Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-04-21

lttention aud give opportunity 70 +
xiye important moral instruction 70 2
(ho scholars. A very interesting 9
sxercise was Ind ii which ! .
conyersation between three characr ]
- Were made % speak for them
solves which brought out wildly
Tat u rad 80 = 10 be understood
must first know what Ideas we
hive % express. /.
In srthography derivation Of words
were studied. Words were pro
nounced by the Prof. and the insti-
tute wrote ont derivatives. The
blackboard exercise to-day illustra-
ted the different kind Of points in
the human body. Organ Of diges-
tion, the skin and its functions and
the eye.
April 14th.-Opened a. usual.
Journals were read by Miss Hat
lie Davis and James Morrisey. Prot.
Wernk criticised the production Of
the gentleman ! little, but perhaps it
Wa mainly because it was the first
opportunity 70 speak Of the journal
of 4 gentleman.
Arithmetic was the first subject
for consideration. Multiplication
md division Of fractions was the
topic. "A number Of examples were
placed on the blackboard for oonsid-
Grafton. Penmanship presented the
oval q to form. Alter recess the
pronoun was studied. Pronouns
were then declined, and then fol-
lowed "a exercise in using pronouns
IA sentence.
The afternoon session opened with
! study Of school economy. Sub
ject: How 10 teach Arithmetic. The
first inquiry was, Why? Most said
to enable to calculate and do bust
ness. Reading, figures Of speech,
blackboard exercises, history, and
other drills occupied the balance Of
the afternoon.
April 15t.-Ths institute met at
the usual hour and / am informed
had very good work in arithmetic.
The topics under consideration was
decimal fractions and percentage.
In language the adjectives and verb
was discussed, being . review of the
different classes Of adjcctives and
their properties and forms, and of
verbs in their different relations in
Guiding voice, mode, tense, &c.
Afternoon seesion.-Aher opening
exercises, all those who had taught
that had not yet written q journal
we're appointed as journalists, seven
in number, TO each Of whom was as
signed special work. School Econ
omy now became the subject, and
the question what to teach in arith-
mctic was considered in relation to
business, aud illustrated by exam
Piles solved by the institute, having
reference to the callings Of life.
Finding what would be the profit Of
farming under certain circumstances
and what would be the aggregate
loss in q series Of years by spending
1 few dollars 10 no valuable purpose.
The Prof. argued that this practical
work was what the parent would ap-
preciate and that il would have an
influence for good when these boys
and girls went out into the struggle
Of life. II would teach them to
count the cost of an enterprise, or
estimate the final result Of spending
or saving small sums Of money.
After recess the forming Of deriv-
alive words was resumed, each men,
her forming word, then, anything
and defining. The blackboard ex.
ercises included u. S. History, the
fire-engine and the three levers.
April 16th.-The institute opened
~ usual. The journalists appointed
yesterday read their journals which
gave . very good history of the pre-
ceding days work, intermission and
~receeses. The work Of today was
conducted in q different manner
from the preceding days this being
much Of the time o review of sub
iects studied in school rather than
an investigation Of principles and
best means or methods of teaching.
Arithmetic was applied to the re-
| duction of fractional denominate
quantities to another denomination
expressed in decimal fractions, cal
culation Of interest, bank discount,
~geometrical figures and meaning OF
terms, and hon calculations may be
shortened in nracfice bv Indication