Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-11-03

we'll rendered.
Mr.. w. M. McFadden read a
excellent paper on the subject
"Preliminaries to School Organ
zation." 1t is better, in the frs
place, to have q witten contract be
tween trustees and teachers. A
all times have a full and complet
understanding as to the dutie
and mutual obligations of each +
the other. Enlist the interest G
Trustees and parents in the schoo
The teacher must make specia
class preparations; must study
become acquainted with authors
must so arrange the school room
apparatus as to present an attract
i've appearance.
j. N. Hewes took up the subjec
of practical arithmetic The teach
er must have a thorough knowl
edge of the subject, must have yea
and the ability to fire the hearts Q
others with the same zeal whicl
he possesses. Mr.. Hewes illus
trated his methods by means O
black board and chalk. His pre-
sentation of the subject was clear
concise and was highly appre
cisted by the Institute.
State Superintendent Campbell
came forward, and in a few we'll
timed words of encouragement t.
the teachers, hoped that Got
would speed them in their nebl'
work, and babe them goodbye.
Recess.
Miss Fellows rendered, in a beau
tiful manner, u song, with piano
accompaniment.
Mr.. J. K. S. Bell read a paper or
the Use of the Blackboard. The
senses may not inapprOpriately be
termed the gateway to the soul
The understandings and the affec
tons are mainly reached through
them. They are the media by
which the gulf between mind and
matter is bridged. The most influ.
entail of the senses. and those with
which the teacher has most to dc
are sight aud hearing. The use OF
the blackboard eXcels all Othel
forms of eye-teaching in conven.
fence. availability and cheapness
By its use subject can be more
quickly and thoroughly intro
duced and understood than by
mere oral descriptions. 1t collects
and retains the attention of the
most dull ond listless pupil. 1t is
u most valuable aid TO the mem.
DRY in this that it enables pupils to
better understand. 1t condenses
thought and economies space. 1t
is the best means of hearing top
ical recitation. Teachers should
more frequently make use Of the
blackboard, as it is one of the
best auxiliaries to successful teach.
ing.
The essay was we'll received by
the audience.
The choir favored the Institute
with u song.
Rev. J. w. Ellis was introduced
and delivered an address full OF
practical thought and truth on the
subject, "You aud that Boy" The
speaker submitted the questions,
Why do you teach? What actu-
ates you? What are your aims,
your hopes and your aspirations ?
and Why does that boy desire to
be taught? You have been called
to awaken the sleeping thought in
the mind of the child. Thought
lies in his mind dormant as the
giant oak in the acorn. Your mis-.
sion is to awaken the sleeping fac
ulties of the child, to cause them
to grow and expand. Some will
awaken without your aid or effort,
others must be awakened. Good
is one that must first be
awakened; good address, manli-
ness, must be first inculcated.
He must treat you, as we'll
as others, with respect every.
where. He must be instructed in
the unwritten law of society. You
must not inculcate seotarianism,
but you should teach him to rever-
ence the Creator, and If you fail to
instil ia his mind the knowledge
of the grandeur of morality, you
shall fail to properly fulfill your
mission. You must study the dis g.
positions of the pupils and apply
yourself to their various wants.
The girls require a different treat
ment from that of the boys. The
boys are willing to climb the rug
ged mountain, however great the
danger, but they want the girls to
applaud them after ir Is over. The
girl will reflect In her manners, in
her life, your own manners, your
own life.
The Institute rendered the
speaker its warmest thanks for his
very able address.
Prof. J. NJ. Quinn read u paper
entitled mechanical Pedagogy"
Mr.. Quinn said that thought in the
true meaning of the word, is y
vital movement of the mind.
There are two classes of minds,
the mechanical and the vital. The
mechanical is merely initiative;
the vital, on the other hand, ie
creative, it deals with mental con-
Inspirations ana impas.
stoned imaginations, it generates
and evolves; the mechanical copies
aud reflects; the vital infuses life,
activity and stimulates the slum-
herring energies of other minds.
The mechanical congeals, deadens
the germs of thought. The antith-
esis of the vital and the mechan-
ical runs through all the realms OF
intelligence; 1t permeetes ell
mind. The world movers OF all
ages, whether poets, philosophers
warriors or statesmen, were men oil
creative minds, men who vitalized
their thoughts, words, and deeds
The universally of Shakespeare
is but a power Of vital conception
not limited to one or two Ideas
but ranging VIGOROUSLY through
q world of ideas. The triumphs Of
Napoleon were not the fulfillments
of the decress of destiny but the ef'
fects of the living conceptions Of
creative mind. Kepler stormlnp
the very fortresses of nature anc
dragging forth the hidden prlnci'
Piles, Newton deduciDg the law oil
gravitation, Burke thrilling the
r l. e.. H.,