The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1889-09-06
The Egis & Intelligencer
Bel Air, Md, Sept. 6, 1859.
HARTFORD TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
Gathering orIntelligent Looking
Young Men and Women.
Interesting and Instructive Exercises.

Interesting and Instructive Exercises.
The Hartford Comfy T,4u'Hrr, Institute met in
the Court House. Oh Monday morning County
Examiner. john H. WUrtngtoH called them 10
order and the exercises were opened with singing,
Miss Matte :. Richardson At tile organ. Mr..
Edward NJ Brown accompanying onthr c0ruct
Mr.. WOrthingtun followed with Il pleasant and
interesting address of welcome.
seventy eight teachers answered t" their munr1
The hrst topics selected for discussion were:
Practical problems, running ont, lardlnrs~. irlr--
lar attendance. llZluc~s. stupidity, tmpudCuCr.
heating and yentilatng, attendance III bat weather,
The iirSt speaker was Miss Fanny H. Robinson
who thought running ont OF school ought not 10 BE-
entirely prohibited.
prevented by OBTAINING the pupils tile number Of
minutes lost, or doubling the same.
John u. Scarborough said the object Ot al teach
Ing should be Ia make life practical and problems
made up by the pupils are better ti@n any given
hy the teacher. Running out should not b" pro-
hlhited with small children hut promi >cuolS run.
ming out should not he permitted. Teachers should
enquire into the eases OF the pupils Who do not al
tend regularly. LazlucSS can be prevented by Civ
ing the lazy boys the hardest work. stupidity
when assumed. should be summary dealt with.
hut If real it should enlist the teachers sympathy
StubbornncSS needs patience and at times nrmnuS~
Impotence should not br tolerated. The teacher
Should try to induce all his pupils l." be present on
wet days and show them what they lost by their
Mis-, Elizabeth q. Buckley read an interesting
y
discussion followed in which Mr. \. +. Galbrcath
made SOME Interesting remarks,
Miss Iacy Il. Matthews suggested that stubborn
ness and disease of the mind are 50 closely blended
that teacher might not be able to distinguish he
tween them.
Prof Il. ". Eubank gave Interesting Illustrations
Of practical problems III science ana mrnsurati0n
lrOi. Wright also made some interesting re-
marks and the Institute took a recess.
The same topics were continued at the afternoon
session, when Mr. Nurthugtun emphasized the
fact that CIcarnrsS and COnclSrurS1 should be the
Ia the millennium To do away with Nugging, \
time table should be adhered toaud all the work
mapped ont Tor the day gotten through with.
Miss Florence Bonn read an II>truHhr essay
upon ''SChOpl Amuscnuut~ aud tie teachers SuIr
in them" She suggested pie mics On Arhol Day
The Eject Of Parental Visits aud District
Libraries how TO Secure both, WAS the neat STU.
Miss Clara >tonrbrakcr did not entirely approve
0llmrrnta visits, thinking ihcnHt time, not buIr-
Mrs. VI. T.. Chasrth thought parrrt, lpuot visit the
SchnulS enough. \ public library Is good thug
and can he secured by holding ~ ynt"llajumcil
Miss sadie lItlhcrg dit not think n u good plan
To have parents visit The srhoo, too often. and said
great care should be- taken IN selecting u library.
PrUi. c. T. Wright Thought some parental visits
shouId h" encouraged. lir ad'i>rd entertain,
mcmtS to secure libraries and said 10 teacher ,hud
select book fora school library that hr~"HH not
select for his own family,
Miss CLAIR, Kurt sad the larrcit,Nir library is
MIR A. +. GaIbrrath thought it not adyisabIrto
nyruynuttni,.
Prois. il. ". Euhauk and Wright did net think
,l,ts ,,,,,,i,I h,,.,r,,r,, a., 81 Nm ,,'.rt, " '
MI rE Eo', r6n" #, " of thr , EMENGord WA, dis
cuSSrd BY Mis-, Nirg" f0rwood. Mr., James Il. Me-
Mis- III, i,urtf.s thnn,,hf lin. h,ti,,n1rI si,IIL
he used 10 ,nnru,rnt ;irithurtir 4 pnrtionis sci
an nS =, hurfn hn;,ri .ni nm il iLr r,irrr,t WINK
are placed by the teacher or pupils.
