The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-24

Report and Review of the Work Ac-
com plished.

cOmplished.
The following report of the normal school.
recently in session in this city, was forwarded
To Mr.. HollIngSwOrth, Thursday:
SAN ANTONIO, August 3, lSS2.
To Hon. o. n. Hollingsworth, Secretary Board
of Education:
The SAN Antonio normal institute, conducted
by Prof w. {. Rutc, superintendent of the city
schools began .'uly 9Th, and closed its very in
tcrtSling and successful work Oh the ljt day
of August by the order of Dr. Baldwin. Except
| ON saturdays, the institute held regular Scs-
| sionS daily from O'Clock IL. H., to II H. There
was Il regular programme of work 18th few
| changes daily to give place for special work.
The total enrolment for teachers, including II
few friends of education, numbered one hun
drt,l and twO AMI the daily attendance aver
| age, about sixty. There were teachers in at
| ten, lance. at this institute. from distant parts
OF the state even from places where other in
StitutcS were being held.
The following constituted the regular pro-
CRANE:
instructors. Subject. No. of lessons.
Prof. We. k"tr Eng. gralnmar d
| Capt. w. II. Colt Arithmetic y
Ms M!s: E 6""T"r A !lSsnra Z
Miss Agnes Cotton DeScr. topography IL
Mrs: :: j. Mrrrck Geog. proiectivus 5
| Prof. VIC. Rotc Phys. geography 5
Aside from the instruction given by the con-
utctof, tue Institute owes much to the VOllIn-
| ,ary tnStrictnn of Capt. W. II. Colt, Mrs. Dun
bar, Mrs; Mcrrick and Miss Cotton, of this city,
| ana 10 MIS-. ofSall, OF lSaStfOp.
In special school work, lectures were deliver
| Ell by Prof. W. {. Rote on the educational value
| OF object Touching, ON methods of teaching
hrSt lessons IN reading, on methods of teaching
tllSt lessons IN numbers, on art of school mani
| agcm'nt ON graded schools, and on course of
study for them. On some of the above subjects
a series OF lectures were given. All these
| terSting. Prof. \. lsurlingcr, of Rock
dale gave an instructive lesson on first lessons
| in penmanshp, and one on methods of teaching
| history. He also contributed by his criticism
| much to the interests of various subjects. Mrs.
:. }. Mcrrch and Miss Lizzie Hcb9cn gave val
| liable object lessons, the former on methods of
| teaching language, and the latter on form
| speaking OF form or the elements of geometry,
| Prot. VIM. lhtrbcck, director of the German
| English school. delivered Il very instructive
| lecture on methods of teaching it. Prof II. X.
Lang, of the normal college. Nashville, gave
| lecture on ctymOlOgy, which was much appre-
ciatcd. Prof. ID. +. Walker, of San Antonio
gavca yer! instructive lecture on arithmetical
notation. The graceful exercises of Cslisthc-
| MICS, taught by Miss f. HeuSngcr, assisted hy
Misses l.. Holmes, II. Hcusnycr, and \. dc I'd
vala, were plcaSIng iRterlu des, hudng the
| vala Cotton, and MtS,llmVS Hood, Richmond
Dunbar, Oakes, and Prof. Berlingcr acted sew
| orally as critics and gave rest to the occasion.
| members of the institution. Misses Fisk Cri-
| der and Preston discharged their duties accept
| ably as II committee on reception and accom-
mediation,
Among the lectures Of general interest and
educational value wore the following: One by
| rrof. We. Roto, us Teaching Profession"
| The next w,is i course of three admirable lee
lures 10y Rabbi Lewinthal, of the Temple Beth
| Ell, of this city, on the Fairly Education Of the
| Hebrews: DIR. E.O. Ming delivered lecture
| on the "FormatOn of Language" which OK
hibitcd careful research and rhetorical flush.
Mr.. Ellis, OF SAN Antonio, read Il well prepared
paper on the causes l,4,Giap 10 the present
EGYPTIAN war. Judge Sirmcring, of the Frci,'
| Prose-. gave an excellent lecture on the history
Of education, with practical suggestions on the
| theory and art OF teaching. \ very interest
ing lecture, was dcliyrrcd hy DR., liuuMHn, di-
| rector OF the Royal Observatory of belgium,
| on the transit Of Ncuus, which he, with his
| corps ut assistdn.. has come to observe. Prof.
| w. u. Martin made II good talk on mathcmat-
icS and ply sizes: as did also Prof. HOgg on arith-
mcti,s and ON our mother tongue and Mr.
| NewcOnlb on the use of good English. The
prov incc of the educator was ably treated by
| the lecturer, Col. G. X. Moore. We learned
much Of tho, dIant:igrS Of good school appli-
anc.S from Mr. +. NJ. Bcms. Of st: I,nUis, As
nr r Hi.Ss s # E A ~, E"S Is. '%lbtt ssa
| Prof, kall, OF st. luuiS, and Prof. ROte.
! Prof. kmll awakened lively interest in
literature, arithmetic natural science and man
nal training by his lectures on those subjects.
| The members Of the institute were highly graft
| lied with pr. Baldwin'S lectures on "Mu;hods
and an. PRINCIPLES Of Teashing;" Waste il Edu-
cation, and Does Education pay!" the last
lecture of the institute. and one long to be re-
| membcrcd by those who heard it.
Among Ne many lecturGS ny Prof, Rote, his
| last grand tht:nt Of u "Puhlic Scl,oui System
| for Texas gave us u comprehensive view of
general education, which will be of great value
to all who had the pleasure of listening 10 his
we'll defined arguments.
This section of the state, and particularly the
members of the institute, are greatly indebted
to him for his able management and efficient
work We believe that the seed Thoughts
here SOwn, and borne To the several sections of
the state, will soon gernnate and yield "a hur-
vest that will eventually glalden, at least
m"icty, Of the educational field of Texas,
EMMA HEUsINGEH,
Secretary Summer Normal school