The daily gazette., 1880-11-08
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 8. 1880.
THE COUNTY TEACHERS.
CLOSING SESSION OF THE TEACHERS
iNeTITIrnE a, NEwARK

CLOSING SESSION OF THE TEACHERS
INSTITUTE, AT NEWARK.
The Teachers Institute, at New
ark, on Saturday, opened with pray
er by Rev. e. j. Porter, of the New
ark Presbyterian Church.
Superintendent Groves announced
A. d. Harrington, Miss s. M. Fell
and Miss l.. D. Hopes as the Exec
utive Committee.
A. D. Harrington invited the In-
stitute, in the name of the people of
Odessa to hold its next annual meet
ing in that town. On the motion of
E. &. Mote, the invitation was ac-
cepted.
On the motion of G.. W. May. the
| next annual meeting was fixed for
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of the first week of Nov,
1881.
Miss S. M. Fell offered a resolution
declaring DR.. w. II. Purnell, ex-offi-
clio a member of the Institute
Adopted.
On the motion of the same, Prof.
G. l.. Maris, of West Chester, the
Rev. A. r. Horn, of Allentown, Pa;
Prof. E. d. Porter, w. D. Mackey,
and w. M. G. Jeffers, of Delaware
College; the Rev. j. M. Williams, of
the Wesleyan Female College; Prof.
W. A. Reynolds, of Wilmington !;
the Rev. A. T. Scott, of Whining
ton Superintendent Harlan, Prin-
cipal S. J. Wiley, Miss Mary Miller,
and Miss Il. u. Frazer, of the Will
mington schools, ard Miss Emma
Robertson of the Kindergarten, Will
mlngton, were also made honorary
members of the Institute.
Rev. j. M. Williams, of the Wes-
leyan Female College, delivered an
interesting lecture oil" German Uni
vcrsity Life" into which he wove
his personal experience, he having
been student in one of the German
Universities for two or three years.
He gave an interesting description
of the form and nature of the exami-
nations for admissions and graduas
tions.
To graduate, a German student must
at end university instruction at least
three years. Medical students must
attend five years. Foreigners are not
restricted In this way-a preparation for
graduation only being necessary. There
is no graduation in classes or at any
particular season of the year. The
udent gives notice of his desire to
graduate, and is required to write an
exhaustive and scientific essay within a
certain number of words. This necessi-
tates narrow subjects, as "The reason
for the ending Of the Latin dative;" sthe
cause of the present form of the Greek
letter Allhl." A foreigner generally re-
ceives dipoma with greater ease than 9
native German.
In German university towns the pla-
card, "Rooms to Let" is very common
The rooms are always furnished and the
cost ranges from So to $2O per month
The hostess furnishes breakfast and
supper, charging extra for the meals.
Dinner is the meal of the day and is
always taken al restaurant. These
rooms are the students" houses. The
university has no dormltory.
Many lectures are heard before
breakfast, and often before light.
The students are divided into vereins
or unions. These unions challenge one
another to dusls. The duels are fought
with swords. A German student once
challenged an American, but when the
after chose as the weapons pistols, and
the distance three PAGES, with the agree
ment that the principals should fire sim
ultaneously and continue firing until
one fell, the German sent his second
with an apology.
With the preliminaries arranged and
the vital parts protected, the duel il
fought, not to mortal termination, bu
until one cries "hold," or the physician
thinks there is danger. The custom l!
now on the wane.
The vereins are to some extent liter
ary societies, the meetings being held il
beer hall Beer and tobacco are the
concouitants.
The lecture was listened to with deeI
interest and the thanks OF the Institute
were rendered the lecturer.
A resolution providing for committee.
to petition the Legislative for an appro
priation TO defray the expenses of the
Institutes was lost. One asking tn,
Legislature to remove the So tax OF
, teachers certificates was adopted.
The usual resolutions of thanks wer,
adopted, and Prot. Wiley, on behal
of the Wilmington people, present
thanked the citizens OF Newark, for thei
hospitality.
The Treasurer reported; Receipts fol
the year, $l0S.Sl; expenses, $23.o9; bal
, Ance, $S4 So
!, President Purnell, on behalf Of thu
Stale Board of Education, made brief
encouraging address to the teachers, ant
: at 11.30 O'Clock the Institure adjourned