The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-12-22
Manitowoc Co. Teachers Association.

The Manitowoc County Teachers Associa-
ton met at the North Side School House on
Saturday Dec. II, with an attendance of
forty-four of the teachers of Manitowoc, Two
Rivers and the various country districts
The meeting was called to order by the Co.
Supt. who is ez-o6icio Pres. of the Association.
The first exercise on the programme was a
paper on Arithmetic in the disciplinary and
applied sense" by P. H. Hewitt. The read
er of the paper was followed by an animated
discussion on methods in Arithmetic in which
Messrs. Raft, Young, Brown, Thomas and
Miss Bresler took part. In the course of the
discussion the Supt. too occasion to remark
that he found no subject so poorly taught
throughout the county as Arithmetic.
Owing to lack of time after receiving the
notice of his exercise, Mr.. Hussey gave Sc
lect reading, Globes Monument, in place of
paper on the g Relation between the Laws
of expression and the sense of the thing
read
Miss Canright read a paper on "0rthog-
raphy which called forth opinions on the
often discussed subject of the comparative
merits of oral and written spelling.
The association next proceeded to the
transaction of general business and the cleo
ton of officers. On motion the chair appoin-
ted the following committees: to make nomi-
nations, Miss Bacon, Messrs. Young and
Guttman to appoint local meetings for the
ensuing winter, Miss Kostomlatskey. Messrs.
Young H. c.. Walsh, and John Barnes.
The afternoon session opened with the re-
ports of the committees. The committee on
nominations reported, Secretary, Annie G.
Burnett; Treasurer, II. C. Walsh, Librarian,
John Sims.
Mr.. Walsh presented the report of the
committee on local meetings, and on motion
beth reports were adopted.
Mr.. Whelan moved that the secretari6 bf
the local meetings be instructed to keep a
record of the teachers in attendance and that
those teachers always present at the meet
ings should receive an advance of FIVE per
cent in their marking on "on Theory and Art"
H. C. Walsh presented paper on the
g Essential Points of Grammar in their nat
ural Sequences followed by discussion on
the use of parsing diagrams, &C., the princi-
pal points brought out were that we make
the study of Grammar too technical and for
get its main object, that is that it is merely a
means of acquiring correct expression. The
next in order was paper by Mr.. Brown on
how "To Maintain Order in Schools with
tie ltdSt tAHlbltlOu Va u SuOTl
debate for and against the self reporting sys-
TEN in schools followed. Miss Nelson gave
general discussion in Mathematical
Geography and on account of the darkness
the programme was unfinished aud the
meeting was adjourned to 7.90 ?. NJ.
The Association was called to order at half
past seven and after few minutes devoted
to business Mr.. P II. Hewitt read lengthy
paper on the g Grading of Schools which
showed both careful preparation and also the
deep interest of the writer on his subject.
The teachers then listened TO lecture on
q Education in the School rooms" by the
Rev. ]. Nj. Craig.
At its close the thanks of the Association
were rendered him together with an invita-
ton to speak on the other branches of the
same subject at the next local meeting.
The Association then adjourned, subject to
call by the president.
LIZZIE MERRILL,
Secretary