The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-21
PANHANDLE TEACHERS
THE FIRST DAY. OF THE INSTITUTE.
Dr.. Miller aaJ Prof PAttersea Prsseat-latsrsst.
lug Short Talks On Natural Sciences, Qualih.
cations and Mistakes Of Teachers
aud Physlcal Geography, etc.

cations And Mistakes Of Teachers
aad Physlcal Geography etc.
The Peabody Teachers Institute, for tn
benefit Of all the teachers Of the Pan
Handle, but especially for those Of thu
Wheeling schools, with whom attendance
is compulsory, was opened under yer,
favorable auspices yesterday In the hand
some and commodious room If the Ceutr,
Grammar School. The bad weather was
serious drawback, but did not prevent I
general attendance OF teachers and thu
presence also Of u respectable number o
other people. Several members Of thu
Board OF Education lent tho encourage
inent Of their presence, and Il number O.
parents and friends Of the school children
were interested listeners during the day
State Superintendent Butcher acted at
master OF ceremonies, and City Superin
tendent Birch lent bis assistance III com
iortably seating the audience, which filled
the room.
TIE ISsrRrCTOIS.
Rev. DR.. A. 3. Miller, President OF the
Wayncsburg College, and Professor John
7. Patterson, Of the Chickering Institute
Cincinnati, were the instructors yesterday.
Professor Patterson makes n specially oi
scientific experiments us illustrations OF his
talks, and Of physical geography, while
nv-t nyY rtafn, x,} III a..
connected with the theory apd practice Of
teaching.
The morning session was opened by DR..
Miller, after Superintendent Butcher had
called the meeting to order, with the reci.
tation in M impressive manner Of the lst
Psalm, blessed is the man TINT walketh
not in the counsel OF the ungodly," alter
which he made a brief and appropriate
prayer.
Professor Patterson's morning talk was
on the teaching Of Physical Geography,
how to convey the correct idea to the uii.
derstanding OF the pupils Of the theories
dealt with, and the proper uses OF means
OF illustrating the science.
DR.. Miller then spoke OIL some Of the
mistakes OF teachers; why they were to be
avoided and how to avoid them. Portions
Of his remarks and some OF his illustra.
tions were very entertaining, and he held
the attention OF his hearers throughout
with notable closeness. ii.
At intervals during the exercises, as well
as Immediately after the opening prayer,
the audience was entertained with some
excellent music by chorus OF score or
so OF the pupils OF the Centre Grammar
room, under the leadership Of Professor
a1almene, who had trained them express.
ly for the purpose. This feature OF the
exercises is a most pleasing one, the music
being most creditable alike to the pupils
and the Professor.
Following are the names OF the young
ladies and gentleman who sang:
Annie Odbert, Bee Noble, Emma Moilet,
Blanche Hare, Sadie Frye, Sallie Roemer,
Mabel Hubbard, Mary q. Hubbard, julia
Hubbard, Emma 0berman, Annie Guy,
Sallie Handy, Matte Paul, May Bowers,
Lizzie Brakmann, Lizzie Davis, Matte
Hare, Ella Amick, Bird Robertson, Lizzie
Woods, Emma klevis, Lena Myers, Lou.
Butler, Harry Fitzgerald, George thinner,
Maurice Steinfeld, Rosa Steinfeld.
TIE AFTERNOON SESSION.
In the afternoon, after song by the
class, Prof. Patterson opened on the subject
OF making oxygen for. scientific expert
ments, illustrating each step by perform
ing the work described. A valuable fen
ture Of his talk was his explanation Of the
means by which one can secure a com.
plete set Of apparatus at nominal cost.
lie showed SO plainly how each article
needed might be readily manufactured out
Of materials readily accessible at all times,
that albright boy could have gone from the
school room and followed his instructions
successfully. For instance, be made what
he called his "one.cent lamp" for heating
the preparation from which the oxygen was
nude. This was made by taking
four ounce bottle with wide mouth,
fitting a cork in the mouth, forcing hole
through the cork and lifting wick through
the hole. The bottle was partially filled
with alcohol and the lamp was ready for
lighting. Another lamp was shown, better
adapted for heating purposes, made Of IN
ordinary tin cup, with tin cover, fitted
with four upright tin tubes. The Russian
lamp, popular with scientific experiments,
was also shown, but not used, lis the Pro-
lessor wished to show that his improvised
lamp was practical. His receivers were
also improvised, and his cleanser an ordi.
nary fruit jar with two tubes fitting through
the cork, one Of which received the rubber
tube from the retort and the other that
which conveyed the clean gus to the re-
oelver. His talk was very interesting, and
the audience wasabsorbed in it,
QUALIFICATIONS or A TEACHER.
DR.. Miller followed with a talk on "The
Character OF the Successful Teacher" He