Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-14

fat of that peculiar animal furnishing them
with food aud it's skin with clothing. The
boys were Interested in the story, they
now knew something about Greenland,
and turning 10 their books, 10 tivs miautos
mastered tho lcsaOn which tho unskllful
teacher was unable to impait In three days.
Text books may he used with profit In the
primary schools, but tho teacher should
explain the lesson, aud tho lesson preoedo
the recitation.
The number OF mambars cnrollUi IN the
institute was reported to bs 1Ol
Adjourned.
Frank beard'a Lecture,
The opera house last night was deusely
crow dcd to soc and hcar tho Chalk Talk"
OF Frank Board on tho Mission of the
lumorist." His talk" was from begiu-
| ming to cud brimiul OF wit aud bis "chalk"
| OF telling hits. His preface was devoted
To an explanation aui analysis
of tho art of drawing, which con.
sisis IN tho arrangement of two per
! itct hnea, tho straight line aud the circle,
| aud two i'm perfect ones, the nng 10 and tho
| curve. From thgsu pCtu.Cs aud figures og
| ull forms are composed. llo then very
rapidly drew . rocky coast sceno and au
! Old urDwbait Of a hUIsN. to represent tho
! perfect line theory, thOu drawing two
trrcguarly shaped figures rot unlike
pumpkin, showed how tho power Df imag.
nation could al out these outlines with
very different figures, by drawing young
miss In ono Of them aud " dude " in the
other. lilo next drew the magic circo
whloh showed the ring (Uatrimunal and
POLITICALLY, the almighty dollar, huge
pumpkin and finally % fat hog. lie called
upon the stage Prot. MoCGskey and re.
quested him to place upon the drawing
paper five stars ia any position he chose and
ho would takO one star Tor the hoad, two
] hnnl4 "a Z o. %
feet Of q huTan figure. Prof. MoCaskoy
placed tho i've stars In "A straight line,
diaguually from right TO loft and In a sur
prisIugly short time the artist had drawn
an acrobat on pole with his feet stretch
cd % tho two stafs iarthoSt apart, his
hands clutchiug the poi, a. the next two,
aud his head at tho middle QUO The
female doctor. tho bad boy. the servant
girl, tho mnru~e man and the cheerful
woman, all aimtiaO Is oari0atures, followed
IN quick sucCcsslJl, aud each was accom-.
panied with most Humorous explanations
and reflections. The eutsItalnment WAX
i highly enjoyable our aud elected re.
pcated bursts OF applause.
Wednesday, NyHinq. Rev. J. Max
llark, ot the Moray tau church, opened the
institute by relliug u portion OF the
y scriptures and ottol.g prayer.
Music by the institute.
De l. l.. Whiro devoted S1mN time 10
a review Of the lessous given yesterday
He said no greater calamity can beihII
pupils tGal 10 have teacher Who 10
: c iutinualy talking, from morning TIL
! night, tellnL stories % interest thtn, or
? explaining the lesson. that they them.
selves should repeat durng the lost ol
! recitation. ~ N better "a a'io" tue pupll
70 stumble th!uuEh t"o lesson III hls own
way tnan Tor the teacher to repeat II Tor
IN n "a oh shnnlI
3 be better. Dr. Nhtto's 5 method oi reclta-
ton weto the quiz OF oa'oohe'ic. ihe
! advantages axe tluronShness OF trst, but
Z tue teacher must know what Questions To
D ask this "a great art the question
], must be clear, concise, s.atec. IN the iewest
: possible words should admit oI uht ono
. answer and should ne logically arranged
o hns'c-"FIoe ~ Bird - Your Noun.
}, tain.
u Questions and An>"cr'.
d Prof Heigcs answ. rod the question how
= much timo should bo taken daily IN rcCita
d tiDus in third aud fourth rcadeI in an
Il | unrTaded school at sixty pupils He
u answered that the recitation should not
u exceed thirty minutes. 70 tho question
q "ShOuId English words be translated into
II German from German speaking pupils"
6 he answered that he would not as a rule.
Tho child rc's enough German at home
Il guaurs are SO near alike. 50 mauy of tho
q words ucar'y alike thai usually tue sound
Il and mcaniur of Eaglsh words can be
=. readily attained without translation. The
,, genius of the German Iangurgc Is Just the
u reverse Of the English in tho p0uuds OF l, d,
"A b. u. '. l. " and H. IL the duty of the teacher
% to rive especial Instruction "a correcting
n the pupils pronunciation "I iagse letters
: German pupil may ho i"uGht IN FIX
+, weeks TO pronounce correctly al EugUsh
10 words containing those squads. In answer
IS to the question, ID you not think II
D. necessary for the teacher 10 be able 10
S speak German ia giving German lessons -
20 lie answered that II il batter ioT the teach
or to be ablo to speak German, but II Is
.. not necessary he knows teachers who DO
n not speak German who arc good
- instructors. La concluding his tax Prot.
1 Hciges said that he did not think Judge
50 T0urgees conclusions, as gtvcn ~ his
l. lecture Monday evening, were drawn
o. from proper basis We need not tie back
so tho minds Of our OOys and girlS; activity
10 will not hurt them tho mind is always
" active, and it bad better be active On good