The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-03-06
Teachers Association.

present, besides q number OF visitors,
who are always welcome.
The exercises began with singing by
a quartet of teachers from the village
schools. Miss Carter, primary teacher
in our Redwood schools, furnished
some enjoyable entertainment through
her pupils. kindergarten songs were
sung, terminating and thought-creat-
ing exercises were exhibited, all of
which the teachers appreciated.
What have we accomplished in Tenn
perance Hygiene7 created no little in
terest among our teachers. Mr.. Sher-
win led the discussion and pointed out
his way of trying to sink into his pu-
pills hearts the Importance Of a right
eous life, a healthy body and tenn
perate mind. He characterized the
study Of temperance hygiene as very
fitting one, for an army Of teachers in
or out of school to lay hold of. He
thought the time too short to see much
of it's benefits. He said he relied very
much upon his chart to show his pu-
pills life size pictures of both healthy
and diseased organs of the human
body. He had small vial of alcohol
and the white of an egg-the latter
being almost pure albumen, as is a
part of the brain-this, said he, burns
the brain by consuming the water,thus
hardening it and shrinking it in size.
He then poured the alcohol upon the
egg, that all present might see the
coagulating process going on. He
closed by saying, I am hopeful for the
future if we push our work.
Miss Alvina Theiring began by say
ing, she had tried in one and one-half
years to do in her way what she
thought was her duty. The children
are familiar with the location and phi
mary uses of the principal organs OF
body; but, said she, our time with the
pupils is so short-home surroundings
are oftimes more influencing than all
we can do in the school room, that our
cause is weakened.
Mr.. Rice thought we were looking
for results too soon. 1t is less than
two years since the law became fully
in operation. What can one tell until
the boy ripens into full manhood?
Mr.. Race stated that no school in
the county was without temperance
instruction of some kind, either short
daily talks by the teacher, or regular
text book study by pupils. Many dis
tricts had bought expensive charts for
the purpose of aiding the work. Over
1000 children in this county last year
had temperance hygiene instruction
These boys and girls are being trained
by you to be citizens who are to trans
act business for themselves and for
each other. Shall they reflect our
teachings and our principles7
The teaching of fractions, A. D.
Smith, leader-was fairly treated. He
thought objects should be used. We
should approach the subject in its four
departments very cautiously. He did
not tell how he would teach pupils to
add, multiply or divide fractions,
though he said he had had no difficult
ty in teaching them. The teachers
would have been pleased if Mr.. Smith
had illustrated his methods.
The teaching of spelling called out
some very pointed remarks. All agreed
that oral spelling alone brought poor
results. Miss Caroline Goodrich led
the discussion, by telling how she did
her work. She was favorably impressed
with written work, though she used
oral daily.
Miss Zwinggi said she knew of a
person, who was the brag speller of
the county, orally, but when writing
an invitation to a friend to attend a
picnic, spelled it with two ks. The
eve was not trained.
DR.. Riheldaffer being present as a
visitor was asked to address the teach
ers. The DIR. appeared quite venerable
as he stood up before the teachers tell
ing how important, how responsible
and how serious was their positions.
You are training children to be future
men and women, who are to be either
good or bad citizens. They will be
lawyers, doctors, congressman and
presidents. Your position is more i'm
portant than the legislator who makes
our laws. He spoke of the enemies of
our public school system. Our school
system, he said, was the hope of our
people. He thought morals ought to
be remembered as a part of our work
Morals without God, he would not
give fig for. We can give such in
struction that no one can take excep-
tons and such instructions should in
clude the Providence of an Allwise
Father, who gives every good and per-
feet gift. Be courageous and be full
of the belief that teaching means far
more than the money we receive.
The committee presented the fol-
lowing program:
Patriotism in our common schools,
S. J. Race and A. D. Stewart.
Literature in our common school :,
Barbara Cumming and G.. E. Barthol
Omew,