The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-01-07
Minutes OF Kenosha Co. Teachers Assosia.
ton.


County were wei represented, but the ma
jority were from the E. D.; which was es.
peciallS creditable from the fact that the
meeting was held in the western part of
I he county. which division also HAD the
advantage OF conveyance on the cara. Som
ers. "thC bSnner town OF the county" "a q
former Supt. used TO cali 1t, sh owed Its zeal
BY hiring band wagon, procuring q four
horse team and driving distance Of fou, teen
miles TO attend The met ting. Much credit
Ia due our worthy supt. who received gen
'ls % rcprimand for his tsmerity from the
frost king''in The form of . f.ozen ear.
Alter We had become sufficiently thswed
to enable our ideas 10 fow with even small
degree of readiness. the Pres. j. P. Brixxs,
called the meeting to order and opened the
proceedings with
REPORTS FROM scHooLs
These reports did not com prise the etats
tical facts SO often repeated, but EN- raced
mole especially statements Of trouble or
encouragement respecting their school work.
Some mentioned hardness as q troublesome
feature. others want OF diligence and OF ers
communications. With regard to the latter
some said that they had adopted D. A. Ma
hoRey's plan with coed success which plan
we were infol med consisted more particu-
larry In moral sussion than In that OF the rod
or tsatink the sire myth Of the coat collar
With respect to want Of diligeaee the supt.
stated that that might be In great measure
the fault of the teacher some placing, upon
the strength of heil superior wisdom, an
almost uasurmcuntabls barrier between them
selves and pupils, which was very detrlmen-
tai to the intereats of the school
Second upon the programme was class
exercise, conducted by c. Snyder. subject
RATIO AEB PROPORTION.
The teacher opened the exercise by statlng
Tat he choss the subject As much for the
purpose OF receiving as impariing instruc-
ton, and the idea of prospective" informa
ton was act a. naught. 1t was stated that
this subject was not generally understood
even BY teachers and the Supt called for
an expression from those present who had
any difficulty with the examples under that
ruic bu: not hand was rsised; AID We
imagine that he concluded that he either had
smart" set Of teachers or else they did not
choose to betray their ignorance. Nearly
all adopted the Cause and Effect method OF
solving the problems
Next followed class exercise BY w. a.
Wheeler In
GRAMMAR,
subject inhnities. Definitions of an infnitiye
verb were given and the merit of each dis
cussed theL the various uses of infinltiyes
and sentences illustrating each case.
INTERKIssIoN.
The afternoon exercises opened with class
exercise In
HISTORY,
conducted byJ. Flett, subject, The Mexican
War. The preliminary topics involved
Mexican SO we'll AZ U. 8. Hntory-followed
by principal events of the war, battles.
generals commanding each side. number
killed and result. Then general discussion
UPON the justice Of the war was entered upeu,
somewhat to the dscredit OF the u. s. That
side, to our humble Judgment. having the
best Of the argument This recitation and
discussion plainly demonstrate ed the fact that
. teacher should read more than the condsns-
ed histories used In our schools, in order To
ren&sr history interesting tnd profitable
The various methods of conducting history
classes were then discussed and the exsrc,so
closed.
Next followed class exercise In
GEOGRAPHY
By Agnes Monaghan, subject Rivers. The
teacher made neat little speech to the
enect that II the exercise was not q success
the Pres. and Sec. would Jake warning and
not reappoint the teacher for an exercise
We expected, from the subject. long array
0! names of rivers bat instead followed q
recitation of the causes. volume, velocity
basin, bifurcation, &c, of rivers. also rive,
The teachers were Obliged to have recourse
TO their knowledge of Physical Geography
inanswering the questions, and we have nc
doubt that, In view of The merits OF ,ha reel
tation, the teacher may be reappointed BY
the Pres. and Sec.
An exercise which might have been, Der
haps, more probably discussed after Dime,
followed in
PHYSIOLOGY
conducted oy ID. q. Fleit. subject Digestion
Ane various organs of he digest We appat tn,
were named and described. then the diges
i've nuids and their uses were mentioned
sne teacher imparting Information wher,
sne CLASS were deficient. A tabulatiou Of b,
SUBJECT was also placed upon the board b,
Inc teacner as the VARIOUS parts were named
nusinness matters next received attention
followed by hearty vote of til nks TO IN,
pooplS aor tne Kindness and hospitals