The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-02-01
EDUCATIONAL.
Beavsriown District lbs iitute.

January 10Th, 1871.
On account Of the iuclemeucy of
the weather, the teachers did not
meet at Herbster's schoolhouse as
Appointed. The President appoint
ed u meeting at Adamsburg for Jan
18th Mt which time aud place the fol
lowing Damed teachers were present
l. Filson, j. B. Jordan. G. o. Green.
hog. g. Aurand. j. g. Gembcrling
and Mcssrs Wagner of West Beaver
aud Ulsh of Adams District. The
meeting was called to Order by the
President. Opening exercises. Rad
ing 18th chapter of Mark Gospel
aud REPEATING rhe bIrls 4 raycr by
tho Institute. Jordan on Language
1t is mistaken idea upIn thl ptrt
of many parents that u child should
necessarily arrive at nm age which il
called a transit period in life before
ii is able t. learn or, before the
Knowledge of correct language il es.
sential to the improvement Of the
mind. This is erroneous in every
sense of the term. First Impressions
are tho most deeply rooted aud, ~
language is Quo of the first avenues
through which the miniature IDEAS Of
the chIlls mini arc conveyed t.
those arounT 1t, how necessary it is
to train aud mpull this Important
faculty properly, and how mach We
should gdirl against tho use of in.
correct speech in childhood, the ef-
fect5 of which we 81 frequently meet
in the shape o' crippled mia L.. made
81 thorough neglect in youth
Mr. Gemberliug Illustrated his
method Of io,ching correct language
by diagram. Making use Of til, son.
tonce "Nipoleon w,s coaluarei'
fnc gentleman DID credit t, h,s sub
ject ~ the. miuuet of treating it
hut, jordan Thought that in teaching
Prinl,ians, the subject could b,
made more Impressive to thI mind
10y associhting Ideas, OBJECTS anl
their uanes. and thlI gra Ia Illy as
csnihng to the more dIiituit work oi
analyZing sentences.
Mr. Aurini teaches language ny
;cDrrectm : bal nSt,:e AM By sea-
teuce writing, spelling ".
Mr. Flls1n teaches hnsulge ac-
cordinS tp the latest approved meth
OILS. HIS Illustrations were very
4 gIci aud. in IL gralei school this
method is NJ d)nbt IL dcH; bit
how it can be conpgc'ionlcl by Pg-
mIrians is one of the things which
tho writer has not yet innn| 0rt
The gentleman gave sDma valuable
information ralatiaS to the Slp.r-
soriptlul of letters, which Ii, tcIiIcs
IN connection with language.
On Advanced acai!lS Ma Auranl
formed class OF the ins,i!u,e. A
selection FROM the Second Reader
"as read anl proHttoly di3ciss,l
by al.
Adjourned Tor dinner
APrEayooy Session -Opanol by
sinyln., I'M silver Carol, ,plr.7i
Reading continued by Mr. FIl,on.
who wrote the following sentence
upon tho b.lcll-b llrl, viz - 10
hog must root or dls, reonirng
each member of the cl,ss TO read it,
and place a different construction
upon il. Thi, broulht ant m,eb
rI,fil infornt,i)n u,,l ,h, Sub.
'iect. sIr. Wagner ofWest Beaver
followed by elucilating his methods
of teaching tins branch. Jordan
brought up tho rear upon this in
terosting subject anl after a few re-
marks, which were in contrast with
only n ,s,o o.. his pre,lecessors the
subject was dismissed pennman>
ship WAS taken up bv Mr.. Gember,
linz, and his method of teaching it
very briefly piven. Tho President
thinking no doubt ths. change of
exercise was necessary ut this innc.
ture. called upon tho inst, to i i'm
him in singing from Silver Clr,!s,
VILLAGE Bells WAS selectel anl