The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-09-04
TEACHERs' ENsTITL III.
The Closing Exercises.
rtFrn DAYS pRoCErDTNGs.

conducted by Prof. A. NJ. Cow. The
following beautiful words were sung
by the teachers. accompanied by
music: r.-lp
Long as live, III bless thy name, e
My King, my God of love;
My work and y shall be the same
IN brighter worlds above, &c.
Prof. Cow made some remarks
about the qualifications Of teachers.
He spoke Of the great necessity of
raising the standard Of qualifications.
He also continued his instructions in
Grammar.
Prof. knight occupied half-hour
in ma king some general remarks about
country schools. He spoke of the
faults and failings " of many Of the
country teachers, and the great neces.
sity of all to qualify themselves
thoroughly for the great work of edn-
cation
Prof. B. G. Hobbs occupied an hour
ia delivering a. lecture on Physiology.
He stated the reasons why it was in !
troduced into the common schools Of
the State, He explained the struc
ture and use of the bones of the head
the structure and use of the brain,
stomach, panereas. arteries, veins, &c.
His remarks were very interesting
and instructive, and were listened. to
with close attention. saa l.ls..l,l
Prof Gov took up the subject Of
| United States History, and explained
a method of teaching it in our com
mon schools, lie confined his re
marks to the five most important
events in the history of our country
viz: 1.-THE Discovery of America ,
The Landing Of tho Pilgrims on
Plymouth Rock. and che Introddc
ton of Slavery in jamestown, il
$780, The Revelation; . aThC
Rebellion, and The Emancipation
Proclamation Y 1900 &
The following resolution. was pre-
scented and adopted;l BEouisa
Resolved, That the District Teach
ers Of Vanderburgh County form ar
association for the purpose of bette
qualifying themselves for their work
Prof, Barnabas q. Hobbs impaired
some valuable information abeu
fractions, but simply devoted his re
parks to addition, subtraction, mul
! Duplication and division Of common
fractions. hna asaosa-t - { {. 81.
Mr.. Thos. Peck read an interesting
essay on the subject Of $ School ant
Teacher" which was we'll received b.
the Institute. 5se4
There were some very ainlerestin
queries put into the query box, which
were read and answered during tn
last half hour inHthe evening. Som
of the queries elected oensiderabl
discussion, in which the teacher
generally participated a7e so
The following preamblesJ and reso
luton we're unanimously adopted:
WHERRAs, The competition exist
| ing among persons assuming to b
| teachers, is Injurious to those VIII
have spent time and money in pre-
pairing themselves properly for thei
work; and,
WHEREAS The State has author
lied the appointment 3 Of a SchoC
Examiner to ascertain the fitness c
persons to take charge of the Schools
therefore, -.---- ...
Resoluea, That we request Nj
knight to establish higher standar
of qualifications IN order to secur
the persons best qualified to teach tn
Common Schools. ,8st .1r be- a}ot
The following additional names {
teachers pre- sent were enrolled yes
terday; Pref Willett, Thos. Peel
Miss Boor, Miss Ashley, aud Mis-
Steele, making the total number Ell
rolled ninety ~ ,el1a
The Institute was a genuine SUI
: cess, and was session beneficial t
all who participated. Those in a
: tendance took great interest in Il
: proceedings, and the presence an
5 lectures of Prof. Hobbs added great
to the interest of the occasion.
At 5 eielock PM the Institute az
, journed SHE die.
! Prof. Hobbs delivered an addrei
: at the High School Building la
night, and was listened to by larl
: number of teachers and visitors,
= -.U.7H .'.E =
FIRE AT NEwBURG.-From diver
! individuals we learn that the FIRE i
: Ncwburg, on Thursday night, brol
out in Commercial Block, Wat
!, Street, aud that two buildings of ii
= block were burned. Mr.. Hazen al
Frank Bethel we're large loser
4 Bethel was insured for $4,000 in Il
Z Home of New York Weed & Gla
e suffered heavy loss on stock, al
It were insured in Underwriters f
? $6,000-abbut two thirds Of their los
: Hazen, grocery keeper, lost heavil
i with no insurance Newburg Ne,
/. in the second story, total loss, to t
4 amount of 81, 100 No insurant
The fire was unquestionably the We
ID of an incendiary.
The goods were removed from Sc
). eral other buildings, at considerat
e loss, within insurance. The Repu
"a lie of Chicago had a risk, which "
q compromised at $38, and the Evar
id vile suffers a loss Of 500.
The fire was put out by the free l
of salt, and the formation of line
= water buckets from the river to t
be burning buildings. The work v
on Heleulean, but it was admirably pt
=. formed.