The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-05-18
PROCEEDINGS OF TEACHERS
MEETING.

The first meeting of the united so.
ciety OF county and city teachers took
place. as advertised, at the Kenosha
High School rooms on Saturday, May
I12.
On account Of the condition of the
roads. the delegation from the county
was not as large as anticipated, only
thirty out of the sixty teachers from
the county being present. The city
teachers were out in full force, and a
general spirit of goodwill and enjoy.
ment seem to prevail.
Arrangements had been made to EN-
tertain fifty teachers from abroad, so
that number were disappointed by
not receiving the expected guests.
The meeting was called to order and
Prof. Leach unanimously appointed
President of the meeting.
The professor came to the front, and
with characteristic m0desty acknowl-
edged the honor thrust upon him. and
accepted the situation.
Mrs. Robinson having been appoint
ed Secretary, the exercises of the day
opened with the singing of My Coun-
try, IT'S of Thee" and other selections.
The first exercise on the program
was class recitation in Geography,
conducted by Miss Ella George. Topic
Europe. The exercise was we'll con.
Quoted, and the pupils responded
promptly and intelligently. One of
the pleasing features was the reading
of All article on Paris by one Of the
pupils. the class afterwards reproduce
ing in their own words what they could
remember of the points of interest.
Next in order came learned disser-
tatiOn on 1.-THE Circulation OF the
Blood" by Mr.. Browne, in which the
teachers took part. DR.. Kloeber, who
for several years occupied the chair of
Professor Of Physiology at the Univer-
sity OF maryland. by special request
gave the meeting valuable information
about the structure OF the heart. The
exercise was cut short by the approach
of noon, the President remarking that
although it had been shown that the
heart lis no larger than the fist, the
stomach was considerably larger, and,
judging by his own feelings. it was
now time for the elmer man" to re-
ceive attention.
The meeting accordingly adjourned
until 80 P. NJ.
The afternoon exercises were opened
by music, consisting of songs rendered
by young lady pupils of the High
School, assisted by Mrs. Bradford and
Miss Alice Bray.
Miss Nellie O'Brien then conducted
a class exercise in Primary Reading,
which was one Of the most entertaining
features of the day, the little ones show.
ing wonderful aptness in varying the
infection and expression. Quite q
lengthy discussion followed on the
methods of teaching Primary Reading.
Next in order was All exercise in
Grammar, with Mrs. Bradford as
teacher. The topic was " Case" and.
after discussing and tabulating the SUBJ
ject. sentences illustrating the different
uses were discussed. The teachers
seemed much interested in the exer-
else, and all felt that it was not only
interesting but instructive.
Although the program was not com.
pleted, the time for closing had ar.
rived. A vote of thanks was offered by
the visiting teachers to those who had
so kindly entertained them, and the
meeting then adjourned, with the COM
monty expressed sentiment that the
day had been profitably and pleasantly
spent. MRS. ROBINSON, Sec.