Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-04-18
Teachers, Opinions, short and
various.


EDITOR HERALD: AT our late insti-
tute much merriment was caused by
asking the following well known teach
ers for but one atence giving the object
of recitation. As neither time was
given to think out the best answer nor
pencil to remodel the first that presented
itself there were many "ohs" and ''ahs''
and not little begging and arguing,
The next day many could give reasons
why their answers should be changed.
SO it required much trmness on the part
of your correspondent to preserve the
original design Of terse sentences ON the
spur Of the moment from members OF the
profession most skilled in verbal gym
nastIcs.
Supt. ,Welcker, State of California:
To prove the task has been accomp.
lished.
Prof. Kellogg. State University: Fur
Their discipline and further information.
Prof. More, State Normal: To train
pupils in the art Of thinking.
Mary ]. Titus. State Normal To
train the mind and to cultivate ability
to do.
Prof. Melville Dozier, State Normal;
To ascertain the pupils knowledge of
the subject of the lesson.
Superintendent McGrew, Keokuk,
Iowa: Stimulate thought.
Superintendent Merideth, Ventura
county: To find out what the pupil
knows.
Superintendent Hinton, Los Angeles
county: Ascertain what the pupil knows
of the lesson and to lead the pupil to a
full comprehension of what is still to be
learned Of the subject.
Superintendent Friesner, Los Angeles
city: Find out what the pupil knows.
MIR. Gwinn: To test the pupils knowl-
edge Of the subject of the lesson.
Mrs. G. b. Jones: An interchange OF
information.
Mr.. Chaa. Moores: To keep the child
at proper work.
Mr.. Riley: To secure expression, to
draw ont pupils knowledge OF the les
son and TO impart further information.
Mr.. Hamilton: To guide pupils in the
right channel.
Mr.. Wells: To ascertain how much of
the lesson the pupil knows.
Mr.. Kelsey: Getting pupils into hab-
its OF study.
Mr.. Seaman: To develop the pupils
mind.
Mr.. Shaw: To draw out the powers of
the mind.
Mr.. Reavis: To find out pupils mind.
Mr.. DE Pencier: To find out what the
scholar knows Of the subject and to per-
feet his knowledge.
the pupil works.
Mr.. Seaver: To SO discover what the
pupil knows that you may remedy the
lack Of knowledge.
Mr.. Pierce: To aid the pupils to pro-
coed intelligently with the subject.
A. o. Damon: To perfect the pupils
knowledge.
Mr.. Blake: Find out what the pupil
knows on the subject and fix it in his
mind.
Mr.. Keran: To develop mind of pu-
pill.
Mr.. Little: To enable the teacher to
guide, draw out and develop fully all of
the faculties of the mind.
Fred. II. Clark: To test, to correct
and to complete the pupils comprehen-
STOP of the lesson.
Mr.. Plummer: Find out what the
pupil knows.
]. Z. s. Bell: To educate the pupil.
Miss Nell Dixon: To expires, in good
language the thoughts which the pupil
has acquired from the lesson.
A. s. Mcpherson: To test the pupils
knowledge. that we may know how to
instruct.
Mr.. Guthrie: To test and develop
the pupils knowledge.
Mrs. Averill: To find out what the pu-
pill knows.
Mr.. Bray: To test II the pupil is able
to reproduce instruction in his own
thoughts and language.
Mrs. Julia Chandler: To see that the
pupil understands and can express the
thoughts of the lesson.
Miss Packard: To enable the pupil to
do better work next time.
Mr.. w. Bailey: To impress the lesson
on the pupils mind.
Mr.. Taylor: To test the pupils
knowledge of the lesson.
Miss Jessie Frater: To obtain the re-
suit of stady.
No one will think that these sentences
express all that the teachers can say or
even wanted TO say on the subject, but
all your correspondent would allow on
the subject. Truly yours,
JAS. N. PEMBERroN,
DowNEY, April 10, 1886.