The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-23

openinE Exercise. Of she Educators.

ASosAg IiC yCo
terday, at 10 a. m, in Owsley hall. Their
were present, Prof. Howell, Miss Mary How
ell and Miss Bessie Bartlett, from Virgini,
City Miss NJ. Carson, from Twin Bridges
the Deer Lodge and Butte teachers also
others from the county at large.
The meeting was called to order BY County
Superintendent H~ardenbrook. The officers
present were the President and Secretary.
Mr.. Hardcnbrook opened the meeting with a
short address. In a very happy vein he vel
coined the teachers to the institute, and spoke
In an interesting upon the advantages
and disadvantages of our county schools. A
few words of sage counsel closed the admira.
BILE inaugural.
The bylaws governing the institute were
read by Miss Emerson, and especial attention
was called to the fact that all lovers of edu-
cation may become members.
Election of officers followed, resulting in
the reelection of Superintendent Harden
brook to the Presidency the election of Miss
Butcher, Vice President Miss Hutchins and
1A'oo Z ASos IL ltSy anu fFOI. HdSScll.
Treasurer.
The President appointed the following
committees:
Committee on Programme-Miss Helen
Pierce, Miss Kate Fegtly, Miss Butcher and
r. B. Hassell.
Finance Committee-Miss Manning, Miss
Battelton and F. II. Reed.
Executive Committee-Mrs. Gibbs, d. A.
Dinsley and j. Il. Marcum.
After a short recess, and the appointment
of Miss Fegtly as critic of the day, Miss
Searles read an excellent essay upon the
subject, "Shall emulation among the pupils
of our public schools be stimulated by the
bestowal of prizes ?' 1t was q very clear and
comprehensive presentation of the affirmative
OF the question, beautifully and forcibly
illustrated. The position taken was SO strong
and well sustained that it elected a spirited
discussion.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Meeting called to order by the President.
At = D. NJ, singing by the choir.
Reading of the minutes of the morning
session by the Assistant Secretary, followed
by d class in common fractions, by Miss Nettie
Emerson, whose skill as a teacher is already
known, but manifested itself by the ready
answers and easy manner in which the mem-
bers of the class conducted themselves.
Then followed a "Method of Teaching
Common Fractions" by Mr.. ). Marcum.
Another method was given briefly by Prof.
Howell; also a few remarks were made on
the same subject by Miss Hutchins.
Immediately after intermission Miss iona
Batterton followed with an interesting paper
entitled, "Woman in the School Room"
After this, the reading of the programme
by the chairman of the committee as follows:
SecOnd Days Proceedings.
Meeting called to order by President Iiar-
denbrook at 10 a. M.
Singing by the choir.
Roll call by the Secretary, and responses
with maxims.
Reading the minutes of the preceding ses-
sion by Secretary.
"Word method class, by Miss Butcher,
who Immediately after gave all object lesson.
A short intermission was followed by the
critics report.
The President appointed Mrs. Ed. Reimel
critic for the day, after which MI. z. M. An
derson read an essay entitled "Incentives to
study which subject was ably discussed.
Before the closing of the session Mr.. Hassell
opened a discussion ON the sword method "
system, which was argued to a certain extent
by several who were present.
Intermission, followed by the critics report.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The meeting was called to order by the
President at 2:30 ?. m. The delay was caused
by the absence Of the choir and several men,
bcrs of the institute. The reading of the
minutes of the morning session by the Secre-
,ary was followed by an attractive essay BIZ
Miss Nettie Emerson, entitled Sour Days
Work in School,"
The discussion then arose again in regard
to the "word method of teaching how TO
read, Mr.. Hassell giving his reasons WHY the
script form of letters should be taught before
the printed. This subject was then laid aside
to be discussed again IN Wednesday evening.
The next exercise was an interesting class
in geography, by Miss IIutchins, conducted
in a pleasing and interesting manner; Prof
Reed gave his ideas about the study of geog-
rapi,y. and how it should be taught, ETC., then
Prof. Hassell introduced Master Bennett Fau-
sett, who did some skillful map drawing
ON the board, at the same time explaining his
method of drawing maps. Further eSplana-
ton by Prof. Hassell, closed the subject of
geography for the day.
The meeting adjourned for a few minutes,
after which ! rof. Reed proceeded to Introduce