The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-08-27
GOutationaI,.
CUB NEIGHBORS.

! In company with superintendent Malone we
peid visit, last week, 10 the in stitute being
held at Ekhorn. We found this pleasant little
and its people interested in the cause Of educa
ton making the visit of the teachers very pleasant
indeed. Our thoughts and steps were at once
turned in the direction of the school building
which stands in conspicuous and accessible
place at the head of one of the principal she cts.
AS we approached the building and beheld tn e
large well laid out plat upon which it stood,
we could but exclaim. truly the people Of Elkhorn
may be judged by their school house and its
surroundings, fer upon the grounds had been set
trees enough to make it beautiful indeed, while,
on either side of the walks flowers bloomed in
all their rich beauty and fragrance One does
not care to hurry along Will e describing or view
ing such yard, yet We did move slowly on,
and soon found ourselves inside the school room.
Here too was beauty and att action, (nor the
eachers) but room built and furnished as
room should be where the merry days of child
hood are to be spent. Around The room was
blackboard showing that aoor6 was meant
programme clock nestled cozily upon It's it'll
she}fanever failed to call tie teacher to time
which he might otherwise overlook in his earn
est attention to his class. Around the room
hung, one above the other, till the very walls
were lost sight of, were pictures. Chromos and
engravings of various styles here meet the eye,
while many Of them suggest to the mind some
thrilling incidents of our countries history
But we had lot time to dwell long upon these
things just then, for Prof. Beck was conducting
an xeicise in grammar in his usual happy style
and we must listen desperate effort was made
by one OF the teachers to make out that there
are three parts to sentence. His definitions OF
subject and predicate included the whole sen
tence, yet so long lad he been schooled in the
erroneous idea Of Clark, that there are three
principal elements in sentence, that he could
not give it up without struggle. Following the
exercise in grammar was one in geography con
Quoted by Prof Sprague Here too, the questions
of the teacher were sharp and critical, never
failing, when necessary, to convince teachers
OF the error of their opinion by questions which
coinered them and compeeled them to reason
their way logically out of the darkness IN to the
light Of truthfulness, Teachers of the institute
were called upon to conduct recitations and the |
work of all was freely criticised, and we cannot
see why such Institutes are not very profitable |
to the teachers as means Of Improvement, and
consequently blessing 10 thel children of our
common schools who are the consumers, as 1t |
were, ofall the good the teachers possess.
But time was on the wing and day followed |
day in such rapid succession that ere we were
aware the time we had allotted for a visit to Elk
horn was passed and we too must pass over the |
threshold where We had been so Hospitality enter |
tanned and bid farewell to friends and associations
hat bad been very pleasant indeed. and as we
took our way to the depot we could not help
saying to our companion, some people do know
just how to make It pleasant tor visitors To which
he rep lied, "You are right Long live Elkhorn,
and may 1t be our good fortune to visit it again
at some future time.'