Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-11-12

Lake. were shown, together with hia resi-
deuce aud portrait aud these were tittinRly |
supplemented by q recitation OF Tam
O'Shauter, aud five pictures of the road
and kirk and bridge over which he made
his ever memorable ride Bonnie Doom
and Highland Mary were also shown.
Tho three points in school teaching are
keeping order giving instruction and
forming character The teacher who can.
not keep order without much trouble is
rot good teacher. The work of giving
iustruOtiun implies Knowledge Of the
human MUD, as well as knowledge of
the branches taught. The keeping of
order Is the lowest work of the teacher,
giving instruction is a higher work but
the highest work OF all is the formation OF
character, the shaping of the life of the
pupils in training the young so as to
make them good men and women, that
they may be an honor to themselves aud
to their country.
Adjourned.
Wednesday Morning After few musi
al a"l"otious had bsen sung by the insti.
tute, Rav George Gaul, of st. Paul's NJ
L church, read the II h chapter of Paurs
cpistle to tho Romans aud offered prayer.
Music.
TALK on HISTORY.
Prof. Il X. Buehrle gave a talk on
history. There is no more important study;
It enlarges the mind and gives us au
understanding of what man iE and has been
ia all ages of the past. lt gives
us kuoWledge Of ourselves. We
may study the bGotry and in.olor.
auco OF our ancestors, and though we
may be shocked AZ It, we are not yet free
from Intolerance oursolves-it is only
last summer that here in Penusyl-
! vAuia 1t was gravely proposed to
! tuya the hungarian labOrers out of
! the country. History is OF inestimable
! value To give us also Il proper knowledge
| OF politics. Hamilton. Jefferson and our
! other greatest statesmen were the
| o. history. History is the one study
! that IA positively commanded by Divine
/ authority, ard it is positively commanded
| by tho state laws. Among many methods
o. teaching history, Prof. Buehrle asked
the members of the institute to look
~ one cent piece and tell him wha'
they saw upon it. There was United States
of America, liberty, the Indian head, the
shield, the stars and stripes 49,, and the
explanation Of each OF these, be said, may
be made q lesson in history. So of our
rreeubacks with their portraits of eminent
men who lived IN different eras, biograph
isll skatches OF them and of important
events in their lives may be made excel
l'n- lessons in histOry-much better les
sDls than those ordinarily contained in th
text books. History may also be taugh
rOpically by the use OF diaries of events
compositIOus debates, &c. Teachers anC
pupils should be- encouraged 70 purchas
tor the use of the school encycloI n iias
histories and biographies.
Music.
Manner Of Recitation was the sub
jrot Of paper read by J. II. Hoffman, q
Earl Discipline is of the utmost im
pDrtauCe. 1t the first recitation be read
ing, have one of the pupils read aud th
the class Cri,Cise continue this unit
each member of the ol. ss has read. Ther
let the first pupil in the class ask question
on the lesson and the others answer. Car
should be taken to SEQ that the pup
stands in erect position aud holds the boo
| 81 proper distance from the eye.
Music.
LECTURE on GEOGRAPHY.
p.uC Apgar continued his lecture OF
| geography. The teacher should be care
iul 70 aid the pupil ia correcting errors q
form In map drawing should endeavor Il
a-Curo accuracy and rapidity of execution
; 70 illustrate these points Prof Apga
drew maps of Mass achusetts, New Gorl
md the continent of North America, il
each case taking an initial line of know
, location and length, aud from it measul
ing the 9th r lines of boundaries.
Music.
, LECTURE On GRAMMAR.
Prot Lyta continued his lecture o
cammar. He referred to some mistake
teachers are apt t. make, namely tha
they commence teaching grammar to
early. Il should not bs taught until tn
pupil reaches the fourth or fifth reade
Another mistake is to teach grammar as
momory study. Another is We do nc
properly apply il; aud another is to allo
grammar to take the place of an expressio
If thought. Still another error is that "
j study grammar AZ though there were n
relation between 1t aud language. III
+ teacher should require pupils to copy as
Lesson sentences from newspapers or al
, book except the text book on grammar.
PRIMARY ARITHMETIC
| Prof CouEhlin made some remarks o
primary arithmetic. The study of aritt
metic is cessary in every department
! pracric4l life, and the first step in teachit
} | il ~ to teach the alphabet of number
J | rom one 10 nine The numerical frau
Il nav ba used TO advantage but it is oftt
abused The professor gave several sul
gestiqu5 as to the proper method of usir
it.
, COMMON ERRORS.
. Prof. HOuok IN Lde some remarks c
i "COmmOn Errors" When hs went
| HackensaGk n. j., with his satchel packt
. with a number Of speeches, he said he wi
j astOnis he'd that there was not a commits
e with q brass band of music 20 meet hin
| After a world Of trouble and getting int
g the hands of policeman, he finally foun
e a boy tnat knew where the institute wa
& and he went in. He thought everybod
d ought to know him but neither the supe
@ | intendent nor anyone else there eth,
g | knew him or had ever heard of him exec
a one book agent. This took all the col
ceit out him. He had thought himse
e a great man, and yet he vi
- unknown even on the opposite side Of II
+; Delaware. Prof. HOuCk then made SON
@ | comparison OF the schools of New Jerse
o and Pennsylvania. POked a good deal
4 fun ut the Old style country school bouse
; but TejOiCed that they were bein
Q replaced by new and coufortab
ones. He thought it was common errt
y that We give too little attention to d
primary schools. Many of the'
;. are miserabIs buildings, over crowd'
d with pupils, with inferior teacher
aud low salaries, while much a
teution is paid TO the high school
lie would not take dollar fiom Il