Wichita eagle., 1888-08-02
THE PEDAGOGUES.

worn of, and we are now settling down to
| he stern realities of a teachers institute
! We have gone over-in memory-the
! light days of the past and we are now
eady for some new thing. Can we have
t?
| 0, that some bright genius would arise
| n our midst and invent or discover some
| way by which to endure this slow roasting
| process which we are undergoing We
are being killed by inches and happy is he
| who has few feet TO spare. And DESPITE
| he fact that we Idle daily" we are re-
| luired not only to sit receptive under the
| nerciless artillery of lo4ulctluy that IL
essantly beats upon the tynpanum. bu'
| o theoriZe, yes actually theorize upon
iubjects tradscendently abstract o,
| happy lawyers, thrice happy doctors. You
can sit in your Offices and bid defiance IL
any who would allure you to any menta
! Il TT while we poor - wretches mus
,weat and theorize and sweat. or damage
cur reputation as educators Of the young
| dea" Nevertheless we will bear it a.
| nd thus become worthy candidates fof
| cofloniZation We would recommend oul
| beloved conductor to careful study o!
| the underlying principles of the COLDER
rule, and also the scripture which says:
| Charity coverth a multituds Of sins.
|
| Following are few notes upon Wednes-
! days recitation:
We resumed the study of the properties
of matter and were soon in heated dis
cussion OF some several definitions OF
various properties Prof. Naylor insists
upon the utmost accuracy in definition, as
indeed he does in everything. One lady
was of the opinion that teachers were
| prone to waste their own energies and the
energies of the pupil upon unimportan
technicalities and therefore she objected
to so much time being spent upon the vari-
Gus definitions given. She was, however,
very speedily convinced that time spent IN
| cultivating accuracy is not wasted.
PSYCHOLOGY.
In didactics we discussed the subject OF
perception by the various physical senses
j. E. touch, taste smell, sight and hearing
! We sought to know which is the most inn
portant sense. So0e said one thing and
some another. Thoughes new and Old
were expressed. Some Of these were de
cidedly new and strange. Thoughts that
none have even dared to think before. II
would cause the shade of Hamilton tc
| flush with surprise to hear the startling
statements upon this subject.
The sense of taste was very fully dis
cussed 1t was asserted that if we had
not this sense we would never get hungry
and, therefore, would starve TO death were
it not that we are reflective beings. Is
there room for argument upon this point:
| GRAMMAR.
A few minutes after entering the gram
mar room we were hard at work having &
lively discussion of the properties ano
! characteristics of transitive and intransl-
tive verbs Our erudite instructor, Prof
Larimer lucidly explained the circum-
| stances under which verbs are transltlvt
| in one Specification and intransitive in an
other He also contended that intransl
tive verbs, when followed by objects o.
kindred meaning, were copulative verbs
or more properly, were used in a transl-
tive sense and could be called transitiv'
verbs. Much interest was manifested II
this class, and if anyone thinks the teach
ers of Sedgwick county are asleep, let hin
come to our institute and we will show
/ him thing or two.
READING.
As we walk into the reading class room
| the broad smile of Professor Shull is very
reassuring, if the thermometer is boiling
| over with anger at the incesSant rays o.
/ old Sol
The exercise consisted of drills on the
vowel sounds, on the proper method o.
/ beeathing and articulation. Could any
professor of elocution have stood on the
/ threshold of the door as we were, practic-
/ ing in an ELUSIVE tone of voice. he woulC
undoubtedly been entranced and charme
| as were the Grecian heroes by the sirens OF
/ old. Nevertheless, the signal bell rang al
| too soon, while we were in the midst Of
/ glory. and we had to hasten on to some
! thing else.
METHODS.
! Under methods was given model object
! lesson by Mss Ada Embree. This was
! truly a mo lei, and the lady deserves great
praise and credit for the most efficient
/ manner in which she elected replies from
/ her class of little ones.
/ The objects used in this lesson were q
pitcher OF water, some small blocks of ice,
some glasses and a hammer. and It was
surprising what intelligent answers the
young lady drew out by skillful question
| ing
! If all the teachers would profit by this
example much good would be accomplish
ed. as the questions were so arranged as to
bring into requisition all of the five senses.
Delightful task to rear the tender thought,
With what enjoyment and what pleasure
fraught,
And what fruition shall reward our pains,
In reclining of life's losses and its gains,
| The debts of gratitude to Us restored,
| Outweigh the credits of energy outpoured
STEADILY IMPROVING
Little Laura Roberts, the colored child
who was skin-grafted about three weeks
! ago, at the Benevolent home and hospital
by DR.. McClees, for the cure Of large
ulcer. the result OF a burn, is steadily
growing better.
Ten of the original eighteen gratis have
taken and are growing very rapidly.
These little islands of planted skin stImu-
late the edge of the ulcer and cause II 70
heal much more quickly than 1t otherwise
would The result has been very encour-
aging IN this class of cases.
FOR KANSAS.
CT Stough. of the Carey hotel, has re
turned from q business trip TO Cbautau-
qua, y Y, and New York City. He re-
ports Workers talking much more favor
at~a nj Kansas than they did two or three