Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-12
BUCKEYE BUDGET.
Yesterdays News From Over q
Belmont County.
Special Reports Cleaned from BelIafe and
Martins Fcrry-The Continuance
Of Teachers 0oings at St
ClairsyilIe.
Their Deliberations Continued-Per-
.4-f 1souaI Notes and OpinIOns.

Their Deliberations Continued-Per-
sonal Notes and Opinions-
The work Of the educators is not such as
will bear fruit Immediately but requires
time: so il is with the fruitof the Institute.
No doubt some advantage Is to be derived
from the Institutes of four or i've days,
but OF what practical benefit are they TO
he teacher? The usual practice is 70 send
to some prominent educator and engaged
him to lecture, and, OF course. he has his
hobby. which iR usually one upon which
he viii proceed to understands the un-
graded school, while lauding and m-gniiy-
ing to the skies almost the graded system
or school of which he is the reDrcsen-
tatiye. Then the teacher goes home,
not filed with enthusiasm for his
work, and overlooking with new
methods and practical applications,
but filled with indignation at the treat
ment he has received from his more promi-
nent brothers. This method had been
practiced in Belmont county until teachers
were dissatisfied. The new plan OF holding
she present Institutes of four or five weeks
were adopted. Now, shall we continue
this PLAN? Is the outlay sufficient to re-
nav the teachers? 1t is universal that
some grumblers will be found in all pro-
fessions. and the teachers OF Belmont
county are not an exception. II the re be
faults with our Institute it is not the plan
or object which is at fault, but 1t must be
some secondary issues. By the class plan
as used here many methods are presented
to the teachers, and he sees their practical
workings and ii is thus allowed to Judge
of their merits. To many OF their methods
can be read in works upon educas on, but
he sees them practically illustrated. True
much time is spent upon technicalities,
but is il not presumed that the teacher
is familiar with the definitions
and principles given in his text book, and
is now ready for more advanced works;
Have not his mental faculties been cultured
sufficiently to enable him to make his luds.
ment from any number OF denninopsF
Then what he wants is advanced training.
This is the purpose of our Institute with
its able corps OF instructors. There is no
doubt lack of uniformity in many meth
DDS employed in our country schools, and
many who use no system whatever. The
aim of the Institute is to bring before the
teaches the various methods and discuss
their merits, and the teachers can readily
see which is the most suitable for his
school, and if you may judge from the
eagerness with which the teachers discuss
any new method, they are alive and want
only the most practical me.f DDS. Many
a teacher will go from the lns tute, carry
ing with him many p-acticl' IDEAS, ana &C.
termined to apply them. There ce-tIinly
can be no true teacher who will sly
four or five weeks Institute is failure:
Prof. Peck, the new Superintendent OF
GAINESVILLE schools, has been present at
several sessions and has made many friends.
The location of the Institute for next
ye:r will be decided Monday, the compel
ing points being st. Clairsville. GAINESVILLE
and Flushing. Any one Of them Will be
Satisfactory. :,
In FRIDAYS REGISTER one item should
have read thir.y.four unemployed instead
of married, but two reported themselves
enQaqed,