The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-08-16
educational.
Carroll tlOunty Teachers Institute.

!. "a Ia onenea in Central Hall, in Westminster,
Al 10 o'clock, a. M, on Tuesday, the I'd day
AZ Sentember, 1879, in whichallthe friends of
public school education in the county, espe-
cially the school commissioners and the trus-
tees Of the schools, are respectfully invited to
participate.
To entitle the teachers employed in the
public schools of Carroll county TO the
payment OF their salaries in full, they are,
each and all, bound by the requirements OF
their positions as teachers TO attend the lnsti'
tute, fully prepared to participate in the dis
eussion Of the topics presented for discussion.
The attendance at school by the teacher in.
stead OF at the Institute, as is required, will
not be accredited as full discharge Of duty;
but Il may be presented as evidence OF the
teachers faithful service, though, by causes
beyond his control, he may have been pre-
vented from discharging his whole duty by
attending the Institute
Topies,
l. Can We, and do we derive any practical
benefit from County Institutesg Are County
Associations worth the expense and time de-
voted to them?
.. Are the public schools of to-day better
than they were ten years ago? Are the
schools now any better than they were as or
ganized and conducted iity years ago2
3. Can the ignorant, idle, vicious, and
friendless children be reached and educated
as highly as children who are surrounded with
many friends and every luxury? Is the legal
provision which exenpts the INDECENT chill
dren from expense for books, ETC., and sub
jects the more opulent to the payment of fees
for the use Of textbooks, a wise, just, and
polite measure7 Ii bookfee be charged
ut all. should there be one uniform fec, or
should there be different prices to adapt them
10 higher and lower grades Of pupils?
A. Can school text books be wholly, or par
tally, alyantageously dispensed with in the
work Of a school
5. Are the new textbooks by late authors
any better for the purpose intended than the
older ones by earlier writer's?
6. Do frequent errors in textbooks, which
the teacher is able 10 correct, render them
useless or injurious in schools Is a teacher
who cannot correct the errors in the text
books, fully qualified for his position?
7. In general, do the discipline and rork
Of a good school, or the attractions Of the
playground, exert the greater effect on the
average attendance fpupils? Can the teach
err Of school on which no outward uniayor
able circumstances, as sickness, &c., are op.
Grating, claim to be successful when the aver.
age attendance Of pupils who are not withheld
from school BY parents, falls below 80 per
cent?
8. Are exaet classifcations ofpupils and
uubending schedules Of studies at all times to
be strictly adhered to, necessary 10 the high
est success FOR may a teacher occasionally,
or frequently, depart from the strict observ-
ance OF his regular routine to advantage?
.. Is Normal School training, or equivalent
training elsewhere, necessary to qualify a
teacher for his profession? Can the gradu-
ates in all the ologies Of our best scientific and
literary colleges, without some additional spe-
cidI training for the work, hope to compete as
teachers Of primary schools with teachers es-
pecially trained for the work
TO- Are black boards and other school APP
paratus necessary to enable the teacher to do
The best possible work Are black boards,
he, a help or hndrance in the hands Of the
inexperienced and Incompetent teachers?
IL. In general, has a teacher Of one sex the
mental, moral, and physical ability to become,
in the same space Of time, as well qualified as
one Of the opposite sex 10 discipline, manage
and teach primary schooly Is the work OF
one sex in teaching as valuable as that ofthe
other And sh0nid the salary Of the one be |
as high al that ofthe other?
Y. Taking their qualifications and expert |
ence into consideration, are teachers in gen
erai, and especially those Of Carroll county, |
paid Just compensation for their seryiees3 |
10. Does teacher learning, or his ability /
10 excite cheerful industry and pride Of pro
gress ia his pupils, give him the higher yaiue 1
DO his social habits affect his usefulness one
way or the otherY
ia. Are there schools ia Carroll county at
which IN efficient aud jealous teacher, by
holding exhibitions, by contributions from
his pupils, or by adopting other measures,
cannot raise the means 70 start school |
lihrnfy7
10. Arethe making of quarterly and monthly
reports in the neatest possible manner-the /
Clearly preservation OF comfortable school |
room in all weathers,-the care Of the school |
property,-the Numbering Of textbooks, hav-
ing a correct catalogue Thereof, land the |
keeping OF school Journal or diary, in which |
all events connected with the school are sys- |
tematicaly recorded, worth the trouble they |
will give to the teaeherY
16. Are school-r0om decorations and labor
applied in adjoining the school grounds OF any
value whatever? Are mere ornaments worth
the time and labor bestowed upon them? In |
n working school ofstudious pupils, can time
be found to devote to mere ornaments?
II. DO the higher or the loicer grades OF
papils require the better qualified teachers?
Arehigh learning aud large experience neces-
sary TO quality teachers OF the lowest grades I
Of pupilss
Is In general, can Music be successfully !
taught IN the public schools ?-and should I
Music be a part Of ever days exercises?
10. Will the benefits of exercises in Draw
ing in the pablo schools, fnllyeompensate for /
the time they will consumer
20. Are 's0bject Lessons applicable to all |
the classes in \ public oolY-and should I
such lessons be given TO the pupils with as
much regularity as any other lessons2
II. Ia learning to spell, will oral exercises /
or rriting the rortis, condaee more 10 the I
pupil progress Can either be safely omit
fed2
y. In learning TO read, should the yoaug |
pupil be required TO rTffc the lesson before /
exercising bis voice 10 itg II so, should this /
practice continue only through the. frsf reader, I
or until he shall have passed all The grades OF 4
the primary department? Should repeated /
readings Of the same matter, blythe same and BY !
different pupils, be allowed land should the
pupils be encouraged 10 criiicise each other
Should the teacher ever critcise when, in the
opinion Of pupils, there is no apparent ncces
sity for criticism
q. In teaching PenmaRship, do the teacher
and the pupils derive any useful aid from copy
books prepared and sold BY booksellers ?
Should the exercises be daily, consisting Of
long lesson, or frequent repetitions of short
one2-and should all teachers require their
pupils to assume one uniform particular posi-
lion 81 body, TO adopt the same method Of
holding The paper, the pen or pencil, 6c., APP |
plieabie alike 10 all schools, as preferable to
all other methodist IN other words, is there |
an exact and complete system Of Penman
ship, embracing every particular, from which
there should be no Departure
"A. Should pupils be allowed 10 exercise 4
with H13f,.es beforn thav can eomnsnhand the