The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-09
LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS.
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.

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order By SuP't Berg after which the Following Off
GERS we're elected President, Prof H Berg Vice
Presidents g. =. Marsden, A. = Brubaker; Re
c0rding Secretary, A. Ashton Assistant Secretary
W II. Mcduilfn Corresponding Secretary Lewis
Strsyer Enrolling Secretaries, p B Maloy. Jos
ON motion. the membership fee was made nifty
cents. A recess of half an hour was then given
during which the teachers present were enrolied
Upon again coming order, the Institute
addressed by DR.. KirkWood, Of Ohio, on Methods
OF Teaching" during which address he laid down
four fundamental rules TO be observed y teachi ng
1st. The simple before the concrete. 2nd. The
near before the remote ID Inc concrete "eI0re
the abstract. 18th. Processes before rules His
address was replete With practical ideas
Prof. Pair. OF the Indiana Normal School then
delivered short address upon the Importance Of
the teachers profession. also the Importance ot
the right person in the right place. Amongst
other instances held up was one not for imitation
that OF a teacher AT West Point, whose idea Of
teaching seemed 10 be that oi confusing ana en-
harrassing the pupil 10 such degree that he was
unable tell what he did know. The speaker was
gTatiied to add that such teachers ere rare IN our
common schools nowadays.
The evening session was held in I JniOE Hall, and
opened with vocal music by the girs ol Nr n ee-
ters' school. Miss Jenkins. teacher Ia Millyile
huuie-s Praver- Another song. by the same
class and recitation by Miss Lizzie Hughes, oI
The orator Of the evening Prof. Wallace Bruce. OF
PBughkcrpSie, y. Y was then introduced and
ert Burns Mr.. Bruce scemcd perfectly at home
the idioms OF the Scotch language. and his ren-
dering of Tam o Shantcr' was inmitahle
Tuesday morning opened with an address on
Reading" by Prot. Kirkwood in which the sub
PROT Spegel, Supt Of common schools in West
nOreland county. delivered short address which
may be summed up ia a few words-"Do all the
Wallace kTncc ncxt addressed the Institute. re-
citing several Scotch poems. after which he pre-
seHtcd us with ''a chip of the old block of the Go-
but of which my treacherous memory viii permit
to give you the mercst fragment;
And know that Bethel is everywhere,
For prayer is the foot Of the golden stair.
Prof Fair on Primary Arithmetic. came next
with an exhaustive dissertation on the subject.
Prof Henry Houcl Deputy state :supt. made a
short Initiat6rv Specch and was followed by Prof.
Spcigel who gave out" fifty words to be written
by the teachers
In the afternoon after vocal music Dr. Kirk
wood gave q very pleasant and instructive talk
ola -'Gcography. and How to Teach it," Professor
Speigel followed upon Grammar, and presented
fanase tan, on ..Orfl10sgrar,bv'' hv Prof Houck
followed by vocal music. closed the afternoon
The evening session was held in the First NJ +.
Church. which was well filled by al appreciatiyc
audience. who listened attcntivcly 20 the different
Prot Fair opened tine bali on Wednesday morn
inz by able Illustration OF how TO teach artH-
metic- His method was supplemented by pages
nom the experience oi Messrs LAYERS, Parrish,
Ktrkwood FaTbaugh and Miss Quinn.
After recitation by a boy whose name could
not catch, and music ~ class el girls. Professor
LAYERS conducted q class Language Lessons.
Prof Houck gave class drills in Geography and
Arithmetic and DR.. kirkwood delivered an excel
wednesday afternoon is always known in Teach
crs' Institutes as Directors session and although
addressed by Prof Houck in regard to their duties.
Addresses were also delivered by DR.. kirkwOod
and Prof. Fair
Thursday morning session opened by Prof Fair
in a very neatly turned New ! ears greeting The
trc system which will doubtless soon be the rec
ognied system throughout the United States.
Prof Montgomery. OF Aillersvill e Normal Sclooi,
spoke next Industrial Drawing" which sub
iect is a specially with him, The result Of the
was announced as follows Misses A Il. Quinn
and NJ. J. Hughes. Mcss-s. 9. Marsdeu, i. g Nc
Fceters and +. A. Lytc.
Dr. Kirilwood next spoke ON Methods orTeach-
ing History followed ny Prof LAYERS on Pho
netics.' The last was practical exercise.
spelling match were then announced. with the
number Of words missed by each: Prof LAYERS. o;
ton. Miss N. \. Horne. 9. Miss VI. A. Shnkle
@: NJ. /. Mccartney. @: ". Swcenv, .; Lewis
Straycr. 10: =. !. Laymau. TO.
