The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1888-10-11

History" in which he insisted that it
study should be coupled and carries
along with that of geography. He in
sisted that a mere collection of dates un
connected and unexplained were nearl,
1t not quite valueless, and said he woul,
not give fig for bushel of dates unles
they were accompanied by the causes
locations, ETC., Of the events which the
point. No single event importan
enough to deserve chronicling but wha
has it's history and geographical sur
roundings, which should all be given
He does not believe in teaching so mucl
az in showing the pupil how to learn TO
himself. Discussion of the address
brought out much favorable criticism O
Mr.. Logan's ideas. A motion for ad
]ournment was then carried, which closet
the afternoC n session.
The evening session was held at Morse
opera house, where, after music by tn,
Phiipsburg band, the meeting was callee
to order by the chairman, after which
Miss Cough gave highly artistic and en-
joyable performances on the piano. tn,
chair then introduced DR.. D. J. McMil
Ian, president of the College of Montana
who delivered an interesting lecture or
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very clearly the inseparable connection
between physical, mental and moral cul
| ture, and the great Importance of each
His address was full of apt and telling
| illustrations; witty, wise or pathetic az
the occasion called for, and afforded gen
ulne pleasure and instruction to his large
and appreciative audience. After the
address, duet on the piano by the
,lsses Pizer was very prettily rendered
This was followed 10y recitation by
Miss Jennie Kinney, whose dramatic
power and clear, sympathetic voice held
her hearers spellbound, and brought
down overwhelming applause at every
climax. The exercises of the evening
were closed by the rendition OF duet by
a4lss Alice and Master Harry Weinstein
TUESDAY.
The morning session was opened by
on Botany" by Miss Emma Ware, in
which she dwelt entertainingly upon the
flora OF &:ontana, an: showed very
profound and thorough knowledge of the
subject. l;uring her remarks she OK
hlblted specimens, neatly mounted on
cardboard, of flowers and plants native
to Montana, and all gathered by herself
Discussion called forth nothing but
favorable comment of the quality and
completeness of the essay, and j. H.
Meyers, after expressing his enjoyment
OF the reading, suggested, in modestly
gallant terms, that before the end of the
institute the lady should be invited to
read the same paper before the territorial
institute, which is shortly to meet.
The next exercise was a practical illus
tration, by Mrs. G. N. Hoss, with a class
of the smallest youngsters, of her method
of teaching primary Reading" This
exercise was extremely pleasant and en-
tertaining, and showed that while the
methods employed were highly intelli-
gert and eminently successful, much of
the success in the present case was due
to the charming personality of the
teacher, whose sympathetic gentleness
made friends as well as docile pupils of
the little seekers OF knowledge. During
the course of this exhibition the method
OF phonetic, or, as it is now called,
phonic. spelling, was incidentally ex-
planned. In discussion, breeze was
raised by Logan who, after declaring
himself incompetent to speak, thought
there was good deal of nonsense about
phonic spelling, and that the English not
being phonic language it could not be
spelt phonically. He gave an instance
in bis experience of class which spelt
the word wood" phonetically, and when
asked to pronounce it cal ed it 'Sally."
Meyers rose to the defense of phonics
and humorously limited at the vividness
of Logan's imagination in connection
With this anecdote. The majority OF
those who discussed the subject, threw
their evidence in favor of at least a modi-
fed method of phonic spelling and
favored it's use.
Evans on "Hygiene," in which she
showed it's great importance and the in
terest it awakened, even in the minds of
very small children. In discussion.
Logan thought it well enough to teach
it, but not advisable to force the child's
will The discussion then simmered
down to soap and water, which Dodge
pertinently insisted was the first and un-
derlying principal of hygiene. Logan
exploded a small bomb at this point by
asking someone to tell him why the
dirtiest children in the school were al-
ways the healthiest. This was admirably
by Hoss, who explained that
the dirty children were those most over
flowing with activity and animal spirits,
who spent more of their time in the open
air busy with the manufacture of mud
pies and such like enterprises of child
hood.
The next paper was one upon "Lan-
guage and Reading" by Miss Lydia
Jennings, who, after modestly disclaim-
ing q large experience in tie matter,
showed BY the strength and wisdom of
her remarks that she had very obser-
vanity studied the subject and knew
she spoke. She noted and ex-
planned the requirements and quallfca-
lion of good reader and the most i'm
proved metoods of acquiring such, and
found that good readers required intel
ect and feeling as well as elocution, and,
finally, that good readers were born, not
made. Asked in discussion by Hoss if
she meant to say that some pupils could
N no case be made good readers, Jen-
aings explained that with certain phyei-
,al defects in articulation pupil could
never hope to become an elocutionist and
hat the dramatic faculty was often found
70 completely lacking in others that no
amodnt Of effort could produce the nat
and ease required by the public
leader. This concluded the morning
Iession.
The afternoon session was opened by
J. l. Singleton, with Teaching as II