The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-05-18

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4, Teachers ilssptaie. beid g, Kast b0raet ou she
tItb sad sgh inst. gta, whether We considerable
number ID asteadAtea % Tug gaaatiiy and quail
ii u &c ias,yaciian given, decided saocosa---
Nstaals Iasgtole hoe perhaps. ever been held
h Bauniuelon t3ugsy. This HuBibor 10 sttend-
snss i Dc opsulsg ~ De cessation, % The mora
iaatf, IA san. waalarge lad continued ~ az
4tactse THIS teIs hsnEu story "a regard to
tbs hsgh sud attract ye character oftbe exercises
Ths rgal.ainagy address, u ihe Institute Was DE-
llfsrtd "a the Thursday evening preceding IL
saai0a, IS Prof Johnnpt n Ncw York, practi-
cal teacher 81 Institutes, on Common Schools as
lg,iaisI q Practical Life,T ON being introduced
u he aualeaea BY lhs Isy. Nj. olnsied, he pro-
eeeiad b. speak 10 sesg able and interesting
lnannsr " the very great Importance Of Common
ssahoass, sud u their paramount claims 70 our
fostering care pointing out Their wants and the
way ia waieh those warts should b. supplied.
Tho session o. the Institute vas opened on Phi
q. day morning b. residing - The scriptures, BY A.
Il Rankin, Esq., Secretary u the Vermont Board
az Education, aud BY prayer by the Rev. Mr.
Ragg The Secretary then tcok up the sullecs
q seagraphy, and criticised old textbooks and
tla a. shbds q teaching It. Numerous details
should nat b. presented % tbs learner. Their
.caAency vas 10 confuse General principles and
rp!en should be learned hrsL IAie il Too short 20
losra Al srienee IL detail Even Newton saia he
bad only been abls q gather up a fcw pebbles
upon the sAore u knoRlcdso. The proper dlVis-
ions u geography rcre three astronomical civ
Il. aad physical The earth "a DISTANCE frorn the
san il sissut 81 zoe 900 miles The North Star lie
a Am AZ fltF
cardinal points Are then easily obssined. by BIZ
ssctug tbs toaT Angles made a the centre By the
llies representing these points the seml-eardi-
nails afe obtained And silailarly 70 ina che sec
oiia1ry sod tertiary cardinals. The Secretary
chen spoke u DE sphsricily u the earth aud the
eyadsncsz u il. 10 sAs fellou BY Prof john
Dot sh8 spoke u ihe two methods Of obtaining
lnoslcdga iAe objective q synthetic and he An-
Aiyuc The former method Was better adapted
% young AMI lose advanced paPils, sEd the latter
10 those el,ios and noTe sdyanesd. IL the latter
method tie fret thing i definition. Tnis should
BE- simple had true the truth, tho whole truth,
aud ngthing bui The Hpth. Then divisions and
Subdivisions dosn % nrst principles.
Ia The afternoon tho Secretary resumed the
sab5ccl u geography, Msss L. ~ CiaTk, u Benin
gagt5n. faiiowed. giving her method 81 teaching
Primary Geography Familiar fnosieige q
taaRs near Il haad or ab1gi TIA sohoo vsa drst,
the.' " the alstssst, t3aa. ceun,y, state, 80.
fIss remarks vsss Interesting AID vtN rceei,sa
Aog h. n olns8ed, II Iasi Dofset lhea gave
ts usthod < ,eaehlas English Grammar, in a
vess clear. aaisfesiiug nnd instructive address
rs thga was not tle las, good thing Of tae day
ia iss esruiaE came H. Raakhs lecture 90
woaan's laebts 17,la va fa.i q good things
b. 0Feta 5ssaR. k8I hela tbs oiasesi attention a
etsgy aae % lba rnd BE ossuassied to woman
t5s uaht Ne teach seAaol, sud 20 shave and slhs
tass Les sald Il they isn ghesr ,fas sphere q
nfar lmiJAliaus u laaaheod, We might he ohAg
81 Is iater uslh Hamlet about the players thai
'.semf = nAturt's iaumeymen had made mer
ANS ual naAa theal ayA. they initiated humanity
~ alusai rahiy
IL tae hiittEee1 a tAe is.h, or seroDa daf
pgx 1oAealoi spasa % rimAry Teaching
I'reg nAua. r g4tiaaa ca Anthracite, ana geT
NJ Camaea % kaelish 0rAmmAr. 10 he ~
t-saoon rrgaf gaiqaasi speke % IAdss snd Prs,
paaa aa AEsshaastse iise session closing with a.
t4sasrka.e address sehet2 n.sospans hy Prof
gsAvssuat. Ibe tIsui ihs4saa 81 eaaii8ases fs
IT, hssAefs osee eemNaassd a haa pasi ea'
I'd .iae Afssasoa 4 to lFsl Gay, Ani va saasgn
na2 fhgoaRh tae sseisa. Twelve 90 thlrtess
eanaeiAlsa gsessniea iAsnssivss, sad ieag 81
ossssd stsGe eesiss14iss u i proper q state
baaefsf, s14si several vsthafea amer anAshA.ai
ssss es Eva esrsls. Wis, bad they rrsseeered Al
mAFte4 a. vel So asssg fslaalhsns asfas. wpal'
have ss6flse9 eeTatsAsas.
Tss NaHhss fegu Asgasa Ia sssFndsHes rpa'
a. iasiliaas. ASA fas sAesn shs Rev, Mr. u.m
sssA resurssi pisaes q eassFtAsnmsut, sisn
esAgy. Iassg wrts QpaEs "sarlsrtss p&rsy 70 p
s4ssssas q East noEsus Aui a y haIssi ihai tlse
AZ tsan4 esafsslahss gasri@rs sHd Wits gA4i AGAR