The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-09-09

decimal fractions passed under review
and I'rots. \. H. Ross, II. 4. Taylor
L. H. Hooker, :. O. Cooper, =. w
Tay Tor, a. r. Landrum and l.. F.
Loney engaged in spirited and very
agreeable discussion, and il fully proved
that each Is "a master 81 his profession.
Each ones method of teaching and
explanation was terse. pointed, clear,
elements which belong to the efficient
school worker. \ motion was made
/ that another committee on text books
be appointed, which motion was car
/ ried.
The Institute then adjourned to 9
o'clock \. NJ, Wednesday.
THIRD DAY.
AUGUST, 26, 1855.
The Institute met at O'Clock "a. IN.
The exercises were opened by Rev. i.
a. Edwards offering prayer. The min-
utes of the preceding session were read
aud adopted.
Decimal fractions, by permission,
became am Independent question at
this session. The whole question was
re- discussed by Profs. \. Y. Rowan, L..
V Graves, L. &. Morgan and w. Alex
ander. Common fractions having been
incidentally referred to, Prof VFlaher~
ty called in question the accuracy of
Mr.. Rays definitions and nomen'
clature, in this, that a fraction is an
uHGrccutcd diUisiOn and that the nu-
merator is the djcjticad, the denomina-
tor is the dirisOr and the fraction itself
is the gUOficH.
School management was ally and
proftably discussed 10y Prof. Mchenfy
RhOads
Mr.. II. Il KinsOlviug addre ssed the
Institute at some length on the DUTY
of the Commonwealth To Educate Her
Children" 1t is matter, said the
speaker, IN which every citizen should
take AN abiding interest, "A matter in
volving the veal or woe of this great
Commonwealth, and, while he ielt a
conscious pride in his native State, he
regretted the great want of interest III
educational matters, so manifest from
one extreme Of the country To the other.
! The crude and ill-deyised common
school system of the present was un-
sparingly handled. The speaker APP
Z ,,aaI.t to tho ,s-anElad taacbar. fn h..
come instantly aggressive ON the pres
ent apathy; to he unceasing in their
efforts to 81 cultivate the public mind
rs to- revofutiOnize the entire system.
| Ii is death struggle between unfold
| ing youthful and vigorous mentallties
on the one hand, and ignorance, indO>
lcnce and indifference on the other
| The speaker affirmed that taxation 10y
district or otherwise Is the only logical
way by which the State fund should be
| supplemented, and deprecated the idea
that the general government should be
converted into an eleenlOsynary insti,
tuition for the purpose of doing out aims
to Kentucky or any other State. Be-
sides, he had his doubts As to the
cOnstitutionality of such an act, and
believed that the common schools
would, under such conditions, becon e
hOt'beds OF PARTISAN confusion and coz
ruption. He eDjoined upon The teachers
that il was their bounden duty to so
direct public opinion as To make district
taxation for school purposes popular
and possible. He paid high cOmpli>
ment to the dignity Of the profession OF
teaching, and hoped to see the day
when the teacher would be compensa>
ted commensurate with the labor and
responsibility imposed upon him.
The gentleman's remarks were fully
appreciated and listened to with
marked attention.
The committee appointed to deter
mine the feasibility of having the pro-
ceedings OF the Institute printed in
pam phlet form, reported that at present
they deemed it inadvisable To incur the
expense involved in printing the pro-
ceedings as specified in the motion. Ii
was moved that any further consid-
erat ion Of the question be indefinitely
postponed, which motion carried.
ID. u, Whitley moved that commit
tee of three he appointed To confer with
the editor of the HERALD, and deter
mine whether extra copies of the paper
containing the proceedings OF the lnsti-
tute could be obtained for the purpose
o. distribution among trustees and
patrons who are not subscribers. The
motion prevailed, and J. Il. Wilson, J.
+. Sutton and +. T.. Hooker were app
pointed.
| RECESS.
On Te-assembling, motion was