The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-27
.TTffs NORM.lLH INSTITUTE.

.of the Normal Institute has been
reached, and the pleasant fNnticipa-
tions Of its friends have bcen fiaore
than realized. The roll to-day show.
ed ,hrec hundred and twenty-five
students. while the attendance aver
ages about two hundred and Hfty, cx-
toecding this number on pleasant days.
Fcnnor's prediction TINT cold polar
wave would strike the country
on the 10th, was partially realized
in(.recnvilc. a refreshing show
er cleared up the dust, and
the weather for the next five da, 8
was all that could be desired,
To-day it has been sultry, and the indi.
cations arc that showers and warm
weather will alternate for the rest of
our session. Work progresses salts
factorily, nnd is becoming more and
more interesting rs the lecturers get
deeper into their subjects. Prof. Soian
has delivered several lessons on read
ing III which he has utterly demolish
cd the old ''a, b, c" method for be-
ginncrs. Taking up the different
modes Of instruction, he recommends
for our teachers, with the text books
they now have, the adoption Of the
word method with some notifications.
By the aid ofa reading chart, costing
only q few dollars, children can be
taught reading without tears in one
third the time required by the old
method. IIc makes this usually
difficult and irksomc task pleasant and
simple, and any teacher who has been
fortunate enough to attend his lectures
can adopt the method without much
trouble. The rest of the session he
will devote to instruction in higher
grades Of reading.
Mr.. Kyscr has completed his course
OF penmanship. Ills method is very
good, and it is a pity that insufficient
accommodations prevented his pupils
f,om putting principles into practice.
| Professor Judson, at the request of
the Faculty. has delivered several
very Instructive lessons on Algebra,
in which he demolislcS a number of
definitions upon which old teachers
Lid much stress.
| iIS N'ui SC VA IlItlIlCillullCS HIS IulI
smoothly along under the regular
carhcrS. MIR. Isicmam has done a
good deal to unruvcl the touyl web of
cancellation and percentage. The
class has also been taken through
methods OF teaching the four tunda-
| mcn:al rules. and will next discuss
fractions and several other points.
Music and calsthcncs divide time,
| n I'll S h.Is,. If ,.,,I,
cnioyrd. Miss Judsun is one Of the
best caliSthcnic teachers in the South,
and ably represents the fair scX in the
faculty. She has an extra class in the
afternoon.
Mr.. Perrin and Mr.. Archer alter
nate. The former has teen engaged
in map-drawing during the past week,
while The latter still gives Instructive
talks on spelling una pronunciation.
This latter point gives: rise t, con-
siderable discussion outside of school,
and we arc all becoming quite critical.
Dr.. JoyneS continues his charming
shows rs ,tfu1 EuglisllglnmImar IS not
"ihc art Of speaking aid writing the
rn@ilsl language correctly" us many
other branches Of knowledge assist in
r"I rect Huv,rn nr writing. Again hc
ncrrrt> certain idiomS that gram1nnt-
Isis "uIh cu,slrnlu. showing that "lt
- me" is nrrrWrd by almost all the.
"adin% students OF the English Lun-;
"u 9r, "l.d 'l.;,l i, Is said to be unnt in
ai'd"rh authors from Shakespeare
IuWn. Yet II close .nf observer rc-
inal lis thai DR.. ,Ioynrs j. ALWAYS in
rr uplrtI 10y the b,I before he tells
Us "hctlirr he himself would say "It
= me- he aGurS.tEHt SIT is |" has
,o,hih@ to Ito ith 1T is me-" The
f"imcr is undoubtedly correct. The
latter may be adopted also, if lam
yungc chooses, without excluding the
corner. Again, "Thc Youngest of the
two' is better than "lhc Younger of
lhc two.' The surmrlatiyc is the
degree ot inclusion this is my word1.
the comparative of exclusion. We can
say "yuungcr than," but we should
not say 1.-THE younger Of" because ..of'
denotes that both are included in the
simc category. Therefore use the
SHprrativc. ish | had time to give
Il fuller report of his lectures. They
are bt beautiful, anl scholarly in a hiuh
degree.
am prevented by clash Of classes
from attending lessons in the lam
gna.es ana physical geography, but
the instruction in these is, of course,
OF II high order.
~ letter would bc incomplete with
out mention Of the three lectures de-
livcrcd by DR.. VIM. L. lIurrs, the
author OF the Appleton Readers. lie
was with MS on Tuesday and Wcdncs,
day, and de ivcrcd two talks at the
Institute aud one in the Opera House.
Tie dwclt on the three school virtues,
regularity, pnnctuality and silence
and showed that the two first were
equally important in after lfe--that
no one can get along without them.
The third by training will-powcr is 4
most useful adjunct also in the prepa.
ration for life. lie then showed what
studies are necessary, dividing them
into those unfolding nature and those
unfolding man. Arithmetic, history,
geography and grammar arc of prime
benefit, and should all he studied. The
evening lecture showed that all l;fc is
education. and the school is but one OF
several tactorS-tnmily school, society.
Government fILn Q c,,h,,o ,>r ,,..l .