The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-09
THE TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
First Dsy's acknowledgements Of
Today's Exercises.

Today's Exercises.
The teachers institute for King aud
Kitssp counties convened at the Uni
versity building at 0 O'Clock yesterday
morning. Superintendent V. A. Pusey
presiding. The institute win remain
In session for five days. and will be
followed by the county examination
for teachers.
Miss Florence Stoxell, OF Seattle,
and Miss Mamie Herman, of Port
Gamble, were cleo ed secretaries.
The exercises were opened by sing
ing bv the teachers, after which
prayer was offered by Rev. John +.
Damon.
Supt Julia Il. Kennedy gave lee
ture on the Theory and Practice. or
more properly called Pedagogy. /"
She spoke oil the relation OF the
teacher and the child, and advocated
that the qualifications Of the teacher
should be, first, love for the work
second. desire 10 do good third,
knowledge OF subjects 10 be taught,
fourth, culture. There should be
special preparation for the work daily
preparation of subjects taught and
the teacher should always be n stu
dent. A general discussion followed.
In which Profs. Horlenbeck, Kerr,
Taylor, Jones. Strong, and others
took part.
The afternoon exercise was begun
with the subject OF grammar. BY Prof.
J. NJ. Taylor.
Prof. Tayior advocated that gram.
mar Is sclense and the proper term
inoloTy OF the science should be used
No such terms n quality word. name.
word or aetion-word should be used
In lieu OF the proper technical terms
Several sentences we're written ON the
blackboard, showing that sentences
may be dramatically correct and yet
be nonsense, inasmueh rs words may
be used without regard 10 their die
ton, etc. The following is an Illus.
tration,
Where l. eupid's crimson molten.
biliuwy ccstBcy ~ woes
Rear the straight nleanilcrsag eerau
Where the stagnaa, t'rrvnts dow
-S.asfa.
Pref. q. ), Jones illustrated the sub
ject OF number work Tor beginners
The activities Of child nature demand
that the child be given something 81
do. All work should he carefully done,
each step made plain. and the idea et
each number fully developed. before
passing Ia the nsxt. Give much oral
drill, make object Illustrations, and
require pupils a. prove hy actual Illus
traticn By use of blocks. sticks. marks,
etc. that they comprehend tue mum
Der In hand. The DEVELOPMENT Of
numbers Ia ten is sufficient for the
first six months work. Require
answers Ia complete questions in com.
piete sentences. Discussion followed
some advocating the old method IT
teaching addition, subtraction. multi.
rlscstaon and division. in regular or
der. and ethers agreeing with tbe
speaker In teaching slI these changes
oi, each number before gutng 10 tbs
next The institute adioarnsa uuta 4
O'clock this morning.
rag NEseEas.
The following teachers wsre In al
tendance yesterday
From King county Misses Agne,
NJ. Goddard. i.cuaie Emerson, Jesus
hrysn. Carrie Koch. Aliew StaemFseld
Nellie l.. Hanilin, kasc Hopkins
Julia +. Kennedy, Nina Evans. An
ME MsItiatrsnds Msnni. Scalegal. Jan
elite Aillar, toa Emerson, Mar,
Amesbarg, Dora Glyuaey, Maud heiiy
Marguerite Hayes. May Willard
Lydia lonsS. lAulIA Anderson. Fsor
snce siowesl. lielle orr. taostae ]
k.inpSter. t.usg 4 Han. Minta FSss
sas. oai 4. Morrison. Emlsv Esaus.Ay
isshei Wallace, Alice i.Ansb. TIA
Springfield. laasiia Young. RiAnca,
Young, Messtasnss EFaaess T.
Nsckels. l. IL. P4aley. HI
/. resrce. julia spaa.ssiag
AesSrs III. Hallrah.ek. t'Aaris.
Pagan, George Ssnapers. -. ). Jones
). W. Powell. ", {. Fleming. A. l.
Regal, {, " Hubbard. &. " Mfixht
Williams NJ. Carry, n +. Durham, 4
=. Allen W. b. EktaFt. ] h E0N
y. L. hafau8. Il. u Gesiias. nayf.i
Thomas, A. ". is1 Ain. J A. Ash
cart, J. ". Tayior.
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4. NJ, Racslfn. 1. Nj oru~av, W. a.
Fleming. Miss Msnle AsefnNn, Ms
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