Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-11-23
Proceedings of Grant County Teachers
Institute.


WEDNESDAY, Nov. -Pursuanl
to q call Of County Superintendent
the Institute met in the Court House
AT 100 P. NJ. Prof. G. FL. Allen was
appointed conductor for the day.
John Likens was chosen Secretary
About thirty teachers enrolled them.
selves as members. After prayer by
Rev Mr.. Sims Prof. Allen addressed
the teachers for half an hour upon
the Benefits Of Institutes. lie
then gave a drill on Elementary
Sounds, after which recess was
taken. Upon calling to order again
Prof. n. e. Twining was chosen to
Eli the conductors chair, as Mr.Allen,
to the regret of all, was compelled
by business engagements to return
to PlattcvilIe Mental Arithmetic
was we'll discussed, following which
came discourse by Prof Twining
on Physiology and methods Of teach
ing it with practical benefit in the
public schools.
Hon. A. ]. Craig, State Superin-
tendent, having arrived, gave les
son on Object Teaching, and made
some remarks upon Practical Gram
mar. The Institute then adjourned
to $50 A, M. of next day.
In the evening Mr.. Craig delivered
lecture Of an hour and a half noon
Education. He spoke without notes,
ably and eloquently, ard his ideas
were b ghly practical and useful.
THURSDAY, Nov. Arm. Mr. N. G..
Twining took the chair as conductor;
after devotional exercises, the roll
was called, each member responding
by a sentiment. VIM. B. Bradeerry
and Miss Falley were appointed rit-
les. The chairman announced the
following committee on permanent
organization a. w. Barber, w. B /.
Bradberry, Miss Falley and Miss Mills.
Miss Phebe Grigsby and VIM. A.
Mcdonald were chosen to edit pa
per,
The regular exercises were contin-
ued by Mr.. Mcdonald who spoke
upon Penmanship, and Mr.. Barber
who explained successful methods
of teaching the rudiments of the
Spencerian system with pupils of all
grades. A discussion on Oral In
struction was followed by 4 lesson
on Composition by Prof. j. X. Nc
Gregor OF Lancaster, who gave his
method of making this dreaded task
attractive and easy.
In the afternoon q discussion upon
Grammar consumed an hour. Mr..
A. 2. Thompson then, by special re-
quest of Sup't Hubbard, made D
speech on the New System of Ed
ucation" His remarks were prcfuse,
quaint and sometimes eloquent, ex-
citing lively interest and occasional
laughter and cheers. A class drill
in Spelling followed, Judge Mills then
gave some ideas on photography in
his usual original style. The critics
made spicy report when the Insti-
tute adjourned.
In the evening Prof Twining de-
livered lecture on Mental Culture
FRIDAY, Nov. TH.--The Institute
opened as before, Professor Duncan
McGregor of Platteville was APP
pointed to conauct the day proceed
ings. Geography was discussed by
Prof. McGregor, A. w. Barber and
N. G. Twlning. A debate on School
discipline followed, in which several
teachers took part. The general
opinion seemed to be, that good or
der could best be secured by mild
means of suasion, but that cases
sometimes would arise ia whica cor
poral punishment as last resort
could not be dispensed with. One
professor argued against expulsion
preferring to retain, educate and
discipline such as are often expelled
at whatever cost of trouble to the
teacher and school.
In the afternoon, Prof ID. McGreg-
or gave an exercise in spelling and a
brief address urging teachers to keep
children busy. He also gave the
teachers many excellent ideas upon
Arithmetical Analysis and Decimals.
Prof Twining urged the Importance
of teaching Analysis of words.
L i committee on organization re
port ID constitution for the basis of
the society. It was adopted, and
signed by nearly all. Election of
officers for the ensuing year resulted
as follows:
PRESIDENT. x. McGregor.
Vice Presidents-N. c. Twining, Duncan
McGregor, Eva M. Mills.
Secretaries-W. A. Mcdonald, Lou. A..
FalIey.
Executive Committee--J.P Hubbard, Annie
Jackson, Phebe GrIgsby.
The members chosen as editors
then read their paper, and the Insti-
tute adjourned.
In the evening Prof w. B. Clarke
delivered very able address on the
Education of the Masses, and its
results in a moral, social and patriotic
direction.
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