, 1869-06-13
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.


The Chicago Teache1s' Institute held session,
yestexday morning, at Crosby = Music Hall. LII. J.
l. P4cknrd, Superintendent Of Public Schools, m
the CHAIR. The audience was large and made up
principally OF ladlet, forming one Of the most IL
telIl2enr, educatcd and refined congregation Of
women that can be convened In any city, The
Chairman gare cut tho hymn.
.~NeA.ts my God to Thee"
which was sung With sweetness aud eject. The
welcome Greeting was rendered by quar-.
tettc, consisting Of Ness1s sa..n, Peabody. nlack-
well and Baker, while Nj. T7hltemau fingered the
keys The President then Introduced Prol.
Thomas Aetcaife, OF Bloomington. who xas az
noatced ns 70 lecture On "Tne Method Of T-aenins
The professor began with tie method Of teach-
Ing younger pupils, lmpsessins upon the teachers
hs nscssIy d. Of narns iae aH1s y
ieas vowela should ee clearly Under
*,ood hy the children Of the tenth grade, 4 few
OF the more easily maNeted conspna1t sounds
Then We hare :rr1yed 1t the RynsaeticAl Stage
Hhcse roxels and consona-ts are united to form
*osda- In The eighth, seventh and sixth grades
ting nor neglecting 70 review The previous les*ons
IN The nth grade written analysis E1Iy BE- intro
dacccd, always provided that the purfis arr Thor
oEgh1y yerseA IN the sounds taught tn the preccd-
fEg grades The words saould ne written hs the
pupils on paper. The errors uf pronunciation are
these; Of omission Of an element. iEsc!on o. GU
ally by the inversion Of m element ktch OF these
las lis cause Omission IL caused by haste, iDlo-
.cnce md early neglect, and must tt
met by SLOW deliberate pronunciation instI,
| ton by the hasty Interpolation OF lettcta, Aa1
substitution In an endless variety Of waxs; whett
| tue rowels are tender, Unstable AMI subject e
coxnate changes they are usually haftaInusl!
| and frequently numbered There Is noosepsIs.Es
| tor newspaper, - skuic . Tor school. AID "coastf
toossen 9 for constitution Each stc:ton Of III.
! tackci aud overcome, before there eau be a uni
sersal correctness Of speech He did nos fcfcF u
accent, because II does not properly belong TO pho
! nc nna1ys. Initiative rr0nunclntton and Ieat1
ting taught B! ITS means, tau3st .! examples ma
must be Iaore uEle aud care faSec u the enanela
| ton cf 1owe.s when tho teachers rra'f for pupil:
than xEen speaking 10 them. With the know
! edge nY each eount TN Parted to tie pupils q Tpr
conea.nlng that eoInd shocld be E!Fen to them .
! cncc 10 put 10 him auy question snRFested ny n
| renarks. lie concluded by giving ths Foufty-fou
The lecture was able AMI searching, thong
| necessarily technical
Mr.. iirplnel moved vote Of thanks 70 the lee
| turcr, which Nas passed ny N unAntiao1s aJt
pronounced as taught By tho professor.
| Tht Srpe peT1ntenHept Ra1d that was the last inst
| tntc Of thc year aud the WORK OF the institute va
nn-e satisfactory than IN previous Je1ra lie lrt
was scrTy ", IN tho pertot Nlance Of his dotr.
] seemed to 40 or SAY anything that was haraA
revere lie cQolultu with those who hft
homes to 50 to during the vacation, and huI,
| they woaLd soon follow the noble c1cnpie
| tL.}>c tho were about 10 found homes Of The
| ewn, by gctttrc married during The vac4i4o
Feeling that w:s. something to he thankful fC
tho Superintendent gave OUT; ,,
rr11sc Gfd frcn wh,tn Al hssss'nea ao%.
WHICH was sung Will ltel12 : hAA AAc Pac7sA
! cCClDAnF diEpeFScu,