The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-04-25
EDUCATIONAL.
ASSOCIATION MEETING.

unavoidably absent, work was not really com
menced until the following day. ..-> |
The teachers, to the number of thirty. As
sembled in the High School room on Tuesday
morning, When they received the uuweIcome
intelligence from the president that most o
snose upon whom the Association had dcpen~
ded for assistance, had signified their Inability |
TO attend. Like the father and his two sons.
mentioned in the fable Of the !" Lark ard Her |
Young"the teachers were left to do their own I
harvesting snd accordingly fell to work with
will, each one resolved to do his part in
endeavoring TO makethe Institute a success. |
Members called to order at the usual time, by |
Pres. Fl. 0. Durkee. followed by Devotional
Exercises after which, Y. Y. Barnes Jas. |
Cavanagh, Lizzie T, Pienkousky, and Mary
G. George, were appointed by the Chair, SIS
Committee on Miscellaneous Business Prof
I'll. o. Durkee then conducted an exercise In
reading. Feeling that some of those who we, c
unable to attend the Institute, might prof
by knowledge Of the IN ethods here adopte ed
OF conducting recitation we shall mention
some Of the principal features of most OF he
class exercises presented during the session.
Prof. DurRee requires advanced classes uo1
only to become acquainted with the principles
of elocution, but also to apply them at the
same time, attention is paid to the class OF
composition, style of writing biography OF
the author, definitions of words Especially o
synonyns,) figures of rhetoric, historical
facts in connection with the piece, etc e. re
being taken that most of the time FOR reeta-
tIon be devoted to reading The exercise was
q plea for the study OF history.
An exercise in PENN lnship was followed bv
an intermission of a few moments, alter W fssch
the names OF the teachers were enrolled,
which completed the programme tor the
m0rning session.
TUESDAY P. M.-Exercs commenced at
$3.50, by singing ''Ame1 ca." General ex
ercise, Questions on y nted States" The
Association then had the pleasure Of listening
to class exercise in nen sal arithmetic, con-
Quoted by Mr.. JAS. Cavanagh, Tais exercise
ELECTED considerable disc lssion relative to
the methods of teaching arithmetic. Most
OF the teachers, however expressed them
selves to be of the opini that in district
schools, written and int Bectual arithmetic
should be combined, and. bat the textbook
should be less implicitly believed II may
not be out of place to remark here, that he
difference between the tie IN solution and anal.
gSis was spoken ofin this recitation; also
that majority of those present thought it
unnecessary to repeat the statement of an ex
ample in giving the conclusion. Recess
Glass exercise in Constitution, by Supt Ma.
guire. Mr.. Mcguire teaches the Constitution
comparatively and by topics by
comparative is meant the method of teaching
in which the different departments Of the U.
s. government, are compared with those o.
the state government: powers vested by con.
stitutioD &c. This may be all tie more
readily and probably done, in that the state
constitution is modelled after that OF the u. s |
In the discussion which followed. there
seemed to be q difference of opinion on the
part Ofthe teachers as to whether the Con-
stitution should be learned Uer5at5n7 or not.
Adjourned until Wednesday morning.
WEDNEsDAY.-A. M Morning exercise |
Spelling exercise, conducted by Prof Durkee |
Penmanship. Recess. General exercises. T |
V. Mcguire. This exercise deserves mention
on account Of the amount of general informa
ton involved in the answers to the Questions
proposed by our worthy superintendent. Mr.
Mcguire has the happy faculty of calling out
thought. which Of course rendered the ex.
erciso both interesting and profitable.
WEDNESDAY P M.-Discussion OF "Daily
Preparation of Teachers p" Glass exercise in
geography. Recess. Miss L. T Pienkouskv
favored the Tnetit71ta Will a., o-,o.oiDo =, -
tory, illustrative of her method of teaching
that branch. Miss PieDkousky's method is
by periods and topics. The study and COM
parison Of several text books was recommen-
ded by the teacher, in preference to requiring
the pupils 10 follow any particular author
In the evening, the audience composed OIL
members Of the Institute and citizens Of Ke.
nosha, had the pleasure of listening to an
essay by Miss Fannie Harmon, and poem bv
Bliss Mary G. George.
song, by three ofthe members Of the Hfoh
School, Misses Allie English and Jennie Tar
bell and Master R. T. Robinson, added nota
little to the entertainment of the evening.
Rev Samuel Fallows, State supt. of Public
Instruction, was now introduced, and deliv
cred practical and eloquent address, in his
usual happy manner.
f>THURsDAY A. NJ Devotional exercise
Constitution, by T. Y. Mcguire An ex-
srcise in spelling, conducted by Prof Barns
OF Racine, who pronounced list of words o
which no one spelled more than ninety-six
per cent.
E1eceSs. Supt, Fallows having been present t
occupied half an hour in addressing the |