The Monmouth inquirer., 1889-11-28

olden days, the danger, to be avoided in
the new education, the thorough prep
aration OF the teacher, the relations OF
teachers and pupils to the outside world
were all dwelt upon at length
Then followed Miss Field of the Long
Branch schools, on the subject of draw
ing, The rules and laws OF art were
presented. kindergarten work. norma
training work. clay modelling. vorkin {
drawings. designing, and decorating
How to present each Of these subjects q
the best manner was given, and illus.
trated on the blackboard. Miss Field
had with her some creditable work with
paper 10 solid form done by her pup lis
from working drawings. Also origin al
designs. The lady took two periods to
present her subject. and maintained the
interest OF the teachers throughout.
Mrs Field is an accomplished art
teacher in all its departments
Between Miss Fields talks came pa
per by Principal Case,Io Red Bank ION
Arithmetic. He maintained that drill
work in arithmetic was the principal
thing. The Grade method in the pri-
mary with slight notifications works
we'll No subject required greater pa.
tience to bring good results than arith-
metic.
After roll call in the afternoon Prof
Green. of the Normal School, was intro
duced. He spoke upon the relation Of
the normal school to the public schools.
He said that it was the purpose of the
present management to have the Normal
School assume closer relation with the
State schools than formerly. Each should
recognize the work of the other. A
plan of admitting pupils from some of
the best schools to the advanced classes
OF the Normal School and other details
as to accommodation cost etc. were
given.
Miss Merwin, of the Normal School,
followed. Her subject was Primary
Teaching She occupied two periods
in giving the various devices that may
be resorted to in leading little children
along the howery meads of knowledge.
DIR Lockwood discussed the paper to
some extent. and brought out the fact
that about 200 words were enough to
present in first reader. After an an
nouncement by Prof. Green that the
State Teachers meeting would be held
in Trenton, beginning on the 26th, OF
Dec. aud that board could be had in
Normal Halls for $l.00 per day, the
afternoon session closed.
Thursday evening was spent in social
intercourse at the Union Hotel. Some
of the school marms demonstrated that
their education did not run wholly to the
head. The light fantastic toe was not
neglected. Many OF the towns people
came in to make the occasion enjoyable"
Friday morning session. after singing.
Was opened by Principal G Gregory of
Long Branch High School. His sub.
ject was Teaching Grammar. He would
cut out the non essentials, or all per-
tuins that did not tend to improvement
in learning to speak and write the En-
glish language correctly. He occupied
an hour in the presentation of his plan.
DR.. Lockwood followed wi th remarks
upon the nice shades of speech. He
called for discussion. Principal En-
right responded. He did not wholly
agree with Mr. Gregory. He would
make the verb his starting point. and
would stick to it. then the rest would
take care of itself. This brought out
some further discussion which was cut
short for want of time. Principal
Gregory, of Trenton, followed with re-
marks on reading in general and the
Reading Circle in particular. This was
the last paper Of the Institute, and after
it came Adjournment sine die. The
teachers scattered each to his little king
dom. to put in practic the theories that
had been advanced. Ali seemed pleased
with the work accomplished.