Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-12-01
Afternoon Session.


The afternoon session, which opened at
two o'clock, was one Of the most interest
ing of the Institute, and the attendance
was large. DR.. Mendenhall opened on
"a New Method of Literary Analysis. "
This method waJ but recently discovered
and ia based on the observance OF the
works of great many famous writers. A
certain number of wordo, say one thou
sand, are selected from the work Of GER
tain author, and the one, two, thrte and
four syllable words are singled out and
added together in a certain way,
forming a diagram or line, which
the. eaker explained by a drawing
on the blackboard. II has always been
found that this number Of words selected
from book written by any certain author
and worked out in the manner stated,
gives the same reaults, and thus the
author of certain look could be discover
ed by the experiment bsirg made with
words from another of his works DIR.
MendeubslI thought this would be the cor
reel means OF settling the great contro-
versy "a to whether Shakespeare wrote the
works accredited 10 him OF whether they
are the works OF Bacon.
d.. Schseflsr followed in a talk on the
cultivation of the senses. He sEoke esps-
cially on the senses Of sight, tmell aud
hearing, and demonstrated how they could
oil be cultivated to become much sharper,
by proper practice. He dwelt upon olS-
eases OF the eye, and showed how in former
times many people we're supposed to have
brain troubIel, when correction Of their
imperfect eyesigh!, by the use of glasses,
remedied the trouble.
DR.. Mendenhall closed the afternoon
session with talk on the habits oil
japanese, referring particularly to the
customs of the pupils in the schools. As
the japanese language is a character
language the student who receives what
we would call common school
education, would have to be master of at
least three thousand different characters,
their names ard uses.
THE EVENING LECTURE.
The room was filled to over tlowing in the
evening to listen to DR.. Schaetier deliver
his lecture on "Manual Training" aud
many who could not get seats, nor hardly
a place to stand, were compelled to leave
As has been stated, DR.. Schaeffer is one o.
committee appointed By the State o.
Pennsylvania 10 investigate the subject
aud he is thoroughly familiar with all it,
branches, details and it's practical results
lie went On to speak of the great need Of
manual training in the pnbliC schools, first
t.kiug up the subject Of cooking as taught
ia some schools of the country to the CIR
scholars. He spoke especially of one school
in Pittsburg where tie art of cooking il
taught and the great success the innovs
ton has met With. He ssid!that upon in
yestigaiion il bad been generally found
that when girl had refused to take q
coarse in this department on the grounds
that she was thoroughly familiar will
kitchen work, the family suffered from pool
cooking. He also spoke Of schools where
girls were taught TO cut out all the gar
ments worn by them and put them to
gether, and what great advantage it was
to them and to their parents.
In speaking of manual training for boys
he referred 10 number of schools in Phila
delphia, Baltimore, New Yo;k, Chicago
and other cities where the system has beer
Introduced and what glorious results hav,
b ca achieved by it. There are too many
meo, said he, waiting to secure vacant
clerkships and other positions 6
that kind and not enough skill
ed labor to fill our mscbin'
shops and other trades There should be
no need for importing fjreign skilled
workmen, and thtre would not be if thi