Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-29

TEACHERS INSTITUTE. The Institute wa"
called u order this morning precisely at ~ e.
M, by Superintendent Carne, upwards Of fifty
teachers being prescott. 10 his openlog ad,
dress he spoke of the objects of the teachers
meetings and their usefulness. Much he said
rrl,l be learned from each other, aud the
,,.,ner who could not learn was mauitcstly No.
Il: Tor the position he occupied. He then
81 k, briefly, of the duties and obligations of
1 acncrs, especially upon the love they should
bear the children committed 10 their charge.
Their patience shou!i never fail, and they
.l,ud never weary 10 explaining to their pu-
ms what they could not, urassiSted, cumpre-
h. nd Abave ali they should carefully AVOID
.h,yng any contempt of the understanding OF
IuIi pupils, as such contempt was unmsniy and
enc. ln conclusions he stated that Professor
n As VINO was to have conducted the lnstlt ute
hal been i'll, and had informed him that he
III .S,t, perhaps, be una!lr to attend. As he
had no; come, he was AFRAID illness prevented
bin. Tic then requested Mr. h. Snow,lcu,
hartman of the City School Beard, who was
present, to say few words to the teachers, to
which thai gentleman responded by rema. klug
that he had great appreciation OF teachers he
thought their work very hard, and would pre-
therefore, always tavorc good salaries for
teachers, but, as rctrcrchmcnt was the or,:er OF
the day, he had been overruled. There might
lr other places With more rretentlcus school
systems. but he thought ours. as good IN the sub
sraucc of the advantages afforded Is any. dc
then spoke of the forcing aud cramUiHg pro
cs>rs al d insisted upon more attention to
,u,.,!a.ncntas, lnstapciDg the case OF 40 officer
al the House OF Representatives who had been
ou-ted mainly for bis literary dchcleDtlcs.
Mr.. Samuel l.. Stacup, teacher OF Carne
Schpu,, Washington District, was then intro
iut,,l, and read an able aud beautiful essay on
"H"ut.i Culture and Physical Development,
10 wicil he showed from Historical monuments
o! uuIoubtcd authenticity, tia, meu were both
.fgcr and stronger now than 10 the times OF
the kings and the Crusadcs aud that liter
a:y men, instead Of shortening their lives by
application to study actually heightened Them.
A. he request ut tue Superintendent, MIR.
iru,gt K Adams, ChairmaD of the Arlington
District Board, then made BRIT address, say
my that although not teacher, his heart was
10 the work, aud urging kindness in the map
asrmcnt of children, rather than resort to
harsh measures.
Mr.. James h. Clements, teacher of Walker
School, Arlington District, then read an excel
len, practical essay on Teaching English Com
po,tluu.' In illustrating the use OF puuctua-
ton he nstauced sign he had oucc seen in q
ariyhboring city witch read, Joseph Jobu-
sou---W God and Coat" The Superintendent
here remarked that he thought the paiuter was
good Judge OF human nature, as Joseph
johnson was probably, just equal to the
wood aud coal business ard no;hiug else. As
an instance Of bad spelling among the mem
tcr>,as well as the officers Of the House
Of Rrlrcst natives Mr.. Clements iDStapced
letter Gu; from radical newspaper and ascribed
10 the celebrated Blue Jcaus Williams.
The ga slion Box was then opened and
the vucs:!op. "What is the b,st method OF
teaching notation aud punerallou?' WAY dis
cu>,td.
The losritute then, tow ards Que O'Clock, ad-
burned until ~ morrow at 10 y. u.