Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-25
EDUCATIONAL.

First Meeting for tho Year Of the Public
Schools Observation-Disclosures of Interest TO
the Cause of Education Discussed.
The first meeting for the year 1880 of the
public school teachers occurred yesterday
morning at the High school. The attendance
asfuliy as large as the meetings of last
year, and it is manifest that as much interest
as heretofore will be taken in these instruct
i've and pleasurable gatherings.
Supt. Wright opened the exercises of the
day by calling upon Miss Neher for music,
which she gave in selection on the piano,
to the hearty approval of her audience.
Following this, Supt. Wright made the
following announcements of
TEACHERS MEETINGS.
Teachers Of the Third and Fourth grades
meet Friday, February 6.
Teachers of the First grade meet Thursday,
February Il.
Teachers of the Second grade meet Friday,
February Is.
Principals meet Thursday, February 19.
Teachers of the Seventh and Eighth grades
will meet Friday, February 20.
Teachers of the Fifth and Sixth grades will
meet Friday, February ~.
General meeting Saturday, February 81, 10
A. NJ.
Teachers will be paid Wednesday, February
4, from to 5 o'clock P N.
EXAMINATIONS.
After the announcements, the following
programme of examinations was read:
Monday, January 26-History.
Tuesday, January 27-ArithmetIc.
Wednesday, January 2a-Language and
grammar.
Thursday, January photography and
physiology.
Friday. January 3O-Oral lessons and spell
ling.
ORAL EXAMINATIONS.
Monday, January 26-Jefferson.
Tuesday. Jan uary 27-Jefferson.
Wednesday,, January 2S-Vine street.
Thursday, January 29-Madison.
Friday, January 30-Madison.
Monday, February 2-Neill.
Tuesday, February 3-Humboldt.
Wednesday, January 4-Humboldt.
Thursday, February adams
Friday, February G-Adams.
After this routine bust ness had been dis
posed of, Miss Van De Walker read bio
graphical sketch of Roger Ascham. He was
an educator of renown during the reign of
Elizabeth, and did much to stamp that era
as a literary age il historical annals. The
sketch was interesting as a matter of history,
and impaired little information in the
method adopted by the early educators to
impart instruction.
THE TEAcHE Rs LIBRARY.
SQpt. Wright made favorable report re-
gsrding the teachers library, and was fol-
lowed by Prof. Bond, who made some wise
and practical suggestions about the adv1sa-
bility of obtaining educational journals, and
having selections read from them at the
teachers general meetings.
GENERAL LESSONS.
Next in order, Prof. Slack made supple
mentary report-the first having been SUBJ
mitted before the holidays-on the subject
of General Lessons" He mapped out q
course to be pursued in teaching orally the
subject of animated nature, etc.
Quite a discussion followed, in which
Prof. Weitbrecht, Superintendent Wright,
and Prof. Campbell took part. AS the mat
ter considered was how to make learning
easy to the pupils, to ease them from the
dull and tedious routine Of book work. 1t
gave as many views as there were speakers.
All were however, in accord in declaring that
object lessons were of importance in educa-
ton.
Miss Kelly closed the business exercises OF
the day by reading paper upon the subject
of public instruction in the schools of Quin-
cy, Mass. She quoted largely from Charles
Francis Adams report regarding the method
obtaining there, and drew the conclusion
that the system prevailing there was analo-
gous to the general and object lesson method
employed in our schools.
The meeting was dismissed after music BY
Miss Belle Hitchcock.