Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-06-11

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United States?" Of California. and ssv.
eral other great divisions. I am happy
to state that the majority OF the appli.
cants failed ON this question. Many
people have no conception Of these mat.
tiers, and I do not think II 10 necessary
for them to try to learn them. The
mere memorizing Of facts and figures
without the association Of ideas 10 Of no
benefit to anyone. I think 1t Ii better
to have . general knowledge Of geograph.
ical outlines and an understanding Of
the topography Of the country than to
pay 30 much attention TO worthless de-
tails which load the mind without i'm
proving Ii. Particular attention should
be paid 10 local geography. including the
State and county in which the pupil
lives"
Questions were asked by Miss Sulli.
van. Miss Ryan Of Carson. Miss Julia
Nicholson. Miss Boyrne and Mrs. Went.
worth.
Prof. Howe Of Carson made some 70.
marks, agreeing Substantially with Prof.
SWEET. He thought such branches as
geography and history should DO taught
principally in Q conversational way.
Prof. Gray. Principal Of the Virginia
First Ward School. said there was
nothing in the address to which he could
object.
Prof. Willis, Principal Of tho Third
Ward School, said: ~ have listened
with interest to Prof. Swstt's remarks.
but I cannot agree with the homeopathic
system which he has marked out. II
seems to DO his plan to reduce the
amount to be taught to the minimum.
In other words. he would not have any
Of the pupils learn more than the dullest
u in the class is able to grasp. We
read in the good book that different per.
sous have different talents. and ! believe
it il right to 60 over all the work marked
out in the books, 20 that those who are
able to learn 1t may have the
opportunity Of doing 30. II there
Is one brilliant student in tho class. he
will DO able to master the entire subject.
and hs should DO given . chance to do
10. II q pupil IL taught only the geog.
raphy Of Storey county. It is equivalent
| to saying to him that he will never get
out Of Storey county. and consequently
that 10 all the geography he needs.
| With that kind Of teaching he probably
never would get OF Storey county. dc
wouldn't know enough"
Prof. SWEET illustrated the blindness
Of those who are studying what is termed
advanced geography. A young lady in
the California Normal School, whose
beau il q fireman on the railroad, was
asked: "what 10 q water. shedi" She
answered. "a place where the engine
stops to take in water"
After . song by Miss Minnie Pyne.
Miss Ida Lynch read IN essay on "Prim-
airy Teaching" Miss Lynch 10 rscog-
nized a. one OF the best primary teach
ers in Storey county. and the sxplana-
ton Of her system, a. briefly stated, was
listened to with great interest. She
stated that her system was based upon
what is known as the object lesson plan,
introducing the kindergarten system a.
much as possible. Among other things
she made the startling statement that
her pupils are not taught the alphabet,
the word being adopted In her classes.
She pointed out that the greatest Diff
Guilty encountered in introducing new
and improved methods OF teaching was
the opposition which parents made to
what they called "new.fangled notions"
The lady held that these methods should
be judged by their results and not by
any arbitrary standard established in
ignorance and prejudice.
Misses Babcock and Schwartz, both
being kindergarten teachers. were called
upon for remarks. but failed to respond.
Prof. SWEET gave a brief explanation
Of the CRUDE method Of teaching arith.
mstic. Pronounced Grubey. not Grub
as some teachers seem to think.-REp.
He said the only objection he could
offer to II was that in some cases II went
to extremes with regard to details. This,
hs said. was the difficulty with all Ger.
man methods OF teaching.
Prof. Young. Principal or the Gold
Hill Central School. said he had noticed
that some Of the papers in the East had
objected to the CRUDE system on the
ground that 1t was philosophically in.
correct.
Professor SWEET said: "This comes
from those who always object to any.
thing that il new. I cannot see that Il
10 in any way philosophically incorrect.
Il 10 an admirable SYSTEM"
A few minutes still remaining before
the noon recess, Professor SWEET occu-
pied them In giving . few hints to assis-
tant teachers. They were very pointed,
and were evidently appreciated. Among
other things he said Don't say that
you know more than the principal, even
II you think So"
The programme for this afternoon
and evening Is arranged a follows:
l2.00-l;3o P.N u. .uusie.
l:40-2:l0 p. M............schooi Trutess
Mills Van wagenen.
Evan UJ william. y II. N. Hui.ier. ". Z. r.
Deal, A. II. Willis.
a:90-9:W p. n. nom
John SWEET.
| 9:00-S:A0 p. N...........O plect Lessons
Mrs. n. II. Swift.
$4,000 ?. Discussion
| Mrs.. A. n. Potter, Miss Cassie Henderson, |
Miss /. r. Lynch. Miss Julia Hadigan.
REcEss.
Mmsie.
7:se-s:3s ?. NJ, "The Higher Studies In
the Common Schools"-D. r. Sessions.
e:s0--9:30 ?. N...........Noral Training
John Swstt
The Institute will close tomorrow
forenoon with the following exercises:
lo:so-io:l0 A. u. Hssis.
lO:lO-lo:S0 A. High Schools
Nrs- o.. q. Houdall. !