Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-11-07
THIRD EDITION.


TINS 10 the ilrst time We have ever met
alone a. TeachefE Institute. > We
belong TO the profession iuwhich there has
been more progress theaiast two decades
than any other. Books. Inventions, meet
fnRs, system, scientific progress are cited
10 proof He explained the helpful
meas of hearing successful professors,
whom the majority had not heard IRE
quently.
President Charles Baird. of the Board
OF Public Education, supplemented these
remarks briefly and pleasantly.
Superintendent Harlan then intro
dueed TO the audience of assembled VIII
m'ngton teachers Prof. N. G. Schaeiier,
Ph. D., Principal Keystone State Normal
School, ku.ztown, Pa, for the past IL
years. Prior thereto he was Professor OF
Latin In Franklin and Marshall College,
Lancaster, Pa. He was educated in
American and at Berlin, Tubineen and
L ipsic. Professor Berlin, Principal OF
the High School, was formerly one of his
pupils.
Prof. schaeffer said he had not found
letter institute accommodations, and ex-
pressed congratulstlon on the High
School building.
new education, and people have never
No branch has been more revolu-
tionlzed by new ideas than geography.
Neither memorixing names nor
map-drawing Is the central thing In geog-
raphy. We must treat the earth
~ the home OF map. Avoiding
running excessively in zoology and other
sciences In specialtiee. - Your home
ia tie starting point The perception
stage is first in geography.
The lecturer supposed no teacher
Omitted 10 teach the three kinda of
roundnesa Round like q dollar, round
like pillar, and round like ball. He
gave the historic, scientific discussion
that deciIed learned opinion that the
earth Is round like an orange and not
round like lemon. He supposed
many teachers stop there. But he
showed the earth is not round like an
orange or any mathematical figure we
have.
"Geoid" vas newly coined word that
he thought might come to represent the
new idea that Ia now held OF the real
shape Of the earth.
The professor then discussed the mo
lions OF the earth. The north star Is not
always the same star When you take a
walk some pleasant evening, If you look
g, into the matter instead of paying all
your attention to the star alongside OF
you, this Institute will have done you
some good. (Laughter.) The profes-
Hor, after illustrating three motions oil
the earth, said there was fourth. Two
trees will appear TO be separating iartheI
and farther as you walk toward them.
30 the txed stars In one quarter of the
heavens will appear TO separate, while in
another quarter they appear to come
nearer together. The fourth motion ID
the motion through space with the entire
solar system. Although on the EARTH
surface Christmas day Is "a hours, II ycr
were an angel up In the sky, from til,
moment you hear the Christmas bell
announce the dawn OF the day until it,
close the time would be about So hour
TO your angelic senses.
Prof L. W. Miller, principal Pa. Schoo
Industrial Art, Philadelphia, leciured OF
"a plea for the Use of the blackboard b,
graphic misunderstanding" He doe
not plead for drawing In the schools-tha
will take care Of itsel.-but for mauua
training, to which drawing must be
practical incident. Real education
10 by the object and the graphic picture
An amusing episode was whel
Prof Miller said he wished the gentleme
Who had preceded had drawn q s'high
shouldeIei curve" Prof. Schaeffer wa
Immediately on his feet, and said whe
no was taught drawing in school til
teachers were ladies, and be was so muc
more interested In the teachers than /
the drawing that about the only thing b
had ever learned to Draw was his salary
Prof.. Miller proceeded with the black boar
drawing. The graph, method is bette
than anything else except expensiv
models. He explained expert, artist
drawing was not indispensable, but urge
its prActicsl use-graphic slatemt MT
Learn TO talk with our fiUgers an
make the blackboard echo our ideaI
Proper proportions are important
The professor treated of heIp1 to draw
Hold close to the things that al
essential In the drawing Cult
vAte quickness. y Use both hand,
he closed with plea for place fC
this work In every school in the land.
DIR. A. N. Raub, presideat of Dell
ware College, on Educational Pc,
The Psychology for teachers Is yet
be written. IL ought to present simp
the principles and hest faculties of Il
human mind. What 10 Psycholop
Simply the science Of the human min
All Is learned through our i've sense
Second, we have an intellectual stor
house of this knowledge.
The power of gaining knowledge
other than perception and understan
ing.
He did not propose to touch on sem
bilitles OF will this morning. z
and ear are most important-perceptio
Cylinder held the cones {
same hight and equal base) measureme
OF water three times. The croQuet la
of diameter and circumference equal
base OF cone and cylinder, was dropp
In cylinder full of water, and enough II
out to Just fill the cone. II
second department OF the mind, whe
we keep what we have first learned
perception is memory. y y The thi
faculty is imagination. 1t needs cultur
Fourth, understanding. Here we get o
successful professional men and teacher
Fifth, intuition or knowledge
right and wrong.
Or. <. Dram Lyle, principal OF t
Millersville Slate Normal school, Pa,
"Memory Training" lie wrote lie Wo
''School" on-the board and called atte
ton to all that could be thought OF VIII
looking upon the word. The mind
like rope. We study one strand NO
Speculative points will be ON
tod. Some writers say we have not I
power OF retention. Others object TO 4
word recalling. Memory means retail
ing, recalling and recogn ling ide
Proof seems to point out that there
certain brain centres that hold
memory. n Brain and mind are clos
eopnecied.
The laws of memory are:
l, healthy nervous system aids