Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-11-09
THE INSTITUTE.
OUR ANNUAL TEACHERS CONVENTION.
Yesterdays Sessions-The Newspaper in :he
School RoOm-lts Importance an
Educational FACTOR" In
Sersoll:sm From
Secular Stand

school Room-Its !mport.nce as an
Educational Factor" In
Secular Stand
point
Monday AJtcrnooa.-Thc hymn, BE
Thou, oh God. exalted high was sung
by the institute.
Rev. Z. W. Stewart, y. d., Of Cole
rain, read selections from the Sd and 4th
Psalms, and offered prayer for the success
OF the institute.
Music Evening Hymn" aud .:Ths
Wander Staff"
The president, Prof. Shaub, made a brief
address, in which he congratulated the in
stitute on the favorable auspices under
which it opened, and the general exemption
OF its members durin. tho past year from
sickness and death. He referred in compli-
mentary terms to the late Prot. S. S. Hal
deman, and deplored the loss tho institute
had sustained in his death. He also re-
ferred feelingly TO the loss by death of two
other members. From the records of the
secretaries it appeared that the number of
members enrolled up to , o'clock WAS
greater than on any former occasion at the
same hour of the first day. This promises
we'll for the success Of tho institute. He
hoped better work would be done than
heretofore that mutual improvement
would be derived rs we'll from the social
intercourse of the members as from the
exercises Of the institute. He congratu-
lated the institute that there is no serious
opposition to the institute system, or to
the public school system within the county
AT least not such opposition as is met
with in other sections.
Prof. Shaub, then announced the pro-
Glamme for the ensuing week and stated
the reasons which induced the manage
ment to hold the evening entertainments
in Fulton opera house.
He then announced the names Of the
officers Of the institute-tha same as
printed in yesterdays 1sTELLIGENCER.
Mr.. John A. Mouk, Of West Hcmpiicld,
moved the appointment of = committee to
audit tho treasurcrs accounts. =.
The chair appointed John i. Mouk,
John X. Worth, West Lampetev, and Miss
Emma L. Downey, city, said committee.
B. F. Book, Paradise. moved the ap-
pOintment Of a committee on resolutions.
The motion was agreed to and the prcsi-
! dent stated he would announce the conf
mittee later.
The president notified members Of the
institute that each of them was entitled to
q copy Of the music supplement to the
Schoc! Journal.
Music Bonnie DOOM" chorus by the
institute with organ accompaniment hy
Prof. Hall, and buylc accompaniment by
Prof. kilhe!fcr.
| newspapers in school work''-by Miss Hat
tic l. Bruckhart. The essay was we'll
written and weil-dclveGcd, the ESSAYS
t,1. ho .,
! more important means of education than 8.
! text books are by no means 20 be neglect
ed. She advised that selected readings
from the newspapers be arranged before
hand by the teachers ; that these readings
should include the general news Oh all cur
rent topics. Instructive selections
/ from standard magazines and newspapers
will tend to dissipate the taste for trashy
dino novels and afford an entertaining
variety of food for the youthful mind.
Good exercises may be found for compost
tions; new IDEAS will present them
selves to tho pupils new facts will be
| presented in new words, tho pupils vo-
| cabulary will be enlarged, and he will learn
to think for himself instead of rc,iting his
lessons in parrot-like way. Selections
from the newspapers were also recon-
mended for dictation lessons and lessons
in grammar.
Prof. l. S. Geist, of Marietta, concurred
| in general with the views of the essayist,
| and recommended that q part of one
day of each week be set apart for pupils to
relate orally tho substance OF what they
had read liz the newspapers during the
current week. This will inspire taste
for reading and = generous rivalry among
the pupils to show Off what they have
read and remembered.
| Mr.. Aston, of Mount joy. thought. only
the higher classes Of the school should he
| given these newspaper exercises, and the
papers should be carefully selected and
scanned before placing them in the hands
OF the pupils. hIany so-calicd newspapers;
are trashy and worse than useless.
Mr.. p. 4. Uricll, of East Hempficld.
would use the scissors, and cut from the
| newspapers appropriate selections, paste
them in scrap books, and at tho proper
time present them to the pupils. Excellent
texts for object lessons may in this way
be obtained.
Mr.. Gates, city, strongly favorins the
use newspapers in the schools. condemned
those OF u sensational character, naming
Saturday Night, Ne,o Yor! Ledger, Boys
and Girls Weekly and others, which he re-
CARDS rs trashy and pernicious as the Police
News. These should be vigorously cx-
cluded from the school room. The read
ing Of good papers should be encouraged,
a profitable exercise is to get the pupils
to stand up in class. and report in their
own words the substance of some article
they have read in the newspapers.
Clarence Y. Lic!,ty. of West Earl, deemed
it important to have newspapers in the
school room. by questioning his own
pupils he had ascertained that not one
half of them get to see 4 newspaper ut their
homes, and not one quarter of them arc in
the habit of reading papers at home. He
believed there was no better way of im-
parting to pupils Il knowledge Of what is
going Oh in the world, and getting them
Interested in geography, history, grammar
and other studies than by frequently tax
ing the newspaper rs 4 text book.
Mr.. c. W. Myers, Ephrata, regarded
newspapers as the greatest educators OF the
age; but he doubted whether much good
could be- derived from them by five
minutes reading in the school room. As
there is not time to read the papers in the
school, he would try to instil in the mind
OF the pupil q desire to read and to learn.
and have him to read the papers ut home
John Weaver, of Lcacock, had found
that the series of school readers did not
contain enough reading matter to satisfy
the wants OF the pupils. Some Of the
boys in the class in which the first reader
is used are found to be we'll acquainted
with the contents of the second and even
the third reader before bein. transferred
to q higher class. He believed it right to
give them ali the reading matter they