The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-03-06
rHE TEACHnns, Institute.


IL of the last half OF its three days session.
?, In the morning of Thur,diy. one Of Ii
most useful parts of the programme VIZ
- The thoughtful address of the Rev. |.
Booth supervisor OF Washington county
70 10 which we made brief reference, II
Z had IN the course Of his visiratiops fuun
: a small school in which the teacher wa
struggling along in the vain endeavor !
= hear fifty one classes reciIe. The write
a remarked to Super vipor Howe that b
7 had once upon time class fed down
common school to about ten recitation
=, or less daily. This is physical impo
!. slbility in most schools as they exist i
= country districts to day we are assured
Mr.. Bn tn proposed a programme ia
: district schonls which mus become {
4 value to the intelligent class of teacher
who heard him. He would have tim
D limits Of recitations as WE II as Classics
E ton Of studies so as to give ample tim
3 tn the different branches taught and en-
o able the teacher to do justice by he
e pupils.
v The afternoon session Of Thursda
: commenced with the second of Ms
Whites exercises In the ''Gtube Metho,
, IN Numbers" As in the first une so II
p this MISS White gained ths applause o
, he critical audience before her. This i
/ subject Miss White ha, thorough,
i s,udit d, il ct home with, and her thre,
. appearances added greatly to the valu,
ut the instructions given at the insti
iute.
Pref. w. w. Howe finished his ad
dress ON Drawing following Mis-,
White. State Sup. Palmer was mucl
pleased with this exposition OF tn,
methods of teaching drawing. He saIc
It WAS the best that bad yet b. en- pre-.
scented al Vermont institutes held under
his auspices, and engaged Mr.. How,
then and there 20 attend the Washing
ton County Insritu when it shall b.
held in the near future.
Prof FerIin's methods of Ampri al
History" might be termed the grouping
system. He would teach history top,.
cally. OF course there are those VIII,
will not agree with hun, but from his
standpoint he made III gnod case.
Prot. Yager has faculty {, Z making h
dry topic very Interesting. 81 that b..
subject. "Phychology." proved I'M
mensely popular with his audience. H.
ia a fine speaker, a polished gentleuhaI,
ami his address was greatly complI-
menled and admired.
This closed the afternoons exercises
In the evening larg" audience crowded
s 'hO hall Ia hear Pcof. A G FerrIn Of
the Burr & Burtou semIn ry at ian
chester, Oh the subject IF 9Th Public
School ana Public Q iestions'" THIS liz =
subject which has many sides and Prot
F.. in treated il ably from one Of them
evidently his own. A good many of h,
audience then present would not sgre,
with all of his conclusions. Supi. Pal
mer said of this meeting that no such
audience had ever greeted AN InstiIut,
speaker as was present Thursday night
Tn, ls' d Y opened with PRAYER b,
the Rev 2 Marten Of tn" First Baptist
church. Supervisor E w Howe mad
some v,ry interesting suggesriuns an,
conclusions to teachers, based upon HI
observations while visiting the scnuUl
nj Bennington county F. I'M what ha.
been published in the BANNER of GU,
supervisors doings and his experience
with various schools the reader ma,
gather the drift Of his remarks. He war
closely listened tn as be pointed ou
errors in school management and tn,
necessity of reform in many matters.
Supervisor Hall of Rutland count,
was intr oduced and made vslu BILE sug.
gestionS. His topic on the proVramm'
was: Little Things in School R 'oms,"
and the subject is comprehrnded ID tbes'
oris, the Ihics Of the school room.
MISS White followed with the last al
ner sVries of "Grube Meth, d." illus
trated by class exercise. In this sh,
gave a wonderful exhibition" az visi-
,Ur said, "of what may be accomplished
by this method The class OF young
pupils developed the Number IS" with
nut any previous study or practice to the
rulfica,ion of all present. This u ustr,-
non Qike that by Miss Walbridge and
committee Of little ones the day before,
-xemphfying Supt. Davis in Bus,
Work. " was taken at random; and W.
Will stop to remark right here. thst
many other grades in cur school could
have been called up suddenly end thu
pupils would have acquitted Themselves
AZ well. The audience as it va, were
,stonlshed ut the rapidly and accurac,
he class exhibited with numbers they
mad not reached IN regular routine.
Supervisor Hall again spoke, this time
on "Civll Government" He had M
oren pre-enpted in this topic az he han
1pen conscious of in his previous tff1rl
Prof DAVIS covered SO much ground in
MS "Bu-y Work. that Little Things 10
School Rooms WAS somewhat like a sal
with i,s wind taken out. But these
hlngs cannot be avoided and were nc
qIiescsd in by the gentlemen named
Dir, Hall would make civil governmpn
practical. He HAD gone with his elias.
10 town meeting and then repeated tn,
town meeting rs an exercise in civil gov
-TDmrnr. In the course of time the
rlass had been prhcticed by holding all
he elections known under our laws,
from President down. Regular primar
'es were held, after notices pnsted. tick
Its put in nomination AMI voted, tn
statute laws being thus inculcated. l.
politics the pupils were instructed
IN the principles underlying tn
great parties, and he claimed that Ter
his had been done the boys and gul
Mould BE- allowed to range themselves
IN the one side or the other, just M
their parents did. This gav- z-st to tn,
lection exercises and enthusiasm in
creased rather than abated under ths
method. Mr.. Hall zorro GRATED Prot
DtviS's i'd a Oppressed in his "Gr.,g
aphy') Of the larger fad frat. He BE-
San with the Unued States government
I'D came down tn town and school dis
riot ufficers, not the reverse as is insist
upon by many.
The recent illness of Mrs F. L Wa
ridge was ample excuse for her nom
appearance as placed upon the pro-
Ir.mme But The omission of "Cla,
modelling" was quite disappointment
TO teachers from out-Of-tuwn neverthe
less.
Prof. A. E. Leavenworth needed no
introduction to a Bennington county
audience. He has brought the CASTLE
ton Normal school up 10 front rank.
and In this way has pr AIRED many of
the sons and daughters of Vermont for
teachers, VermOnters who kept step
with him down South when he was
known as Capt. Leavenwurth. OF
course his subject: "PhOnics" suggests
the line of his remarks. IL is safe TO say
that the suggestions made as to the
proper way to teach the ounds of let.
lers and the training of the pupil there
in will be needed by many.
Before the institute closed Prof. Yager
offered resolution that the thanks of
he institute be rendered to Supervisor
Howe for the efficient manner in which
he has presided over its affairs. Supt
Palmer in secOnding il said that he sue
cess was largely due to the energy and
untiring labor Of Mr.. Howe, ably as
siste as he had been by those named in
the su6jnined resolutions. This was