The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-30
pENNsYLVANIA rEOAG0GUEs.

Session Of the AtRte Teachers' ASsOCia'
IIOn AG the Athens Of the Keystone
state.
Reported for the INTTLtIOENCER,
The TeaChers' Association met again on
Wednesday morning, July 9Th, and after
prayer by DR.. BroWnson, Prof. E. 0.
Lyle read q concise paper upon "Teach'
ers' Studies aud Degrees" advocating the
granting Of degrees to teachers who pur'
sue q courBe Of study. Mr.. Lyle offered
the following resolution, which was adopt
ed:
R1IoIvtd, That the State authorities BE-
asked to take such ateps as shall be needed
In regard TO teachers studies and degrees
During the discussion Of this subject
the absurd custom Of granting degrees al
, normal schools, B. 7. and D. T. ETC., was
greatly Censured.
There was a lively skirmish between
Deputy superintendent HouCk and So
p%erintendent spiegle, as to the propriety
Of placing figures on teachers certificates
a very practical and interesting al,
dteas wa made by Prof.. Cooper on The
subject Of Needed Apparatus ior Ele,
msnGary Education" Our present com.
mon school apparatus 10 not sufficient, ID
not well sslected and Is not we'll taken
care oil. European schools are much gu.
perior TO Us In this respect. Every school
should have an encyClol edia, q dictionary,
gazetteer, Slate, Quilted States and world
maps, q box Of %geometfiCRl figures, a set OIL
weights and measures, and q botanical
aud geological muaeum.
Dr.. Hays concluded the morning exer.
clses by reading 3 paper on the relation OIL
innocent pupils TO crime, by DR.. Schu.
maker unable to be presently This ar,
ticle was distinguished for it's logical
reasoning upon school matters from the
analogy found 10 national law The main
points are as follows: ~ The innocent
may be made to suffer instead Of the
gHilty; or e They may suffer with them
e. OonCeilmeht Ol crime lie crime; e.
As q good citizen is required 10 proven
crime, false ideas Of echO6l honor should
be taken away; (5) The peniteut should
be dealt with gently; g. In case OF i'm
p%enileneB, demand Information from otheI
pupils; az II the offence Is a violation Of
the Law OF the laud, lot the offender be
legally punished; (a) Let the teacher
impress upon the pupils the idea Of Lheil
responsibility Tor each others deeds.
AFTERNOON sEtSloN.
Mr.J. v. Montgomery read q paper on
life membership In the association. Next
came 8 snclnt atatment OF what levisla,
ton we need, by Hon. I'LL. Stewart. He
thinks we need an act OF the Legislature
%lengthenlng the school term, which Ia OIL
present required TO be Eve months; ~ q
law enAcling that directors shall furnish
books 10 the children; (3j an act changing
the present mode Of electng county cd.
perintendenta; az provision for the
establishment Of graded schools In country
districts.
Here a spirited discussion arose con.
corning Unfair means used by county
Bupetinteudents to secure election.
In "a plea Tor the Study OF ESthelics,h
Dr.. N. ". Shaefrer, Of KutItown, defined
beauty as the realization Of the ideal,
When form and the idea expressed are In
harmony, we have the beautiful; when
the spiritual idea dependencies, the sub.
lime, and when form 10 the predominant
element, the ludicrous. We Americans
are too pratical TO devote a proper amount
Of study to esthetic culture,
BvENINa SESSION.
This evening the hall was crowded, pro.
badly because amusement instead OF more
solid instruction was lhe aim. The frat
performance was u reading by Miss N,
BoiCe, Of Kenneth Square, Pa. Miss Buice
fully sustained her reputation az the finest
lady el0Cutionists In Pennsylvania, Next,
Sibyl Cow, a tiny lady OF ten yeats, en-.
tetlained De with a violin solo. The re-.
mainder Of the evening was spent In sec.
Ing Mr.. VIM. ]. Mars6alps Views OF tbe
Yellowstone Park, thrown upon the screen
" the steteopticon. Geysers, cascades,
hot Springs and roCkA-all stood before
ts wildly. Last VI oil was 1.-THE Cap Of
htbetty"-a huge rock snrmouhted by the
United States Dag.
THuRSDAY EVENING.
ST. IAighead opened q discussion Upon
The value Of local institutions. All OF
thoee ptesent believed them 10 be a GOOD
means for interesting pafents IN scbonl
work. thigh Schools" was Inc subisct Of
- W OuIllukN u
He showed that since neither tbe 6stenis
nor the church are we'll cited for taking
charge OF the instruction. Of the cbiidFen,
the State must provide educational meAns'
This edncation should teach the dutiea nj
C%ltize1hhip, the nobility. Of labor, and
should develop the mihdin proNef nodSs
Of thought As we'll al i've A tasts Tor SHtS
literature. The Stats needs ali the talent
that II poaaesAes, and much latent ssSIns
10 developed by the High School, Tins
the neeeeeity creates the right Of such an
Inhalation.
The most unique performances was a
S,ass exeteise conducted BY Mas Adnie j,
Shannon With her little pnpils from Pitts.
bureh. The hlteen little thit6s mot mofe
thar. ten years odd by constant lfNhISS
he'd b9et tapghttoA add, AtblfaGt muitiply
and divide AZ. tspidlY, as theft, Ietobet
would dash down The hRdtes! IN iIms
allowed ior each example ,Was neyef more
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