The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-12-09

lture and apparatus Of foreign nations with
our own, and decided In our favor. He ar
gued against teaching the nclties Of Gram
mar, the details Of foreign Geography, tile
hard parts Of Arithmetic and urges In their
place fuller instructions In music, local Geog-
raphy, drawing, the elements OF the natural
sciences and the arts. After gathering the
results OF his trip through Europe and his in.
spectlon OF their schools and the conditions of
the different classes OF society, he decides
einplatlcally In favor of America and her
schools Music by string band. Select read
Ing by Miss May Uhei, Of Duncannon--
Are the children all home 2" and PlatOnic
Friendship" Solo,: Uncle Joe," by j.. w.
Turner, OF Marysvile. After the announce
ment ofprogramme for tomorrow, adjourned.
WEDNESDAY.
Morning Sesss3n-President In tile chair.
Prof. II. B. Zimmerman read part OF the
35th chapter of Isaiah and offered prayer.
Music" The Lords Prayer" The subject
Of Penmanship was taken ND by Prof. j. g.
Miller, of Bloomfield, whoiIliistfated his man
ner of teaching. 1t by using the blackboard
A paper on "Whdt should boys know when
they leave school ut the age Of 16?" was read
by Prof. Zimmerman, Of Newport Last year
the Prof. said Nothing" this year he said
many things good for bows to know and bet
ter to practice. Music" Rose of Aiiandale /"
singing of the Institute conducted by l.. W.
Turner, of Marysville. State Sup't j. p
Wickersham resumed the floor In Il "talk to
Directors and Teachers" He stated the rea-
son for the delay Of the State appropriation
viz: Want of money In the Treasury. He
also explained the time for changing text
books, and their adoption also the power
OF the board of Directors In various directions
lie recommends very strongly the election
of women to the school board Music-"The
Old Home" solo and chorus. Prof. DeGraffe
gave callsthenic exercise followed by q les
son on language. Prof. Palm, from Blain
gave his "Theory and practice of teaching
spelling" Prof. DeGraffe said "H mas the
BEST ho e0er heaTd" Adjourned.
Afternoon Session Opened with music
"Amerlca." Rev. M'Pherson spoke on "What
can Directors do to obtain the attendance of
pupils of school age who do not attend school %
1st, Make the schoo-room attractive and
home-like I'd, Beautify the grounds; 3D.,
Directors visit the schools. "School visitation
by Directors How can best results be obtain
ed y was taken up by DIR. j.. Ellerman, of
Spring twp followed by j. H. Diven, ESQ.,
Director, w. l.. Turner, w. T.. Baker, Owen,
McMillen, Palm and others. The "weak points
in the methods of teaching and the remedy
spoken upon by j. W. Huston, Director, and
discussed by Rev. MCPHERSON, Dr. Ellerman,
Mr.. Buckle, Profs. Little and DeGraffe. Mu-
sic" Twilight is Falling" "What can Di-
rectors do to secure uniformity of textbooks
in our county," opened by Rev. Mcpherson,
discussed by w E. Baker, Rev. j Edgar, Mr.
| John Huston and others. The subject GLOW
use the chart in teaching little folks ?" Ill
Illustrated by drilling class Of small boys and
girls on chart. The lesson was preceded by
| callsthenic exercise by Prof. Datiraffe The
Co. Sup't called attention TO several facts
among which was this one, that an old PrOyi-
| sional Certificate cannot be endorsed by him
| 1T Is Illegal Programme announced. Adj
journed.