Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-06

and near fifty Questions put to the
audience.
Prof. Kinds, from his pointed man
ner Of answering, had the most Of that
work 10 do.
Professor Sharpe next drilled class
| in Written Arithmetic. The maiu
subject treated was square root, which
be discussed by the use of square
| blocks. lie made it very plain by this
method. He is AN excellent lecturer.
Rev. J. +. b. Mays was called on
and delivered an excellent lecture. To
/ teachers he said, take the child's
mind as the physicians take their pa
! tients, just like they find them, and
train it up. Train the conscences of
| the children to reverence good. Wipe
out reverence from the land, and what
| have you left? Having done this, YOU
can control them. Use moral force,
and not brute force, to constrain
them"
He urged the idea of continu.
| ity of thought. 70 do this YOU
must excite the young mind 10y some
thing pleasant. He knew a teacher
who would practic his pupils by read
| ing to them from n book, and would
give prize to that pupil who would
write down the most Of it when done
! reading. This he would do each day,
/ training them to continue their minds
steady on the same subject. A man
/ who can cover one Of these black
/ boards with mathematical calcutta
! ton without slipping thought is
man indeed. Work into the pupils
sound verbal memory-words to "A man
are the same as trees are TO the
woodsman. These cause the pu-
| pill to remember words, they
are the vehicles upon which the
thoughts that burn are to be carried
| from the brain. Learn the pupils to
| reflect-cOmpare one thing with
another. Calhoun was n great man
because he was always comparing the
| history of the rise and fall of one ma
| ton with another, and thus he be-
came wise in these things. May | not
| be talking to some schoolmaster who
may some day, 10y this severe mental
culture, write text book that may
revolutioniZe this whole country.
Your minds are continually develop
| ing, and you should read massive
works and read them well, take
the entire works of Bacon and
read them all. II you would be
great men read great books and don't
be content with your miserable, push
luminous literature. Why! men say
that school teachers don't know any
thing. Dictionaries and text books
are the results of school master'sworks.
McCauley read poetry six years in
order that he might have language to
express himself with. Then move up.
Hold your Institutes and cross fire on
each other. Some of you must write
Axyl l. 81 fy,t
you. | have book in my mind which
should be written by somebody-a
text book for the poor boys
a smattering of natural philosophy-a
little of botany-a little of chemistry,
etc, SO that every body may have lit
tie learning. It's big lie that "little
learning is dangerous thing.n l will
not attempt to give further synopsis
of the lecture of DR.. Mays, but must
add that 1t was a rare and rich speci-
men of logic, clothed in the most i'm
pressive eloquence.
NIGHT SESSION.
The house was called 10 order by the
President, Il. G. Harms, at 1880 p. NJ,
and after singing, prayer was made by
Rev. DR.. Mays.
The business of the evening was in
] Nl'hhN0h ny NllC AAtllNCIN vi Il ltCNuIt,
1.-THE Superficial and Substantial
Views of Education" by Prof. Rob
eTts, which was indeed an able, prac-
tical and convincing address.
+. G.. Beaman, +. II. Brother and G.
Nelson, Committee upon Resolutions,
| reported resolutions
rendering to the citizens of Powell's
Station thanks for their hospitality
| and attendance
Thanking "the accomplished Miss
Lulu Butler for her delightful
| music.
Thanking the visiting teachers from
adjoining counties for their attend
ance, and the local teachers, Messrs.
Perkins and Cooper, for their kind at
| tention.
| Urging upon the Knox county
teachers the Importance of their Insti-
| tutes.
rendering thanks to County Super
| intendent 4. {. Harms for his Jealous
labors for the school cause, and recon-
mending his reelection by the County
! Court.
rendering thanks to the Knoxville
and Ohio railroad for courtesies.
rendering thanks to the distinguish
ed lecturers for their profitable ad-
/ dresses.
Hon. David Richards, of your city,
made stirring address on the subject
OF schools, which was well received, as
all his speeches are by our people.
Noticing that the Committee on
Resolutions overlooked the CHRONI-
Gle, and knowing it to be a mistake of
the heads and not of the hearts of these
gentlemen, tender in behalf Of the
Institute their thanks for the valuable
services your paper has rendered them.
Roy.