The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-03-20
TEACHERS MEETING.

! According to notice. Teachers Meet
ing was held in the First Ward School
| House, City of Manitowoc, on Marth 18th
Meeting being called to order, |. \.
Stewart was elected President and I.
l.. Cleary, Secretary. The first exercise
was how to teach pupils the meaning and
use of words, which was to have been
conducted by Mr.. Price, who, being absent,
it took The form of a general discussion ,
each teacher giving Lis or her views on the
subject.
| Among the various methods presented
were the following: 1st, teach the idea to
the pupils, then the word which is the
/ sign Of that idea. %, use Of the same
| word in different sentences. 81, using the
word in connection with certain objects.
4th, by means Of synonyms, words Of. op-
poste meaning, etc. 9Th, by derivation
and definitions.
The three first to be used in teaching
scholars reading, in the First, Second and
! Third Readers. The two latter to be used
principally in teaching older scholars.
One great advantage that can be derived
| from such variety Of methods, is that
when the pupil fails to understand the
meaning by ore method, several others can
/ be tried
Methods of teaching Division of Frac-
/ IN Ill L. !
/ conducted this exercise. lie presented
several methods Of teaching this rather
/ complicated sui jcct, and recommended
that the shortest aud most easily under
stood methods should be used in teaching
young pupils. Then followed discussion
of the various methods, in which many
! pertinent remarks were made in regard to
correct expressions in operations.
! This subject was pretty thoroughly dis
cussed, and the prevailing opinion seemed
to be that in teaching by rule, tee desired
results are not attained. As some of the
/ teachers who were to conduct exercises
were absent, the programme was not
| strictly followed.
The meeting adjourned at - aclock to
meet again at l:30.
! AFTERNOON SEssI-N.
! The afternoon session was enlivencd by
| the arrival of number of teachers from
the country, who We're determined to at
/ tend the meeting, notwithstanding the
badness of the roads and inclemency of
! the weather.
Relative Pronouns being the next topic,
| the teachers went to W ork with will One
method presented was, that the meaning
and Office should be first ascertained, by
asking the pupils various questions, etc
The principle, that the teacher should
have the pupils tell all necessary facts in
relation to a subject, and he mention only
what is absolutely necessary, was pretty
generally followed in all the discussion.
/ The d" Seasons having now arrived in
the r regular order, Mr.. j. c. Smith pro-
ceeded to give his method of presenting
the subject. lie began by first defining
the name of the seasons second, direc-
lions, meaning of up, down, etc. /: third,
relation Of the Garth to the sun aud moon,
in regard to size, distance apart, etc :;
fourth, causes Of greater heat in summer,
and causes of its being warmer after the
I'D of June than at that time.
The history topic, Washirgton's Ad-
mi,,istration" was conducted by j. L.
Cleary. He commenced by saying that
history should be made as interesting as
possible, and superabundance of dates
should be avoided, only those which are
really important TO be committed to memo
~. Some interesting facts were braught
to light during this exercise, in regard to
the political history Of that time
The general discu.siou-Schoo- 0rEani,