Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-08-14
FOURTH DAY.
The Teachers OF Marshall Spend Anoths'
Day I'm Improving Their Faculties.
Special 10 The ReoiSr.

The Teachers of nIarshan Spend AnOthsf
Day in Improving Their Faculties.
Special 10 ths Register.
MoUHDsvILLE, August l3.-Yesterday
session was called to ordsr at 9 q. m; ny
Prof. ]. 7. King, Supt. Writ being absent
The choir then rendered Bringing in the
Sheaves" in their usual good style. The
alacrity with which the teachers responds
to their names at roll call showed that they
were not tagging or becoming weary OF then
duties in the least.
The roll being called the business Of the
Institute was taken up. Professor hng.
made q few remarks and then placed the
Institute in the hands OF the worthy instfuct
tor, Professor E. Bonar. he read q Letter
from ex.Superintendent Reid to the lpsti-.
tute assembled, thanking the teachers ior
their kindness to him during his life among
them. Professor Dowler, in his usual tell
ing remarks, brought up the subject th1t
has been quietly discussed among the teeeA-
ers, i. e., "a union of the teachers OF Mar
shall into an association" After consieer@
able talk Dowler introduced the following
resolution:
Resolved, Tha. we, the teachers Of Mar
shall county, form ourselves into . Ulion
for our common improvement and the bet
tering Of our educational Interests IN thu
county generally.
C. Z Blue followed iu an eloquent ad-
dress favoring the resolution.
w. ]. Bonar then moved that the resolu.
ton be laid on the table and be referred to
q special committee consisting OF one gen
tleman from each district, and Prof. DoWler
to act as chairman Of the committee. Mo
ton was carried and committee ordered to
report as soon as possible.
An invitation was receiAed from the As
sistant Superintendent Of the Penitentiarry
requesting the institute to visit the prison IN
a body. On motion it was unanimously re-
solved to attend tomorrow.
Instructor Bonar again urged upoa the
teachers the necessity of supporting eiuca-
tionsl journals, and particular our own
Journal.
The outside business being now ATTENDED
to, the Institute settled down to- the work
OF the programme. Prot. Clne
opened the first SUBJECT TOR the
day. Of grammar, confning his remarks to
the explanation of the diagraming Of sev-
e,al difficult sentences. His analysis Of
the sentences was fall aud complete, aud
elected considerable discussion from the
teachers regarding the method employed
and the disposition made of the sentences
After recess Prof. +. Bonar conducted q
lively discussion on mathematical geog.
rapby, and spent some time very pro6tably
in discussing the discovery of the p lanets,
together with the most important lntorma-
ton concerning them. Cadet W. j. White,
of the University, gave the teachers some
valuable information in regard to
the planets. Professor McGaw, for
merly of this place WAS next
introduced, and gave fifteen minutes talk
on writing. The Professor 8 remarks were
fitting and to the point. He thought that
writing should stand second in the curricu-
lum CT study instead of the place it does
occupy. He stated that the teacher should
teach the pupil the position of the pen in
hand, according to the form of the arm,
hand or fingers At the close of his re-
marks the Institute adjourned till p. m.
After the Institute had been called to
order in the afternoon session, Prot. Cline
read an interesting paper on Morals and
Manners
| A class drill in common fractions was the
next on the programme. Many practi.
cal suggestions were brought out by the
speakers, W. j. Bonsr, King and others.
Geography was next ventilated by Har-
RIG, Dowler, Chase, Wallace aud others.
The report Of the comTittee on the
Union Of the Teachers into an Associa-
ton was called for and the secretary arose
and read as follows:
| Mr.. Chairman-Your committee beg
leave to submit the following report:
We recommend that an association be
formed after the following plan:
This combination shall be known as the
| Teachers Assoicati N of Vest Virginia.
The object Of this Association shall be
the common improvement Of the teachers OF
the State, and the furthering Of educ ltional
interests in general.
We further recommend that the Chair
man of this Institute now in session appoint
a committee OF three to draft Constitution
and Bylaws, which shall provide for a
President of tie ate organization, and q
| Vice President for each county and a chair
man for each district, and such other Off
GERS as they may deem necessary.
| TSigutdl c. Fl. DowLER, Chairman.
C BLUE, Secretary.
The report was adopted and, as suggested
in the report, committee was appointed to
draft Constitution and Bylaws. The
principal object Of this move is to secure bet
ter wages, and undoubtedly this is the most
important thing accomplished during the
whole term of the Institute, il the ball is
kept rolling.
The Query Box. being NIX in order, was
opened and quite number Of important
questions read to the Institute One Of the
questions was should teachers be required
to attend the Institute" This question
provoked very lively discussion between
between Hon. C. S. Mctsdden, who was
present as a visitor, and King, Wallacs,
Blue, Bonar and Cline. King and Wallace
who opposed the compulsory attendance OF
teachers al Institutes, sat down amid roars
of applause. This showed thar the teachers
were not in sympathy with the thought oil
having to attend these Institutes, defraying
their own expenses out Of their small sSlar-
les. Prof. Chase closed the days work in
some elegant remarks on history
On motion the Institute adjourned till 8
o'clock in the evening.
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