The afternoon was taken mp principally hE Prot
Montgomery OF Drawing, and Mr.. Mar-dcn on
'iGScouraSclncHts- and How u oNerc0me 9elI
The evening session. held in the First VI. +
Church was addressed by Miss 4. Il. Quinn. Prof
Fair ana Or. Watkins. The lecture OF the latter
gentleman, though rather lengthy, was listened to
with marked attention.
short addresses by Prot. Fair end Or. hirkwood
and essay by 2Ir. Harry Lowman, 'On Turning
Points IN Lille, devoted TO closing up te business
of the institute. Reports from the auditing com
Mjjtcc, and committee on resolutions, were read
and adopted. Business was hurried through and
after few remarks by Prof, Berg. the Thirteenth
annual session Of The Cambria county Teachers
Institute adjourned. siRr die y c.
jhI DRAMA IN IEDkEi Iif-
Bsyg FEEEv, S-On Monday e-cning, Dee. 22d.
, the Newman Literary and Dramatic Society
gave pleasing entertainment TO a large ana ap-
preciatiyc audience clerical and lay, in the EE-
han was ov"rcTOwdgl. The entertainment began
with an Introductory choru. by the members all
students ofSt Francis College followed by songs
and reritations alternately; after which comedy
in two acts. entitled Tho Peoples Lawyer was
presented. In the rendering of this comedy the
characters were most adequately sustained. Mr..
Wfn Fhelan reurcsente .iilr.gl Nginslov-' a rich
Geo. kuylcr personatcd mis- clerk, au honest. mp
right and dutn1l servant. Nothing could ilis-
trate the excellent training Of the students better
than the manner i'm which they rendered the first
act, whCrin tho merchant tried To win over his
clerk by bnndishrnent aud rise o.; pay to testify
to q talsehood. which the honest clerk refused to
DO and was pcremptoriIy dismissed. The wicked
master laid snare for said clerk fCharles DtisJ
hJ sending John EilesIy. another cIcrk. fast and
dishonest admirably represented by Mr. Edward
GLASS; 90 slip q watch and chain into the dismiss
cd clerk pockcJ which feat was effected, and
Minslow thereupon procured warrant TO arrest
Thompson aud Quirke. represented in good style
10y Mcssrs. James Mctiranc and II. A. Bemler.
arrested the clerk and found the watch in his pos
session. Tine most amusing character IN the play
was Sal0n Shingir n teamster. 30 well rendered by
Ar. A. NJ. Cullen. Solou appeared in "a most en-
. tcrtaiuing manner. Just arrived from the country
with his team and slightly under the influence, '
Of which he know nothing. This young gentleman
Is certainly an adept on the stage. Then came
the trial, the Judge being represented by Master
. Kuhn and Clerk Of the Court by MT. William
Leavy. The prosecuting attorney. THpper. lNIr.
Eugene SnccTlu.er1 did hfs part wei 'and I 9i a
clear case for conylction, till Robert Howard. the
peoples lawyer turned the cards by extorting
confession from Ellcsiy TO how Otis came by the
watch with the full kuoTlsdgc OF his master The
foreman OF the jury =. Fogcrty) found for the
embraces Of his mother. Mrs. otis (NIaster 7. u.
Blanchard,J and sister Grace tEIastCr Chamber
. ialuJ. Both these feminine characters were repre-
Sented in O graceful and charming manner
/ Robert Howard rewarded for his able defence
/ Of Charles Otis by the hand of Grace while Hugh
W tnsIo" was indicted for forgery by Iimid. law
Yer represented by Mr. !. r middleton and here
the curtain dropped.
Master Schwa6 OF fLorctto. presided AZ the pla 10
aHd in very mastery manner. showed his prof,
cheney IN the divine art OF music
Judging from the applause and eucores of the
audience il is fair TO- conclude that the entertain
mcnt was a success. and thg it reflected mucf
credit on the Institution as wei as the pupils VII,
participated. UNE WHO Was TEEFE.
Through the thoughtfulness Of our cenia
friend Bob Adams, the one altogether lovely
among the gentlemaUly clerks at the Logaf
House, Altoona. we were favored with ar
introduction the other day to Nh W. d
! Tyler the popular and enterprising manager
OF the famous hotel above named, whom we
were surprised to find, in appearance al
least, on the sunny side Of thirty-dye, thong!
evidently a man who has little if anything
to learn in the way of conducting 4 first elias.
4 establishment for the accommodation OF the
public, as the Logan House is well known &
ne, not only IN this country but thTOughOu
the greater portion of Europe, its reputation
being little short of world wide. Mr.. Tyler
/ as we took occasion to note few weeks go
+ is to boss the Job at the Mountain House
! CreSSon, during the season commencing il
June next, and there can be no doubt but
/ what he will fully maintain if not greatly en-
hancC the well merited fame of that excellent
and admirably located summer resort. In
the doing of which we wish him ahundan
success, even though the chalk on our hat
put there on more than one occasion by ou
Fuaae HagH