The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-01-09

WEDNESDAYS SESSIONS.

DR.. Monroe b~-"n the morning session
with a talk or g Education Good
For ?" 1t is gCo 'ifferent things.
1st, 1t furnishes a erning our
bred and butter. p 'kes states
men. 3rd, 1t awaken. 4th, 1t
prepares US for complel- 1t is
complete, harmonious, sy nc and
The means by which the human being is
so developed, or the school, the press and
all kinds of human enterprise. He recon-.
mended good bit of hors sens to teachers.
Prof. Noetling thought that teachers
spent too much time in teaching one
branch. He attributed the failures of
many pupils to the teachers inability to
reach their minds and awaken and build
up mind power in the child. The success
of teacher should not be measured by the
amount of text book knowledg he Grams
into a childs mind but by the amount of
mind power he deve'opes. The dul pupil
he would cal slow and attributes this slow
ness to the teachers inability to reach his
mind The teacher must represent the
same thing in many different ways to diff
fercnt pupils. The successful teacher is he
who can teach slow pupils. The slow
pupil becoms more prominent in public
| than the bright one. "Review every day
and let part of every recitation he IA re-
view," is one of the Profs. maxims before
his classes. He also spoke of punishment,
and thought that the word punishment"
sounded too harsh. In its stead he sug-
gested correctly help" Do not punish
stand that the punishment or correctiv
help is for the child's good, Be persistent
in breaking up bad habits
DR., Croft spoke of the value of the five
several kinds of food, The air he called a
| food and the one about which we wer
least particular. The difference between
air and other food is that the former goes
directly 10 the blood, while the latter goes
more people than any other cause. We
| cannot liv on one kind of food alone. He
| discussed the use, and particularly the
abuse, of condiments and stimulcnts. The
teacher to interest his pupils in physiology
must know the entire subject first. He
must know more than there is in school
| book. He said that in some packing
houses the sick hogs and those that hav
died in the pens of disease, wer treated as
the healthy ones. Milk is the only perfect
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milk. In families where contagious
disease exists the disease can be carried
from there in milk. BE careful where you
buy your milk.
| Prof. Sanford resumed his talk on fonics.
They enable the child to discover new
words for himself and Civ him the power
OF the letters Of the alfabet. He advises
the use of the diacritical marks. The let
tiers both printed and script should be
pasted in some conspicuous place in the
school room. He would continue the
word method til the child had Termed 100
words. The words should be frequently
reviewed and combined into many SEN
tences. Let the child get ithe thought for
himself,
The first speaker OF the afternoon was
Prof. Wilbur. who continued his talk on
civil government. He would teach the
pupil the times, places and manner of
electing all the officers of the township and
the length of the term of office OF each.
He would also teach the same thing of the
county and the State. This should be
taught in all schools of the proper grade,
Prof. Sanford then spoke on primary
reading and writing, He thinks the best
way to teach writing is by having the pu.
pills trace the letters at first, The Prof
was then called off for reces, after which
DIR. Everett, private secretary to tho Gov,
ernor was introduced. He spoke of ouI
public school system and OF the interest
the Governor took in the public school
teacher.
Prof. Harrison, of the Lehigh Uniyer
sity y,rscited "Into the Valley of Death Rode
the Six Hundred" and was enthusiastic
Tally applauded.