Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-01-25
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
Fayette County Teachers Associ-
alton.

sociation met in the High School
room of this place, Saturday, January
Is, Mr.. j. NJ. Edwards in the Chair
The roll was called promptly at 10
a. m, and absentees noted. We are
glad to report much better attend
ance at our morning session than at
any other session.
Our attention was first called to a
lecture by the Secretary. Subject
Carbon. The various forms of dia-
monds, charcoal and graphite, were
shown to be essentially the same sub
stance. Common wood was analyzed,
and shown to be largely composed of
carbon. A number of very interesting
experiments with carbonic acid were
performed, to illustrate the statements
of the lecture This exercise was re-
ceived with manifest interest on the
part of those present. The great i'm
portance of careful attention to the
ventilation of school-rooms, was dwelt
upon, and the disastrous influence of
bad air shown by experiment. At the
close of the hour Mr.. Edwards gave a
thrilling account of an incident which
occurred while he was student. His
teacher removed some red hot hicko-
ry Goals from the fireplace and put
them in a large iron kettle, and placed
the open kettle in a small room where
| the recitation was to be conducted
One pupil tainted, and in falling threw
open door which allowed the poison
to escape; otherwise, death would
soon have followed such rash meth
cd of heating cold room.
The next lecture in this course will
be on Hydrogen, with experiments.
After short recess. our question
box was opened, and half an hour was
passed very pleasantly in considering
the topics suggested by the teachers
themselves. We furnish three or four
of them, in hopes that the thinking
men of our county will send to the
Committee on Educational Column,
| short, pithy articles, which shall an
swer the questions to the satisfaction
of all concerned. Any article sent to
Prof. A. E. Cate, Bloomingburg, or
Miss J. H. Wood, or Mr.. G. F. Dean,
of Washington c. H., will receive at
tentIon from them: 1. Will some
one give his method of starting small
scholars 2. What is the best proof
that the earth is round like a sphere
8. Should music be daily exercise in
our public schools? 4. What draw
ing book is best adapted to an un-
skilled teacher, who wishes to teach
the elementary principles of drawing
to his pupils
The morning exercises closed with
a reading exercise, conducted by Mr.
James Garner. The teachers were
supplied with Fifth Readers, and an
article on elocution and reading was
read by members present. A spirited
discussion was aroused by the remarks
of Mr., Garner. The interest was so
great that we could scarcely find time
to adjourn the morning session.
This sentence was written on the
board: Fisk a0aS murdered By Stokes.
Five teachers were called up, and di-
rected to read it in different ways
First as a simple announcement; then
as if astonished at the news; again, as
if glad of it and finally as if incredu
lous.
The remarks of Mr.. H. II. Edwards
at the close of this exercise were en-
inently appropriate and suggestive
The criticisms on the various readings
were close, but given in friendly
manner. and no offense was taken.
The roll was called at 80 p. m,
and piece of music sung by the mem
bers. Prof. Gate explained the Con
necticut Rule for Partial Payments in
clear end instructive manner, illus
trating the rule by an example on the
blackboard. The Secretary presented
the following:
General Rule for Partial Pay
ments." Compute from payment tc
paymant as by the United States rule
provided a year or more intervenes.-
If less than a year intervenes, get the
+ amount of the principal for one year
and from that amount subtract thu
amount of the payment or payment
from the date of payment to the SAM
date as on the principal. The remain
der will be new principal, with whicl
proceed as before. If settlement come
within year from any principal, til
date of settlement must be the fina
date.
, We furnish another rule, called TIL
Merchants Rule, which is the only fai
one we have ever seen:
Merchants Rule-Compute the in
terest on the principal from the tim
it begins to draw interest, to the tim
of settlement, and also on each pay
ment from the time it was made to th
le time of settlement. Find the sum c
the principal and its interest, subtrac
the sum of the payments and their ir
terests, and the difference will be th
balance due. See Whites Complet
L Arithmetic, page 184.