The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-11-29
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WY IeniuIAs by oupt. snyder The welcome
address was delivered b. Professor j. N.
Roberts, Of Lnnsiord Tho address was
tcfaeand reviewed the piogrcss ofourschools.
sup!. Snyder apuy responded, and cm.
phoai7ed the fac. that the institute is essen
tally the teachers and no, The auperin.
tendcnls.
a class drill by Miss Sarah ]. Ward, Of
Lewiston. was the Grst exercise Of tho after
noon With a class Of three liitlo bnys she
rapidly showed how addition, subtraction.
multiplication aud division ought to be
taught. The drill was well given and the
practical utility ought certainly to be recog-
nzed.
Irof Bacr followed on tho suJiec. Of
History. lie first gave some views on oral
history he would haye narratives, would
teach it from pictures, maxims, bolidsys
and acng1, and would also sec that it was
taught in connection with geography, rs
locLlissd jciq aad events are easily re-
nembered. Under history proper or history
In a connected form be urged the ifnpor-
tapcc Of oftcaching facts rather than language.
| Divide history into periods, and teach IA
topicaliy. Do not cut up story By giving
part in one lesson aud the other mart in su-
other. Fix periods by leading date centars
limited by other events and dates. Teach
to associate causes and effects; he illustrated
this topic by taking Burgoynos surrender
as date center and grouping the minor
events around l.; no also spoke Of the i'm
| portancc OF connecting events ia our his.
tory with those Of English history. The
Instructor spoke OF the Importance ofblael,-
board and slotc work in connection with
successful teaching Of history. It teaches
expression and language and at the same
time 1t fixes facts on the memory rpecial
attention should be paid to biography. and
the lives OF men should be made the sub
ioct Of compositions. The talk was logical
ly arranged and presented many practical
points that can be utilized in all history
teaching.
Lee L Crumbine, Of Lebanon, followed
with humorous recitation Of the rendition
o! sermon on "Noah's Ark" During the
rendition of the sermon the audience was
conYulsed with laughter.
After few announcements by sup..
Snyder the institute aojourned for the af.
ternonn.
In the evening Lee L. Grumbne, esq, Of
Lebanon, gave an clocutionary entertain.
ment that was highly appreciated Among
his readings were "The Croole's Revenge"
"Pat Connor," ""IIow Reubenslein Played"
THE Dutchman Setting Hen" Mr. C
is an accomplished and intelligent reader,
one of the few that do not weary their
audience.
The Marion Hese Company Band furn.
ished the music for the evening, playing
selections from Berger and Boccascio, which
were rendered in good time aud taste.
TuEsDAY MoRNING.
Institute opened at 9.I5 with Glove and
Ninth" followed with prayer by Rev. Cook,
OF Lehighton. Lee l., Grumborc, Of Leba.
nun, then sac the institute talk on edu-
cation. He spoke very earnestly on this
subject and among other things be gave
the institute some OF the elements of powe:
in delivery, which he gave as follows:
l. The power Of original thought.
.. Cheerfulness.
8. Emotional feeling.
4. Attention and sympathy Of an audi
enee.
8. Opposition OF an audience.
Following this exercise there was a class
drill in primary reading by AIYra NJ. Good,
of the Lebighton schools She had about A
half dozen of her pupils with her and went
over some or the work tha It she passed over
in her school This year. She showed fam.
iarity with the subject and illustrated her
method of teaching reading very nicely.
Her method modified to sGit circumstances,
should he followed in all our prim airy
schools.
After this exercise there wss n recess of
ten minutes. The tune "Normaudyp was
then sung by the institute.
Prof, j. NJ. Coughlin, of Kingston, Pa,
superintendent of the schools of Luzsrne
county, followed by an address on penman-
ship. There are two things necessary to
be observed in acquiring this art, viz: lsce
biliiy and rapldity. In starting to study
this art the child should always have
perfect form before him, for the child very
| early forms pictures Of these letters aud il
is absolutely necessary that it should get
correct picture. He also pleaded tor classi.
hcation in our schools concerning the
teaching of Penmanship. An ungraded
should use about three numbers Ct series
OF books aud have the whole school divided
in three classes. Instruction should be
given before the pupils commence to write.
Mr. Coughlin is an earnest speaker and an
able and practical instructor.
Prof. G. NJ. Philips. OF tho West Chester
Normal School, occupied the balance Of the
morning session in explaining longitude
and tune. lie referred to the old method
of reckoning time aud explained how we
got the correct time. He also explained the
international line, and showed how 4 day
may be gained or lost in going around the
world.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
= The afterooon session opened by singing
'some ofvoices long and sweet" Prot.
Philips then gave talk on notes aud
checks.
lie explained the whole system Of banks,
checks aud drafts, followed 10y graphic
description of the Philadelphia Clearing
House lie also spoke at some length Of
certified cheeks and foreign drafts
Prof S, A. Baer, formerly Ex supt, of
Berks Co., sni lately City supt Of Reading
followed with an address ON language and
among other things he said that language
must be learned by usiug it in accordance
with the princiDal ave learn by doing"
Object lessons, if properly conducted, can
be used as language lesson.
Aitera short recess and singing, Prof.