Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-11-19
F'INIS.


END OF THE TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
Resolutions Adopted-The Concluding Lee
lures and Exercises Of our Educa-
tionRl Assembly.
Friday Afternoon.-Prof. Brown con-
cluded his lecture OH reading and elocu-
tion, giving general review of the points
he had made during the week. AS exam
pies of the great mental speakers. he
named o. 3. rockingham, John Weiss
and Felix Adler. The great emotional
orators are Beecner, Talmage, Robert
Collier and Wendell Phillips, noted as
men who possessed much of both the men,
tai and emotional. As specimen of emo
tional reading he presented Paul Revere
and recited part of the poem, and rs an
example of the purely emOtional-he re-
hearsed the hard-shell Baptist preachers
sermon on the animals that entered Noah S
ark.
Prof. Heises concluded his lecture on
the mechanical powers, illustrating his
points by diagrams on the blackboard,
representing the power of the lever, the
fulcrum, the wedge, the pulley, the screw,
&c. He was attentively listened to, being
a great favorite with the teachers, on &C.
count or the practical usefulness of al! the
topics discussed by him. When he closed
he was greeted with much applause.
Mr.. Lewis gave some further sp ,cimcns
of industrial and fancy drawing on the
blackboard.
DR.. French made the closing address,
wherein he offered many practical susgcs
tions to teachers relative to giving pupils
instruction in useful affairs of life-in let.
ko, hoo1r 1,,,c;
measurements Of floors and walls how
much carpet, or paint, or wall paper, will
be required to cover them; how many
cubic feet of earth is excavated from a
cellar of given dimensions, &C., &c. An
other important matter is instruction in
courtesy and good manners. In conclusion
he said Lancaster county was the second
in the state that had invited him to lee
ture. For years he had lcctured in many
parts of it, and after a careful and impair
tial study of its educational affairs he is
satisfied, that, asa whole, Pennsylvania
has Letter school system than any other
state in the Union and that mono of the
older states have, within the past twenty
years, made as great progress in school
matters as Pennsylvania.
Business Meeting.
At the close of DR.. French's address a
recess of a few minutes was taken and
then the Institute reassembled for the
transaction Of routine business
Committee Reports.
The committee on permanent certiti-
Gates reported that it had organized by Sc
lecting Mr.. E. X. Herr as chairman, and
adopting the last Saturdays in January
and May for examining applicants for per-
manent certificates, the place of meeting
to DO made known by advertisement in
the newspapers.
The committee on resolutions, through
their chairman, Mr.. Wilmer, of Mount
Vile, reported the following, which werc
unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, the constantly growing SEN
timent in favor of tho Teachers County
Institute has again been evidenced by tho
increasingly large attendance by both
teachers and citizens at its annual session.
thus showing that the dial indicates no
backward movement; therefore,
Resolred, That the regular and punctual
attendance OF this large body of teachers
and friends of education at this annual
gathering indicates tho healthy growth
popular education in our midst.
RcsolDed, That our thanks are due and
hereby rendered to DR.. Wickersham, Prof.
Byerly, Deputy State Superintendent
HOuck and Prof. Buehrle for valuable in
struction afforded in the various topics
presented to the Institute to the Lancas-
ter Microscopical society for privileges af-
fOrded to the Lancaster MGnnerchur
and the young ladies of the girls high
school for music furnished at our evening
entertainments to Miss Barr for presid-
ing at the organ to A. w. Woodward
for gratuitOuS use of the organ to the
Pennsylvania railroad and Philadelphia
& Reading railroad companies for re-
duced rates of fare to teachers attending
the Institute to the county commission
ers Tor the use of courtroom and to the
janitOr for services rendered.
Resolced, That the thanks of the Insti.
tute arc due the management for the spe.
ci i attention paid to primary instruction,
and that the practical suggestions given
will be permanently beneficial to all en-
gagged in that branch of instruction.
Res0lced, That our worthy county super
intendent, 3 +. Shaub. deserves the thanks
Of this Institute for the excellent arrange
meat and subject matter of the pro-
gramme SO ably presented during its ses-
sions that in him we have wise and ef-
ficient leader, trustworthy counsellor !;
and education An earnest and able expo
nent.
ReSoiced, That the thanks of this Insti-
tute are duo and are hereby rendered tho
public press of the city for the extended
reports which they published of the pro-
ceedings of the institute.
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased God in His all
wise providence to remove from our midst
within the past Messrs. G. NJ. Peck and A.
l.. Hilscher.
WHEREAS, Both were active members of
our annual Institutes, we hereby offer the
following resolutions
Resoloed, That in the death of Mr.. G.
NJ. Peck the Institute has lost an earnest,
enthusiastic worker, and the public
schools of the county faithful and eff
cient teacher.
ResOlred, That in the death of Mr.. A. L.
Hilscher VIC have lost one who by his
genial and active disposition cndeared
himself to all Of us, and by his Christian
character won the esteem of all who
knew him, and that in his removal the
community in VIII ich lie labored met with
a loss most deeply felt.
Resolred, That We tenderly cherish the
memory of our deceased co-labore-s who
in the prime of their lives were called from
the scenes of life.
The auditing committee reported that
they had examined the treasurer's books
and found them to be correct.