Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-11-14


culture Of tho masses. No republic can
exist unless the law, which is the will of
| the people, depends upon the enlighten-
| ment Of the people. The life of the nation
is imperiled unless the schoolhouse is &C.
cessible to all. Here is the cure for caste
in society. After speaking Of the bless
ings attached to government which is
ruled solelyoby the will of the people, the
lecturer took occasion to say that he had
no sympathy with that branch Of the Re.
publican party which styles itself InSe.
pendcnt-he said he was Stalwart.
The orator looked forward to the coming
of tho time when the spires of tho
churches, casting their shadows over the
school houses. shall be the great things of
the land when from every hillside shall
rise the song Of a united and free people.
Equal rights and equal burdens will be
equally distributed under one flag in which
the stripes shall symbolic the tears and
blood which purchased union, and the
stars the hopes which Crown our destiny.
Tuesdays Session.
Tuesday Morning-The exercises opened
with prayer by Rev. Dr.. Stewart, of Cole
rain, after which the audience sang the
hymn, While the Morning Bells are
Ringing"
Prof. S. 3. Heigcs continued his admir-
able discourse began the day before. lie
reviewed the salient points of what he had
already said, and defined, in answer to u
question by teacher. the meaning Of the
word "cOncrete." As matter preceded
mind, SO it is only necessary to begin in
struction with object lessons. DO not con-
| fine yourself to closely to books, but en-
deavOr to read the mind as it is presented
to you by the different persons
that come under your eye. Tns sixth
| point the speaker made Wis that ''in-
struction begins " isi. kn,wi.ds 20 ends"
| The objective systo1l may b: introduced
| even into the study of history by allowing
your pupils to imagine themselves the
| historical characters OF whom they are
reading George Washington, Henry VIII, !,
! Christopher Columbus and the great in
| yentors who have done so much to develop
our continent: We may find where knowl-
edge ends bya few leading questions to
our pupils to So, whether they fully under
stand what they have heard.
| The seventh rule is that "Object
lessons should be systematic, leading into
! tho physical sciences" The sight of an
ear of corn leads naturally to the inves.
| tigation of the laws OF growth. The eighth
| point, on which particular stress was laid,
was drill review, review drill" A thing
half learned is not learned at all. The ninth
rule is that pupils should reproduce the
lesson in their own words" When boys
and girls can thus reproduce their lessons
they can then be justly said to understand.
Aud lastly, definition is the climax of
Instruction. 1t is only after We finish
q branch Of science that We can really tell
its definition. He hoped that the t:achors
would carefully weigh what he had said
and let its effects be manifest in their fu-
turo instructions.
Song" Let Others Dream
Vesper hymn.
Prof. Sbauo suggested that the teachers
report anonymously points OF lectures
| which they regarded As of particular beno-
fit to themselves.
Prof. Il. X. Buohric continued his Ice
turs on history by dwelling Oh the import
anco of mathematical geography. Some
| teachers he had found who could not tell
tho difference between tho diameter and
| the equator OF the earth. The Greeks and
the Aztecs Of Mexico believed in the rO-
tundity of the earth. Tho speaker then
by means of illustrations showed how tho
| circumference of the earth might be mea-
sured. And how from this data, the di-
ameter, area and volume may be ascer
tanned. He then proceeded to demonstrate
how, by taking tho difference between the
lengths Of degrees at varying latitudes, it
may be proved that the earth is 6lttencd
at the poles. A telling point was made by
the speaker that the teacher is only the
parents assistant, and should therefore
always have the latter's hearty co-opera-
ticn.
Prof. Shaub. at the termination of Prof.
Buehrle's remarks, appointed the follow
ing named persons as committee to re-
ceive subscriptions to the Schoo! Journal ::
J. C. Gable, J. Fl. Wilmer, w. s. Clark,
W. II. Butler. Clarence V. Lichty, Hattie
J. Bruckhart and Rachael E. Jackson.
Song" Homes Not Merely Four
Square Wallis"
Hymn" The Chapel
Song" Brightly
Prof. Brown said in continuation Of
Mondays lecture that ho wished to make
q few remarks on the first lesson in read
ing. Col. Parker, when asked his method
Of oratorical teaching, replied that it was
simply common sense applied to OratOry.
Our modern methods arc simply = re-
introduction of those which made the
great orators of the past. "Learn to do
things by doing them" is an aphOrism
which truly represents the new system Of
education. IT we could put ourselves into
the personality of the child we teach, then
properly might wo be able to instruct
him.
The first faculty to be developed in the
child is tho perceptive faculty. Man,
however, at birth is far more helpless and
less perceptive than any other animal, but
no soon outstrips all others when his
mind has grown to maturity. Education
it is which makes this difference between
man and the rest Of tho animal kingdom.
The second faculty is memory, thirdly
comes imagination, and fOurthly reason.
These are the successive steps from the
primary school to the college. Tie
teacher should asl. the child about objects
with which it is familiar. The next step
is to have the child point out the different
parts of tho object. And now comes tho
hardest part for tho child, and that is to
represent the object by word made o.
symbols unintelligible to him. The path
thus leads from the perceptive to the rea-
sOning faculties From this latter point
We begin the construction of language for
the child.
Hymn" Shall We Meet Beyond tho
River"
Col Copeland Tonight.
This eminent lecturer will will appear in
Fulton opera house this evening, and a
rich treat can bo promised all those who
attend. lie was originally advertised to
lecture on "The Future of the Republic, {"
but a change of programme being found
necessary he will speak on "Some Mis-
tobias e Il1h What, 30 TIsnIo-