The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-01-20

THE GREAT INsTrTUTE.-All who had the
good fortune to be present at the last Coun-
ty Institute are loud in It's praise It re-
mains to discuss it from a professional point
of view. which may be done somewhat after
this fashion
I. The success ofthe County Institute is
something wonderful. Ont of The $50 teach
ers ofthe county. many Of them inexperi-
enced and generally ill-pald fully nine
ienths were IN attendance What county
can make better showing than this?
. The array of spectators who helped to
swell the attendance belonged TO the best ell
ements Of society. and could scarcely have
been surpassed elsewhere in general intelli-
Rence and culture vet nesrly all the speak
ing was done by the teachers and directors
of public schools.
3. The speeches. the reports read before the
Institute, and the reports Of the proceedings
published in the papers Of the county, all
the work Of prominent teachers, are so
many proofs that the leadership in the
work of education is in competent hands.
|. { AS to the general makeup Of the rank
and file. the popular verdict IS on record
in the inimitable language Of Mr.. Scull. in
the HERALD Of January G. Every teacher
should preserve copy of the paper as a
memento of the great Institute He says:
There has been a wonderful change in the
appearance of the teachers that attend the
Institute. Their faces are more intelligent
they are neater, trimmer. naiiier, and better
dressed each year The girls wear their
store clothes as if they were accustomed to
aud enjoyed them, ana the hand-me-d down
ard tailor madesuits of the young men fit
them and are PIT on, not hung on as if they
were on pegs"
5. The value Of these Institutes consists
not alone in what they teach. but sril more
probably in what they suggest Our young
people want the training of good literary So
cieties The silent members of the late in
stitute seem 10 recognize this want an are
already organizing in local Institutes where
all can be workers.
6. The absentees few as they were, GER
fainly missed rare treat, and ii their ab-
sence was uravoidabls, are entitled to our
sympathy. Indeed no better holiday pres
ent could be made To a teacher than sea-
son ticket backed with green, for the Great
Moral Stow CONDUCTED by Manager Wei
ler
And now. fellow Teaehers let me address
You on another snbjecf The laws Of the
State make it your duty to teach Physiology.
The object ef the law IS to enlist the Young
in the whi>ky-war which they must soon
help US to frh, through, and in which the
noble society of Christian women, who pro-
cured the rassare Of the law. are actively
engaged. Read and call attention to the
Temperance column published by them in
the county papers. It will help you in your
work. Do your duty faithfully in this mat
ter, that when your heads are white like
mine. you may haye the satisfaction of
knowing that no former pupil has sunk to
Level of the common loafer or the gutter
toahoper through any neglect of yours.
purposely omit the PRO-" in speaking
of the teachers-not from any went of re-
specf, by any means, but because. as it =
commonly used. It has ceased to be respec-
table. Like other honorary titles it has got
into bad company. since fddlers aud negro
BARRIERS have etaken it up. As for me pre-
fer the tile gwen me by the pupils OF the
old Normal, and subscribe myself
UNCLE JOE. |