Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-11-30
PROCEEDINGS
TEACHERS INSTITUTE

- b-ourht the work oil 'ne instructors
s's'' .s,v ~. morning, with DR.. Higbee
9 ..s.iac : the Institute.
'li'.- .fs minutes Of the Institute, as re-
fl' the Secretaries, the report of the
t''a'- IS Of the meeting OF teachers is
Iin this paper, beginning with the
SESSION.. TUESDAY,. l:S0 M
,,orier BY the President, Wei
C'i't saith Roll-call by a Secretary.
. aTbs Old oaken Bucket"
k-s', 80, Angel was called to the floor to
,n.stions, after which he spoke on
'''. -, Of the " Preparation of the Re-
aIfG.s little, of Washington, D. c.,
..-,3oced. " Penmsnship and Draw
W, -, his special subjects to speak TO.
= lain by ocular demonstration on the
','.s.a,rd. i- Following Prof. Little, came
'- ....,. and good music by the choir
n. u;ybee on the subject of - Child
- Ia teaching children the D'ctor
;, ,,b,ta teacher should try to realize that
~ to inpart instruction to hnman SOUL
=. teacher that does not make himself ac-
- with the children individually
t-p NOT teach. No teacher is fit to
.bo does not understand the human
,-,,oap,s. Grammar and arithmetic
=. -, ,be only things which are essential
s,- successful lite.
The subject of :. School Discipline" was
...;,n-5 by Prof. Heiges. Upon the con
-, of the Professors remarks the In
,s7,s adjourned till the meeting of the
EVENING SESSION.
The call to order. Toll-cali, and music
strictly observed, after which DR.. Hig-
va. Introduced and addressed the In
.,;,,,. mon the subject OF " How can we
...7,s the best training for the children of
=. commonwealth l''-Mention of the Doc
..-,,s his lecture was made by our special
..,,.,sr II the Seatinel and Rsprblicas last
- and the briei notes of the Secretaries
NH. able lecture are therefore omitted IN
thi: place.
WEDNESDAY MORNING SESSION.
r,uto order, roll-call, and music, as per
,-.e- Of business, and devotional exercises
rs so'clock By Rev. Mr.. Canoe.
The teachers discussed the resolution,
,p,,olrs5. that the common school branches
nught in our public schools are not sufii-
,ispt 20 fit the masses for practical life" "
he resolution was discussed by W. j.
Viss. Memo Bsh, 7. R. Lands, ]. d. Car
rsy.LH. Willis, P. G. Shelly, Col. G. F.
V,Fuland and A. F. Henkels. g The
svsskers in general eOncurred that there
we're already more branches in our commop
schools than could receive perfect attention
fron teachers who were trying TO teach
from 50 to 50 pupils in ungraded schools,
sBd that the common schools were the ne
ssssarv instruments to fit the masses for
tactical life. and the teacher should aim al
the greatest good to the greatest number p
aDr. Higbee answered several referred
qnesiions Directors cannot keep back any
Of the teachers wages for damage done &c
lie school. A contract made with Direc'
tors contrary TO the late Institute law, al
loving all the time to the teachers, is moi
raid" ..Has the Director that said tha
the Institute is not worth anything ever beer
therel' The school is too short short
elglhen If, and you will increase the inter
est in il. and at the same time increase
The wages.
A vote Of thanks was rendered the Docto
for bis address, and regret was expressed
that he was required by business engage
uents TO bid the Institute good by" Th'
DOctsr returned thanks for the compliment
tay expressions of the Institute, and thei
took bis departure for Harrisburg. tn
loss of the Doctors departure was soothec
bya recess, after which Col. Mcfarland
spoke on the subject of physical Culture.
he sndeavored to impress on the minds o
the teachers to keep in view the physics
Welfare Of the child. The Colonel was fol
loved By Professor Heiges, who answered
referred questions.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
After the regulation opening, Professo
ANGEL answered number of referred ques
ions and then proceeded to a consideration
Of the subject s.0f The Recitation" 81
suggested to the teachers to stick to IN
lesson and not talk too much, but allow I'd
pupils to do all the work possible; no"
ever, after they have exhausted the subiec
then add your remarks I; use proper methods
IS eatechetical OF topical. The teache
Should not depend on the textbook durln
recitation; he should give practical que'
Tons not contained in the books, and shoul
hot allow pupils to think too long, but il
slst on pomptnes. Have them to Civ
written extracts of lessons; illustrate lie
sons, so as to make them better understood
INST ind what is known; second, what
h't known, and third, what is to be learned
COlonel Mcfarland again addressed Il
insiltute-subject, snow aud Then" of Il
educational forces of the State. To for
cast the future review the past. Look
he teaching force of Juniata count
Taking Superintendent Burchfeld's repo
u le5S-twenty-five years ago-he re;
ue following statistics OF 100 teache
examined 95 received provisional, and
Permanent certificates. Is teachers we
OetTeen the the ages of IL and 81; "A b
tween q and 25; IL between % and .
ID between 80 and 40; 8 between 40 aud .
snd over 60. All but were natives. Is
sui more important are the following:
teachers had taught less than one year;
IRON to 3 years IL from 8 TO 6 year
II IRON 6 to 10 years; Z from 10 to
years, and 29 over one score of yea
from reliable source it was learned II
HiAny Of these teachers were educated na'
@uu nne students, and a large proporu
rendered satisfaction. Comparing the
statistics with the present we learn frt