The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-07-27

the occasion. y pupil at the close of each
piece rehd WA, required t" Civ. IA short re-
sumo OF The lesson. Miss Edwards and her
class pleased the audience well. rr,r.ssnr.
hodges. Morrison and Davis were. Very kind
class. ""'
The second normal class was conducted
tins morning by Prof. Wm. Hood. The elias.
was made up OF nine small boys and were
srEt t"thc black board. We may here say
ihht all these exercises have been demon.
S'ra'cu ny Il free use Of the black board.
therefore me constant example placed before
the board. "
DR.; Gri.r remarked ti,a, he arc e to COM
men" we h'"thoi that WAS employed in this
recitation. lie Thought that a wonderful
ilhprHrcnicnt had brcn made in nc!i,ods dur
ing the last forty years. "Thc method of this
lesson is delightful.
Classification
at the close of the normal lessons. "CI,.-
sihcafion' was written upon the board and ali
were urged to see that their schools wrr. al
ways properly classified and thus avoid much
hard work. Pref. Hodges asked Prof. Unod
10 take charge of the remaining hour this
morning. ~
Tho Mummy.
Prof. Hood said he believed that he wou,d
occupy til" hour in presenting the mummy
Whlcll was sent the college from Egypt. Prof.
Hood asked Mr.. l.. =. Kennedy to write the
inscription of the mummy upon the board.
which he did. Prof. Hood then explained this
lnscri ptiun in full with remarks rrinl,tjvr ,n
her complete history. This young ladv rs
just 10 years old, now held a reception and
every one came forward and viewed .sIsct
khcb.' "
The Institute now took recess.
Alter recess Il number OF words were written
upon the board and their pronunciation and
Spelling asked for. The words, .prorram.'
iil"stfatc, finance and rcSourcc-0n these the
pronunciation was asked. There WAS II
diversity of opinion on program. On illus
,ratc inc emphasis was put on the first sy!-
'Ao'G c' Il majority, Il minority prcfcring the
e~h''hSiS on the second syllable. On the word
recess" the institute placed the accent ON
the second syllable.
mh"w I" prevent Whispering in scl,pvl.'
.aiico OUT Il number OF replies and was par
ticirated in by Professors Morrison. Uoirrs
and others. 7
The question GLOW often should school
readers te changed ?" was discussed BY Pro-
iess"rs ,. Il. Franks and Harper.
"" nat hour is best for writings ?" The
"pilinn prevailed that any hour would do cx-
cept the first just after recess as the nerve,
are uhStrunE by play on the play grounds.
neat, pam hand WAS regarded by tn, In
Stltnte as preferable To one With lourishiuy.
rro,. Means Davis said that pupils should
always write with Il long pencil as TN, ,itlir
"stub' ruinej more hands than ANYTHING.
'' ny
Word Method.
Prof. pylcs. of Troy, give the institute an
interesting talk on "Ubjcct lessons" With an
Illustrated chart displayed, he went through
with the different stages of PROGRESS with Er-
ginners. Prof. Pylcs preferred the cvm.;iu,-
ton OF the ~ b & system and the object les
son system. n very SPICY debate sprunp IN
over these two plans Professors Morrison and
fyies favored the object plan. Stating that
1 nm ttnt hS nF ttn nnI. ,.t., Ill -. -,
plan and stuck t. it. All the graded schools
mad used IT successfully. Professors Hood.
hodges and Kennedy preferred the old ulan..
.ii'o' 'neSe gentlemen were mpplauGcd in
turn ana much interest gotten up and con-
siderable warmth. After this discussion TN.
Institute adjourned
The interest and the audience are rrently
increasing as the meeting progresses. To-
day we have Prof. j. &. Cork, Prof. Franks.
Irof. Harper and other tcarhrrs. We notice
our esteemed friend Mr.. Marshall II.udon
also IN attendance.
frof. Nurrison's Lecture.
One OF the especial attractions of the occa-
sion was the lecture uf rrut. Morri. I'm IN
Ileaching." The speaker wrote opt all his
heitdS ON the board, discussing each AS n.
proceeded. The lecture aboundcd in iui.r.st
and was closely followed. Tie watch dial
illustration took with every one. The sneaker
made his proposition clear. We had taken
lnll notes of this admirable lecture but cot
them ms placed. "
Friday Morning.
PRAYER by DR.. Grier-Music bv the choir.
~ no; mai class by Miss Jennie NJ. Grjcr IN
gramnicr, according to the short method of
wells. inns method does away with the
lhetil"d of rules explanation and WAS conn
Included by the commissioner and other
speakers.
AT this point DR.. Gricr announced that
Prof. Davis had TO take train and the unnnr-
tunity To- say goodbye Was extended him.
nl. Jaws s'la he only came up to stay one
day and now he had been here tire. DAYS and
would not leave now but his ticket was out.
lie commented OH the provcrblal hospitaii,y
of Due West and sail that he was like m.
Queen oi Sheba. lie promised to come again.
fr'i; ba' ) Is a very genial and courteous
Gcutlcman.
The hex, lesson was in mental A%rith.matic
ana under the superb management of Mrs. X.
l.. hcilnedy. The audience checrcd this OK
erclse. Prot. Rice wanted To know how long
NJ 5. Kennedy had been teaching this class !
The answer cane nine Inoutns. Mr.. Rice
wanted I" became n pupil himself il Mrs.
hchhedy would take him. Prof Morrison
c"inplinsntcd Mrs. kenncdy's method very
highly indeed. Prof. kice sand that he had
just learned that he didn't know how to teach
mathematics. Prof. Z. l.. Gricr asked rrcf.
MORRISON his plan Of teaching fractions. of
which ne gave a very satisfactory exhibition
on the board. Professors Cork. Gricr. Rice.
and Mrs. Kennedy asking questions and writ
ing n The diacuss:OI.
before the Institute closed this morning DR.
Gr'er announced that Prof. Morrison would
leave ON the up train and wo Id not he pres
ent with us any more and offered hin the
privilege of the tonr. Mr.. Morrison was
quite happy in his parting words. telling an
appropriate little aaccdotc that brought down
the house. His last sentences were exceed
lngly complimentary and touching. Profess
sors DAVIS and Morrison nave rendered vain
able service to the Institute.