The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1869-02-04
MONROE co. TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
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Tuesday Jan. 12th-Iustitute opened
with prayer by Professor Sanders, A. H.
Berlin opened the work of the Institute
by drill in addition, he though this
should be made daily exercise and en-
gagged in by all the pupils-showed how
we might add quickly by combination,
gave rules for contraction in Multiplied
ton to multiply any number by IL, add
the digits of the uumber together and
place the sum between the digits, or null
tiply by add half the number to the left
hand digit of the number. Following
this exercise Capt. Drake's reason why
we carry one for every 10 was given by
the Supt. as follows; while Arithmetic
was yet in its infancy, and the Arabians
counted over the ends of their fingers,
they could couat 40 further than the 10th
finger, which brought them once round,
or over their fingers, once round then was
expressed by l and circle arouud(o)
equal 10, twice round would be 20, &c.
Prof Sanders followed with an elocu-
tiouary drill on the chart, while the teach
ers repeated the sounds of the vowels he
remarked, his hearing was very acute and
then told story. Two old crones meet
ing, one said, his eyesight was very defec-
tive, the other remarked that his sight
was very acute whereupon the first said,
though eyesight fail, his hearing was re-
markable when the first willing to give an
exhibition ofthe power of his sight exclaim-
cd. See there now that church steeple in
the distance, | can see fly crawling up
it, at which the other replied, can you ? |
can not see it, but | can hear him scratch
as he goes up. A sounds are all we use in
the English language, a has sounds o has
6 sounds. Prof. Sanders does not like the
pronunciation of 90 for as found in the
/ Dictionaries. Sub-tonics he said were un
der tones, or base tones, such as the big
bull frog made in the mill pound on warm
summers night, when trying to say b.
In giving the consouant sound OF W, he
told the teachers they must pucker their
! lips Here he told story. A man ad-
vertised to teach boys to whistle, for a
SKI pence, when the boys were assembled,
lie proceeded to put them through the
preliminary exercise ofstraig ghtening them
up ETC. when saying now boys, the first
boy that laughs, goes out of that door,
and he don't get his money back neither
-there-now, boys, once more, straight
ening,-6egins to pucker,-the boys i'm
mediately burst out laughing when the
whistling teacher said. Boys out of that
door with you The cousonaut sound of
is made by puckering the lips, spoke of
fats and sharps and gave as a
rule-hats 90 with flats and sharps with
sharps in pronouncing the words of our
| Ianguage-Ex the Sub tonics are fiat, the
A-tonics, sharp a fat 6 converts sharp
/ following it, into a fat. A sharp t con-
verts a fat following, into Sharp
Prof Sanders, perfers so-ci-a-tion, to
assassination Followed by drill in
Mental Arithmetic by S. S. Lesh.
Tuesday, 2 O'Clock p. NJ. When the in
stitute had assembled, Prof. Sanders took
the floor, telling the teachers he knew
what was the matter with them. They
gave too much attention to Mathemat.
hooks (mathematics), yes that was it,
then gave drill in Elocution. Prof Cot
fin was next introduced to the institute
who gave short lecture on the Sun the
rays of the Sun passing through drop OF
water, produce all the colors of the rain
bow, the light of the candle will do the
same. If we place small quantity oI
soda in the fame and burn it, the yellow
in the spectrum will be found increased
the same results follow if the lights pas
ses through drops of oil, grains of salt &c
Potash burned in the same way is fount
to produce black lines, aud black line
have recently been discovered in the sola
spectrum, may not this lead US to thinl
we have discovered some of the ingred
tents which produce sunlight
Prof. Manson, next delivered lecture
on peumauship, he said teachers mus
understand the spirit and plan of th
Author, before they could teach we'll
thinks series of 3 grades of books give
: sufficient range for the school room
Pupils should be taught lst to know hoS
> to do. I'd to do. Sd to cri.icise.
Prof. Coffin explained the Metric sys
!; tent is in fact decimal system, an'
now a new thing in the world. Th
Egyptians use it as may by seen in tn
: Base of their pyramids which is 2lO0
: part of degree of altidute, Thos Jeffer
son proposed system nearly similar 70
: our currency ir which we should have
: the milli dollar, the cent? Cellar; the dcci
dollar; the dollar, deca dollar; hectic DO
, lar, KilIo- dollar, myra- dollar &C.. equal
! in value to the mill, cent, 10 cents, dollar
slO, 800 $1,000, $4,000, &c. Seven
, eishts of the nations of the earth use
a the metric system, why not the other one
: eighth ? This system, is derived from tn
It earth itself, its unit bearing certai
J. proportion to the measure of the eartl
! this fact would address itself to the prid
of all nations.
i Tuesday, clock, p. M.-Prof. Cofi'
Subject, Signs and Symbols. Man
graves discovered at Rome had christia
Symbols upon them, one in particular ha
the Sign or Symbol of fish, going to tn