. The average result was, that about
one out of five obtained the correct resultl
four out OF five the wrong result. And this
among feathers in several different Stat A
melancholy deficieneyi Z "A good accountant
would give the correct result every time. in
seven seconds. 55,f.ts55rTf ...,i Z. grgaT
.l.4Childrcn can be taught to add with the ut
most expedition and accuracy inst as FAST al
they can read the figures There are only,opa
hundred elementary combinations of Figures in
the single column; these the child can be thor
oughlyitaueht in Jew months SO tlist he will
give them as readily as he calls words when
Mental arithmetic is usually began al toj
carry an age The child should + q TAUGHT to
'pAef Though the four fundamental rules be-
~. ~ = lntrniiel TO principles. Until this
Wy f"s"ia DC 40 real w0rk d0Ee in mental
arithmetic, Again, it is yrieyousi, abused
There SHOULD be no ecinn,ittind ~ fbe torn,s
solutions OF problems, rhat des,rorsT',ba
ehiid's. INDEPENDENTS - his ooncen t,a+;o,, -of
Thought. 5Hiol'A7 O. ''o''' -''' ."-ii al s-j33as
After elementary arithmetic, comes zz,r r;.
science of arithmetic The
scholar should be required to commit 70 letini-
ton unless he understands it. The teacher
must be superior TO definitions ITO ri1ics-to
methods, He should he open TO the criticism
OF the soholar-should compel him to- accept
nothing which he cannot comprehend ly.lA
Mr. a L, Stone, OF Portland, Thought the
chiid should not be required to recite in arith-
metic without book, he would not tax the
mind OF the child severely, rs it led to iniuri-
ous results in after life. lie will be apt to
break. down. 7. f,...- 4. ,,.i ...-. i.ss'--,si
With this view Mr.. Walton agreed. He
thought intricate problems in mental arithme
nc should not be given to scholars under twelve
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