Miss Florence Il. Bonn suggested that the boards
be decorated with drawings that pupils do their
best work and leave the board III good condition.
Mr. James VI. Hendrix was elected secretary 81
the Teachers Association, in place OF Mir. las. T..
Glenn resigned.
..,
M, ;...t,,,,,.,.. ~ t>n .,i, .;
~, Be- in,II'ir Wit m!d
We uacncrN' NtNCh'A-NIN teachers 'HIN"clr" l."
thr,f names 800, ...
ny cNMhlH,F Ca,l'h Hl'hNol u" lI' N"IN ON
tNil!bltI"h ana spoke ol correctness III term re-
ports; r, -, ..,.,...., anu.
lroi, u MIlEm. t'iH ''i ih!r Essay on NJ"
'u.irial anu EAtrulNt nnflnNN ol ilr lra'ilrr.
W MAJ l'"T,' 90 our Hvil"olN iirtu 10 maxi mem
more sutrfHHiul WAS lt inpIr ahi'ohr.u Tor DIS
clssl"li. II was opened ny Miss Bertha scar
thorough VINO was iHlinMtH ny l.; Nhlti', Mis-
S,hta iiriri'h, VI, T. bGm,E'",,I, Mi,N,S Anne
MumchIoi'' E"BIiLn EMihE 4,i" W. ", T.. MIST
more apparatus any lHrIr sioulu ot ,ll"ic
ssSinEtIhS ma nrttcf .,n"I,Hu"aIIcr nriWeGi
earnest earnest and encourage indyiMilty. lie rrgardrd
Tue tenure OF Once "l me teacher 100 Insecure 10
"SCnllpi'sm ~" nrSt rrSNH !, ,.,i,,,ti,,,,
Hchpo Commissioner W II. II. Nhltloru NaId ne
was sihh To- see lhc teachers taxing ;" ntHrh inter
est III the Institute ana hoped they would not only
ENJOY bchg together hut also he greatly hrheittrd
Ill thelr NONE work.
discussion on t;ulliS NlEeOra IN ne SiNll
EiW'c tooM lWc' ~ MillL! .htA'is. LunlIh, ii'i,.
hIlN' 6apichlIl' Virgin ANA fIank brown look
part lile Ltltr Nu teachers Nlluhl nave ulN"rt-
loh III INC hlSHtr ElautN aN 10 VI" Nlu'l'N 10 br
pursued
Mr.. WorthinEtOn remarked that il had taken much
patient effort To grade nlr schools and ii teachers
We're allowed to Use Their own DISCRETION it WouId
destroy the work OF years.
Mr.. Gabrrath. speaking of industrial training.
caused smile to brighten p the faces of the Young
ladies when he said every pirl should be- talI,ht IL
he II good cook, as Il means OF rlcytting the
family over which she might be- called llpon To pre-
side. lie held that neatly kept house. a well sci
table and well cooked fond would do more To make
man love his home than anything else II Is very
doubtful, however. whether or not he convinced the
E" Ston sH or @ NJ MS%I GS ESG no give up
Examiner WOrthiugton CLOSED the debate. lie
S;nd the course in the first six grades is laid down
by the state Board OF Education in order that
there should be uniformity in teaching in the state.
In ssO schedule was prepared by the teachers OF
Hartford and adopted by tie State Board Tor three
higher Grades, ilc deprecated the shifting about
scale of salary wrong IN a certain sens. hut NOS
satisfactory while school funds are limited. He
urged teachers to aid in creating publicscnlhmrut
in favor OF more liberal appropriations To the
public schools promising To do all he could To in
crease teachers salaries schools ol from b 10 10
scholars are the most successful. Mr. WuIthngtun
thought many successful schools are injured by
the multiplication OF small schools, in cOiupiarc.
with the demand OF patrons
"EXuaornary work. opening exercises, how to
make them II preventive of tardinrss closing ever
ciscS singing in schools military drill discussion OF
current events in the school room" These subjects
were next taken up and commented unby Misses
N0,r,r ii. Jennie Grafton. iud Mr T. NJ. Brown.
The latter advocated teaching the pupil, the mill
t,ry drill and to come To recitation with military
precision Current vent, should b, morr thorough.
ly diScusscd,
Mr. Milton T.. smith made suua Interest i'm re.
urging teachers 10 lead thrir rupS /" 4, higni