Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-11-26
rEACHRRs INSTITUTES.

The following is the proceedings Of The
| Teachers Institute
stitute met at REEDs Hall, Bowling Green,
Ohio, November Is, 1869. Capt. 3. =. CAN
FtrLD, president The Institute was opened by
| music and devotional exercises. The roll was
eien called. The number OF members on the
list was ninety three, but over one hundred were
In attendance. Prof, ScnvYLER was introduced
and took charge. he instructed the class in
Mathematics aud English Grammar. His dem,
opstratious showed depth and clearness. His
reasoning was logieal and toteable, and the
class hIghly appreciated his labors.
Mr.. JSuS BARroS, the present Superin'
teaden' Of the ,.Peirysburg Sehools, gave the
class q full aud philosophical syaopsis OF the
principles Of elocutiou. Ne then gave . series
| Of lectures aud exercises on vocal culture, mod
ula' ion, emphasis, etc,
Rev, q. 4. ADAMS, In addition to his labOrs
ON the examining committee. gave q series Of
interesting lectures on Physical Geography.
The evening" sessions were occupied in dis
eussinR subjects connected with the duties Of
| teachers.
The subject Of giving prizes In school was
| discussed on Tuesday evening by. Messrs, Il.
Dunn, ID. CARGO, IlENNISGER and g. c, NEAR
ISe, on the negative; Messrs. Jos. CLARKE,
| uARRisoN, SuAw, aud others, on the Affirmative.
The question was decided by vote in the mega
/ tive. Prof. ScuuYLRR then gave q lecture,
subject, Memory. He showed how this faculty
can be culdvaied: lst, by attention; "a, by
clear conception; Sd, by exercise; 9th, by phil
OsoPhical classheatoni 5th, by relating what
| we remember.
On Wednesday eve. the question was,
! Resotscd. That corporal punishment should be
aLolishe in school.
Messfsl GKo. +. WRIGHT, DuSS, LEAsE,
f.oSa, q. A. ADAMS and P,of ScHuYLER, took
part in the debate, The vote being taken il was
unanimously decided 10 the negative.
u 1Mri II AuEnN tbcn uave innfura On h,af
which be treated in philosophical manner
lie first referred to the various definitions of heat
then reviewed aud illustrated the material and
l.dynamical theories Of beat, giving an account
OF the experiments made tn prIve that heat NAV
be converted into mechanical motion. and rice
rcrsd, and closed by giving numerous examples
Of the almost limitless power Of heat.
The'evening OF the 18th, after gpOd Thanks
giving dinner, the subject of Whispering in
school was discussed, several tnok part.
among ihem Messrs, nuSN, cLiHkE, CARGo,
1 Il ARYoN NEARING and Miss RoBBINs The de.
bate was closed By some remarks by the Prcsi-
! dent when the yOte was called for, il was fnund
that whispering would be retained t" under pro-
test"
Rev. G. A. ADAMS then gave an eloquent ad-
dress. subject, The Bible in Schools," lie
proved that the Bible is the source of true NOR
ality and religion that these are the foun.
daliun of civiliz ,tion and social culture.
The budget Box was n source of prr,iit and
amusement to tie class. frequent calls were
made upon it, and 1t was seldom found empty.
The Sc questions generally received prompt aud
satisfa ctory replies.
Several accurate maps were shown from the
Prrrysb1rg Schools. The plan of map drawing
BY construction lines was well explained by
Miss ELLA BAIRD.
On the 18th at noon, after some appropriate
remarks tn the class by Mrssrs. @. A. ADAMS
Mr. BAKToS, Capt. CANFIELD AMI ID. A. Avery
Ill. LIT tni.a oil, k,
BARKDuLL. All felt strengthened by thee
cises Of the week, and parted Nth feelings oi
uniun and harmony.
T The Committee un resolutions repnrted the
( following, which were adopted unanimvusl y
hy the Institute:
/. That this Institute tender their
hearty thanks to Professor Schuyler, Rev. G
A. Adams and Mr.. John Barton, for the in struc-
tion they have impaired during the week.
2. That We deeply regret the illness oI
Prof Schuyler and assure him of our sym
pathy, and earnestly commend him TO the care
of kind Providence. ThIt he nav b, restnr ed
to permanent, he althand increasing usefulness.
j. That we thank Capt. Canfi.ld for the
efficient aid he has rendered the Institute in the
discharge Of his official duties. We also ex.
tend our thanks tO the Secretary aud other
officers OF the Institute for their iaithfulnsss.
1. That we tender our thanks u Miss +.
Croak, Miss Z. NJ Baird, Miss Kate Haynes
and others, Win have lent their musical talen,
for this occasion.
S. That we, sincerely thank the people oi
Bowling Green for their kindness u Tvs in ma
king oar stay here pleasant and agreeable.
80 g. That we teachers here assembled do now
promise 10 do all we eau consistently to further
the cause of education in this county, and tu
elevate the standard Of scholarship. That we
will sustain the examiners in their Efforts 10 fur
nish the county with efficient teachers.
T. That We will use our best effrts to sus-
tain the meetings and interests Of the Teachers
Association in this county.
6. That these resolutions be published in
Eue COUNTY IialOt