Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-25
TEACHING THE TEACHERS.
FOfirth Da&'s Proceedings OF the
Middle tennessee insiiiuie NJ siisiI
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SHELBYvILLE, July %, 1S74.-For the
first three days of the Institutes meetings
the business was taken up in regular order.
During these last days the order has been
more variable.
The chief question before the Institute
to-day was the mode and means Of conduct
ing a school to the best results.
Prof. Garrett, of Pulaski, after the Usual
ultenlng exercises, gave some hints as to
his vieWs on this sutjeEt. He is stickler
for order and harmony; esefi 10 the use Of
signals and forms, but is not all advocate
during Tie itiorninS hours the Institute
was shown the idess 81 Prof. q. and Prof,
Smith as to teaching primary and ADVANCED
arithmeties. We had on Tuesday heard
some of these ideas, and to-day saw them
practically applied. This over, we were
entertained with 'the how" to teach young
er people read. For the better accomplish
Ihent OF This eiid; TIE teschers were sup
posed to be pupils, and were classified:
Prof. Smith brought forward, during the
day, several Of his high school pupils TO IL
lustrate the various topics.
Music glided us into the meeting, but LET
us slide out without it. The tenor was
well executed, though not pleasant to all
the choir.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The DAY carried its hotifs lightly and The
reading, writing and history discussions,
varied With calisthelics, We're satisfactory
The lost business OF the fourth day Vas
well slipped into
THE EVENING SESSION,
T..,-fNa.,f r.laacaI tho audi
ence with his ideas about "The Efficacy Of
the Public School System in Tennessee, if
properly administered He said, in sub
stance: Tennessee must be glorious
Stale. She Is the footstOol Of the American
Eagle and the happy plsce where tile stat
81 the Unionis TAINTED. Iiiiagihatisni il
lustration, illusion and insisting were COM
bined 10 impress the Importance Of Ten
nessee, in position, property, power and pro
wess as chief in the galaxy Of States. Clio
riOus old STATED IL our worthy lecturer
may he credited (and who will deny it?)
when Others. fade she will live "freSh in
essi1iai A9uih,-
SOberly, thu Professor showed us that we
should haze School Directors for every
school, instead OF Board Of Directors for
every civil district. He shOwed the need
Of emulation and the foundation for this in
our very natures. His second objection
was the lack Of normal schools FOR training
teai.lErs. tIe is iiglit in tliese Boiuts But
Will hn4 s;...ll..c;iiiS ia reiiieIying the eSilS
until we have greater and more settled
population. He is right in thinking that
we must be progressive by education, and
that; too; Is theans Of, the public schools.
A second speaker, Pro-. farrise,, vas in
tereSting on the same points. The obiec-
ton was that he was 'toO muchly" so. \
young lady remarked that she did wish he
would lose his place and never find ii. Her
attendant said, 'lf he does, he will look for
it all night and the young lady glided
handsomely into laugh, wherein she was
only PARTED pant, ss there were many nler-
nv COuntenances just at that time.
Ali went inerTily, and now all is well for
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