Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-08-11
YANKroN COUNTY TEACHERS.
The institute Progressing ia Admir-
ablc s~aape-glle Proceedings in De
tuii-Dr. Wards Address last Even
ing,

Ing.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
The session Of tho teachers institute
held yesterday afternoon VAS highly
entertaining. The attendance of teach
ers was greatly increased and the adj
dresses made by several of thu corps of
instructors seemed fitted to the men,
and all things working together the
session was decidedly q success.
General Beadle opened the exercises
with an exhaustive and in
structlve lesson on grammar and illus
trated the talk by a number of language
lessons.
Mr.. Dickson f.lloged NTH q discourse
on geography and the philosophy of the
wall map. The subject was carefully
treated by the speaker and was highly
interesting.
Mrs. S. w. Swift's temperance talk
relative to the teaching of the effects
of alcohol as q stimuiant and o beverage,
was listened to with great interest.
Prof. a. r. Bartlett closed the session
with an hour Of hard work in mathe-
MATES.
THIS FORENOON.
THIS forenoon more new faces were
visible among the teachers and A. Sheri-
dan Jones, territorial superintendent of
schools and y, Nj. Daboll, county super
intendent of schools OF Hutchinson
county, occupied seats in the room.
Gen. BeRdle entertained the institute
for an hour with "a lesson on reading,
contsining much wholesome advice and
much that was interesting.
Prot. RArt!atts discourse CT she
teacher as a student vas one OF the most
interesting numbers on the programme.
The speaker was Taught by experience
the trials and difficulties Of the teacher
as a student. The audience were much
pleased with the address.
Gen, Beadle, then took the floor and
consumed a half hour in a pleasing dis.
%cussion of geography's relation tc
history. Mr.. Beadle, with the assistance
of a blackboard, succeeded in making
the dull subject OF the geography lessor
more interesting than such lessons
usually are, and by appealing to the
audience for answers to various ques
tions refreshed the memories of many o.
the assembly us to dates and events.
DR.. Ward closed the forenoon session
with q discussion OF geography and The
office of the newspaper 90 a %cbronicler o
important historical and Biographies
events.
To-day's afternoon session opened
with a discourse on penmanship e. an
art by Prof. @. III. Taylor, of the Dakot'
commercial college.
LAST NIGHTS ADDRESS.
As announced. last night, DIR. Jos
Ward addressed the institute on "Th'
Duties of the Teacher to Himself and tc
the State" The gentlemen discussed tht
various phases of the subject aud the in
Huence which teachers possess and IN
dergo. He placed particular stress on tn
power of teachers to mould and sba p
the careers and lives of pupils, and o
the responsibility dependent upon {
J proper realization of the possession o
such power. He alluded to the fac
that through scholars teachers exert q
5 Influence over entire communities an
.hs. s:ch CT ;aaIoISs bears with
more weight than most teachers realize
He asked that teachers regard then
! selves as officers of the state, and tina
(. they SO conduct themselves regardin,
schools and scholars as to exalt the higl
position that they as teachers occupy il
the eyes OF the world, This is but
meagre reference to DR.. Wards remark!
and although a large number listened t
them, all the people.who could have as
sembled in the largest hall in the cit
would have been highly entertained.
THIS EVENING
Gen. w. b. II. Bcadle gives a lectur
: this evening on SANITARY Science"
proper understanding of which IS vastl
, important to the public at large. Every
body is invited to attend the lecture
which will be given in the court roon
The following are the names of til
3 teachers who have registered since ye,
terday's list was given:
NEW ARRIVALS.
Ella Garvey, Lizzie Laur, Nelli
shepherdson, Nellie Guerney, Emm!
INorthrope, Belle Chessey, W. 81. T
Beadle, a. f. Bartlett, o. FL. Tsylo
Mrs. H. f. Brown, Alice G.. Beck, 10
Ward, A. s. Jones, s. NJ. Daboll, Mi
d Alice Van Ostrand.
T~o-MoRRow's PROGRAMME.
n to 9:c0-Opening exercises.
!. $50 to Acknowledgements erro,
!. of the teacher.
% 10 to l0:30--Penmanship.
1870 to l0:4b Forenoon intermlssio
1910 to 11:15-.Anatomy and physi
10 Experimentation aud the nerves.
,r Ills to IL :40-Orthography-Wri
= ing.
III n:40 to Observation-Disclosures
=. 10 to ! :30-Noon ret ess.
Or 1:30 to 2-Grammar-Its reflection
II character.
to 2:3o--Parents-Their relation
the school.
2:30 to 3-Geography-Its relation
b. history.
er 8 to 3:10-Afternoon intermission.
"A $40 to 3:30-Tescher and pupil
- Their relation to the state.
3:3e to 4-History-Arra ngement.
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