Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-19
Institute at Richfeld.
Reported BY o. B. SuIouff.

evening at Z O'Clock, with eleven
teachers present. The Juniata Val
ley Cornet Band, of Richfield, was
present and furnished some lively
music. On motion Sup't Smith, Sup't
William Meyer, OF Snyder county,
was President. Supt Smith was
next elected Vice President, and P.
G. Shelley, Secretary. Sup't Meyer
next announced the following report
ers for the Snyder county papers -
j. W. Haas, Selinsgrove Times p G.
Shelley, Freeburg Courier; G. w.
Sierer, Middleburgh Post; j. g.
Hornberger, Snyder Co. Tribune
Sup't Smith then announced the fol-
lowing reporters for the Juniata Co.
papers: L. S. Zimmerman, Juniata
Herald; Jno. Mcconnell, Port Royal
Times; l. S. Burns, Juniata Tribune;
J. n Keller, Democrat and Register;
o. B. Sulouff, JUNIATA SENTINEL AND
REPUBLICAN Next followed the open
ing address by the Superintendents.
Sup't Meyer, in his address, d.
The first institute in this country
met at Ithaca, n. u, over forty years
ago, and in county with over two
hundred teachers, twenty five of them
were present. The teacher is sue
cessful just in the degree he awakens
the understanding. Every teacher
should strive to elevate the profes- |
sion. 1t is not the profession that
ennobles the man, but the man the
profession. We need the true teach
er. The true motive of education is !
harmoniously to develop all the fac
ulties." Supt Smith next said: ''An
institute is not beneficial if the teach |
er don't want to make it so. Knowl- |
edge is power, and at the institute is
the place to get it That it is the
teacher who is always at the front at
the institute who succeeds the best. .
The teachers should make themselves ,
power. 1t is the teachers duty to
push himself so as to make himself a !
necessity. Song by Miss Lizzie
Schaeffer, of Aaronsburg. The De
gree of Punishment in School, open
ed by 0. b. Sulouff The degree of
punishment depends on the nature
of the offense, the motive, frequency
of repetition, the difficulty of detec
ton, the age, sex, and the tempera-
ment of the offender The teacher
must always determine whether the
pupil has been controlled by outside
influences or not. The discussion
was further participated in by p. G.
Shelley, I. F. Richart, Sup't Smith,
]. W. Haas, Jno Mcconnell, G. W.
Sierer, P. NJ. Teats, and Jno. Nc
Meen. Music by the band. Address
by 2. G. Shelley, "The Teachers
Profession A splendid address
Song by Miss Schaeffer Select
reading, 'The Boys" j. W. Haas
Adjourned.
Saturday morning institute con-
vened at Q o'clock. Opened with re-
sponsive reading of scripture, by
Supt Meyer and the institute Roll
called by Secretary and responded to
with sentiment by the institute
Arithmetic, by G. W. Sierer. ''Too
much time wasted in Arithmetic and
not enough used in the right way
Teachers should not be afraid to skip
anything that is not practical Fol-
lowed by p. G. Shelley, Supt Smith,
J. W. Haas, P. NJ. Teats. They all
decided that addition and other fun
damental rules were too much ne
elected. Music by choir. Spelling
matches, by L S. Zimmerman, fol
lowed by G. W. Sierer, J. T. Altman,
Adam Wilt, and j. N. Keller. Song
by Miss Aggie Teats. Adjourned to
meet at half past l o'clock
Afternoon institute called to order
by Supt Meyer. Music by choir
Roll and sentiment 29 teachers
present. Confping to the text book |
by Adam Wilt, Sup't Smith, S. A.
Knouse. They all agreed that the
teacher should master the lesson 30
that he can hear the lesson without |
referring too closely to the textbook. |
The Preparation for the Recitation
opened by Jno. H. Willis. Among
other things he said: 1t is the |
teachers duty to say to the pupil
come not go The teacher should
prepare SO that he can follow the pu-
pill. Study no textbook, but study
the subject" Prof. j. L. Altman
said: He believed in the pupils u.s.
ing the text book. Prof J. n. Kel-
Ter said: without studying the
lesson the country teacher can not
conduct the recitation in the time he
has to hear the lesson" G. E. Kauff-
man said he 'believes in system. -
J. W. Hibbs said: ''Tho teacher
should be ahead of his class in study
ing the lesson" o. B. Sulouff be-
lieves in studying the subject, and
not the text book. 1. s. Burns be-
lieves that the teacher that don't pre-
pare can not teach with success
Sup'ts Smith and Meyer followed
and gave some very good instruc-
tions to the teachers. At this point
Sup't Meyer said he was sorry TO
leave, but he was compelled to go
home, and delivered shoit, but very
good, farewell address. On motion
vote of thanks was rendered to
Sup't Meyer, for services rendered.
Music by choir. Advantages of
Teaching Composition, by c. E. Kauff.
man, followed by /. S. Zimmerman,
J. T. Altman, J. W. Hibbs, in. Kel-
ler, P. G. Shelley. S. Fl. Oberholtzer,
Adam Wilt, G. W. Sierer, P. NJ.
Teats, and Sup't Smith. They de-
cided that it should be taught every
day. and in connection with every