The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-12-30

character by his pronunciation. II reveals
the company he keeps. The Professors tin'
having expired, he announced that h,
would resume his talk on "Pronunciation'
tomorrow, and would like all the teachers
to prepare themselves with lists uf words
that they would like to have pronounced.
Dr SchoeiFer then made lew remarks
befure leaving, which were loudly applaud
ed. after which the Institute adjourned.
EvKSIxo sEssIoS.
After listening to several beautiful pieces
Of music on the piano accompanied by the
cnrnet by Mrs. Arthur Wells, and Mr.. Del
terIinp, the lecturer ot the evening, Col
James P. Sanford, Of Iowa, was introduced
To the large aud intelligent audience that
had assembled to hear him on the subject
"Uld Things and New" The speaker after
carried his audience in Imagination over the
con tinents Of Europe, Asia and Africa, de
scribing the many points Of interest aud
showing the wonders Of the ancient times
as compared with modern times. The lee
ture throughout was relieved with numer.
our anecdotes of great pertinscity and hu
NOR. The many rounds ofapplause through
out the evening, and the hearty applause al
the close, showed that the audience was
highly pleased.
THURSDAY MORNING..
The exercises opened by!music from the
supplement entitled "Beulah Land" after
which Rev. j. Z. Freeman, OF Weissport,
lead in prayer.
Prof. f. V. DeGraff, Of Patterson, n. j.,
was then introduced and spoke on the sub
ect of Primary Reading.
There are eight methods Of teaching pri-
mary reading, which are as follows l. The
Word method, 2. The Sentence method, 3.
The Phone method, 4. Phontic method,
g. Phono.ykic method, G. Look and Say
method, 7. Drawing method, s. Object
method. The speaker explained all these
different methods. The true method is the
Eclectic method, or q combination of all the
other methods, commence with the Word
method and gradually pass into the sentence
method In teaching follow the following
outline: ! Present an object, 2 Ask ques-
tions about the object 8. Give information
about the object, A. Show a picture Of the
| object, 5. Make drawing of the Object, g.
Name the object, Z. Write the word on the
board, 8. Have the pupils copy the words,
8. Group words of similar formation and
sound into phrases and sentences, 10. Teach
the elementary sounds of the letters, II.
When necessary teach the names of the let
ters The leetu re was practical and full of
valuable information for the teachers and
all the points were made so plain that none
could fail to understand.
supt WV. Woodruff then continued the
subject of pronunciation. lie showed
the great importance of good pronunciation
and how to obtain better results in this
work. After which he pronounced list of
words that are generally mispronounced.
The papers containing words that the teach.
ers would like to have pronounced were
then collected and son,e time was spent in
pronouncing them correctly.
After a short recess the Institute sang
"Whle the Morning bells are Ringing, 'and
Prof. DeGraff resumed his lecture on Pri-
mary Reading. The following cautions
should be Observed in teaching primary
reading: Teach words as wholes. 2. Present
about one hundred words as wholes. 5. AT
en- for lesson. 4. At first give no attention
to oral spelling. 5. Never let pupil at.
tempt TO spell! word orally while reading.
6. Teach words which represent actions,
qualities, etc, by objects, or by their use in
a sentence. 7. Teach new words, their use,
meaning and pronunciation. 8. Form chart
OF the words developed. 8. Never let a pupil
read sentence through orally. 10. Always
commend effort, never discourage the pupil
IL. Be cheerful, pleasant, frank, and make
the children feel perfectly at home. The
following results will be obtained by this
method. l. Naturalness of expression. 2.
Ease Of expression. 8. Accurate articulation.
A. Ready pronunciation. The minutes Of
the Institute, up to this time were then
read and approved. The names of all the
teachers eligible as members on the com
mittee OF Permanent Certificates were then
put upon the board, and the teachers in.
structed to vote for FIVE members on this
committee, on entering the hall in the af-
ternoon. Institute then adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Music by the Institute "ShalI We meet
beyond the River" after which Supt. T. NJ.
Ballet announced that the back entitled
Canlkn's Object Lessons, could be had in
the towE and he advised every teacher who
had not copy to get one before leaving
town. He considered it book that every
teacher should have.
Prof, DeGraf then spoke on "IIow to
Teach Language" Do something aud ask
your children to tell you what you did.
Show them an object and let them tell some
thing about it. The frst thing necessary is
practice in observing. 2. Have them form
the habit and power of description. 3. Study
industrial things. The speaker then gave
a class drill illustrating his method ofteaeh-
ing the subject.
Supt w. W. Woodruff then followed on
the subject of Mathematical Geography.
This subject is generally neglected in our
public schools. The reason for it'll think is
because it cannot be committed to memory.
Don't attempt to teach Mathematical Geo
graphy without using concrete objects to
illustrate the subject. If you. have 10 maps
or globe, make them for yourselves. Get
pumpkin from the neighborug field and
make globe out of it, Pay special atten-
tion to latitude and longitude, the changes
OF the seasons and their causes, the move
ments Of the planets around the sun. Have
pupils work out the definitions for them
selves. Teach them to think. not to COM
init lot of definitions which are meaning
less 10 them The speaker cave many