Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-09-05
Report of the Institute.
(CONCLUDED.)


that morning, and no one will ever forget
the laughable story of only one hen in
Venice"
At 10 O'Clock Prof. Harvey called the at
tention of the teachers to some matters of
law connected with their profession "a
daily record or register must be kept by the
teacher. Call the roll in the morning. In
making out the roll at the commencement
of school, ascertain if the pupil has been
enrolled anywhere else during the school
year, remembering that a school year be-
gins the first day of September, and closes
the thirty-frst day of August each year
Indicate previous enrolment by star, and
thus max e a re-enrollment of the first class.
Report the age to the nearest birthday
When your school closes, and there is no
money in the treasury, your order must
be endorsed on the back by the Treasurer
of the township Not paid for want Of
funds.' In this case your order draws in
terest until the proper funds come into the
bands of the Treasurer. Whenever the
Township Board of Education makes set
of rules for the government of your schools,
get copy of said rules and enforce them
as far as possible. In the apportionment
of money, township boards are bound to
assist the weaker districts, and the weaker
districts must receive more. money than
the strong ones do from the State fund
Township boards have no right to dictate
anything to the local directors concerning
the employment salary or dismissal of
teachers" Many other important things
were noticed by Mr.. Harvey, but we have
not space to give them here. At 11:30 a.
M, Mr.. Hancock began by saying, "There
is too much subservience to text books
and other peoples opinions on the part of
the teachers. The matter of examining the
h eads of the children full of facts, is one Of
the smallest parts of the teachers work.
A child's first instrument of intellectual
culture is a slate, and the only thing which
he should first bring into the school room.
Every step in his education should become
assured, and we should never go from the
unknown to the known, but vice versa
Things are to be given to the child as he is
prepared to take thom.''
| In the afternoon Prof Marsh occupied
some time in illustrating the peculiarities
of reading, speaking and declaiming. The
remainder of the day was occupied in such
exercises as were of a purely practical
nature. Each teacher being permitted to
write out any question he desired and the
T. IL, r
Hancock gave US noble lecture on the
Common Nam of which we cannot speak
too highly.
Thursday morning the teachers were
led in devotional exercises by Prof. Marsh
Some one of the ladies had placed upoT
the table an elegant vase of flowers, and o
course Prof. Marsh could not help being
encouraged by such an evidence of gooc
taste. The Professor remarked that Com
mon usage in pronunciation of words il
the common usage of the educated class
esq He called attention to the pronoun
) citation of such words as Tuesday, Tube
) New, where the fu'' sound is the same as
'u' in fuel and not like 'u'' in rule. There
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beauty, fooel for fuel and seogar for sugar
; as in saying Toosday, toobe, and moo, fo
. Tuesday, tube and new. This will requir
exertion on the part of any one to correct
5 and there are certain things which onl
a come by labor, and unless you labor yo
: cannot get them. The Prof called after
e ton to the following words which are ger
i orally pronounced incorrectly even b
1 teachers themselves: Parent, Extrac
: Harass, Wash, Interesting, Caret, Algebr
: Legislature, Inquiry, Revolt.
e At 10 a. m. Mr.. Hancock said "Stud
IS your dictionaries. A dictionary ought I
Il be FURNISHED to every school in tt
Il country. Webster's Dictionary is the be
y in existence; I now remark that there a
n two kinds of education. 1. Building u
le 2. Stimulating" Some time was occupit
in showing how class of children shou
be taught from the very first to Il
middle of the First Reader. Mr.. Hanco,
'e threw in whole handfuls of good advice
. the art of discipline which those who
n not attend the Institute could poorly
II ford to lose.
y AT II a. m. Prof Marsh spoke on t
81 method of handling children who are n;
~ urally backward and diffdent "Wh
. such difidence arise from shyness a
- modesty, I encourage the pupil, and he
he her all can. I never listen too hard at he
ee so as to frighten her. Don't think Y
0A must give her too much attention. Ha
as it understood that you will take no =:
us swer which cannot be easily heard by
Sh whole class and yourself. Have her us
good clear voice in expression
70 At 11:3O a. m. Prof Hancock spoke
'li the teaching of spelling in the comm
'ut schools. He remarked on the fact t
!" there is a strong prejudice against the I
me ne of any system which ignores the spell
book, and would compromise by givinl
short lesson every day. Give your sch
ars short sentences to write which ]
10 dictate to them Never leave a word N
ice spelled on the board, nor bad picture
on bad drawing in Geometry. A child m
never be allowed to sit when he recit es
AS I would suggest the following order
md teaching spelling. First. Always let
the scholar see word before he commen
to spell it. Second. Let him write it
act fore he spells it orally. Third. Ev
oral exercise should be an exercise in 1
the cution. Fourth. No word should be sp
ent ed for which the child has no use.
Ibl- The remainder of the afternoon was
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