Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-09-09

Would you teach gymnastics as a
general exercise in SCHOOL, An
swered by Prof Kelly and Beck, in
favor Of such teaching to limited
extent.
Will young pupils in district
schools be benefited by using scale
in mapping? Answered by Prof.
Beck, that the scale might be profit
ably used.
Explain why "Ho" is placed after
every city or town in Canada. Give
it up!
Were the Pilgrim Fathers and the
Puritans the same people? An
swwered by mr.. Crawford.
What should be the punishment
of a scholar who plays truant? An
swered by Prof Beck, by saying,
cannot tell definitely, but such pun
ishment must be governed by the
circumstances of each particular
case; as a pupil is not at all times
truant when the teacher thinks he
is, and at many times good excuse
may be given. Followed by re-
marks generally relating to punish
ments in schools, and by reading
from a book entitled methods of
Teaching" Also, extended remarks
relating to personal character of
teachers.
Lessons in History for Monday of
next week announced by Prof. Kel-
ley. Institute closed till Monday,
Sept. 9Th.
MONDAY, SEPT. 5-SIxTH DAY.
Exercises opened by singing, by
the class; miss Libbie Hooper or
ganist.
Additional teachers enrolled:
Dodgeville:-Milie A. Robinson,
Millie Mylroie.
Mineral Point Mary Bennett.
Reading conducted by Prot.
Beck.
Rule for the pronunciation Of
syllables ending with silent Sc pre-
coded by a single consonant, by
misses Hughes, NJ Coates, Van
Blarcom, G. Ellington, L. Olson, NJ.
Ellington, A. Olson, Parr, Coldwell,
Little, Sincox, and messrs. Goodsell,
Holms, and Hoxie.
Reading words from blackboard
and making application of the rules
for pronouncing, by misses Coldwell,
Crowley, J. Rodgers, Joiner, l.. Rod
gers, Curry, and messrs. Holms and
Hoxie.
Rules for accentuatlon, by messrs.
Hoxie and Prof. Terrill.
How to read: by miss Wright.
Exercises in reading, and drill on
emphasis, by misses Wright, o.
Dowd, Thomas, S. S. Perkins, NJ.
Perkins, K. Hoskins, Gribble, Webb,
and messrs Goodsell and Prof. Ter
rill
Arithmetic: conducted by Prof
Kelley.
Numbers divisible by 2 and 8: BY
misses NJ. Hoskins, and NJ. Coates.
Numbers divisible by 4 and s: by
miss. C. Ellington.
Numbers divisible by 6 and 8
by misses NJ. Ellington and Parr.
Method Of resolving numbers in.
to prime factors, BY miss Lena
Rogers.
Definition Of prime numbers, by
miss Hooper.
Practical operation Of resolving
numbers into their prime factor into
their prime factors, by mr. Holmes
misses Curry, O'Dowd, S S. Perkins
| Gribble. GoldsWorthy.
Rules for factoring when num-
bers are large, by Prof Teraill.
When is one number divisor o
another? by miss Mitchell, messrs
Goodsell, Hoxie, and Prof. Terrill
Definition Of Multiple, by misses
Lewiss. Sincox, and Prof. Terrill
Language Lessons: conducted by
Beck. List of nouns pronounced tC
class and written by them.
Forming plurals, by misses Row
Ell, NJ. Lindsay, r. Lindsay, Sincox
Stephens, Lewis Keane, Kent, Oates
Arthur, Bovee, Healy, Engles, \
Johns, NJ. Ellington, Mitchell anc
and messrs Goodscll. Sherman ant
HoNic.
What is the plural of the noun
''whiskey2" Answered Mr.. Hoxie
1T depends on what kind of whiskey
it is. The teacher doubtless re,
ferred to the two ways of spelling
the word
Rules for forming plurals contin
ued, by misses Webb, Quinn, Meigs
Burke, 5. Rogers, Hendy, Souden
Dutfey, and mr.. Gribble and Prof
Terrill.
Drawing conducted by Prof
Kelly.
How is an equilateral triangl,
drawn without actual measurement
by mr. Hoxie
How to draw a regular hexagon
by Prof Terrill.
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