Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-11-21
THE COUNTY TEACHERS
FIFTEENTH ASEUAL SESSION At
NEHdRk.
An Address by pishop Coleman and
a lecture by CoioneI Isain-Oiher
Exercises w tddtctoVn the Next
Place OF Meeting.


EEcrcisps -NHtdd tctOagn the Next
Place OF Meeting.
Special Correspondent Of Gazette and journal
NEWARK, Nov. 1.-THE 18th annual
teachers institute OF New Castle county
opened yesterday afternoon with about
100 teachers present from over the
county. The session was opened in Del
aware College assembly hall by A. J.
Lynch, the principal OF the Newark
public schools. He delivered very
neat speech of welcome TO the visiting
teachers and induiged in the wish tnat
shis session of the institute would be az
valuable and as entertaining AS the one
held last year in New CASTLE. The
teachers could not Lave wished better
and more royal welcome to tho town
than Hr. Lynch gpVe them. Superin.
tendent BesSey replied in fetching"
manner to Ny. Lynoh's effusion of hos.
n pitality, &C., aud then the institute was
declared open. The programme was
hen commenced aud the following ad-
dresses were delivered: "Some Mistakes
n we Teachers Make" by Professor W. Is.
ThoEp; Physical Geography" by Pro-
fessor ]. q. Griffith. Last evening the
Delaware College oratory was crowded
with teachers and townspeople assembled
to hear so called lecture upon "Snobs
and Snobbery" by o "Oolone" Of the
name Of L. f. Copeland who Governor
Biggs declared with some ASSURANCE This
Introductory remarks was the finest and
/ most widely known lecturer in the coun-
sry. This was before the venerable white
haired governor had heard the evenings
lecture. What connection the subject of
the lecture had with an educational and
intellectual institute was very hard to
determine. 10 the speakers discredit it
may be said that he confined himself
strictly and severely to his subject which
gave him full scope for his limited powers
nnd rather indelicate stories. II is safe
TO say that Mr. Copeland will not agsin
beepgaged to lecture before the institute.
NEWARK, EIov. 15.--The third session
u the Teachers Institute opened day
m the college with an augmented attend
euce Of fair school teachers from Will
Inington and other portions of the county.
Ihe regular programme wGs gone through
with, it being 80 admirably arranged and
carried out by Superintendent Bessey that
there have been so far no omissions,
broken engagements, nor postponemenss
on the part Of thoee whose names have
been placed upon the programme. The
superintendent himself presided and kept
things at all times moving along quickly
and without friction.
The first address of the morning was
upon ''The Methods Of Teaching Arith-
metic," by Prof. George A. Harter. He
eaid among other things: Twenty-Five
per centum OF ihe time spent In school
rooms is devoted to this important sub
hat oh ia
mensurate with the time and labor OK.
pended Is much to be deplored. Text
books written by our best educators shoS
in their plan and contents the opinion oi
these men as to the best methods OF in
struction and careful study Of them by
the teacher will enable him to keep
abreast with modern and improved
methods of teaching. He believed II
introducing into the school room suct
cheap aud useful apparatus as scales, foo
and yard rules, pint aud quart measures
&C., in order to make arithmetic mort
practical and comprehensive.
President A. N. Raub spoke on "Gram
mar" q subject in which he 10 especially
qualified to speak, inasmuch as he is tht
puthor OF several admirable books on thi
f subject.
Mrs. Alma 5ager Welsh OF West Ches
ter, Pa, in clear, ringing and Agreeable
N voice, suoxe on "Rsadin3." she dapre
Gated the fact that rosding is not oonsid
ered Of vesy nlueh Importance in th'
public schools, as evidenced by the indii
ferent examinations which most teacher
ore given whom they apply for teacher
certificates. Reading, she said, was, o
should be, the appropriation OF an au
thof's thoughts. Tne thought, not tn
words alone, are to be read and compre
hended.
Superintendent Bessey delivered yor.
interesting discourse upon Tho Geniu
y OF Teaching,n and then the mornin
session adjourned.
IA AFTERNOON SESSION.
This was opened With an Exercise i
n Pronunciation by DR.. A. n. Raub, VIII
wrote upon the blackboard the followia
tost words; Fidelity, apparatus, below
oxide, ill-tempered, equation, profuse
REPUTABLE, reputable, rise, aeaant, sui
p named, oanine, bomb, oombative, coterit
depot, decade. toward, madame, naussou'
precedence, finance, forehead, hosts9,
pedal, encore, cascade, conversant, 81
In each Gne he pointed out glaring an
common migpgonunoa.ious of the word
h ibsking his hearers their opinions and the
giving the correct utterance as based 0
pathological grounds.
Prof. ii. 8. Goldey, principal Of th
Wilmington College of Commerce, mad
spirited address upon "Business Treil
ing" and the qualification which 60
made o successful business man, layin
particular etreas upon promptitude an
lthorouehness. Pref. O. II. Oonwell I
Delaware College read very CAREFUL
Aprepared address upon the "GeectS
Teaching on the Teacher"
W Mss. Welsh again spoke, this tin
npon Show to loach Reading" |
s touching upon emphasis she laid dow
Hhe following four rnles governing
FIRST, all new aud distinctive ideas mu
W be emphasized second, whatever is we
known or understood needs no emphasi
third, oil positive ideas require failit
slide; fourth, all negative ideas requi
rising slide.
EVENING SESSION.
The college assembly room was packs
10 the doors last evening with an auc
ence assembled TO hear that very talent'
w ond attractive speaker, the Rev. Russs
II. Conwell of Philadelphia. In a sho
introduction OF the speaker OF the eve
IA ing Bishop Coleman assured the audien
of his own deep interest in the cause
popular education, and all pertaining
ti It. Mr.. OonTelPs subject was "r
Silver Grown, or Born Kiug," and
a dealt mainly with those inherent, Go
given attributes, those heroic qusliti,
and those iiliinitable powers which go
s make up not the princely, ,royel soepter
fI.. yuIer nP n Isefju0 taninnral nnVer h