Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-13

claiming to be respectable. Ho had OK.
nmincd many papers and found but few
tit for uso IN schOolB many Of tho advor
tisements they contain arc pGniciods and
calculated to lead boys into bad practices.
He can't SEQ how anyone can advocate
their use IN tho school room, aud ho
entered his protest against thCm.
j. Il. koylor favored their use under
certain restrictions. They should DO ex
amined by the teacher before being taken
To the school, aud hc should road those
parts OF thom that no thinks suitable for
lessons. Those boys and girls arc most
highly esteomccd who possess the most
bonolal information and those who read
newspapers are generally best Informed,
Suu Wc thought To DO moro sharp and
brilliant than those who don't. They can
converse on tho ordinary topics of the day
hhu appear To advantage when brought i'm
contact with those who have book knovl
edge only. In tho hands of A prnlrr,
'oaGhGr tnn newspaper is n valuable aid.
J.. l.. Watts, of Last Earl. dcnrrc,,,5
newspapers Of tho lower class and cantio,,
cd teachers not TO allow their pupils TO rct
hold of thcm; but good papers should not
bo rejected. Even tho grammatical crrorg
they sometimes contain may be made n
good lcssOn in grammar. Teachers should
foster IN tho children lovo for purn
literature.
DR. White said he had tried tho inertia
of tho newspaper in tho schools thirty
years ago, and found thom TO b. of great
advantage. llo found pupils who were
otherwise bright, deficient in general in
formation lie would ask them to tell
him what they had learned during tho day
IN the way OF accidents o. othnr local In.
cidcnts. Al first they kaow littlo or moth
ing, but IN three months t;mo the pupils
wero reading the papers and they werc
ready aud able to t2ll him all tho news
Besides, they became moro self-roliaut and
confident and learned more rapidly artor
bayiug these exercises.
Nusic-"Oycr There"
Primary Instruction.
Prof J. '. Montgomery was noXt intro
duccd and locturCd on primary instruction.
After cOmplimcn!ing tho institute and tho
teachers and schools Of Lancaster county
IN general terms. he urged them to visit
good schools whenever they had ogpOr.
tunity, and learn all that was good In their
management. He thcu gave some acc cunt
OF hi5 visits to Yale aud Quincy, and com
msnGed the management Of those schoOls
in high terms, awarding especial praise 70
Charles Francis Adams, ir., for inaugural
ing the now system.
Musi, Row, Brothers, Row "
ReRGug.
Prof :. r. ifcigcs Of York. in opening
his address On "Readug' paid tribute
70 the value Of tha newspapers H. tho
school. He feared teachers for some years
past had been paying 100 much attention to
tho manner and 70 lit.'u 90 the reading
they were trying tD mako tho boys and
girls elCcutiOulsts Instead OF schollrs. Tho
papers of the pas week contain hundreds
of reading lessons that may be made good
uso Of In the schp0ls--the Luthern festivals
afford lessons iu history, geography and
biography equal 20 any Ia tho trEt books.
Then thsra are .hC d!scusal0ua about the
Suez and Panama canals, and Capt EAda'
inter railroad, and hundreds Of
other subjeCtB that viii not only interest
but instruct the Chl!drcu. Ga. luasl IA
pers print the proooC dings CI the agriCul.
ture society which afford admirable les
sons on agriculture, h0yti;u.turc, s,1gh.
crops. ~. Use tbs ne Ngpapa,, freely bul
keep surveillance Oy.r them, So th.s tuD
minds OF the pupils may not H. tiinsel by
improper reading.
Music,-"GOod Bye
!. o. RohrGr read au essay cus.,si
How Teacher Should Teach Il cgu
tained many valuable hints g. tca,herA
and was received with marked attention.