Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-16
TEACHERS AND PUPILS AMUSED.
An Entertaining Programme Given at the
Institute Yesterday.

An Entertai1inE Programme Given af the
Institute Yesterday.
An overfowing attendance and the most en-
tertaining programme of the year were the
features Of the Pittsburg Teachers Institute
held yesterday morning at the Ralston School
Miss Fundenberg, of the Osceola School, had
bright class of pupils from steps / and
Singing, memory gems enunciated with pure
and clear expression, were the first exercises
Then came story telling from the pictures on
the chart, which, for child-like originality
and language, were very amusing. They were
their own stories, too; for who but boy could
use such expressions as "It's a goner," I'll
had an air-gun I'd shoot that fox, "etc.? SPELL
ing words by sound followed. and then pro-
nouncing words from diactrical marks. In tn 4.
last the efforts of the children were remarka-
BILE, and such words as century, riDald, Proudft,
Logan, handed in by some of the teachers in
the audience and written by Miss Fundenberg
on the blackboard, were pronounced quite
readily BY her pupils. The class drill through
out achieved great praise for Miss Funden-
berg.
Prof. Logan, of the PEBBLES School, with
class of very intelligent pupils who knew what
they were talking about. then gave an exhi-
the steps OF school work from the same prin-
ciples. Principal Logan is considered the best
authority on arithmetic in the city, and can
teach it with such light to all seekers that he
Arithmetic Man." The principles of arith-
metic which he explained yesterday were
listened to with the greatest attention, and he
ceiYed the high compliment of request on the
part of the teachers to repeat the exhibition
of his method of teaching arithmetic, which he
will do at an institute called for March s
A very important meeting of the principals
was held in the office of the Ralston school
yesterday morning previous to the general ses-
sion of the Teachers Institute. Super1ntend-
ent Luckey stated the object of the meeting
and offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That we approve the method OF uro-
noting from class to class lin the primary and
grammar grades) from class standing and not
from the result Of a written examination, The
resolution was discussed at some length but ow-
ing to the small attendance of principals no action
further meeting, which has been called for on
March I5.
This idea Of the pupils class standing to be
taken as test of promotion instead of q writ
ten examination has long been agitating edu-
cational minds all over the country. Indian
apolis has done away with all examination tests
even for admission to High School.
If the principals be as unit in their action
on the resolution introduced at yesterdays
meeting by Superintendent Luckey the time
will not be far distant when the principals will
make an effort to have the examination for ad-
mission to the High School abolished also
The Central Board would have to act In this
matter. The trouble in this respect would
arise from the difficulty to judge of pupils
capability from class standing coming from 81
different school districts.