The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-10-05
Proceedings Of the Teachers lnsti-
tsts Held at HCrkinsvills. Ky.
THURSDAY. Sent %. 1880.

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AT ii A. Nj, the meeting was call
ed to order by q. A, Clamplin
School Commissioner, and en- mo.
ton, Rev. }. i Borrow was called
to the chair, and'B. +. Bnle and l..
I. Hippo were appointed Secretaries.
The Chairman thanked the audience
for olectlng him to the position and
briefly referred to the Importance Of
the work before the Institute. aud the
advantages to be derived from the
annual meetings OF teachers.
A committee on programme was
then appointed, consisting OF the fol-
lowing persons, viz. e A Champ.
lin. Il. II. Ingram, and John Sollee.
The Secretaries proceeded to enroll
ths names Of teachers. During the
session the following teachers and
friends OF education were enrolled;
Rev. j. L. Barrow, II. ii. Ingram. j..
L. Brasher, John S0llee, d. u. brown W.
James " est. L.. /; fhpPo, ~; W.
Salmon. +. II. Renshaw, :. =. Har-
din, w. /, Cavanah, l.. II. Salmon,
w. ID. Hook, w. q. Rawls, L. M.
| Wooslcy, II. L. Woosley. Z. d.
Rogers, Mrs. Mona Armstrong. Miss
Pattie b. White, u. A. Champlin,
j. NJ. Buie, A. II. Clark, y. w.
Payne, G. NJ. Meacham, X. w. Hen
ry. b. F. Bnie, j.. !. Means. >. l..
Dawson, II. l.. Holt. j. II, Durham,
Ben S. Hicks, w. I. Criek, Y. =.
Ware, N. d. Bone. j. w. Aust, a.
NJ. Chalmers, N. III. Edwards. ~
Harmed, u. L. Thom. y; .; Murphy
J. d. Soloman, Miss Gabe west
Miss. Essie Williamson, bliss Ella
Williamson.
The committee reported the follow
ing programme for the evening"
lst. Prayer.
I'd. Best Method oil School Goyern'
mcnt, by l.. NJ. Buie and Il. i. FLIP
pc.
| 3D.. The Square Root, by John
Sollee.
4th. Addresses by volunteers.
9th. Address, by Il. ". Henry.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Institute met pursuant to ad'
journment at o'clock, z. u.
Prayer BY the Chairman a..
L. NJ. Buie and L. 4. Fhppo made
short and entertaining addresses upon
the best methods OF school govern
nen', .aAlns .ne Po'i.',A s !.
- p III. - no..rn;nu II moraI.
ssnss;nn revsrds Of merit and other
,uas,on' 1890 nsad - ;ndncs
P h1tS.. )" aIav .od studv A n.
CLAW toot ~ same posit,on. and
IA, a.. ~ .mvs;rg snasch. N d.
Rrown d;saoreeI with the gentlemen
who had nroceeded him. and argued
that 4 was necessary to impress the
children with the idea that the rod
wopId he used. and that il was further
necessary to use 1t not unfrequently.
After brief speeches by B 4 Buie,
la A.. Champliu and others, the In
s,,tnte WINS entertained by John Sollee
w;a cave a very fine illustration Of
,h nV hss, method Of teaching Square
poo, Lv nro,,,;cal examples.
The EXERCISES O.; the evening closed
w;,h : r.r, Anon, and .,agant adj
Iress rrom n. ~ Henry. ESQ.
.l.., 1890
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Institute called 70 or9er anu opo''o
with prayer. ,.u
Commit'ee repo''eu 'he ,o,''wne
programme oil exercises wh'ch we''
adopted; IN c..
ISL now 70 ics'n 'a
Prof. Hook.
| I'd. Discussion upon same.
Sd. Cube Root. ny John Soilee.
4th. Art OF Teaching, BY Il. L
Holt, B. Thorn. and others.
9th. Essay, by Prof.. II. w. In
gram.
AFTERNOON sSsrIos.
LIST. How to Teach Small Child
rem, Prof.. L. J. Murphy, L. Il. Sal
mon aud l.. M. Woosley. vs.
| ID. Spelling-The Best Mode o.
teaching 1t, by Prot. w. ID. Hook
b. L. Thorn and volunteers.
81. Address, BY Prof, Solomon, o.
Bethel Female College.
4th. Address, by d. u. Brown
Esq
9TH. Closing Address, by thu
President.
4 w. H. Hook proceeded to state hi'
method Of teaching grammar, and con
tended that the best way to teach be-
giuners was to discard the text books
for time and first learn them the
subject and predicate OF each sentence
and then the adjuncts and qualifiers
at the same time learning them the
definitions, punctuation and the ust
OF capital letters illustrating eaci
step taken with appropriate diagrams
Prof. Da~son took the position thai
the text books as a general thing