Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-28
TALKS TO TEACHERS.
Men With Brains and Hobbies Who
Are Attending the Institute.
BIG DINNERS AND DISCIPLINE
The Fine Art Of Conversation as Factor
in Married Life.
OTHER VERY INTERESTING ADDRESSES

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probably the most interesting and unique OF
its kind ever held in this city. The In
structors or professors who give the ad-
dresses are warm personal friends and all
representative educators, but are men OF
very radical and widely differing views upon
many questions relating to school work.
They do not hesitate to expound their Owl
particular views or theories from the plat
form oftentimes with special emphasis. and
significant glances at the opponents Of their
pet hobbies, which results in the teachers
becoming familiar with both sides of many
important questions.
Superintendent Caughlin was first on
yesterdays programme and had for sub
ject ''School Discipline" in which he i'm
mortalized himself in the minds Of every one
present, by the exceedingly humorous man
ner in which he handled the subject He
dwelt for some time upon the necessity of
perfect discipline in the schoolroom, and
gave considerable valuable information
upon how perfect discipline could be effected
which was not with the assistance of 6
o'clock dinners of sausage and mince-pie Tor
the teachers.
DIGESTION AND DISCIPLINE.
He thought the digestive organs played
an important part in perfect discipline with
both teachers and pupils, and branched off
that one had to deal with-nervous and
sanguine-and by taking himself for an
example created a perfect uproar OF
Laughter.
DR.. 2. x. Snyder, of the Indiana Normal
School, made his first appearance in the
institute and chose for his subject,
Pictures" The mental pictures that
fill a child's mind while in the
receptive state, according to DR.. Snyder,
are the foundation of education. Said he:
''There is not half enough attention paid to
the Imagination. The imagination pictures.
Take, for instance, the question of writing.
A child never forms letter without having
a picture of it in his mind" The mind was
likened to plate upon which the teacher
imprints the negative, and the teachers were
admonished to make the negatives SO clear
and precise that the result would be per-
feet picture. DR.. Snyder thought it would
be a wise move for Superintendent Luckey
to abolish the oral spelling from the public
schools of Pittsburg, as to become a good
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that the teacher comes in contact with, and
is the power to study and to strengthen"
HOW TO TALK.
This very excellent address, delivered in
an earnest and interesting manner, was fol-
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n W;nsh;r = ,rL;oh he so;d .hat oon
sot;,n ~ tne rnh1;o sohool ,-as naaIsotad -
ths dotr;mant os ,bo nnn;is ond ~ nst;on. w
tbst instead ~ a. nunh rrittan wort = rno-a
attant;or sh',,,ld ha n.;d - r,aS;n ~ ooaJ
taitars Ha .o;d :. wo. tr;aa nerso,. go
ovsr tbe nrominent nosit;on vritten vort oc-
cru;sd n tha school and gave 90 raasons
n ~ n,ore or, nbes;s shoniS he rlsced an oral
vork tbe imnortance of convsrsat;on in The
bonse the chprcb nol;tics and society He
tbonobt d;vorces would not he so nrevalent
II The art of Conversation was studied more
but some irreyerent person yentured. an
aside. that divorces were often the cause of
foo great an accomplishment in that line.
merican society needs a reform. according
to DR.. Winship. and 1t can only be effected
the public schools.
"Mr. Clarksou has said that the next DO
litical Campaipn will be q neWspaper one.
instead OF platform one" said DR.. Win.
shin. "Now. 90 him one better The
next campaign will be a conversational one.
But in urging the importance of this SUBJ
ject, let me say that with the boys it will be
hard for them to begin and easy to stop;
with the girls it will be easy for them to be-
pin and hard to stop."
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lug a,'elIoon sesstoI was s openeu Dy ".
the queries that had been sent in
to him and "eiggling girls" inharmonious
parents. and various other thorns in teach
er's flesh were disposed of to the satisfaction
of the ouestioners.
DIR. SNYDER followed with a very ,nterest
inc and brieht talk unon the adantabilitv
necessary in a successful teacher. He ad.
the theory of memorizinp. with
punils and said thar the idea that nuniIs
sbnnId understand oil tbsv msmor;za tras
falss naSaaoan sa1;nn tha, ,Lnr~ as maS
Dn.h; , pt that oetsd aors la snar 'rene .t was
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!; ,nhpn hoN Tpo .a.ohnr o o aLa .susn'
Dars the nnn;I's mind to race;va "VJa uhst pre- Pc
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