The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-05-03
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.

HEASGGN0 .G'
Proceedings of the Andrew Coun-
ty Teachers Institute, at Fill
more. Commencing on Monday,
April %, and Ending on We'd
1iesday, April "a, 1872.
For the following excellent report
of the above meeting we are indebted to
to Mr.. T. l.. Ferris, who was dcputized
by the Institute to report:
Aonddy AFTERNOON.
The Institute met according to call OF
Committee in the Seminary at Fillmore.
1t was opened by prayer of MIR. J. q;
Honnold, who was afterward appointed
Secretary in place of the absent one
The committee on Programme consisted
of Norton Gregory, ,Erastus Ward and
Henry Stewart. The following was the
programme for the afternoon:
Intellectual Arithmetic, }. K. Tilson;
Primary Geography, f. Ward; Com
mittee on Music, Prof. NJ. b. Riley, DR..
Brown, Norton Gregory, and Abe Pow
ell. The method Of teaching intellectu-
al Arithmetic, by j. r. Tilson,the gener-
al opinion of the teachers concurring
seemed to embody the following charac,
teristics: promptness, accuracy. and
brcvity on the part of the pupils in re-
producing ind solving problems.
On Primary Geographyit was decided
that the definitions in the text should be
committed and thoroughly understood
and illustrated as they come before the
class. Geography should be taught by
objects; and one thing at a time.
[ arrived in time on Monday evening
to attend the evening session, which
consisted of singing and instrumental
music, conducted by DR.. Brown and a
chorus ofladies, voices beautiful indeed ;
the select reading Of My Mothers BIZ
BILE" and "A leap for life" rendered
with exceeding skill and beauty, by the
young ladies. In addition to these
exercises, was the discussion OF three
questions from the query box:
lst. The old question of the equality
of males and females for the same Ia
Dor.
Decided in favor of the females"
ID. Should pupils be required to com
NIT to memory the words at the head oil
tho r.,ding lesson together with thor
definitions?
After a spirited discussion it was deci-
ded the time had better be devoted to
studying out meaning and proper render
ing of the lesson. looking for the mean
ing Of the word as they find it applied in
the lesson.
Sd. Should whispering be prohibited
in school?
Quite Il lively discussion followed, in
which one teacher, ON the negative, said
that he did not believe in still schools
had been in schools where there was III
| whispering, and all was very quiet, and il
| did not seem as though anything was GO
ing on: while on the contrary, he had
| visited schools where there was consider
able whispering and noise, and il
| seemed like business.
Another suggested that he was per-
| haps reared in d mill or machine shop.
had therefore got to think hat there
| could be no business without noise.
1t was finally decided that there should
| be no interruption of either pupils o,
| or teacher, except at properly arranged
periods; that there should be a time tol
everything and everything should b.
done in time; and that whispering, anc
every form of communication should b.
prohibited so far as it can be done.
Tuesday Morning.
On Tuesday morning the class con
vened and the opening exercises wer,
conducted by Prof. Riley, of Fillmor,
Seminary.
A beautiful piece of music was ther
sung by the class, led by Prof. Riley
The piece was Ring, Ring the Bells
Mr.. j. Ii. Stewart was called on to lea(
the class in eliciting the best method o
teaching Written Arithmetic. Manyex
cellent suggestions were drawn out, ant
among othersthe following method of no
tation and enumeration, viz: Teach pu
pills that there are three orders or name
offigures and only three. viz: units, tens
and hundreds, and teach them to reat
any number composed of them. Now
teach them that all numbers compose,
Of a great many figures must be divide,
up into divisions of three, called periods
and that each periods composed Of thes,
three orders-units, tens, and hundreds
Now the names of the periods, and t,
read each period as they did the first one
as far, perhaps as mill, or bill but n,
farther. Having learned to read tn
periods, they very easily learn to writ
any period, and consequently any mum
Der which you may require. Some ex
%cellent suggestion on the methods o
teaching other topics were made and dis
cussed, and the subject laid by till a FL
ture day.
Mr.. Stewart is a young man of ability
and is determined to be no "one-hors
team" in anything he undertakes.
Tuesday afternoon.
In the afternoon a good lesson wa
given US in teaching reading, by Pro.
Riley.
In the course of the discussion it wa
elected that as no person can read any
thing he does not understand or compre
hcnd it is the heighth of follow for pu
pills to be allowed to use a book, the sen
timcuts OF which they cannot compre
hcDd.
That the sooner teachers put the pu
pills where they belong, the sooner vii
the annoyance and nuisance, alread
spoken Of be done away with.
That teachers must take the first an,
decided step, showing both parent an,
pupil the real injury which it works.
Prot. +. l.. Ferris then introduced til
subject of English Grammar. Woul,
commence without Il textbook, at Il tim
when pupils could understand silnpl