Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-10-28
Election November I'd
Teachers Association.

1cdI4ltES aSSOCldllOus
The meeting at Belmont on Saturday
last, was one of the most pleasant and
profitable in the history Oh the associa-
tion.
The president being absent, Mr.. Ar
thur Reynolds. of PowhataD, was called
TO the chair.
"Pestalozzi," by Mr.. J. w. Cassells, of
Barnesville, was handled in manner
that showed that the writer is thorough
| ly imbued with the spirit of the great
reformer, the simple story of whose hum
BILE life and work has been tue source Uf
inspiration 10 thousands Of true and no.
bic men and women who have followed
In his footsteps.
The reading Of the paper was followed
by discussion of its manv good points
by Sup't L. II. Waters, H. L. Peck, and
L. T. Jones. Mr.. Jones, in the course OF
his remarks, spoke of the lamentable lg>
noranee Of teachers in regard 20 the best
professional literature; and in illutra
ton. narrated the following story: in
one of the western territories, the su
perintendent of the schools of certain
city was in the habit of assigning to bis
teachers some educational topic for dis
cussion at their teachers meetings
These topics he wrote on slip of paper
and sent to the teacher who was expect
ed to write paper OF open the discus
sion. On one of these slips be wrote the
word 'PestalOZZi,' and sent it 10 one of
the ward principals. After some time
spent in fruitless deliberatioD, the prin-
cipal called together his assistants at re
cess, to find out the meaning of his sub
ject; but they all feigned ignorance.
When he returned at noon he called
them together again and eagerly inform
ed them that he had found it, He had
examined the dictionary and found the
ROOT from which 1t was evidently de-
Irived-'PEsTLE, to pound'-'Pestalozzi
must mean CORPORAL PUNISHMENT
The first paper of the afternoon ses
sion was THE Beginners" by Miss Rose
Phillips, of Bellaire. The paper was one
of the best ever read before the associ-
alton, both the composition and the rem
deriug being highly creditable. Discus
sion by Taggart. Carman, Peck, Jones
and others.
Sup't Duncan. of Bridgeport, then
gave his method of classifying knoWl-
edge and of teaching language; one of
the most important points brought out
being the failure of teachers to recognize
the fact that reading, writing, spelling,
and grammar belong to the same de-
partment of knowledge, and that every
lesson in these branches should be a
language lesson. Discussion by Peck,
Taggart, and others.
The closing exercise was paper by
Mr.. A. B. Carman, of East Richland, on
The Qualifications of Teachers" Mr.
Carman advocates what, to a majority
of Belmont county teachers, must seem
to be very erroneous and dangerous
principle. He advanced the opinion
that the successful country teacher must
not only be thoroughly conversant with
the branches he is called upon to teach.
but must also have an extensive knowlr
edge of the natural sciences, the higher
mathematics, and, above all, must know
something of The science of mind. and
keep abreast of the best educational
thought of the day-in fact, that he
must himself be thoroughly educated, if
he would educate others. This is GER
tainly very dangerous doctrine. Dis
cussen by Taggart, Duncan, and White.
Mr.. Jones was called upon to write
upon the blackboard list of education
al works, in the order il which he
would recommend them to teachers.
He gave the following: l. DeGraff De-
velopment Lessons; 2. Parker's Talks
and Teaching; 8. Sully's Psychology; 4.
Payues Science and Art Of Education; >
Bain's Education as Science; 6. Spen-
GERS Education Mr.. Jones is of the
topTutOn that no teacher eau afford to to
without any one of these books.
Mr. Peck recommends the following
list of educational journals: l. Ohio Ed
ucational Monthly; 2. Intelligence; 8,
New England School Journal; 4. Indiana
Srhool Journal; 3. Canada School jour-
nal; 6, Pennsylvania School Journal; :.
Teachers Institute.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
Presdent-Arthur Reynolds.
Vice Pres'ts-Jas Duncan, A E How
ell Miss Rose Phillips.
Sec'y-Miss Nettie Eaton.
Treasurer r Butcher.
Comm'r of InformatioD-G w King.
Executive Coma NJ Brown, W
Cassels, Lizzie K Dutton.
The next meeting will be held at
Bridgeport in January.