The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-09-04
THE PEABODY INSTITUTE


The PEABODY INSTITUTE
/, The Second Days Sessions Pull Of Intsrss
Instructive Talk.
Yesterdays sessions Of the Peabod
3 Teachers Institute were well attende
and fall Of interest for everyone, TIL
morning session opened with the sing
Ing Of Coronation" Professor Houcl
! read a portion Of Scripture and all join
ed in repeating the Lords Prayer, Mis-
|, Boasberg was the first instructor to ad
dress the Institute. She gave her plar
OF teaching music 10 pupils 8 and 8 year
old, She made the remark before begin
ming the lesson, that the object OF teach
ing music in the public schools was moi
10 help those who had musical instruc'
tons Al home, but TO reach the great mass
OF children who would never have any
musical instruction at all did they not
attend the public school. She also said
that every child could be taught 70 read
Proi. Houck talked on 1.-THE First Day
OF School, he introduced his talk by
urging teachea not 10 be initiative, but
To be and act for themselves. He also
spoke OF the importance OF making the
fist day q success. IL the tifst day is q
success, the.term is asuccess, The sxami-
nation the teacher has TO pass the tiTst
day Is the hardest examination he ever
has 10 pass. Prof, Houck also urged
that the school room ought to be the
pleasantest place on earth next 10 home.
At the conclusion oil bis talk the usual
recess was had. After recess Superin-
tendent Anderson announced that the
Wheeling Teachers Association would
not meet until Friday, September 20,
Mr., VIII j, Young, the Pennsylvania
Manager for the Popular Educator end
other books, was introduced, and In O
short speech stated what works he had,
and invited all to visit bis table and ex-
anime them. Superintendent Ander.
son spoke for the Wesi Hirgiaia School
Journal.
Miss Coffin then talked about Geog.
raphy, in studying which she said we
must go from the known to the un.
known. Elementary geography includes
all that geography that a child can learn
ny oDseryauon lotelgn gsogLapny, ~, ~
GUIDES az that iies Deyona that Ele-
menIary IS Dettsr Woru tnan primary
geography, from the laCt that the ele-
mehls Of geography are iouna every
where. She gave some interesting
methods Of teaching size, location, &c.,
ipy comparison, or IN gong from tue
known 70 the unknown.
Az the conclusion oi Miss Uomns IN.
teresting talk an adjournment was mad
ior dinner.
me afternoon session opened with the
singing o. "brlnglng IN me sheayes oy
tae members OIL the insutute, aiter whleh
Miss Boasourg continued her lessons IN |
music, giving lesson from the nrst
chart which is 70 follow the instructions
from the blackboard. lter lessons are
very much enjoyed; she uses the
teachers as CLASS OF ehlldrep, ana all re-
spond 30 well thet Inc lesson taxes the |
form oil an actua! school drill with the
children, She said 9 the close OF the
lesson that the little chiIufen would
literally learn 70 sing py note, tne little
songs they had learned by rote.
Everybody Joined In singing Dr:
houcks iavoHte,, 80 say we al o. u.s.
Mrs. Al. Stevens Hart lately OF wash:
ington, u. Cn occupied the next hali
honr IN giving q most interesting anu
profitable tax on the subject Of eiocu.
tion. she spoke o. so'called elocution
and elocutioniats, givingseyefai amusing
incidents 70 illustrate. True eloculon
ls an art u comes from nature. Ihe
child IS the true elocutioaiat Gestures
are often more potent than words 80
lence more potent than speech. we
should teach chlldren now 70 speak and
how TO keep Silent. Teach them now
70 preatne. Many can preatne lheif lungs
iull Of air and then cannot use y. reach
the elementary sounds; AT the close
o. hef taik sue reaa 1Ihe Vld oaken
bucket IN cnarmlnRiy afnstlc man-
ner that delighted al! o. her hearers.
After some more singing lea py froi:
Houck, Miss Uotin gave another one Of
ner interesting talks on History, dwell;
lsg particularly on What 70 teacn. II
weattemPt 70 teaCh everything we teach |
too superhctally, and hence teach Moth
ing, well. i've Try 70 give 9 child 9 new
topic every day we iaiL we teach the
past 70 show the present, and to appre.
ciate IT. We also show the forces that
innoence u our county " , ss tne present "
10 @ ~. nevess NJ ~ tsaVn every oase'e u
s.N'.1, VIZ, ouS a.II usIILey ii nS Vasees Ss anu t
tS;u s,d shent enpNta tha 1ss. pe saSsns assn
hiSaers ss snnb syyn aa
the Revolution, the Declaration si| q y Iade- I,
talk was entertaining and was listened