The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-12-16

Rule. To find the sum Of two frse
tons having the same numerstors multi
ply the common numcrators by the sun
Of the two deuOminstcrs and place tn,
result obtained over the product Of tha de
nominators, TO 6ne their differepc,
multiply the difference Of the demon
inators by the common numsratof and
place the result over The product Of the
deuominators,
TUESDAY EVENING.
Exercises opened by music BY Viii.
COX Cornet Band, after which Prof
Woodruff . veteran in the cause oil
education was introduced by Hon Jack.
son 8. ShuItE, and he spoke instruct.
lively and entertainingly on our Success
and Failures. [The lecture was too long
to insert here.
Music by Mrs Allie Ernhoutaud Miss
Sewers entitled, beautiful moonliehs',
Pro. Henry Houck Depty State Sapt.
then addressed the Institute He ssid
"Pennsylvania 10 ahead Of all other
states 10 the matter Of Institutes, advised
the teachers to give their undivided
support to Prof. Dixon In his noble ef.
forts Ia the cause of education.
Music, Jennie the jto,Der sfki1dure"
by Mrs Allie Ernhout and Miss Sewers.
This was the crowning effort Is regards
music aud received the enconiums OF
an appreciative audience.
Hon jackson Shulia addressed the
assembly on Physical Culture" and IN
short all his talks we're roplsts with good
solid common SENSE
The large conoourse of people passed
slowly out while the Wilcox Curuet
Baud dieeoursed sweet strains.
WEDNESDAY, MORNING.
Opening exercises we're conducted BY
Prot. Woodruff The Lords prayer was
repeated aud several pieces were sung
by the Institute from the "Aiussc Rhge'
The question "Shoald whispering 10 eu-
'ireIy prohibited in school" was warmly
discussed by j. L. Brown. johnson,
Brockbank, Wharton. Luther, and il
short by nearly all the male teachers.
Music by the Institute.
Reviews of lectures by county Supt.
during which nearly every teacher male
and female was called upon to answer.
Prof Houck presented the subject Of
orthography and introduced it by saying
that it is the most important Hnd di6.
cult study taught 10 the common schssis
A person whose chirogrsphy aud orthre.
graphy aro good has decided advantages
over oil the other competitors applying
for the same position, spelling 10 great
measure should be mastered prior to
the aye Of sixteen. Keep tho diction.
airy at your elbow especially while writ
ing Do not use one method exclusively
Use dictation exercises. The Time
spent in spelling is spent pru8tsbly.
The following suggestions were made.
Short Sessions
2 Call the Class 10 an orderly mau.
3 Secure the attention nf the class
4 Thorough preparation by pupih
5 Pay attention to misspelled words.
6 Spell by syllables
Teacher select words
S Pupils select words
0 BE careful Of pronunciation
10 Pupils print the words
ii Prououuce before spelling.
II One trial
Is Drill, Drill, batLL DRILL.
IA Practice on coup, need, back.a.ehe
etc.
Mr.. Armstrong followed the Deputy
State Superintendent and gave a class
drill on Grammar.
The exercise Was we'll conducted and
proved both interesting and instructive.
a majority OF the teachers were assigned
referred questions by Prot Dixon which
they ANSWERED. very cteditably, space
and time will not permit the Individual
mention of all the teachers In stten.
dance bit the Direceturs over the en-.
tire county can rest assured that each
and every teacher present had work to
perform and the County Supt. saw tha,
1t was performed
The following are some of the 1ue.-
ton referred the answer to which were
presented in writing at tho opening of
the next session
l What is discipline, and what dis
cipline is essential 10 the success of a
school? Why? Answered by Mrs. IT.
win
2 What do you du IL prevent oifencesl
Answered by Lawrence Fee
2 Why, hop, ,ohen, and phere, du
you punish pupil? answered by Mr..
Hillatd
4 Give the arsumehts for and
against prises as incentive to study!
Miss Addie p Taylor
5 Give what you csll PROPER ihUea.
tives to study? Mr. John Z Hewitt
9 How would you win the attention
of restless class Mrs Johuson.
7 What is illustration Id teaching
and to what extent do you teach by LII
Miss Prior
8 What are the advantages Of re.
views? Mr.. Keely
9 What is the design Of Questioning
in teaching? Miss TerwllIiger
10 What are the character istics OF
agood question? MIR Sawyer
ii What constitutes a good answerl
Mr. Nissel
IL How do yoa cali and dismiss i
class? Miss Corbet ..
l3 In teaching what branches Go
vou uSa tho hlock hnayH2 Misa Hanna