The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-10-18
DTgTRJCT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.
interesting session On SATURDAY.

| Teachers LAESoOAHlAoA 49,
Saturday, October is, 1869, at nine : !
o'clock A. NJ. at the Upper Grammar
School building, and proceeded TO |
business edr
Theopenipg exercise was condupted I
by j. Wyttenbach, after which the |
minutes Of the two previous meetings |
were read by the Secretary and
adopted. a s55jl
The teachers then proceeded to re-
late and discuss experiences IN the
school room. The questions present
ed By different teachers were Of an IN
usually interesting character, and the
discussion thereof elected many i'm
portant facts, of which the teachers
can avail themselves in the perform
ance of the arduous duties of the
school room.
The subject of cQmpositiOn writing
| in school YVES thoroughly discussed.
and the great advantages derived
therefrom by those who engage ID it,
while yet quite young, and continue
the study thereof during their entire
stay at school. were considered OF the
utmost imporlance. It is lamenta- &
bic fact that many children who at
tend school for years not acquire
a knoWledge of the very frst.. ptriia.ai,
pies Of COMPOSITIONS Thus lis that
so many. Of them, after they Leave
school with a pretty fair knowledge
of arithmetic, reading, geography, &e4I
cannot even produce a nAatlyssexe-a
cuted letteEss Fl i8togbe hoped #thAt
this Important branch of educ4tion
will receive more attention in our
schools. -st-
A considerable discussion thenkook
place about esepesitien tbata schoIar
should assume while sta aiding id the
recitation class. and the manner il
which he should hold ,Eis book..Pros,
fessor j. w. Knight and lJ. Wytten-
bach ventilated their opinions freely,
and the facts developed 70 the discus
sion were considered very satisfactory.
, Children at sehoelRbould be taugft
''graoe and hahaEys' as-well as arith-
, meticA An education does not merely
consist in being walking encyclope-
} dia, destitute Of good habits. and
graceful movement of the body Il
was held that.it is theFeacher' 4duty
to prevent Scholars from stsndibg or
sitting in aWkward positions in the
school.room. a z3zs-.l III
: Prof. J.. w, Knight then took up
the subject of primary. reading He
, stated that he Considered reading the
, most. important branch of study
taught in schools and therefore.
: urged the great necessity of teaching
il properly to primary. as Helf as ad-
/, vanced.s scholars. He presented a
: very philosophical methoG of teaching
, it to primary classes. ia-s.. 3. b
Miss Blanche Allen TOOK up the
subject of4Prfu1ary Arithmetic, and
presented a very feasible method Of
teaching it to primary scholars, ! Har
: remarks were very interestfBgs and
! were listened to with attaniiops
A very Interesting dise0ssiob en-
: sued about the rules Of Arithhetic
r whether scholars should be required
2 to learn them by heart, sor whether
+, they should be required tosformF rules
: of their own. It was generally con
ceded that the rules of 'the book
], should be learned after. the spfope1
+ explanations had been made =
: Or. account of the ateness. d tht
5 hour. the subject Of Cube Boot, BY
f j. Wyttenbaeh, was p9stp9nedf9r the
next meeting Of the Ass oeiati6n.
The next meeting Of the Associa-
, ton will be held on the second Sat.
urday in November; and, on motion.
it was agreed that, if the Weather on
that day should beverly Indictment,
the Association will meet On the next
pleasant Saturday 70 HowIng.es. .asa'5
The following is the programme for
, the next meeting of Ekhe Association
Cube Root, j. Myttenbach; Spelling,
, j, W, Davidson; English Grammar,
J. Hennela .eZ
The following are the names Of the
members of the Association up to
date: j. Nv. Knight.J Wyttebbach
James OsByrnes J. W. Davidson, H
Il B. Wood, James NJ Mcclure, il. T.
Curnick. A. Matthews, Louis, Bill
lizards, L. E. sWyttanbach, Blanche
, Allen, Kate Hirsch, j. T. Matthews
Joseph Henneli Hattie f. Durham,
, Anna Simmons, j. Faurquaher and
Sophia Armstrong ito
f BULIARD's PAsoRAs1A.-The clos
ing exhibitions ofBullardss Panorarfa
of New York City were given on Sat
: urday afternoon and evening, to large
audiences. While on exhibition in
/ our city, it was visited BY thousands,
? both old and young. a1d all unite in
t prono1ncing tia fine specimen of art.
t It is the largest painting on exhibit
? ton in the country, and universally
; draws large audiences.fo see it. IL is
: we'll worthy Of asyisit. and much valu-
able Information is obtained during
the one hour and q half that the busy
scenes Of the gay me ropolis. are. pass.
ing in review before the audience. +
This fine painting Will be exhibited
IN Henderson to day and to morrow.
= and we advise our Ken lucky neigh. :.
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