Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-11-12
TEACHERS IN SESSION.
FACTS Auuur lnH yuvNu uEA.
special riscusstnns ot sohooi Toptc. ~ atIy-
uogui'hsu Educstors-Prot u. aagau's
Illustrated JeCtur- t.at pNNrl.g


reference Ia the crowded condiliyn OF the
lobby aud stairway of .he opera house uu
Monday morning aud the Diff ,uly
teachers bad encountered in vinuilinv
themselves asmembcIs of the Institute and
securing seats He said the plan atupfel
was not bis own, but had been SUGGESTED
by others who had had experience in such
matters. 1t had not worked well, Hc
suggested another plan for next years
institute which was u divide tho
teachers aud the seats in the opera house
into. hiee q cups, each group Of teachers
to have separate place at which to enroll .
their mares and secure their tirkuts--uuo
group at the high school, another at the
court house ard third ~ tho opera
house-the teschers to- DO notified some
time before the meeting Of the Institute
as to which group they were assigned
PRoF. ArGAR's ADDRESS.
Prof. Apglr lecturtd ON the use Of text !
books in the study of geography. lie |
reviewed briefly his rem lrks Of this !
morning and said there are right and |
wrong ways of teaching both by map and !
text. He objected to machine teaching as |
it appears frequently in the books In |
teaching some subjects the taxt book is
necessity, but not iu primary geography |
until the teacher can do without the took
teaching, To see teacher with book
before him aud 4 class OF pupils Without
| books, is a confession that the teacher ia
more ignorant than MS sChOlals How
| then shall We teach? Let the uupl TO
! produce in the class room the map . 5u.ch
| rcpresen's his lesson let him make that
| map his own Let him kuOT It's form,
shape ana location. Theu he will retain
the essential part Of the lesson as easily as
he retains the form Of a square OK circle
| Ii is the part of the wise teacher so know
| just how much or how little instruction t.
give his pupils, A map drawn from copy
IN aus nothing; map drawn from mcwoIy
means that the pupil knows al about a..
| Never use parallels or meridiaus IN map
drawing. The retard rather than advance
the student in this important part of the
study.
Music
DR.. Higbee was introduced, ard spoke
at some length on the subiec. of the
"Furniture of the Child's Mind" H.
said the task Of presenting it Was DIM.
cult one. Arithmetic grammar, gcogra-
ply, are made for the child, mot for his
mind. The child's mind is furnished with
a vast amount OF material before 10 bagius
any of these studies. Firs', there IS race.
You see the characteristics Of race in tue
| htEIp au LIS ptaCN hhlu, uAL nose Nll
thick lips; in the Indian, the high check
bore, straight, black hair aud red skin; 50
OF the Caucasian and other races Taey
are not responsible for these charaoteri5-
tics, but they are responsible for tue
manner in which they use them. Tho
next peculiar element is nationality. Here,
TOO, We are not responsible for our
nationality, but it exists, and We are
responsible for our use of il, so il the
teacher responsible for his management Of
the pecuiaritIes of the DatiOnal traits. The
next characteristic is that of the family
every child inherIts from its parents Ger
tain peculiarites; of temperament; the
temperameuts greatly differ, aud the
teacher must see and comprehend these
differences and teach them differently,
You can't teach au Irishmau, or German.
or Frenchman without knowledge Oi
their several characteristics.
The spiritual forces, common tn u. races
and DatiOnalitiCs, are the good, tGe t4uc,
the beautiful None o, these can bo
male they exist, aud philosophy has
merely found them out. The good 10
attained by the will the tGua by -ho
intellect the beautiful by the imag.ua
, ton. DR. Higbee concluded his dIscoursc
by stating that the schools OF Peunsylya
MIA are not goddess, as has been said by a
, | EANE0 iAtASsS NlAg Nltlt baL ~ "a. p.
clteohi,m, the council OF Trent og Cyher
confessions Of iaith may ror h5 br0u 5ht
into the schools, he prayed God the day
may be far distant when i. may be aard
that God is not in them.
Music.
PrOr. James Coughlin was introduced,
and after paying high compliment to the
state superintendent, resumed his lecture
Of the morning on the Building OF
Character" That teacher il the best vino,
after giving his pupil a the instruction
, he can, instruCts him how TO teach himself
He should find out the mental qualities
; possessed by the child and direct them into
, right channels. Teachers are too apt tn
> know llJtle OF the history of our own OF
other countries, except what they read ir
! the common school books, They shOud
read stands d works of history, biography
and other branches f; and they SHOULD
make lists of valuable books. which theS
should induce parents 70 puTChase fOl
their children. In this way the nucleus o
, valuable libraries may be formed a. les
= cost than is paid for cakes aud candies.
FIRST LESSONS IL LANGUAGE.
o Prof Lyte was Introduced and spoke or
the above named subject, The hrst Gbjeo
J > TO teach the use of language a sooonl
is mental development to enable US 70 cnl
tivate the reasoning powers a third ia +
make these lessons the blsis OF teohulCa
r grammar fourth object is 70 max,
them the basis of reading. Tue first prin
q | ciple OF the language lesson is 70 hav,
a IDEAS first and words afterwards tbt
r second principle is that the child learu
{ language by hearing it used. The thirC
\ | principle is that the child learns lauguag q
. by using it just as We learn to play bass
ball by using the ball aud bat. Te9ct
I language cOncretely or effectively teach
+ from the particular to the general. The
course Of lessons should be first, oral les
] sons second, oral aud writing combined
{ third, reading lessons aud then some
good book on language lessons should bt
used. The suggestions TO ths pupil sEOulC
be to direct his reading Of useful books
do not use too many new words in out
T lessons /; use good English at all times
give short lessons give them in variet!
p in as many forms as possible let no ded
nitions be taught in the language lessons
5 Definitions are the last thing that shOull
be taught.
DR.. wICKERSHAM : ADDRESS.
He said he had attended these institute
for 33 years congratulated the inStitut,
on the increased enrolment and the In
J creased salaries being paid TO teachers
He compiimented Prof Apgar and DR.
, Higbee on their excellent addresses an(