Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-14
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
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Tues1rg afternoon Prof lIo,gcs con
uuuCd HIS talk On "R'ld'ng,' and before
answering questions which had been
pgopouuded, la raised laugh by saying
that "ph,iuspphcrs sometimes ask questions
that TOOLS CauuOt auswrr.' ono qu, stiOn
asked WAS, why do Publishers Of
Illustrated papers pay moro for the
pictures ;hdu Iur tho tcyt they Illustrate
tr tho pictures are not OF iutoICst?' lls
answered thAt the illustrations were OF
inlerrst aud ultNn male tho text moro
clear but hJ would not have too many of
them, either Ia newspapers OF school
books; he would have the pupil read books
that required no Illustration, but whose
contents would furnish the reader with
mental exercise, with mental gymnastics,
g0 to sp2ak In regard tr class reading,
while he would givc an tho members ut
/ the class "A chance tu read aloud, hc would
/ give the preicre cc 10 tho poorer readers,
| IN order to 'mpIOvo and encourage them.
/ Ia answer u question nH 90 whether no
| would have tho Nibh illustrated, hO
an8wrrcd that he nyolcl tho Il So OF ruals
! aud illustrations ol costumes aud Of forms
aud ceremonies now obsolete, rs tho Illus
! tratiou aids the reader ~ comprehend tho
text moro easily. 4 number OF other
. questions were asked and answered by
/ Prof lIeiccs
MusIc-hy the institute.
runCDpIes OF JcecbIpg.
DR.. Whltu resumed his lecture un
/ the Principles of Teaching" illustrating
us several points 10y formulas placed
upon the hackb board In regard
t. CLASS exercises thr,r objects or aims
. must u.st be CuLsitgI,d Thee are
IN brlrt To lmpnrt knowl,irr--to instruc.. .
To impart skin ot mind or body by proper
din, aud - test the kuOwlcdgo or skin
Dualurd by lryqueu, exercise. Tho cxcr
C's,s oi the ula,sCs Cnusts' ui leasOus and
rryitltinus Tho aims nf the lesson are to
instruct and dJiIi thn pupil both by direct
aud luiuecl methods aud tho object ui
thc l",lRIous IS tu TEST the pupils kuOwl
edge OF the lesson given by repeated dull
The lrajug idea OF Dr. Whltcs address
was thnt teaching aOd testing should "a
hAld 10 hand.
Tho oIn -pcur.g no Il.
4. - N.N ghr, took tho stand aud ,u ,du
a yr-og1us dc'eu'n Dt the old motlol uf
giving lusuuatiur 10 uvhography by the
use ug On" .p Hug book. Iio believed
that % great mistake was made when Il wac
Obulahud i.Om tho .ghuI.s Spelling Is
Que Of tho ,'ulres provided for Ia tho act
OF Assembly relating 20 the public schools
aud the teacher who docs not teach a /.
not ruu'lni - hts salary, aud the
dIsllut that docs no, Insist on 10,
boluL taught is not entitled T..
the STATE appropriation Nevertheless a
lecturer brtolo the Lancaster county
teachers institute only q year ur two aye
had declared that the spelling b1ok'
ought % be gathered together ON q pil,
| dgd burned MIR. NcWplcr said that thu
gentleman must have bad a very dangerUu
attack Of Quincy. The disadvantage o
tue new word aud sentence method were
then pointed uut by Nr. NewPher. Their,
. ls no system 10 Il, Do hxcduess, no grada
tlDu from easy 70 diiigult words word
Oi al kinds and thrown ~ tho pupil hap
hazard. Tho teachers who have adovtel
the now system bAve iIilod n teaching
orthograrhy, and they will continue L
fail until the old spelling book Is restored
tie bad used u successfully when he ~
a teacher uItruI or twenty years ago
J. Iheyo was an advantage in having tn
{ words 'o bu ~. He'd arranged ia columns
As ,au eye - more easily focused upD
o. them "Nen n this position. lie iayOrc
I Oh. o'i - stem 'i trapping ~ spelling
giving the best spoilers % ChAu0o 10 STAN
, ~ tho head ~ thc GLASS 70 tho objection
u.gri 'hlt luI, i,d Z, solH,huess. h
D auswcIci thali. Va, no more selfish tia
Il B, lpJ a 'na'hrg - remove from on
scheoI disu,Ct 10 auJ,hCr when bette
, salary Il offered him. It Is tho way Of th
. world.
prsrutiu- Opinions
I Miss Welsh, ol Columbia, said that
t tn old fashioned spelling book had don
q all hat WAS claimed for II, our fathers 40
y mothers ought 70 have been good sprller'
but 10 boxing oyor their CO-rsSpDudaucl
W. find they woIo iir behind Us in tina
$ -rrCt The Chl.atyu in the Cotumbi
u scI"o.s - day spell Tar bett under th
new method than their parents did undC
,, the old Her method Of teaching spelNn
a was - require all words IN all recitation
u whether Oi geography or other studies,
a be properly spelled, aud the recitation
not passed a. perfect unless this is dDut
Miss Welsh was 80 far from the reporter
table that but few Of her remarks could I
heard.
4 Prof. Buehrlo followed on the same sid
II He said ho was astOnished TO hear a
educator advocate return 10 the dis
II carded spglling book, when facts dcmOl
= stIato that OrthOgraphy is now taught
II much more aasily by tho NV mcthOC
There was no foundation for the stat
" ment that the districts which do not u,
10 the spelling book are liable to lose Il
't state appropriation. The Law docs not 81
that tho spelliug book shall be used, bl
IN that spelling shall bG taught and IL
10 taught better than ever before.
% Moro About Uuiucy.
%, Prof. Montgomgry also expressed h
., astonishment that proposition should
~ made at this Late day to use the spsIlir
=, book ia tho schools. IIo has had goo
~ deal Of experience with both methods an
-, knows that under the new one spelling
~ better taught than under the Did. Il
regards oral spelling as Of very little yalu
The words should be written upon II
blackboard, then clearly pronounced ~
40 photographed as whole upon the child
y mind. This il the plan in use at Quinc
~ and spelling Is thus taught in every lesso
~ whether it be reading, writing gramma
" composition or other studies. At the san
T. time all these branches are sysCematical
10 aud logically arranged. During tho pr
fessOrs visit to one of the primary schoO
+, tho teacher brought into the school roo
u a live cat in u cage. Every eye was
a course riveted on the cat. The teacher
. once commenced description of tho ca
. its peculiaritieS, habits, &o. Composition
~ followed aud it was astonishing to see no