The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-11-10
EprcA41onAL coHYEH4Ioa.



The Convention Of County superinten-
dents and Institute for the teachers Of this
vicinity, bids fair to be a big success. 1t Is
to be held on Wednesday, Thursday Friday
and Saturday Of Thanksgiving week, Novem-
Der 2Sd to 18th, in the hall Of the House of
Delegates at the Capitol. The following high
ly distinguished gentlemen have been secured
as instructors;
Prof. z. v. DeGraf, Superintendent Pater-
son schoolS, \. j.; Hon. James II. Smart, ex-
State Superintendent Of Indiana, Indiana
polls John B. Peaslee, PHI. D., superinten'
dent Cincinnati schools, Ohio; Hon. ]. ].
Burns, Superintendent ChillicOthe schools,
Ohio, and Prof A. l., Wade, ex.Superinten'
dent Monongalia county, West Va.
Prof, DeGraf will speak on the following
branches Of the general subject 1.-THE Teach
ing and Treatment Of Children"
|. How to study the art OF teaching. II.
How to teach the child to read; (a) how the
child learns to talk; (bl object idea, word,
association; (c) script, blackboard work; tdJ
phonics-when to read; icy unity Of the word,
object, sentence, script and phonic methods
OF reading. III. How to remedy bad habits
In reading; (a) hesitancyi (bl unnatural tones
too rapid reading b E H ONs TO 6 ssaf
years work. v, How to teach language,
composition, punctuation and use Of capitals
VI. How to teach reading-hOw to get the
sense OF 1.-THE sentence; how to gel
the sense OF the subject how "a
give the sense and how to tell IT.
WI. School taCtics-how to secure
and control order, school discipline, man
agement Of pupils. VIII. WoFds-Sound'
OF letters, drill on the sounds manner o.
teaching, how TO use the dictionary, IN
Penmanship-How TO teach 1t, talking witt
pencil and pen, unity OF reading, writing
spelling punctuation, capitalization ant
composition in one exercise, y, Geography
Theory OF teaching It, observation Of geo
graphical forms, building up continents maj
drawing, how to teach the elementary nat
ural sciences. He will also give one nigh
lecture on the elements Of Success, o.
Bound to Win"
Hon. J. II. smarts subjects will includ,
|. "The Essential Doctrines OF the School,
Two lectures H. Educational lIindrance'
Two lectures III. Some Incidental yalu
of the schoop'-One lecture, ~. "Modes o
Examination Of TeaChers'-Ono lecture.
Superintendent John B. PGaslee's worl
will consist Of lectures !, On moral ant
literary training In the public schools. II
The lives and writings OF Henry Wadsworth
LongfellOw and Oliver Wendell Holmes
Primary arithmetic,
Hon, J. J, Burns will talk in his In
tercsting way Of l. The schoolmaster, II
The schoolmaster's English, III. The philO
sophy OF illustration. ~. A more ratiOna
, course OF study, and give night lecture o.
. Y. "The Boy that isand tho Man that oush
to be-
Prot. A. s. Woods work will compris
talk on l. The graduating system for countr
| schools-its progress and prospects. II. Hoy
the graduating system may be inaugurate
In West Virginia. III. 0superntend lent
= qualifications, ", The superintendent
! duties-how to perform them. Y. Is schoo
supervision o necessity? VI. Is the superlr
; tendent's salary equal to his usefulness2
, The gathering Is the most interesting an
important In every respect OF all the educF
/ tiOnal conventions In the history OF the State
and the exercises will be deeply interesting
not only to teachers, but TO parents and tn
J public at lage as well, and there should be
large attendance OF outsiders ut every session