Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1875-10-08

FtgLfA DisfH,t.
Ninth Ijssfri
Reported !uy the Times
Tcaeher~' Institute tor Charles County.

udeT ihC direction OF Prof. Newell, o. the
State Normal School, this Institute commence
cd in Port Tobacro Oh Monday. October 18th.
At , 7. VI
Roll Of Teachers WAS called. whCn twenty
seven were found TO be present,
Couniy Examiner q VI Lloyd offered some
pertinent and practical observations upon the
importance Of Institutes, and the benefits 10 be
derived from them
Prof Newell followed in some very interest
ing aud ieliciious remarks on the same subject.
lie said, that Institutes were designed 10 lie
temporary Normal Schools in which Teachers
nav he taught the art of communicating
knowledge. \ knowledge OF certain branches
is not sufficient to constitute successful Teach
er; he must understand the proper method of
lmparting. This can only lie done by study
ing and learning the Art of Teaching. The
body of Teachers IA the county. from various
causes, Is constantly changing. Generally,
the gentlemen. after teaching for some time,
find means 10 get into other occupations and
the ladies, after becoming cthCicu, in the man
agement of children a, school, are pretty sure
TO lie indicted into office where smaller
ones viii probably claim their care. Thus,
Teachers may be regarded rs forming two
classes Experienced. and inexperienced. The
inexperienced of course require instruction. and
the experienced are required TO give the instruc-
ton needed. Hence Institutes require the at
tendance OF all, OF both classes and both may
he equally benehtted--ihe one in receiving, the
other in bestowing.
After concluding, the Professor called for
subjects of discussion, and the following were
presented by different parties:
l. How TO grade and classify school of 80
pupils in the rural districts?-By Mr.. Lloyd.
,. How to govern and manage small chill
dren BY Miss Mudd.
;. Best method of teaching Geometry
Capt Pennington.
/. Best method of teaching the Alphabet
Prof. Newell.
;. Best method ofteaching Elementary Read
ing.-Mr. Speake
g. Best method of securing regular atten-
dance al School-Mr Cox
:. Best method Of teaching Grammar-lSt
for beginners I'd for more advanced pupils
Mr. Mccarthy.
s. Best method of preserving order in Schools.
Miss &.
O. Best method of teaching English Compo-
sition.-Prof Newell.
10. Best method Of teaching Geography
Mccarthy.
IL. How TO teach Arithmetic, comprising
Elementary operations in whole numbers Ele-
mentary operations in fractions; Rule of Three;
/ Analysis Mccarthy.
II. What constitutes practical Teacher?
/ Mr.. Lloyd spoke to the first subject, explain
| ing the grading and classification of schools
according TO the schedule laid down in the
! law j. W. HALEY remarked upon the propri-
ETY. of allowing Teachers to exercise some dis
erection in the classification of their Schools.
| Capt. Pennington followed in remarks to the
same effect Prot Newell closed the discussion
on the subject
| On the second subject, Miss Mudd, in re-
spouse to inquiries from Prof. Newell, explain
! ed her manner of managing the small scholars
connected with her school. Prof. Newell took
the ground that the most e1ectual way of gov
erning children and of benettting them as
well, is to keep them pleasantly busy. AT the
conclusion of his remarks, the Institute was
adjourned TO Tuesday morning.
SECOND DAY.
After calling the Roll, the third subject pre-
sented for discussion was called, when Captain
Pennington made some remarks respecting the
old method of teaching Geometry, and some in
uuiry about a nec mode which, he understood,
had been recently adopted. Prof Newell, in
response, referred to the object had in view in
requiring the Teachers to study Geometry, and
also explained his method of teaching the sci
ence.
Fourth subject called. Messrs. Franklin,
Speake, Cox and Posey severallv explained
their manner of teaching the Alphabet Prof.
Newell in closing the discussion on this subject,
remarked upon the great Importance of teach
Ing the Alphabet in correct manner, and gave,
in very interesting way, on the blackboard,
series of illustrations of a method now COM
ing into practice.
Fifth subject called. In response to inquiries,
several teachers detailed their methods ofteach-
ing Elementary Reading, the result showing
some variety in this respect,