The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-25
A SPLENDID LECTURE


Delivered at Martins Ferry Last Night
Before Large Audience General News.
Proi, Edwin +, Sparks, the popular aud enter.
prislng Superintendent Of the Martins Ferry
public lChOols, delivered a iorcible aud enter.
tauing lecture on THE Factors in Public Ed
ucatlOu" IN the Methodist Church last night
The larsc auditorium was crowded to such IN
extent that fear was expressed lest the building
might not bear w under the unusual weight
over 50 people were present, aud the aisles and
YesIiOule were pafged, The lecture was spec
tally de !gped fOr the parents OF tut school chill
drtn ana the parents Oi those children who are
not IN the schools, Professor Sparks talked
effectively for an hour aud half, aud held the
close attention OF his audience during that
time.
After quoting part OF WoTdsworihs Iutma.
ton Ul Immortality, Prof sparks considered
the theories OF education under I've heals; eY.
erylhing Is due 10 tanning aud aturu does II
all without training, lie thought that there
should uG combination OF the twO-lhai edu'
cation was u huGd 4 Of habits tOF which nature
furnished the material but II could be in
tiuenCed by training. The object Of education
VA the formation VI Citlzet shi aud the duyel.
Opmcnt Of the individual. lie answered the
complaint against the graded SYslIm by showing
that masses must now be considered Instead Vi
Individuals; that every true teacher tries 10
study the individual bent Of each pupil Ms large
| ly ~ possible: that the development VI 10 many
new sciences has burdGned the schools until the
graded system Is the only remedy, lie offered
the uge vi development VI the pupil us All an
| Swcr 10 tho complaint that the pupils do not nd
vance last enough, aud gave u result OF some In.
ttrnlidg experiments among The scholars on
this pOiut The COmpl tint OF learning bud hAb-
ith NJ school was considered, lnd lastly that The
pupils din not learn the right kiud Oi things
during school life, which would III them for the
work VI men and women,
Manual training wHN the remedy for this,
PfOl. sparks thought the duties Of the scholar
demanded him to bu truthful, diliguul, prompt,
pnuctuRl, ObcdieuI and moral, aud that the
school owed the child u development OF the
memory, the imagination aud the disposition,
The parent should have his rRild IN school u ut
all possible; hh9uld gIyrl neGhools bis Willing
support; should provide buildings which should
secure 10 tho child his greatest Inheritance
good health; should encourage the child to BE-
proud Ot hlsHChOOl aud To advance IN the work /;
| should support the authority Of the school until
| MI investigation had been mRdG aud AhUulli al
| ways uphold morality IN the child. Tho third
factor IN public GddCAl' on WIS the teacher and
| he should have slTOn. Sull'cOutTOl, should uake
frqucdt Se'tc&HnlnHtl1iI, should have gentle
manners, ant u brl Sht disposition.
Several pieces OF workmanship made by the
EChUlnTS In the sChOnS were exhibited during
the lecture. Technical drawings viii h. the
next feature OF manual Training 10 be Intro
duCcd ~ the schools.
Nj, Harris, the Uuiled States Commissioner OF
sIpeTintcndenls oil the public schOOlh IN this
country, recommending il talk u the patrons
once Ayear TO try to gCt Ihpm Interested In the
schools aud get them fam with the work
ings, and this talk was u following out Of that
sensible anu valuable suggestion.
GENERAL Sgws NOTES AND PERSONALS,
Miss ElOIse Gray Is visiting friends IN Wash
ingt0u, FA,
Mrs. Marion McGrcw and SOIL spcut saturday
ut lluAh Kun.
Large shIpmcnsarc being made by the Laugh
lin Nail Company
"BoOls" lIarrisOn,Ot rIlt>bursh:i is the guest oil
friends In this city,
Coal will 10 u,ed NJ the E'.on GLASS Works
hereafter Instead OF gas,
DR.. rOSt. Of WArTcnlOu, spent Saturday with
friends aud relatives here.
over twenty car lOads Of rails Tor the Terminal
system were received last week.
The SOrthwOOd Glass Works will resume TO-
lny, after two weeks stOppHgc,
Belmont City and Onward lodges OF the |. o.
o. f., will elect Officers thiSwcrE.
| Mr.. aud Mrs. Albert wclch, Of StcubenvIllc,
| spent sunday with old friends here.
Alex. mud Bert Rose. Of YorkyIllv, welt known
III Martins Ferry, are nearing deaths door.
Mr.. TheO. Dyson, Of TarGntum IN came hero
on saturday To attend the funeral Of VIII. Mad.
den,
Tomorrow night a concert will be given In
the Baptist church for the benefit Of the UniOn
Sabbath school IN ClurkS addition.
Miss Lee Mitchell, Of bridgeport, who has
been visiting her friend Miss Kate stewart for
the paht week, Will return home to-day.
At the next meeting Of the City Council the
residents on Fourth street will ASK that Hu OTll.
nance be passed ordering the paving Of that
street.
Services were held I'm tho chanel nt 81 NAry's