The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-01-05

noRsise SESSION. rBtRAnhY. ptc. 30.
President In the chair Singing by tho
lnsl'tuie. Devotional extrei .cs conlrcr 4
by Pro. Boyer. ThcCoun,, Superintendent
,r.eue n few renar swilh re -peci 10 rtqdin.
tie Sttip'ures ~ the school room. Hcnisp
conducted en- exercise m reading Nu
essay on the snhjeci wss thea read by ] V
Fisher. This essay evinced much 'bnu sh'.
careful preparation aud sound judgment on
| the part Of Mr. Fisher. anu deserves 10 be
highly commended The subject Of rerdiny
was further discussed by quite number oi
teachers anj many valuable sog:Cs Gus
we're given. Recess Of five minuics WI
sran'ei. during which two teachers = g. ted
he constitution. Roll called AMI - tc,cl,
cr- responded. 0w Lloyd. County Snpe
inr,Ldeni u Jnniaia county aud Rev ID "
Miller were elected honnrory mrmhcs
he ln-iiiuic. ~ he request Of the lnsH.
u. Prof l. Arspach rcii srlcctiu.
cniii',d The Ntgnhnnds." after whtc
he sud nee wa very a-r..nhly m ~ fl.
niiy cni,rtsiued BY Prot Born Adjournvo
ArrsuNooS sL,r on.
Prc,il'nl uihcrr ~ the chair lr.tiiu.,
open. hy coucci reading exercise c,n
Quoted by Iroi Mating. Roll called nno
- teachers responded. The Supc,inIend
ynt announced this TO be- Director. dty
"nd poke Of the nercssi'y ol having GOO,
schoul houses and having them provided
with proper furniture nnd the ncccs-nt,
uui buildings. Sintcl that during th
summer SEVEN new school houses bad bee.
erected in the county at m expense
81 1oJ. lie alsr spoke of the necessity -.
having sufficient play grodnl. Some at ~,
directors then nskel number Of question,
respecting school matters. which wer, m
-wcrcd by the County Shperin icnlrnt
Prof Born tnen spoke on The subject oi
school furniture. lie was followed by Prof
NTillug who spoke On school architecture
piof Boyer made sOinc reinn K on the snm
suciCcr. " II Moycr then cxpl,ipsd ,br
Sciicn " az Elcciich u ic Machine Prot
Ansia cxyiainei Lons r"lIurlan. whicr
is superior 10 any other globe. II cXplun-
twenty eight diEereut aslronom cal facts
lie also explained the Numerical Franc
Mr. Shipmsn illustrated, by All appl, su-
pended by suing, rh, resolution aud rhr
/ elipiical path oi the earth nrounl the sun
" II Moy,r now enierIaincd the Institute
IN very acceptable way b., an illG,iriion
of fLysiOlugy On Cuul;sr's New Chars.
aitcr whicd he performed u nuulber OF 10
iercsIiug cud instructive experiments.
which proved that teve y breath, wc cS.
hale gas that wall not support lite: rhc,r"y
slowing the necessity OF having churches.
lecture halls aud school ro,ln. well vcnti,.
ted. The suhjrc, of geography 40 ,h,n
DISCUSSED ioi 4 II OFT time, ai.cr which the
Institute Adjourned.
hoTsis0 SESSION. rnIpAY. DEC. 80
President IN tue caair. D,VotipAtl cxcr.
si'cs conducted hy Prof Nullirg. Singiu.
/ hy the institute. PreyIoU, minutes read
and approved The subject Of arithmetic
was then introduced hy Prof Melting. who
conducted a class drill in which o.. me
teachers participated lie also gave h,s
method of teaching numcralion, addition
and subtraction, with some valuable sus-
! gcslions on teaching iecimals.
! Next in order was the nominate ou
Of candidates for olfisers. nnl place for
/ holding next lnslitutc. A recess Of five
mnues was then given, durieg whlcn tive
'cnchrrs signed the constitution. Tlc In
,litute tnen proceeded 10 the election OF
/ officers. the rcsUli Of hich WIS q. follows.
Vice President, W II Meyer; Recording
secretary, j Y Fisher Corresponding Sec
rel,ry, \ 2ellers; Treasurer. q q Glass
Selins'Ioye was selscrcl MS the place for
holding the reSt institute. Mr. Evans fur
Ih"r engaged the attention OF the Institute
on renmar.hip, Adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Institute was called to or lie, by the Pres
ilent. An essay on Geography Was read
~ Il VI Tenis. The subject was c,rc'ully
prepared, shilliully handled and was highly
appreciated by The audience. The subject
of renmanship vas resumed b. VI. Evans
lie spoke of Position. Pcnboliing ,Jisiri
hutton and Collection of copy books. bis
mrlhod Of conducting an exercise IA wri.
ing. aud, heside. gave many valuable
suggestions on the subject.
The Committee on Resolutions reported