Smyrna times., 1880-11-24

happy. r.. M, Rosih, of this town anve a
Spelling and sentence exercise with a BRIGHT
young class from his own school, and fol.
lowed 1T by reading paper on SPELLING
and Etymology. In the evening a large
audience was present. An anthem was
sung by the choir, prayer was offered by
Rev. I. E. Martindale, followed by a beautiful!
Duet" Ruth and Naomi" sung bv Misses
Elva Crrrow and Mary Hudson. Miss
Sallie Q. Stevenson, of Dover, then read n
very fine essay, the subject of which was.
"A Woman's thought on Woman" Rev.
Arthur w. Milby, the lecturer for the even.
ing delivered a solid and practical discourse
on My Views of Education" The lecture
was interesting and rot without some
humor, and was much enjoyed. The Har.
mony COrnet Band was present and contrib
uted to the pleasure Of the evening by sew.
eral we'll rendered pieces.
On Friday morning, after the usual omen.
ing, Mrs. Ida NJ. Farrow, of Leipsic. read
good and forcible paper on Primary In.
structlon, which was listened to with great
attention. The subject was discussed for
some minutes, after which J II. George.
OF Milford, read an essay on "Teachers'
Helps which was practical and profitable.
though like many others, all its points did
not meet the appreciation of the entire con.
vention. At eleven o'clock Mr.. Roe brought
a young class from Miss Anna Doughten's
room, and after telling them "a story which
was eagerly listened to by the children,
the teachers and the many visitors
present, he put them through an exercise
IN phonetic reading and spelling with
Monroe's reading chart, which, from the
exercise we should think is a very useful
/ tbIpU N n OpiToorY, D.
exhibited programme for common schools,
| and the session adjourned. In the after.
noon Herman Bessey, of Lebanon, dis.
coursed in an able and earnest manner on
School Government and Discipline, closing
with some good general remarks on educa,
ton and the duties of the State, showing that
all classes and cOlOrs should have the com.
mon advantages of an education, though
he does not favor mixed schools. lie was
followed by |. d. johnson with an instruc-
tive talk on object lessons, clearly showing
the usefulness of such lessons in the school.
room. Prof. NOVEL;, of Wilmington, having
arrived during the session, was introduced
and spoke for half an hour on teaching
small children by the script method, and
! whole words and sentences without teach.
ing them the letters. DR.. Purnen spoke
on the subject of " Reading for the Young"
and Prof. Reynolds gave an interesting
talk on Etymology and the relation of
languages. Ninety teachers were present
! during the day. In the evening the hall
was densely filled. The band was again
present and played two pieces at the open
| ing; the choir sang an anthem, Rev. }. NJ
/ Williams, of Wesleyan Female College, led
in prayer and read chapter from the
bible. The speaker Of the evening was
Prof Edward Brooks, of PENNSYLVANIA
State Normal School, Millersvlle. His
| subject was the "Ideal Element" or
the use of the imagination. The lecture
was very bright and entertaining, and was
keenly enjoyed by the large audience.
After the lecture the band played again.
Mr.. j. Ed. Hotiec<er sang n solo, the choir
gave two selections and the meeting closed
at half past nine.
The Saturday morning session came to
order at half-past eight Prof Reynolds
talked for half an hour on Arithmetie fol-
lowed by some general remarks. Then
came the reports of various committees
resolutions OF thanks, and other closin
business. The Institute finally adjournt. {
at 10 o'clock, after one OF the pleasantss
and most profitable sessions ever held.
The essays, addresses and lectures Of thi
convention were all Of a high order, dis
playing a degree OF ability and though
seldom surpassed. The meeting brcugh
together a body of instructors and worker
whose intelligence and culture must be al
advantage to any community, even for
few days. Many of the teachers expressed
great satisfaction with the people of Smyrna
the kind reception given, the fine music
furnished, and the many generous effort
put forth to help insure the success of tn
occasion, The place for the next meeting
is not determined.