Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1883-12-20

special tOrrGApoHde i'toi u Eiite a "a tpnr4hl
LEwEs, Dec, 12-At 8 p. m to day Assist
ant Superintendent II G. Carpenter called u
| order tine ninth auaual teachers institute ~
| Sussex county, in the hail of the pnbit
school building here. lie then introduced
| Superintendent Williams who spohe brieil /,
| but 10 the point. explaining the object OF the
institute and indulging the hope that all
might be mutually edited and profted by the
exercises during the session.
q. w. Whitley, Esq, member Of the Board
of Education, then made all eloquent speech
Of 10 minutes welcoming the teachers TO this
town and stating that the said board WAS
glad to meet the teachers OF Sussex again and
that it had not wholly lost sight OF the many
good effects of the institute held here four
years ago. The institute then elected samuel
Roop OF SeafOrd, vice president aud Misses
Mollie layer and Rosalie Jones secretarles
The roll Of teachers was then called and 65
responded,
L. D Tarr made tho address OF welcome
GU behalf Uf the institute, to Superintendent
Williams He occupied about tive minutes,
and SAID he was indeed surprised that 4 man
OF such preposBessing appeartuce. such
pleasing address aud such un-uliled manners
aud character should live 50 long IA the
world without u wife The superintendent
courteously replied that he guessed Mr.. larr
had better get the beam out Uf hle own eye.
Assistant superintendent Carpenter then
appointed the following standing committees
On Resolutions Levin +. Cooper, Miss
Georgis Arnold and Miss Sallie Moreland.
EurUlliug-Lydia M. Hall. Jennie Rggln
and Lizzie Robinson.
Auditing -. Il. Morris, William j. Stevens
and Miss Nancy Fosque.
Adjourned to 7 p. III.
AT the evening session, Dr. A, q. Henton
was introduced, and made b very interesting
speech on Public Education, defining the
object of these Institutes, aud showing the
Necessity of them for the purpose Of correct
ing the erroneous aud defective methods Of
the old teachers aud awakening the young
teachers to the progressive and sensible plaus
Of Impartlng knowledge Miss Lydia Hall OF
Milford. tnen recited III very good style,
poem entitled Sioux Chiefs.
Superintendent Williams then appeared
before the audience and talked for about 10
minutes III his usual style, taking Tor his sub
pleased with his remarks and al the cunclu-
sion he cordially and earnestly invited the
tlzens OF LeNes to attend the SESSIONS, stat
Ing that our cause WAS the people cause and
he hoped the people would unite with Us III
making this institute profitable to all. After
music The institute adjourned TIL . a. M. To-
MORROW.
GEoRGETowN, Dec. l3 The teachers insti
tute met al . H. III aud feslimed exe1clsts
with the subject "Geography. 1t Was treated
by Charles L. Morris Ot Milton, aud Ills plRn
was to form class OF teachers and show nov
he taught the subject to pupils His priucl
pal point Ill teaching WAS TO draw outline
maps on tue blackboard and have pupA-
locate whatever he called for that might be
thereupon. The exercise was profitable and
the teachers generally seemed pleased with
the method,
Arithmetic followed. Miss GeerEis
Arnold OF Lincoln and John L. Stevens q.
Seaford handled the subject in Il mastery
manner. Miss Arnold leo Un with u pructloai
essay ON "How to teach primary arithmetic.
and Mr.. Steveus followed with the ad'nHctt
course. The subject will be retleNed to-
morrow.
j. IL. Brerewood of Seaford, was made
member of the institute by unanimous
vote.
g W. Whitley, Esq, r. A. Powell and DR..
A. Q. Heaton were made honorary members
of the institute. j. b. U. Handy of Harrins
ton, Kent county, was they introduced by
Superintendent Williams. lie made few
pertinent remarks with which the teachers
were pleased
MIR. Carpenter then announced that Web
sters Unabridged dictionaries had been
adopted by the State board, and might be
purchased for short time for the low price
of @7.75 per copy
At the afternoon session George NJ. Sayres
OF Philadelphia, was introduced, and read
paper on the subject of 'Language. With
which the teachers Nere indeed pleased. He
is representative of book publishing
house. and is accompanied by four or five
Others, who are here IN the interest of ther
publications; among them, A. T. Flint Of A.
). Barnes ~ Co.
Miss Briscoe of Georgetown then instructed
the teachers in the methods of teaching pr
mary children, Her methods were supple
mented by remarks from Assistant Superln-
teudent Carpenter, and through them both
some good ideas wac brought out
Dr. David l. Mustard was thea elected an
honorary member of the institute. On
motion Of MIR Carpenter the annual dues ot
teachers was made 70 cents, instead of 5O
cents, as before.
John A. uolps mounted the rostrum and
treate "penmanshlp' for about 10 minutes,
condemniug the element and principle
systtm' a. prescribed lie WAS followed III
the same strain by Stevens of Seaiord, Morris
of Laurel, Iarr OF ltoYana, Thompson of
Georgetown, and Others, ali Of wi ON held
that 1t was a useless system and waste OF
time in the school room to undertake. TO teach
1t. There did not seem to bu any one to
favor the system except Mr.. Carpenter, ard
1t IL evident that sooner or later tue system
will have to 20.
At the evening session 80 teachers
answered their names DIR. purnel theu
read death Of Little joe More music
and George NJ. Phillys vas introduced BY
Superintendent Williams and delivered very
instructive lecture viii blackboard illnstra'
tiuns, on the "Suu. after which the iusti-
tute adjourned TIL a. III. tomorrow
At Frlday'r ~ stion of the Institute
et Lew-a, William j Stevens was elec.ei
Iea-ure rh. Iualtu'r sdj'rrn-d sh'
iis sturisy morning. Thr nr2t "xar