Daily Republican., 1880-11-05
rEACnxns, Iasri1 UTE.
The Becsnd Days 6esssoE OF she
COunty Teachers nc Htwurk-ln.
eeresting Lectures Delivered.

Tn0 second Dny'e benrSOF OF IN
4 C0unfy Teachers &c Htwurk-1n
teresting Lectures Delivered.
j The morning session Of the Institut
was opened anime o'clock with prays
| by President Purnell.
| Miss Lizzie D. Hopes. OF Hookessin
was appointed to fll the vacancy in tn
enrollmsnt committee.
i Prof. z. D. Porter OF Delaware oolIeg
lectured upon arithmetic. He favoret
beginning with the simplest forms o
mathematic computation. Never pas
to new principle until the old are nm
derstood. Review in each lesson tn
principles that pressds It. Constan
repetition, hammering, will impress
facts and principles on ths pupil
mind. Every recitation should be |
review. The idea Of number Is innat'
or a. least developed at q very early
age. This teacher takes this idea and
expands IL. He would frat teach the
idea Of abstraction. This must be done
with tangi ible objects. Teachers mus
keep in mind the fact that they ar,
dealing with unframed minds, aud ths
- chlidfen the nimplss. elementary
Operations present great difficulties. h
recommended ten minutes O day for tn,
Gkole school to add long columns ot
Figures TO secure rapidity Of compute
tion.
An essay on education was read by
Miss Carrie Armour. She recommend
ed physical and moral at we'll as intel,
lsctusl culture, and believed that tn,
teacher should instruct In the broader
aud most generally received principles
Of theology.
Rev. A. T. Scott, Of Wilmington,
lectursd upon drawing. He said that
drawing was an easy matter to learn,
and he would have It taught in every
school.
Upon the question OF school order
DR.. Purnell objected to q multiplicity
Of rules. The general requirement
should be that Of good conduct. There
might be some whispering, for instance,
that would mt be dissrderly. A class
Of very little people having been seated
on the platform, Miss Watson, Of the
Newark primary school, gave the In.
stitute practical lesson with the read
ing chart. The superintendent, who
strongly tavors this method Of teaching
small children, prefaosd the exercise
with few words of commendation.
The children were familiar with the
Lesson and they went through the ex-
erciss with an enthusiasm that bespoke
fondness for it though it was evil
dent that they had not learned the
difficult subject Of expression, their
repetition Of sentences being little
mechanical.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Rev. Mr.. Kennedy, OF the Red Clay
Creek Presbyterian church, opened
the session with prayer.
DR.. Edward Brooks, OF Millersville
Normal School, Prot. L. Dram Lyts. Of
the same institution, and Prot. D. M.
sensenig, VI West Chester Normal
Sshool, were proposed b. Miss S. NJ.
Fell az honorary members Of the lnsti.
tute aud unanimously elected.
W. E. Baker lectursd upon penman.
ship. BE would have classes in pen
manship as in other studies, and
would write very little at time. He
would not write whole page in the
copy book day after day, but would
write fsw lines on the page az to-day 8
lesson, and go to the next page next
day, returning az the end Of week to
the page 6rBt started. The exercises
he would divide into knowledge, execu-
lion and criticism.
Professor George l.. Msris, of West |
Chester, lectured on grammar. '.Cass"
he particularly referred to. Difficult
Instances OF the predoStive nOminatiye |
were taken up and discussed In an in
Eeresting way.
Miss n. Emma Kips read an essay on
''How shall We advance our interest in
sducationi" She would have teacher
20 into the schoolroom feeling like
pupil and acting like teacher. Pleas
ant surroundings, good recitation, va
'iety OF wsrk, regularity Of attend
'nce, and faithfulness in teachers, are
The Institute discussed q specimen
programme for an ungradOd school, the
programme having been prepared by
he State Superintendent. Printsd
opics werd distributed to the teachers.
The nominees for secretary were
!. D. Harrington, Fannie M. Briscos !
nd Lizzie D. Hopes, but Miss Briscos t
las elected. Miss s. NJ. Fell received q 0
unanimous vote for treasurer. U
EVENING SESSION. n
DR.. Purnsll opened the meeting and +
lus'o was furnished by a select choir. ?
'r. Purnell gave numerous reading 2
70 was ezcorsd and read another selec-
on. Professor Groves programme of =
,udies for ungraded schools was dis. q :,
lssed at considerable length. =
Peace N Zion.