The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-01-09

August because Julius Caesar had given thir-
iy-one days to July other months were
shortened.
Fred Grof"Is the life of the County Su-
~perintendent a failure -
Il depends on what he is fitted TO follow
after bis term is over.
r. Il Sanner-"Who should deter mine the
studies to be pursued. the tea cher, pupil or
parent ."
Neither. There should be a conference.
County Superintendent Savage Who
should determine the fitness Of theapplicInt,
the County superintendent Or the teacher %
The County Superintendent.
ID. Meese-When should science teach
ing begng7
On the spur of the moment. / say at
once. Requires thought for an answer.
Name " Of the most noteworthy i'm
provements ia primary teaching.
Fred Grof Don't know.
TO what extent would you yield to crit
icism on methods
j.. d. Meese-Criticism should be received
and thought over.
should questions be answered in com
plete sentences, to what extent, and why ~
c. F. Liyengool-Yes. TO get the Ian
guage.
Regular session.
Music by the Institute and Prof Case.
Devotional exercises by Rev, Hiram King,
OF Somerset Reformed Church.
Music drill by Prof. Case in timing eI-
e~rcises, take the shortest note in the eIer-
else and give it a beat
County Superintendent Cessna, Of Bedford
county-"We nave a few teachers in our
county that are falling. want to tell you
about them. Some are failing for want of
interest in the work. Some teachers work as
though their hearts were only half III the
work. Some fail for lack of selfcontrol.
Don't be discouraged when you have dark
days. You can make a bright day out Of the
darkest one
Instruction by Prof. Theo. d. Moss, of the
State Normal at California, Pa.
The week has been 4 busy week. Much
work has been done. believe in good meth
DDS. We don't profit by the methods we
follow blindly we must make them ours +;
make them our own assimilate them. We
gain by visiting schools, even if not taught
as well as we can teach. We can learn at
least how not to do Il. But there is some
thing in teaching that rises high above
method. St Paul advised the Corinthians
Brethren, covet earnestly the best gifts, and
yet show ! INTO you a more excellent way,
though / have all this aud have not love, l
am as sounding brass and a tinkling Gym
bal The day will come when our work
will be tested, and in this world, too. We
talk about methods. but we will never reach
the highest poirt in our work until we study
the mind, the soul OF the child. don't say
read great books IN psyohology that is well,
but 10 study the mind and soul of the child
Is better. When we DO this our work will
be as certain rs the revolution Of the PLAN
cts
Music-Song--My Mountain Home, by
Prof Case and The institute.
Report by Prof. ". II. saHner Of the
Somerset schools, On school Supervision. -
lie said Centuries before the birth OF
Christ, King Pyrhns gathered his army Of
men and elephants. crossed the Tiber aud
MARCHED against Rome, obtaining a victory.
but the Romans reorganized, marched
against pyrhus. attacked him in the night,
overthrow his army and captured Pyrhus
himself. In going over the field tue next
day he found that every dead Roman was
w~oundsl in front and his countensnce gave
evidence OF determination to conquer. We
are an army, tweniy-one thousand teachers
in Pennsylvania over them are sixtyseyen
superintendent and Que Superintendent OF
Public Instruction, with a Houck as his
lieutenant. In the middle ages education
was len wholly to the monastery, supervised
by the Clergy. The child must know how
to read the Scriptures before they could take
their first communion, and they must take
their first communion before they could
marry. In New England, after the landing
of the Pilgrims, about the first thing lone
was TO pass a law providing for compulsory
education. We will doubtless soon have
compulsory education in this State, and it
ought to be 50. We need district superin-
iendents. II we have the school taxes col
lected and paid into the State Treasury and
thea paid out as the State appropriation is
now, the taxation will be reduced at least
one third
Permanent committees reports Fred
Grof, President, aud J. c. Speicher, Secreta-
":
Resoirst, That we meet at Meyersdale on
the 30sh of March, 1859.
That all applicants for examination be re-
quired to notify the President, naming the
higher branches desired on or before the LIST
of March.
That eighty per cent. in each Of the com
mon branches be required for recommenda
ton.
The branches were assigned as follows:
Fred Grof, Grammar, Spelling, Algebra.
I'D. Meese, Arithmetic. Theory aud Book
Keeping.
&c. sPeicher, History, Reading, Natural
Philosophy
Miss Ida R. Plots, Geography, Writing.
Literature.
W. II. Cover, Physiology. Mental Philoso-
ply, Geometry.
General Resolutions were passed The
usual resolutions thanking everybody and
for everything.
DR.. Bser gave IN account OF the Exhibits
from the country schools. The drawings on
exhibition would be creditable 10 an art
school. The Somerset school exhibit Is the
most complete of any. commencing with the
Primary school. and ending with the High
school the oldest pupil doing work on ex-
hibition Is but sixteen years old Others are
only eight. Tic Salisbury school had a beau
tifHl exhibit.
DIR. Basr then named all the vari-
Gus schools having work on exhibition and
compIimented them in succession. stating
that only eight different schools were repre-.
scented. We are progressing, but not every
change is progress the school, or the coun-
try that pins on to whatever comes along
viii make a mistake change alone IS moi
progress.
Prof. Case sung the Gospel song. " Believe
and Keep on Believing"
Superintendent Savage One Of the thing,
that has impressed me most here is the feel.
ing thrown into the closing part Of your In.
%st;tute- The course throughout was of such
a high order that / desired to come. There.
one thing I pride myself in, and that is my