Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-30
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WEATHER PROBABILITIES Var LRar'-
nafnt. Office If the Chicf Stgnnt Og!cer' h"S"-
,nqton, u. IT,, Auqast 30, ln16-lo:3o a. III.
IT, The Alddls st ucs falling barometer "inuS
mostly from southeast 20 Sout"Wesf' al1
warm r, par y cloudy weather. Win o. ssi -
occasional! rains.
Mass MEETING TO NIGHT "A grand mass
meeting Of the dem pcratic and conservative
voters of this city is to be held at lhc tiAg pole
Of the Whltrstone Club, near the cotton lac.
tory, to night. 1t will be addressed by Gen.
w. II. F. Lee, Gen. Eppa H1ntop, Coi IT,.
f. z yton, Hop. B. Johnson Brrbour, ii .,
Claughtou, esq, T. J. popham of Rap
pahasnock. +. p. Wallace OF Oreugc, M.
Mccormick OF Clarke and others. Re.
vious to the meeting the clubs Of the Fast
aod Fvurth Wads will meet at their respective
Headquarters aud march IL procession 10 the
| place of meeting. bearing torches and IraisDar-
| eucics. Arrangements tor the proper occora-
ton OF the slund have been c0mricted, anG
everything is being d 1uc 70 make the necting
great success L is hop d that every demo-
Graf and co.'s rvativc vii makc 1t ills duty 10
| bc crescent aGd alu to the success II The dc
munst;atlon,
TEACHERS INSTITUTE AT ~ 4. m. to d.
the llst,ule aas again called to ord r is on
perm r.:cut Caruc, vino delivered lecture on
| THE Usc OF Wu,d.,' ia which he urg'd that
children were often uGiusi!y cun~:d rec d"'In
gu ut when they Simply did not understand ! ne
nor Is OF the text book, and had - mcaus, u.
less the teacher would take irLc It. cXGlaIn, oi
hndlug cut what thy were KIP. cted to knrw.
H. cave some amusing iIlu-ratlous o. these
Observation-Disclosures from his IVA cXrcTlcucc.
l. discussing the sui jec,, AIR j. l.. C!cn,cgis
suggest Cd tnat there We're 80 suitable t.Xt books
for tcachng 1t.
The Superintendent though; the spelling
book c0uil be used If thc teacher wutd X
plain taEl'ariy.
Mr. j. + Parker said he had I'D Worccs
ters dictionary. aud iDuEd that IL "9s 0ltta
nee .zsary TO tnc the d toitlonS.
MIR. VIM. Il Gree,wcij thee read an icsirnc
tive paper on he tcaehog OF Primary ueogr:-
phv ard Aritnuc'ic.
Mr. Edgar L II rpcr t,lowcd, with beau
tiIu ,s,ay on Reading as an Ar." He
remarked that MOS; r.rSOuS thought tn"v
could rad well, ncIey O,cauSt they
vc.y little at,u L .adirg. 4 msn ul&hs
prni.ouuce rcil a"d yes his rcaal"E -
40 L,ulc agreeable thar the passage OF saw
through kao. ty pik. Reading was ~ ic
10 It's perfection. y valstY CT tone and x
prcssjoDs mus; b 1T tne comma0d OF h read.
en- and enthusiasm W., IlA W&"t IL ,! was
10 the photographer. Gesture aud chang Il
countynaucc should be both employed /" tc'n
force tn" words II strongly recomnend' q
contrast by the teacner between good ann bad
readings.
The question box was tne" opened, ard ;hc
following dues lous we're read unl discussed,
VIZ:
VIVA, is he best rae;hod Of teachiag Geos
raphy?
Has a ,each.r lis re'i in usiog methods
diffcren, i, III ,hu>c laid down IL The Gext
books?
" hat is the plainost way f' king child
rem uudcc..aosi why we III *. luv..it th3 terlns
OF th., ,liviS,r IN div % ut ttactlons?
What i, The staud T. Of pruuu' cla!louI The
Sum riutccdeot sad that IN Alexandra
school it was Worcester; but on b lng h"nied
list Of wor.s, he remark that he thought It
better cot 10 # el \ sin2 I'll .cy OF pr2nulcI&
ton though Worcester Insight Ei.e u>horiiy
for il. He would MT 81 lalISs II claI,ss though
he had heard ;c -ohars II" - aLy Eorc ihaa
he woul! speak vl visiting I'trce When SPEAK
Ing Eugsh.
IL rcpvro the question, How shall W. each
cramma,? be said he thou ht rnmro,l 10 ana:
analysis decidedly thc bcs', tut that 10 IL
opiaou thc ihct,iy iouud 10 te*chlog arose
from trying 10 teach pupils und1r fourteen.
WIN, as general thlng had not sutt'Icni Jug
mcDt to comprehend the distinctions. Thy
mlhl as well Dc taught logic and metaphysics.
Ii an offence i committed aud sc d. DOT
know who cou rcittcd i, has the tcachcra right
to puoish tic whole schni?
Atcr lew instructions as 10 rcopcnlng
schools, g.. q Restitution Of tianks to the gu
nerintrna,oi was on III zion u Nr. Ct mc"ts,
passed II ,Amiruou>ly ~ Il-IDG vote, and ii his
suggestion ,h.;k- w4lt. also ,xended 20 tho>"
Who had read essays or participated 10 the
discussion.
BELIGERENT tALF.-A If riD away from
the make, this moruing aud started ont Fair
FIX street. followed by !, large crowd Of yrlh2E
AID hootiug boys. When rear the W. X y
dspot il iumpcd through the aim Of Il mao
yho was rryllg II catch it aud hut'ed a woman
.,,,d,.r near rau>iug h9r TO MEASURE her