The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-23
1eacners' Insti,uIe,

FOURTH Morning Sess lon
The cheerful looks. pleas n, CONVEX
alton, and merry laugarr of the
,eachers who assembled before roll
ell yesterday mornibg. indicated that
ne exercises this W., are not con-
>idered tedious a. the, sometimes are.
Much pra.,e is due to hOse who
ave SO far 81 c1arge of th exer-
ois-s for the cDurteous AMI energetic
amer 10 whicn hey have been COO
iucted Notwithstanding that fact
here seems o be spirit of distrusr
Manifested by many Of the teachers,
or which there is certainly no ground
Sharever.
Owing to the absence of Rev. Mr.
Kumler the opening exercises this
NO ming were conducted by Mr. Peek
whose remarks we're very impressive
aud appropriate.
Mr. McCutchan occupied the second
halt hour 10 illustrating his method of
teaching longitude aud time. De-
spite his rapidity of pronunciation,
he made this subject so clear that any
one who paid attention to his eZpla-
nation must have thoroughly under
stood it. A lively discussion fol.
lowed. which was made amusing and
instructive By Professors Cow, Peck
and Zsller.
Phonetic spelling was next taker
up by Prof. Cow. He spoke of the
defects in enunciation, and the ad'
vantages Of this system in remedyinl
them.
A discussion on the programme fol
District Schools was next in order
which seemed to resolve itself into
the question. What is the best method
of teaching spelling?
One would think from the remarks
of Mr.. Hogan on the difficulties of I
country school teacher, that Wander
burg County was still on the frontier
The facts in the case are that most o
the schools are. and all may be, sup
piled with maps and black boards.
The next half hour was devoted tt
queries and criticism.
The query addressed to Prof. Gov
us the Bible the highest authorit2?'
: was answered by him in the afirma
tive.
Miss Mayhew's apt and appropriate
criticisms. were interrupted By thu
ring of the bell.
Afternoon Session-The self report
: ing system was again taken up ant
some very good arguments against i
we're produced BY Mr.. McCutchan ant
Miss Mayhem.
i, Professor Zsller's remarks on tn
side of the affirmation, which occu
pied the last five minutes Of the tim
allotted for the discussion. were con
elusive and logical.
Mr.. Smiths class in primary gram
mar were rather too much for thei
teacher; the boy at the head SCENE
e to have spirit OF inquiry that Foul
o not be easily satisfied.
e A discussion on the method {
{. teaching this study followed. in whie
e teachers were urged to resort less I
d their text. books, and employ MOI
It originality in conducting their classe
|, Mr.. Woods plan Of teaching q reaC
# ing class was good, though he woul
T probably improve upon it in his ow
s school, being somewhat embarrassed
d In the discussion Of the question
g how should reading be taught, Pro
g Cow said that too much attention
e should not be paid to the pauses il
9 dictated in text books; that when
f child fully understands what ne reads
be will himself know how to use th
right pauses and infections.
Judge Robinson very appropriated
remarked that reading was talkin
q out Of books. Institute adjourned t
: meet at 9 AN.