, 1889-08-29
Instruction of Laramie County Edu-
Gators Proceeding.
Practical Methods Suggested at the
Institute Yesterday.
Ex-Governor Hoyt's Delightful Dis
course on Wyoming.

kle added to the movements already given
a marching movement and one in which
it was supposed weights were being lifted.
Returning to the high school room,
Prof. Shattuck gave his third talk on
primary arithmetic. He reminded the
teachers that there are many good meth
DDS of presenting the operations of arith-
metic, as well as other branches of study,
to children, and that the greatest mistake
an inexperienced teacher can make is to
think there Is but n good method and
they have it. as failure is very liable to be
the result. He spoke also of the encour-
agement of slow pupils. by holding the
class more to their level and proceeding
gradually, rather than allowing it to keep
pace with the brightest minds, to the ut
ter encouragement OF the former. Be-
sides the operations of addition and sub
straction which had already been taken
up, Prof. Shattuck presented methods of
introducing multiplication and division.
As a preface to his talk ON language
Prof. Churchill called the attention of the
teachers to some language tablets pre-
pared by Barnes & Co., and urged them
to secure and use them in the lower
grades. Sentences and their classification
was the topic mainly dwelt upon, a short
time being given to adverbs in answer to
a question, asked the previous day.
Recess was followed by drawing, and
Prof. Collins endeavored to impress the
fact hat likeness to the object drawn and
not fine work is the important thing.
This was illustrated by examples, after
which paper was distributed and some
work in the way of straight and curved
lines given to the teachers.
The afternoon exercises were opened by
roll call. Prof Allen then took up the
subject of music, continuing his talk on
meditation, gaze some excellent hints in
regard to using the voice properly, in
speaking as well as in singing, and had
some practice in the use OF the hand
signs.
The next subject presented was geog-
raphy by Miss Ophelia Alison, one of the
newly elected teachers for the Cheyenne
schools, Miss Alison spoke first of the
fact that in many schools geography is
not taught before the third year, but that
many of the best schools we're beginning
it in the first year, not as geography but
as general lessons preparatory to this
study. Distance, direction, form, color,
animals, plants, minerals and season les
sons were suggested as subjects for this
preparatory work, after which more ad-
vanoed work was taken up, development
of continents and outline maps being as
far as Miss Alison had time to proceed in
the time allotted to the subject.
In the reading lesson by Miss Kunkle,
which was the next exercise, selections
from the Wonder Book were first read
and commented upon by Miss Kunkle,
then read by the class, infection and
pauses being carefully noted, with atten-
ton also to pronunciation. which had
been previously dwelt upon.
After recess Prof. Shattuck gave his
final talk on United States history. Hav-
been questioned as to a statement he had
made in a previous talk on the use of
books, he reminded the teachers of the
fact hat they are called text books, and as
the text Is not the sermon, neither
is the book to be used except as the sub
iect to be taught; containing suggestions
for the lessons, but not furnishing the
lesson entire, as some think. Suggestions
for Rotations and reviews were given,
the latter being divided into three parts,
namely: chronological, biographical and
geographical.
As there were no questions in the box
the institute was adjourned to this morn
ing.
Elk. Governor John w. Hoyt, president
Of the territorial university at Laramie,
delighted a large audience at the Presby-
terrain church last evening with his lee
ture on The Needs of Wyoming" Ac.
cordlng to Mr.. Hoyt the immediate need
of the territory Is statehood and he estab
lished Wyoming's fitness for entrance to
the Union. The gentleman has lately
made a tour of the northern country and
by years OF study and observation has
familiarized himself with the material re
sources, condition and prospects of the
youngest and most promising of the ter
%ritories.
Mr.. Hoyt said that Iron Mountain,
forty miles north Of Cheyenne, contained
sufficient ore to feed the largest smelter
in the world 500 years. The average
mind cannot comprehend the territory's
vast area. Wyoming could accommodate
the entire population of the United
States and give each citizen as much
room as the residents Of Belgium have.
The speaker touched upon the immense
mineral wealth and agricultural POSSIBLE.
ties of Wyoming, not forgetting climate
nor society. Strange as it may seem MIR.
Hoyt failed to say anything about woman