Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-12-26
sATURDAY-7:30 A. NJ.

sATURDAY-7:30 A. NJ.
Met according to adjournment.
The Association listened to the report
OF the Committee appointed to nominate
Board Of officers for the ensuing year:
OFFICERS.
Presideni-Mr. WIN. o. Collins, Norway
High School.
TIce President-Mr. w. W. Mayo, He
bron Academy.
Secretary and Tredsurer-Miss Ada Has
kell, Norway High School.
Eheeutire Communicable. y. T. True,
Bethel; Mr.. ii. Ii. Hutchins, Rumford {;
Mr.. II. J. Everett, SO. Paris High School.
Adopted by the Association.
Subject for discussion:
REVIEWS - PURPOSES FREQUENCY,
METHODS. Miss FANNIE o. PHI
BRICK. LADY PRINCIPAL OF GoULDs
ACADEMY.
By vote of the Association her ex-
cellent essay is inserted here:
REVIEWS - PURPOSES, FREQUENCY,
METHODS.
MISS FANNIE %. rHiLSRICK.
Within the domain OF teaching are
included three provinces. The first Is
that OF instruction, by which the mind OF
the learner Is presented with important
truths and principles. Then follows the
work OF drawing out what already exists
in the pupils own thoughts; and We come
nnally to the process OF training, or the
drill, by which the knowledge presented
may be retained and used with facility.
II Is In connection with the last men,
toned department OF our work, that we
may consider the subject OF reviews, for
there Is no more important aid in improv-
Ing the power OF memory, and forming
habits OF thoroughness and accuracy, than
by this method OF competition.
In considering the purposes OF reviews,
we notice, 6rst, the effects produced by
them upon the memory.
Ii we should make classitcsti on OF the
available mental property which We pos
sess, We should lind, that the greater part
OF il Is the result OF cline upon line and
precept upon precept." aud that not un-
til continued recurrence 10 subject has
made 1t familiar, can we call it our own.
What teacher has not noticed the fact,
that no matter how many times he may
bring a subject before class OF various
grades Of ability, there will always be some
one who, for the first time grasps 1t, and
gives 1t lodgment within his memory SEEM
ing to prove that this faculty Of the mind
has its moods and its golden moments
which must be waited for with long pa
thence.
an important agent in the formation OF
habits Of thoroughness aud accuracy. BY
the former term let me not be understood
as meaning, what so often parades itself
under this guise which, satisfied only with
q glib and parrot-like recitation OF mere
words, would speedily reduce its victim to
the intellectual statues OF mummy, but
rather that thoroughness which is needed
In every department Of practical life.
1t has been very truly said, that there
is great deal OF difference between doing
just right aud little wrong, aud much
time must be spent In correcting the nat
ural tendency Of the scholar to 60 little
wrong. We will suppose class who are
beginning Latin or Greek to recite an ad.
vance lesson. The teacher criticises the
pronunciation OF this word, and corrects
the translation OF that; he calls attention
to a vowel, which has the wrong breath
ing or a syllable which is improperly
accented. Now II this lesson is to be
reviewed upon the following day, there
will exist, in the mind Of every faith
full pupil, a determination to make the
wrong right, which will strengthen the
habit OF accuracy; while the careless and
negligent, IL he be wisely and persistently
corrected, cannot fail to be influenced by
the devotion to law and order which he
sees to prevail.
1t Is only by reviewing q subject as .
whole, that we can gain an idea Of its true
proportions and its logical significance.
Take for example the study OF history, for
one days lesson, We are concerned with
the Battle Of Bunker Hill. We are for the
time being engrossed with this subject
alone; We picture to ourselves, the posi-
tions occupied by the contending armies,
we relate all the incidents we have CLEANED
In connection with the event and we dis
cuss the character Of the patriot leaders.
We become so interested, that this seems
the one battle ofthe Revolution. In sue