Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-22
BELMONT COUNTY TEACH
EIsS' INSTITUTE.

Frs INSTITUTE.
The Enthusiasm and Numbers
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Work
and Punctuation - Wheeling
Teachers Attend-Grand Ad-
dress by DIR. E. E. White.
At the close OF Yesterdays session the
enrolment had reached zoo. The inter
est and enthusiasm have increased IN
proportion TO the attendance. The
work OF DR.. White. for the day, was
mainly instructing county teachers how
10 systematic and grade their work,
though in the afternoon he gave an ex-
ample OF how he would teach primary
class in reading.
The first lesson OF the morning was q
lecture by J. q. Black, OF Il. Clairsville,
on Mental Philosophy, especially the
topic of memory.
Mr.. Henkle continued his directions
as to How 10 Use the Dictionary" in
his morning i,' lIr'. sad explained very
fully the different marks OF punctuation
and their uses, in two afternoon talks.
We notice number OF Wheeling and
ex-Wheeling teachers among the audi
ence. Ex-Principals Mertz and Snowden,
among others, have been present.
A large number OF queries PROFOUND
ed by the teachers through budget
box" were answered by persons to
whom they were assigned by the Presi-
dent.
The lecture OF President White, last
evening. was the master work OF the
whole occasion. His subject was
-.l THE EDUCATION or LABOR"
This the three Aristocracies of Wealth,
of Caste and of Culture, have always
opposed There is no definite meaning
TO the word education. What would
be considered a fine education in one
country, would be but the rudiments in
another.
The least educated in any country
perform the mental services in that
country. During these years OF bust
ness depression AristOcracy has charg-
ed the public school with the hard
times and the idleness that has
caused them. IL is common trick
OF logic to charge that OF two
contemporaneOus events, one is cause
and the other effect There are prob
ably other causes which have brought
about this idleness. The first cause is
the influence, still felt, OF slavery; an
other cause is the immigration which
this country has received. The socia
bar which we place upon laborers and
kitchen servants has brought such posi-
tons into disrepute among Americans,
Educated labor is in such demand that
but few boys formerly went through our
high schools, as they were called out 10
take paying positions before getting
through. The whole idea that labor de-
grades socially is wrong. Said the
speaker, 81 speak this as a boy from the
farm, who came up by the work OF his
hands" A natural laziness is another
fertile cause of this idleness.
Vice is another and perhaps the creates,
cause of this undermining, degrading
and brutalizing of American industry.
Especially is this true of intemperance
Three positive statements the speaker
made and substantiated.
|. Education encourages industry and
destroys idleness.
.. Education increases the productive
power and skill OF labor. Many incon-
testable proofs OF this were given.
3. Education improves the condition
Of labor.
Ituplifts the working man socially
and in the comforts of life. The high
school Is the school for the
people. 1t is the Democratic
feature of our public school system
The question is whether the public
school is doing all it can for the wants
OF labor and of industry. Its best
friends hold that it is not fully what il
should be. We must have readjust.
ment of the system of schools so that q
boy may work half day at trade OF
in a store and the other half day in
school. Our schools will be adjusted 10
this after while. A boy going to
school steadily without labor until Ia
years old has lost all taste for labor. II
he had labored half the time and worked
half the time this would not be 80. As
the day OF apprenticeship is disappear.
ing, we must have system OF industrial
schools established. An excellent illu-
stration OF the value of free public edu-
cation is found in the city Of Atlanta,
Ga, which established tine system OF
free schools, and has contributed
much to her prosperity. The Corless
engine at the Centennial which put in
motion all the vast extort OF machinery
Is a symbol Of American education,
which puts in motions and sustains all
the wheels of American industry. The
grand illustrations, enthusiastic spirit
and tone OF the lecturer We cannot
reproduce on paper, but the close
attention, and unanimous applause at
the close, showed that the audiences
felt and appreciated them. The truth
is there are Jew men in this country
who 80 fully understand this subject oi
education and its great benefits and can
so well set them forth az DR.. White.
To-day is the last OF the institute and
tomorrow the County Examiners will
examine large number OF applicants
for certiiicstes TO teach in this county.