Telegram-herald., 1890-12-24
A PROFITABLE DAY
Was That Enjoyed by ths EducA-
torn Yesterday.
WILL CARLEIOsS GREAT LECTURE
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Af'ts AttAa&A ~ 44t1us o. At1 " ie4+r
gan tnIserslty. opeaed the program Of
yesterdays meeting OF ths state
Teachers Association. Hs eontuba-
ton Was a paper upon Preparation IN
hatory tor College WORK" tie strongly
favored a more thorough study OF gem
eFal history. n & came % a choice 10
take kngisn history, Of Which the his
toFy oI cur country Is a continuation,
or - take general history. be recon-
mended lhe latter lie dd not favor
the mere mem0rzlng OF books. lie
wanted the student % eaten the spiT.t
and Inspiration Of sac people and times
De Is atudylug. The chief reason that
historical study IS Ineffective ess be
cause @e are content % take things at
secondhand. Books are valuable only
a. they approach close % the original
records. Il. is only by The study Of lhe
latter mat motives. desires and insplra-
uous OF the times can be ascertalned
and c0mpreheuded. Tins IS not SO
aiI1calt as may be imagined. There
had lately beer printed several books
wa.ch give In ful. the early records,
and they were becoming daily more
common. Tne teacher OF history
needed special training. and school
boards should be- brought ~ understand
that the deal teacher of story can
not be obtained TOR 500 year. Prof.
Webster Cook discussed the subject Ol
the paper 40 tRe close.
THE Coz parative Merits Of the Lee
ture aud Text Book Methods Of Teach
lug was the subject of a paper by
Prot. G.. +. Bear. OF Albion College.
The am OF teaching, he said, was to
make men and women OF intelligence
and power, not machines. The great
est question was how 20 secure the at
tenti0n. tie believed a failure % do 50
o. be the fault OF the teacher. The OBJ
1ect,Ons 10 both the recitation and lee
ture systems were dwelt upon at some
length. The textbook system, said ne,
tends 20 make one trust 10 the memory
instead OF % A thorough understanding
OF the subject, while the lecture system
does not give tue disciplinary benefit
the student ought TO have, and which
comes from attention OF mind upon
mud. The text book hampers tine
original worker. The speaker found
in nls own experience that a COmbIna-
ton OF the two systems produced the
best results. Prof. Stout, of Hope Col
lege, followed the paper with some re-
marks 10 the same vein
"The sphere of Agriculture and
Mechanical Colleges" was the title Of a
paper by President o. Clute, of the
Michigan Agr cultural College. 1t was
largely q historical and descriptive
sketch OF the college with winch the
speaker : connected, and was an earn
est plea for the practical instruction TO
be obtained at such Institutions.
The president announced the follow
ing committees:
Resolutions - Sup,. Clisbec, Ionia;
Supt. Russell, Battle Creek; Emma
Rec. Lawrence.
Nominatons-C. b. Hall. Detroit;
Austin George. state Normal school;
Dora Cummings, White Pigeon; Mrs.
Ferguson, Howard Sity; DR.. Demm0n,
state University
Fecepuon-E. A. strong. Ypsilanti;
Supt. Mccall, Ithaca; Mary Titus. Char
l0tte T.. b. Nutema, 81. Johns; Mise
Cuddeback. Alma.
on Mise stout, method of teaching
Prof. Putnam, Gpsant; Dr. scott,
Hope Coll gc. >uut. Clccvcr. Lansing.
Auditing The executive committee
az tue convention.
Tae most pleasing feature of the day
was introduced at tas point. namely,
several songs rendered by about e gut
hundred children oi tac primary de-
partmenis ~ tbe city SCHOOLS. who fied
into Che audience ro0m a2d exhibited
t1eir proficiency iu muse ia manner
whlch brought ont storms of spUlause
from the VISITING teachers. Prof eIcp-
arl led and IS. l.. Cornelius accom-
paaled wish tHe p.pe organ.
kFrEHSooN sEsgoV.
Tire bell sounded st 3.l5 u the after.
noon. The subject assigned for TINS
session was .'tradng uf tne Country
s 1aoIs.n Fred Chamberlain was ON
tle program tor au op 1ug paper on
tns topic. hut tole-rsm announced
b u.8n IS so me,t che assoc alton.
Secretary T. q. Culver. ot Icsansua.
ta.n rsad "a ptpsr oa ''the h story 81
fne Nnvem. at tu tuis ~4ate.' ie SAID
f.ae A.caLaH nas seeu hra dltcfent
systems I'd ultuacCu Cuegt The FIRST was
tast ot toe township boards tne sec-
o..ll vast tIat of tha county sup.rn-
feul l.urv Ihri, tne township super-
nren8euev. Nn.ea t1a speaker casrac-
rf.d as tnr most nd fereut system
o -Cnool mama agemeut which Michigan
h .- n1H IT. sIrci ue was 80 m1rke8. A..
tlltinv.d.ous comparisons we're freely
trfwu hetnetu tne schools ~ Mlcb gan
..r
anre 90 t.at SYSTEM.
Tho rrar l~si marked q new era .n
-tnool management. when the board of
roHl.v exsm ners. consisting CT taree
mem Hrra was created Their duties
were ta evlmiue teachers. grant ccrtl6-
estes. elc defa ed history was
Sven of tae period during wh.ca this
system VAS i1 vogue
In It tne worS ~ VISITATION vas
put o fne bands of tne cretsry of
tHe caan.v hosrd. Directly every Sec
retsrv n the state u'sde Is hfs sperial
eu8eavor CD ra 81 the standard 81 the
nu1.s iu h.s county An exhaust ve
history of tae schools from tas date
wss gwen. along WITH a summing 1r of
tfe present state 81 8 strict scaool
pfiClenCY
At ths point. enc price of adm ssion
f4 Wa1 Carleton lecture Mss lxet.
Tse determine IF chs question vas
4 -feassnt sate. There vas uof.on
% make the sdnlss'on q certs. when
A. anseutnsnf ess offered t0 make
the adm sscn tor gentlemen 81 cents
s- f,r fsases % eents There was
esch evrfence tast tnIs ~ss gonz to
20 sst sftrtorv sni enc prss.teat s-sea
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