Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-09-02
y k1re About the Belmslf County
Teachers Institute,

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Teachers Institute,
In our last two issues we gave an out
inc of the doings of this body, kindly
US by the Secretary. As wei
are of the opinion that the annual ses-
sion of body, composed of those TO
whom is entrusted the care and culture
Of our children during so large a part
Of their youth, especially as these con-
are for the sake of increasing
the teachers fitness for the work, we
deem some additional notice eminent
ly proper.
Since the close of the Institute, let
ter from Prof. Yarnell shows that the
reason of Miss Lathrop's failure to be
on.hand, was that she had mistaken the
time, and was expecting to be here the
next week. Her place was, however,
we'll supplied by Mrs. Case, of Colum-
bus, and the disappointment that 9TH
erwise would have been felt by those
interested in Primary Instruction-and
who is not?-much allayed. Ms. c.
first took her place before the Associa-
tion Wednesday morning, and after al
luding to the fact that her appearance
among US was entirely unexpected ,and
that she had been travelling all night. to
reach here, entered upon the labors Of
the primary teacher under such heads,
applied to the pupils, as How to go
to SCHOOL, Care of Wraps Use of
Slates,' &c. (We are drawing on our
memory, as We have no abstract of the
lecture. Suffice it to say, any one in
listening to it, would come to the con-
clusion, if not there before, that the
teacher of even very young children,
NAV use-and must use-in their SER
vice, about all the natural capacities
and acquired abilities she may have
control of; and thinking parents would
have heard with profit the details OF
duties which some one must perform for
the little ones, ,and parents at least as Of
ten as teachers, neglect.)
In this opening lecture the speaker
dwelt on the importance and the meth
cd Of moral instruction-that neither
Jew nor Catholic would object to his
child's learning and practicing the Gold
en- Rule, and moral lessons may not be
given at stated times when all expect
sermon, and get ready, like older
folks, to ward off any personal thrusts,
but they should be the word fifty spo-
ken-"apples of gold in pictures of sill
ver"-(don't hold Mrs. Case responsi.
BILE for the reporters way of putting it,
Complying with the expressed wish
of many, Mrs. Case devoted her subse'
quent talks to the topic of Phonic
Reading-giving her method in a
school of sixty pupils of from five to six
years of age, and asserting that the
plan can be carried out even in an un'
graded school. We will not give the
Word method in detail here. Its fun
damental principle is that the eye
learns the word more readily than It's
component parts. We notice that
something is wrong about an incorrect
word before we analyze to find what il
is-nor will we eXpound upon the Pho,
mic method, which as its name imports,
is a method of sounds, and by use Of
diacritical marks, the number of our
eye-sights must correspond with oul
ear-sights, or each character always be
sounded thesame way. That is stated
illogically, however; we mean that any
sound must always have the same
mark, or letter, to represent it. This is
more in accord with nature, for speech
is language, and writing not. Teach
ers were urged to learn, and have theil
pupils learn, the marks by which the
dictionary makes the comparatively
small number of our written letters
stand Tor the much greater number o
sounds. Devise ways of interesting
pupils in the search for proper pronun
Citations. This applies to older pupils
as the younger may take our marking
of the lesson on the blackboard BY
faith and sight-not by authority. By
the system explained, the lessons or
black board are to be marked in the
way mentioned, and the pupils car
properly pronounce the word at sight
AS to marking accents, silent letters
&C., the teacher in an ungraded schoo
may we'll adopt plan of his own-on
ly let it be simple as possible, and ad
hered to till well learned.
Mrs. Case is ready talker. If an!
objection be taken, it is that her utter
ance is rather too rapid. But we thinl
that was probably the effect of her feel
ing that she was two days behind, land
consequent effort to get over too mucl
ground in the time. The Institute
hopes to hear her full course at Bridge
port next summer. She left with tn
best wishes of the many friends mad
during her short stay here, prominen
among whom were DIR. Ii. Yves
, and family. With them she took
drive over some of our beautiful hills
and much admired the scenery of thi
finest portion Of the bel-monts. w
were not along, SO we can't describ
the trip.
Prof. Marsh came among us on Sat
urday prior to the Institute. HI
preached twice on Sabbath at the Pres
byterian Church, to fine audiences
His special topic at the sessions of tn
Institute, was Elocution in its extend
ed meaning of all outspeaking. His lee