The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-10-24

| Occupations
| lfoii''ea' Government
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Occupation
A brief miscellaneous discussion
aud the appointment Of Miss Smith
aud Mr.. Elliott critics. preceded re.
/ cess.
/ Further enrolment of members
preceded an exercise in Spelling, con
Quoted by Chas. Brown. He suggest
ed pronouncing the lesson, and re-
quiring the class to write it upon slate.
] each pupil then to spell aloud tht
words as written by him. The Presi.
dent recommended that after the les
son has been thus written, an exchange
Of states should be made, aud while
the teacher spells the words. those
mis-spelled .hould be marked. Mr.
Vermillion further suggested that oil
mis-spelled words be written ON the
blackboard. The alienation OF writ
ten and oral lessons was recommended
Ia order to assist correct pronuncia.
| ton.
Miscellaneous business occupied q
few minutes previous to adjournment
AFTERNOON Roll called at II
o'clock, after which Mr.. A. B. Oak ley;
Principal Of Mechanicsville Public
Schools, presented the subject Of Arith.
metic. A recitation was conducted
showing his manner Of tea hing frac.
tions-proceeding from the simple to
the more difficult-snggesied that too
much should not be presented to the
minds Of the pupils at one time. A
brief time was spent In miscellaneous
discussion and free exchange Of opin-
ion was INDUCED In by the members
Of the Institute.
The subject Of !" Methods Of Teach.
ing' was then resumed by Mrs. Nc.
CONCEAL.
After recess w. s. Chase treated the
subject of Oral Lessons in Grammar.
This was followed by brief miscelIane-
Gus discussion, after which the Query
Box" was attended to'anl the Iasti-
tutc adjourned.
EVENING opened will,
music by Upton Orchestra. The dis
cussion Of corporal punishment. IA by
programme. was postponed TO We'd
nesda, evening; after music by the
Glee Club. Prof Boyd. OF Cornell Col
leee, was introduced to the audience.
The subject Of the lecture which fol.
lowed was Assert Thyself." and the
effort was received with merited
applause. Another song by tue Glee
Club then preceded adjournment to
the usual hour next morning.
WEDNESDAY, OCT 10TH.
FoREsooN.-Roll called. Present,
A ladies and Is gentlemen.
Music by the G!ec Club was followed
by scripture lesson conducted by
Mira. McGonegal and prayer BY Prof
Boyd.
A vote Of thanks, upon motion 0i
w. d. Vermiliion, was rendered Prof.
Boyd for his able, entertaining and
instructive lecture Of the preceding
evening.
Mrs. McGonegal presented her idea
Of . school programme. It should he
varied, Systematic, natural, home-like,
should be brisk but not hurried.
There should be time for all needed
exercises /; . general exercise time; q
time for music as . rest time for
physical exercises and time for moral
instruction. The presentation II the
subject was followed by general dis.
cussion.
w. NJ. Wilcox then treated at some
length the subject Of School Govern.
ment.
He thought when patrons Of school
became dissatisfied there IL usually
some cause for complaint; teachers
should 60 into school prepared for any
emergency young teachers often fail
In school government by being too
familiar with pupils should be famil-
lar. but not with the familiarity which
breeds contempt or loss Of dignity.
A teacher should kaOD that he Is able
to teach his school; should not be too
arbitrary but show becoming modesty;
should know how much to offer pupils
and not attempt To overload them.
Recess brought the enrolment Of
still more names. after which Mrs.
Vermillion Of Durant, conducted
criticism upon primary teaching by
drilling class in subtraction. This
was followed and made practical and
by remarks and criticisms
by many members of the Institute.
Adjourned.
AFTERNOON Present, 43 ladies and
IS gent emen.
Mr.. J. G. Johnson, Principal Of the
Public Schools Of Louden. took up the
subject Of Oral Lessons; which was
by Mrs. McGonegal,
who gave upon the black board an
excellent method Of giving oral lessons,
lrging the propriety OF such exercises
II chance intervals during the day.
Mr.. Elliott hardly accorded with such
! plan but favored some plan Of var
ell exercises.
A primary lesson In Beading WAS
Illustrated 10 class exe.ci-. by Miss
kenworthy, Of SPIRIT gdaie. II was am
admirable plan of primary instruction,
and evoked considerable discussion |
,nd criticism.
After recess the subject Of Cube Root
was presented In lucid explanation
BY Ben. A. Shaw, a pupil Of the Tip
ton High School. Figures were nicely
drawn upon The board and = concise
yet full explanation Of the process OF
extracting cube root was offered.
Sharp discussion arose a. TO the com
merits OF this method Of
leaching the subject and that by alge-
bssic formula. A vote however,
,hoved oil present save three In favor
n the method presented.
The opening Of the Query Box was