The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-03-04

n TN, fN- ~ M. - Vt tHis rcI00l WIa
Z Thomson 50 happily sets forth Ia ii
y slwell-known lines:
ri na'gnt'al , task Torear the tender thought.
~ teach the young idea how 10 shoot
~ pour the fresh instruction DER The nina
4. breathe th' enlivenlnE spirit, AHA % fx 2
'ns GENEROUS purpose ~ the glowing hreastv
n Members present Were Mis- KclDc,
Mcssrs. Drooner, Cooper. Smith, Enlow
Morgenthaler and Huston. Visitor
0'wcre hessrs. w. Cooper. ID. Cooper. w
D Harris, 4. w. Rofhert and several youns
)lgcntlemen whose names were no1
: learned
The opening exercise was IN the Fourf,,
Header, conducted BY y. r. Brooner
Not much discussion followed this. buf
zone point which was touched upop. tha,
Iof giving pupils. IN all readers. thor
ough understanding Of all they are going
70 read about. seems worthy Of thought
Forms in teaching Fractions, the next
snbjcct, was presented by G M. Huston.
The principal point made was the mis-
statements, which MANY teachers allow
their pupils % make, IN solving problems
fractional calculations. or six
teachers who performed addition and,
|substracti0n problems on the black board 1,
mo two used the same method. and four'
|of the six made their figures from state J
ments which were absolutely and plar-,
ingly incorrect. The old saving "flgnres|'
wont lie doesn't hold good in Cas-.
After few minutes cessation OF busi-l.
ness l.. j. Enlow gavea method OF teach +
ing spelling, which combined correct
spelling. marking Of letters composing
the word with proper diacritical marks "A
and defining the word.
II now being near twelve O'Clock thcl....
adjourned until i:l5 b. NIL.
Mcssrs. William and David Cooper'
kindly furnished dinner for all. N
After re-asscmbling r. s. Morper. -Ii
halcr gave . synopsis Of Business Forms. *
ncluding notes, letters, bonds. dGafts,l
eceipts, mortgages. deeds, wills, sc.
The Revolutionary Struggle, BY q. AL
'oopcr came next on program. All the
rominent causes OF the war. dating ~
rom the beginning Of the French and NJ
indian War, and including Stamp Acf.|he
'axation, oppression. and various otherlsn
auses were spoken Of The beginning N
rincipal battles, ending and The points ~
aimed by the Americans bv their TIL ] I
mph over their Mother Country were an
inyasscd. Ia
Miss Carrie Keller gave drill On thcT,
'crvous System. The different divis-lha
ms. brain. spinal cord. nerves, and|to
lcir subdivisions, such as ccrcbrum III,
'rebcllum. cranial and spinal nerves. ~
cdulla oulongata, &c. were all located nv
Id their construction, material, and|ifl
motions were all included. Iwa
The Earth az Sphere, was prcsentodsay
! q. w. Smith. The timc was whol,ylm;,
cupied with discussions as 10 the co-lhal
ncv OF the different reasons given forl
lieving the Earth TO be round.
The subject, Township Graded Schools :
i discussed b, teachers, trustee and 4
itors. But littlo objection was raised par
them and that pnIy on account Of III Y
ing inconvcnicnt TO send small pupils |''''ll
far as would DO necessary, should two w,
tricts be thrown together and form a.
Idcd school. Casa township has taken 'or.
lead, the lead ID this las we'll as in|
ny other things pertaining 10 educa- uc
1) through the enterprise and energyIa IN ~
Ter trustee as well as the people. She
had one Township Graded School, y 4
successful operation for year, ana /, |.
from present indications have sey-',
In two or three years more. pap'
ownship Institutes, another subject,Darn
discussion was agitated 10 con- ~ q
'rable extent. They had advocates. IN
opponents or course. Some were, rs
lvor Of holding only two or three iii lors'
course of the school year, others in|
II Of abolishing them altoQcthcr. lh
Ic thought teachers should be allowed latell
Is for attending, and others thought long
Many methods Of reviving the In lam
Il and making them more beneficial liouf
promulgated. Finally Messrs. Smar
II, Morgcnthalcr and Huston wercwith
intcd 10 arrange plan for the next I'll,
last Institute Of the year. The fol- ~,
ng is their report; other
fkoeRAN. lply 20
oscntation or Methods, Il. J. Enlow. who '
RECESS. ter III
or Methods, q. Ajoinde
er. Thi'
NOON RECESS. of pol
'scntation Of Methodist. Rothcrt.
RECESS. Scnl
scntation 81 Methods, O. M.scrved
N. Repre-
'cr- Schools Of Cass Township.plcte |
have n
IicS ~ above, Carrie Keller. y R.of Inc