Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-02-06

sibility with teacher and parent, but
by far the most with the former. No
discussion could have been more ex-
citing, interesting nor beneficial. Fiji
teen teachers were present at this
time. At 10 o'clock p. m, the In
stitute adjourned.
The morning session OF Saturday
opened with Grammar, by the Sup
erintendent, q class drill of great in
terest and value. Geography, con
nectsd with History, by Prof. ALL
man, and continued by the entire In
stitute. The discussion resulted in
agreeing that History should not
be taught without teaching where
towns, battlefslds, rivers, &c, OF
historical importance are located on
the map. Next, music, by the Com
rnittee. I'VE are passing away Ad-
journed.
At 1 O'Clock p. m, Prof. W. E. Au-
man talked on Juvenile Compost
ton" The subject was fairly hand
died, and on account OF the great
dread to it, he would teach it az
though he taught it not, call it by
any other name. Fundamental rules,
by ]. W. Kenspp, and close black
board illustrations by the Superin-
tendsnt, and suggestive points thrown
in by Prof. Auman, W. ]. Allen, Prof.
Altman, ]. N. Keller, ]. G. Long,
made this a very prominent festure
of the Institute. Here the Institute
was favored by Virgie Auman, OF
Miflintown, little girl, four years
old. Nothing could have been pret
tier than this exercise. The house
came down in solid applause. Read
ing, by Prof. Landis, was the crown
ing feature of the Institute, up to
this time, q valuable talk and mag
nifcent class drill. We say that no
more useful and practical drill was
ever witnessed in Juniata county
Before adjourning leading members
of the q. p. church gave permission
to the Institute to meet in the church
for the evening session.
At 7 o'clock the church was crowd
ed. The choir, Flora Randolph, Liz
zie Stewart, Maggie B. Laird, Sadie
Randolph, Adella White, Howard
Randolph, Charles McMeen, William
Laird, and William Fitzgerald, open
ed with the appropriate piece, 'Our
Little Ones" Styles in teaching was
taken up, by George II. Martin. His
divisions were, LIST, general style; 2nd,
military style; 3rd, graveyard style ;
4th, whipping style; 5th, scolding
style, continued by the Institute. So
interesting was this discussion that
it could scarcely be closed to make
way for the essays, by Miss Emily A.
Fulton, on ''Objects of Discipline,
Miss Mary j. Wise, "Object of Study"
Miss Gertie Beale, 'Object of Pun
ishment," Miss Annie j. Ailliken,
Difficulties in Teaching. These
were carefully prepared papers and
were listened to with the most pro-
found attention. Remarks were made
on each of the papers by the entire
Institute. An appropriate and af-
fecting address was then made by
County Superintendent, Wellington
Smith, in which he returned thanks
to the members of the U. P. church
for their sympathy for the cause we
labor in, the choir for their services,
and the citizens for their large at
tendance and great interest in all the
session. On motion of Director
Kidd, seconded by Mr.. James Junk,
a vote of thanks was rendered to the
Superintendent for his able manage
ment and securing such earnest
teachers to lead at the Institute. The
value of this meeting is immense and
the acquaintances formed and asso-
Citations that cluster around it will
endure while our grand system of
education shall last and this will not
be we fondly hope till. our Republic
must crumble to dust.