The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-01-02

King, Of The Reformed Church Of Somerset
DISSEMINATION.
Vice Prvsidens-w- II. Coyer.
secrelary-Miss Ida Mnsselnan-
Assistant Secreisry-Miss Ada Plots
Query Manaser-H- F. Barron,
were put in nomination, and unanimously
elected by reclamation.
Opening remarks by the County saperin-
tendent. He said Over % teachers ont OF
the a6I in the county are here and enrolled
The County institute Is, as it ought to be,
the event of the year. 1t IS made 50 By The
Law. The public regard ii as such and we
recognize ii as such. feeling very sensiOly
the responsibility Of the position We be-
heve We have a god program. We expect
them all here. We may be disappointed, but
30 iar Is / know, al! viii be here. | ask
you. teachers, 70 share with Us a sufficient
amount OF the responsibility. 10 resolve each
and all TO take home with you an equivalent
in know ledge for the money YOU viii receive.
The true function OF the church is to en-
tighten rather thau 10 instruct. 1t should
aid in aIousing interest in science, in art, in
music and in literature. Teachers who 60
home no better than they came are either
sinued against or sinning-either the pro-
gram IS badly arranged, OF the teacher has
been weighed in the balance and found
wanting. I have quoted from DR.. Higbee.
Music, conducted by Prof Case
DR.. 5. 4. BAR. ofReadins. was introduced.
{ lie said $ / was invited to be here two or
three years aso, bu, could net. I propose 10
talk GA the imagination. There are I'VE
senses. HIIook upon an object, see III
that IS perception. Bat there is memory
memory enables Us to retain, and 10 recall,
and TO r. present the object TO the mind,
From childhood TO age we use he iaeui-
IN Of imagination. Imagination acts in three
ways:
Isl. BY modifying or charging.
2ud. By constructing.
Srd. BY creating
can imagine a ladder that will reach to
the moon; that is enlaFging ] can o
s.ruct an organ in my mind and can o
Z siruct one different from any other organ
This j. Tie creative faculty. The man who
/ carved iLe monument here in youryaFd had
10 have that monument in his mind before
he could carve it.
There is another faculty-the faniasiic-
some Of oar newspapers AFFORD Illustrations
in their burlesque pictures Of great men as
Ben Butler. for instance. When the little
boy rides a stick OF the little girl talks to her
...-.s,- 81. sD,n rfoaffon
Failing in love is the most philosophical
thing in the world. The young man or
/ Young woman las framed an ideal in his or
her mind. When he or she unites that ideal
then they 90 together as naturally as two
drops Of water.
10 the moral world, ONE boys have an
ideal Of a smoker or a tobacco user. and they
want 20 smoke or use tobacco. We should
be careful 10 furnish worthy deals The
reason OF the damage OF ten cent novels is
shat the hero is a false ideal-a rniian rev
cling in blood. Much Of our Suuday-schOOl
literature IS no better-the hero Is generally
a goodbye oody little boy who dies before he's
tea years old.
Watch your Imagination, boys, It's won
derful how these boys can iieIillusiratei
by Tie boy who SAID he saw ten cents and
finally admitted seeing one cent?
The danger OF the New Education-Quin-
cy Methods or whatever called-is IN ihe
failure 10 eoRtroi the Imagination. Ia teaching
let Us be careful not 10 furnish words which
carry no mental picture With them
HIiel you The boy had his hands full
Of Ezlantine, -Unless you know wha.
egIantne is, you know nothing Of what the
boy had.
In Gcography-you can tell What a river
is. Blu uniess the child has run stream
OF some kind he'll not likely understand
what a river is.
In teaching the height OF Mountains you
must have other moantains-ofies less size and
thus gradually build up the higher mountain
in the imagination.
50 in His,ory-illusirated BY the Battle
Of Bunker Hill
III were to teach G~ettysbuTg-id make =
drawing. 50 the pupils could see the dispo-
sition Of the forces, &c.
The imagination is used 10 a wonderful
extent in lie, and in school WORK. We
must not le, It ran riot. Read works o.
fction-but not trashy no.eis.
The Great Master who taught As man
never taught, created Q pcrlec, man in order
that we might have an ideai-a proper idea!
Instructions in Music by Prof. Case.
He said: I can come here and we can
sing songs and you gill not be much hcne-
fitted. want 70 give you a system Of nota-
ton by which you can teach your pupils 10
read music. IN fail in this, shall ieei thai
my work has been a failure
The best music teachers we have IN tbe
country to-day can't tell ~oid Hundre3'
from Yankee Doodle The reason is that
persons who can sing neglect the rudiineutal
work for the singing, which Is not The case
with those that can't sing.
The Professor then devoted the remainder
Of his time to insiructiug The Institute
as to hg,c a non-musical man could
De a music-teacheT, using a ~pitchpipe to Oh
tain tie KEY.
The Professors methods are a new de
psrture in Somerset county institutes.
Deputy State Superintendent Hoack wa;
introduced He said
II an a good man TO pat on at the last
The County superintendent who knox me
pat nc on at 3sSO p. m. and Iis5o a m.
always omit in time FOR meals. ] want te
talk about Prsgraas. Every school sisoGld
have > program FOR work. Regarding open
ing exercises. I take it that you open by
singing by reading the Bibie, and may b,
by PRAYER. Whatever exercise You have lei
it be done de-anlly and in order. Il can b,
done decenily and in order. Whispering
I'D have a time for whispering When | he
gan ! prepared a program that provided fl
every minnie Of the day. But no man car
. put IN all bis un.e hearing classes.
! Partialhy-Look after the poor and neg.
lected and forget those that come from COOS
homes and seem in the right way.
! Whether you sit or stand depends on
} yourself. II you can command your pupil
respect. seat yourself Some cannot command
respect at at all. How 10 study Go out ana
give them a hint now and then. We wen
I, ont playing on the ground. Three Of Il
studying aloud Teacher came and told m.
WASH studying. only making a noise Th'
lesson IVES the days Of the week and tn
months Of the year.
Il was Only necessary to write a few o
. them. then | had the lesson. The word