Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-12-07
Teachers Institute.
TUESDAY, A. NJ, Nov. 2Sth.

Music Prayer Music. Calling roll.
Reading minutes by the Secretary, Mr..
Orr.
Essay by Miss Cleayeland, on the Ne
cessary Qualifications of Teachers"
We were unable to get the consent of
Miss G. to have her essay published.
Miss cleveland made few extempore
comments. Training would do the work.
She thought teachers should. control
themselves first; that they should be able
to judge concerning the punishment of
pupils. Every teacher should have pa
thence. Whatever is worth doing, is
worth doing we'll The teacher should
have thorough knowledge of the branches
taught: high appreciation of the beauti-
full careful of grammatical mistakes; re-
search beyond themselves laudable am
Ditto sense of religion; the highest
motive from which to act A teacher
should be a christian The qualities of a
teacher should be firmness, gentleness,
quickness of observation, diplomacy, a
proper knowledge of cause and effect, log
ical reason, patience, fastidiousness and
christian life.
Mr.. Chase made short speech on the
essay, speaking of its correctness.
PENMANsHIP.
Mr.. Chase thought they had better say.
physician heal myself" In some places
pupils provide their paper. the teachers
setting them copy. He thought this the
worst way. His objection was, the pu-
pills initiating the penmanship Of the diff
ferent teachers,-in len years life of boy
his hand writing would become com
pound. Suggested that the teachers
should adopt one system-and it should
be taught well, and by all the teachers OF
the school. Recommended Payson, Dut-
ton & Scribner's system. They should
learn the system we'll. 1t was not neces-
sary for teachers to go to professors. Pu-
pills should use copy books. Teachers
should show trustees that it was the best
way and cheaper.
Mr.. Beiler said teachers had things in
/ company which Mr.. G. overlooked Ask
ed if he would have those beginning, and
all others, write one word at a time.
Mr. Chase wanted to know how many
numbers of books were needed in differ
ent schools. Thought they might have
two or three classes Said he meant all
of the same class But order could be
maintained the same as if there was but
one. Explain one half of the time to the
first class (if there are two), and the other
half to the second class Every one could
learn something from number one. If
pupils can write better than the teacher,
let them conduct their own writing.
Mr.. Boiler said he did not want to find
fault with Mr.. c. He believed Nh C.'s
4 system tie system; but he wished that ii
might be modified, so that country teach
ers might use them. lie had Sd, 4th and
9th classes, and could not apply this sys
/ tenn Some scholars would not want tc
use us much time as younger onea. He
wanted to know what Mr. G. would do.
Mr. Chase said the time would depend
upon how much time the teacher had
The writing exercise might take place
when scholars were becoming weary
Thought pupils in penmanship could bC
graded easier than in study; that pupil:
might re-write book He would allow
small children to write half of the time
That pupils who were so economical as tC
Use only one half time better drop it. Ii
he writes only as IA pastime, he had BETTE
:; stop. He was a firm believer in thu
graded system. That country school!
should be graded as well us town schools
That it was more beneficial to countr,
schools than in town. 1t need not be IL
same as tn 1t of town schools. That be
cause the people of Marshall county wer
fifty years beoind the times, it was n
reason why they should keep behind
Mr.. Beiler believed the graded system
could be used in the country; but Ii
wanted Mr.. Chase to tell them how.
Mr.. Chase said he might as well as
: him how to teach school; that he shoul
read different authors That he hadn
the power to accommodate him in tina
respect; that it greatly depended on til
: school.