The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-01-08
soMERsET PA. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8. 1890

language Culture-C. L. Savior: The
word OF ambition at the presen. day. j;
culture. The basis of education, is Ian
guage culture. No matter what business
you follow, language viii be your great
need The subject may be divided into
primary, language lessons, and advznc-
ed lessons in English The child gets his
first learning at home, at his mothers
knee. The same method should be used
in the schoolroom- Have children CON-
NIT recitafions-good r.citations. The
first two years Of language teaching
should be wholly incidental. Have pu-
pills write descriptions on the board. Thus
You lay good foundation for compost
ton. Read poems to them, and have
them read. A child should not leave
school un less he can write a good letter.
note, and its snswer, receipts, and all
the business papers Of life. Composition
in the higher classes should be thorough
ly taught. Not teaching them to write
what they don't know, but what they do
know. Have them read good literature.
The characters Of Charles Dickens give
children idess that they can nowhere
else obtain use correct forms Of speech.
Children learn by imitation let them
learn correct forms the Importance OF
language lessons cannot be overesti:na-
ted. Language IS not given to Us as
whole, but IS developments.
Teachers session closed. Music, con-
Quoted BY the Musical Director.
Devotional exercises. conducted by
Rev. /. y Berger, Of Jenner y Roads.
with the l03d Psalm as the Scriptural
lesson. Prayer
Miscellaneous business.-W. Fl. Cover
announced that the work Of the somer-
set schools is on exhibition at the public
school room.
County Superintendent Berkey an
nOunced the work, drawing, etc, on ex-
hibition this year better than ever before.
Prof Frye, on Geography The earth
is made up of slopes every part Of the
earth has its slope. No part Of the earth
is perfectly fat We cannot study any
one part Of the earth by itself II We at
tempt 10 study Europe alone, we are soon
confronted by the Gulf Stream as CHI
matte influence, and 50 on with other di-
visions The problem IS the influence of
the slopes upon life. That the mountains
are the great rain condensers, is only part
true. Other Influences are felt We want
to discover whether the great slopes Of
the continents are open to receive the
moist open winds. In South America
there is SO vast an open space to the
winds Of ocean hence the rainy regions
and forests Of the Amazon. The rainy
regions Of the zone Of Gains are due to
atmospheric Influences. The winds do
not depend on structure. suppose the
Andes were in the East Of South Ameri-
ca, the water would be taken out of the
clouds in passing over the mountains, and
We would have another Sahara Desert in
South America. Take North America.
First was formed the IAurentide Noun
sains. the Oldest land on the Continent !;
then the Appalachian system lastly, the
mountains Of the Pacific Slope.
The speaker illustrated his remarks
by maps and blackboard drawings, and
most Of his talk on the subject was 80 IL
lustrated, and would be uniuteresting un-
less accompanied by the drawings
A general law is the wints sweep To-
wards the sun that Is, to the quarter Of
space from which the sun is shining. l
have made no reference 10 secondary
highlands only TO primary highlands.
which the children can readily under
stand. The secondary highlands cut the
surface Of the earth into rain basins. The
continents differ in the placing Of the
secondary highlands. The greatest use
ofthe study OF secondary highlands isto
show how they cnt the surface Of the
earth into rain basins. The height Of
land, only 500 feet high, does more to
determine the course Of the rams Of En-
rope than all the other heights of the
continent. Sink that height Of land and
you change the geographical face Of Eu-
rope. If we take q stream flowing into
mud puddle and examine it, we shall
lind it a type OF the drainage of the
earth. As a result Of solar heating, the
tendency is to give US belts Of tempera-
tare, and belts Of vegetation. Our text
books DO not group animal life according
to nature. There is more difference be /
tween the animals Of Northern Asia and
Southern Asia, than there is between
the animals Of Asia and North America.
Animals are distributed sccording to nat
ursl regions.
Music, by the Institute.
Prof. Conghlin: How to March On.
in the Practice of Teaching. Teachers
should be employed on kind Of sliding
scale Ifa stranger comes into the CON-
munity and does good work, allow his
wages to be raised during the term. For
instance, lady comes in and agrees to
teach for $50 if she do good work, lei
the salary be raised to say S5S, SO. &c.
Yon have a right to ask how the judg-
ment of the examiner is formed. and you
have a right to be answered. It is posi- !
bic for person to make a judgment in I
a single hour. lie can make some jndg- /
ments in less time, For instance, clean I
and well ventilated rooms. How long
do you suppose it would take an exam ]
iner TO discover these facts II there are 4
no means Of ventilation the program
should show a time for changing the air
of the room. Every schoolroom should /
have its jsnitor.
Good order doesn't necessarily imply
a qniet school. Directors look usually at /
quiet teachers at your knowledge, but
County Superintendenis will try to look
along the whole line Its impossib bic to
place things in position that Is not Gus
tomary-
Lecture by DR.. Edward Brooks. He I
said
One of The most distinguished Ieschers
OF the present century, Sir VIM Hamil- /
ton, used to write on his black board,
On earth there's nothing great but ra.n..
IN man there's nothing great but mind
We are to deal with mind ; to cultivate /
If ard instruct it. All the great improve