The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-12-20
Educational
TSr Ths Post.
COUNTY INSTITUTE. IN.
Tssnlg Mor.iaa s.,don.

troducet A y. kaub. OF Lock Ha-
ven. who spoke upon School Organ
ization. He said: The teache,
should fret become acquainted with
the people Of district The week
before he opens his school he couIl
proftably spend in visiting his pa.
irons. A good plan is. frst to 20
to the most prominent citizens. lcaru
their views about schools, next 90
TO the other citizens and - the di.
iectofs.
After opening school, ascertain
The standing Of the pupils, for the
purpose Of classification
In Cameron county sn exn,nina.
ton IL held at the closo Of every
term. in all the schools. for the pur.
pose Of grading and classifying the
pupils. A new tsnchor taking charge
VI school, h,s nothing 10 10 but t.
open the exercises, assign lessons,
and 20 on with lis school, The pu
pills having all boon classified at the
end Of tue previous term.
On the first day Of school, the
teacher should be at the school.
house earlier than any OF his pupils
He should welcome each ono as he
comes, and learn bis name.
A programme Of recitation should
be prepared the tisst day aud writ
ten on the black board
The forenoon sessions should be
longer thao those OF tho afternoon.
During reci,a,ions the teacher
should not permit himself to be J..
terrupted. Rather have two inter
missions in a bali day than permit
interruptions.
lfyou gam tle coD6lence OF your
pupils, your work will be half done.
Get acquainted with tho disposition
OF your scholars, and cultivate 1t as
carefully as yon do their minds.
Rules shuld hot DO laid down for
the government OF tho school.
Teach your boys to act ike geutle-
mon and your girls like ladies. Per-
Init thom freely to ask you qucs
tions, and answer them in such
manner as to show them that You
are master Of your subject
Should vocal music DO taught in
the pnblic schools I was the next
subject taken up. Mr.. ileniy 4
Shuman opened the discussion. lie
believes tnat children should early
be taught to sing. Teachers should
begin with the rudimeuts Position
OF letters on staff keys, length aud
kinds Of notes. should be taught !;
aud much practice be given in read
ing notes, III all the keys, beginning
with that OF q. Mr. Charles Albert,
who teaches music in his school.
heartily endorsed what Mr. Shuman
had SAID. Mr. Ira ilisou was tue
next speaker He teaches yocal lnu
Sic III his scho |, aud has made 1t "a
success. He wii.es the notes Oh
the black board, aud has his pnplis
read them and sing thom After
two trials they generally can sing II
piece. Mr.. VIM. Scharf was the
last speaker. He also teaches vocal
music, and teaches 1t from the
black board, devotlng fifteen miu-
utes day to it. Music cheers up
and also soothes the feelings OF botn
teacher and pupils, aud should there,
fore, under no circumstances, be
omitted from the exercises Of II
school.
After q short recess, Prof. Rlub
oke on thought in Education. Pu,
should be taught to think IN
.sSythng they do. Most of our
residents have been men of limited
education Int they had trained
themselves 10 think, and thus per-
haps We're better fitted for the i'm,
portent duties that devolyed upon
them than others OF better education
would have been. An educated man
can earn living better than an un
educated one. Mr. Raub said that
it took him yearand half to learn
the alphabet, simply because he did
not .hlnk, and that there are per-
sons yet claiming to be educators,
who teach in the same erroneous
way he was taught. The ,cord meth.
Od teaches pupils tn think, and is
therefore the best, The a Il q meth
od should be abandoned. Teachers
should use illustrations, aud bring
them to bear on the minds of their
pupils, 80 that the latter can ths bet
ter understand what they are taught.
In teaching arithmetic no rules
should be committed to memory
but The principles should be thor
oughly mastered. Committing alb,
stract definitions in reading is Il
waste of time and energy. The
meaning of words is best taught in
sentences, the pupils giving santen.
ces of'their own construction con-
tanning the words of which they are
to give the definitions.
III teacher has method Of teach
ing that is based upon sonnd philos.
ophy, and he is successful with il. he
should not abandoned it for another
method which may seem better, but
which he can not make u SUCCESS
Teachers shonld Thoroughly study
and digest everything before they
put it in practice. All their plans
should be laid before they begin
their schools. The teacher must be