Smyrna times., 1875-11-03
humorous sketches.
FRIDAY.

FRIDAY.
There was AN increased attendance of
! teachers at the sessions of the Institute. tbie
day, and larger number of people listened
to the interesting discussions which took
place. '''N
The two subjects which cngagea atten.
ton this morning were-'rhe Best Method
OF IeachinslSmall Children, and The Best
Method Of Teaching the Alphabet. Prof
! woodruff spoke on the former tonic. and
joined i'll the discussion of the latter with
Proi. Harlan, Rev. Dr. Stone and others.
The following resolutions were presented
and unanimously adopted:
Res0rcd That the Institute hereby recommends the
IornaIlOn OF State Teachers Association and sIIg
geSts that preliminary meeting for organizafion Sc
ned III Wilmington on Tuesday the 2oh day of De-
- RG;sotted That Prof D. Harlan Superintendent of
~ M Schools OF Wilmington, aided by four members
i vi VIC ,Insutle appointed by the Chairman be re-
| ing said meeting i iiOiu
In conformity with these latter resolu-
tlons, at the afternoon session. Prof. VIM.
reynolds, Of Wilmington; Pres. PurneU.
of Delaware College; Rev. j. NJ. Williams
OF Dover, and f. n. Williams, of Laurel,
were appointed on the committee with
Supt. Harlan to arrange for the Institute to
be held in Wilmington.
DISCUSSIONS in grammar and the right of
teachers to control over children to and
from school occupied the afternoon session.
beng participated in by Profs. Reynolds,
James woodruff, Purnell and several
teachers in the public schools.
The evening session was mainly given I'm
TO an address on Success and Failure " bv
Prof Woodruff, of PENNSYLVANIA. The hail
was crowded.
An essay was also read by S. f. Schrrz.
and Jno. Stevens of Odessa gave a select
reading.
lhe sessions were opened and closed with
music by choir to which vote of thanks
was given.
Miss Hurn. on. Of the choir. rendered
" Angels Ever Bright and Fair" with good
effect.
SATURDAY.
The sessions were closed at noon.
Am essay on Mental Arithmetic was read.
IN which the writer, who had left if IN be
read by another, took the ground that this
branch OF study WAS not as much taurbt rs
it should be. 90
PFot. Wiley, of Wilmington, by invita-
uon, opened the general discussion on
Arithmetic, and insisted that there was
three times as much of this science craumed
INTO the heads OF children as was neros.
sary. Prof. Woodruff followed in an on.
dorsemcnt OF these views, and he was sue
ceGded by Prof. Jones and others.
Prof. Woodruffthen made School Govern
ment the theme of very nteresting-ad
dress, IN which he laid down a number of
rules Tor practical observance bv teachers.
Messrs. Wiley and Reynolds also EXPRESSED
thelr views on the same subject.
RESOLUTIONS Of thanks were then odoutod
IN winch the teachers expressed their great
gfatincatlon at the cQrdalitv with which |
they had been receivSl and entertained
IN IN Mlddletown, and also the pleasure which |
they had derived from listening to the dis |
cuSslons OF Prots. Woodruff, Purnell. Har- |
IAN, Wiley and others who were not mem. |
beIs OF the Institute.
-lhe tommercldL says that Prof Woodrufp
was was quite complimentary to the teachers of
New Castle county in his conversations |
with the people, and bore cheerful tcsti. |
shohy 10 Their Intelligence and personal an
rrdfamce, which we all know In. much f..
do with teaching.
Newark was chosen as the next place for
holding the Institute, the time to be here.
atef nNed, and at noon the sessions closed
superintendent Groves recommended tLc
formation OF local Institutes in the different
4 hundreds of the county 1t could be easily
zone, even 1t one teacher made the effort
ana he was sure they would be as beneficial
IS those had proved to be in PENNSYLVANIA.
lie was sure the first Institute had been
leclded success from the attention paid TO
.he exercises by those teachers present and
he outsiders, which had been quite LARGE
md beyond his expectations.