Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-03-07
Proceedings Of the Teach
ers' Institute last Thurs
day and FRIDAY.

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5 to appointment, for the purpos
of organizing an Destitute
: Opened With prayer by Rev
S Mr.. Lovett, of Winchester. Oh
!, ganization being next in order
Col. Leon Trousdale, State Su
e pcrintendent was elected Presi
dent, 7. j. Rives, County Su
perintendent, Vice-President
: r. S. Bradshaw, Secretary
! Maj. S. w. Carmack being prov
identially prevented from at
tending, Hon. James w. Good
win was elected in his stead Il
: deliver the address of Welcome
Response by Col. Leon Trous.
dale. The address of welcome
} was well-timed and appropriate
The response grouped the OBJ
| jects of these Institutes and
the, good that may result there
from. Organization being thus
completed, he regular pro-
gramme vas begun
Subject: Thinking Exercises
with a view to Composition fol
beginners by Mr.. A. Wyckoff,
of Bedford county. The first
thing Was to get class of cit
tie folks" this accomplished by
offering four sticks of candy to
each. A class Of four little girls
was obtained. His method of
teaching was illustrated by
black GARD exercises, showing
that the child should be, not on
ly taught to think but to cx-
press his thoughts. The meth
cd was Endorsed by several
members Of the Institute in
speeches Of five minutes each.
The Institute then adjourned
till Il o'clock P. NJ. Upon re-
assembling the first subject ia
ken was The Labor of Educa-
tors by Prof. O. s. Stewart,
Hopewell Academy, whose
points were-1st, Education is
the work of ages. Cd, Can be
accomplished only by compe-
tent teachers. 3rd, The pro-
tesslon of teaching is a high
one, second to none, but is poor
ly paid. 4th, Teachers must
study character of his pupils;
as the teacher, SO his school
9th, Moral training is as necos
essary as intellectual. His pa
per was endorsed in short
speeches by Prof's. Telrill.
Stokes, Norwood and Wyckoff.
The discussion of the subject
"Objeot Lessons" was opened
by Prof. TerriIl of Winchester.
He said, this method was intro
d1ced into the United States in
1850, endorsed by some, con-
demned by others, many taking
a medium ground. He discussed
the Objective and Subjective
methods; both are lndispensa-
bic, the Objective must come
first, the Subjective last. Mate
rlals of thought are better fur |
nished by objects. The paper
was an able argument in favor
of Object Lessons and ably en-
dorsed by Superintendent Dean
OF Bedford. The next subject.
Of Labor" discussion
opened by Prof. Stokes, Oak
Hill Institute. His points were
lst, Labor saved, first by a per-
feet system of grading, second
by proper discipline. I'd, The
cause of so much waste of L.
Dor assigned to teachers in part.
IN part to others. Sd, Text
books are the cause of much
labor being wasted. 4th, Wart
OF thoroughness. These sever
al positions were maintained bv |
and logical arguments. |
Discussion animated, some sus-
tanning the views of the paper
while others dissented. Ad-
journed till Z! o'clock p. NJ, at
which time the Institute was
called to order by the President,
with music by the choir.
Teachers Hand Book by Phelps,
and Educational Monthly pub
lished by A. S. Barnes & Co.,
were strongly recommended to
the teachers Of the county as val
liable auxiliaries in their profess