The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-05-01

GdIuy uOI dDSeIlC uur1nSS inc week dnC
had been faithful workers in the insti
tute:
Belle Stewart Eta Everson
Edith Everson Isabella Cumming
/ ella Hawk Sadie Hale
Ell, ma Walton Edith Ames
| Barb: "a Cumming George St"gner
Wallace Chapman Wintfred Bogardus
Pearl Bogu 'rdus John W ellis
Bertha Holt Sadie Holt
Mary Larson Tena Monroe
| Minnie Soodrich Caroline Gooorich
Lena Theiring Alvena Theiriug
Maggie Miller Elem Wilson
Margaret Stewart Juliet Brooks
Several failed to get IL Q certificates
because they were only few moments
late.
NOTES FROM A TEACHER. -
Work was introduced on Wednes-
day and the following mornings by
singing.
AS work in reading for the period
on Wednesday, Mr.. Knepper answered
general questions from the teachers
and discussed punctuation. The marks
of punctuation are for the purpose of
enabling the reader to grasp the
thought expressed by the author.
When the reader has interpreted this
thought, no more attention needs to
be paid to the mark because the voice
will make the pauses indicated.
Mr.. Hyde heard his class recite the
history lesson which had been assigned
the day before. Topic lessons mark
his general plan, these to be inter
spersed by quiz lessons.
Mr.. Knepper filed the period for
arithmetical work, saying that arith-
metical work was for intellectual cul-
ture and was far more practical than
most people suppose. It can be told
by the conversation of a person wheth-
er or not he has had the drill in good
arithmetical principles.
The teaching of. music in district
schoolswas discussed by Mr.. Hyde.
The rudiments of music, if no more,
were to be taught. It appears to the
writer as if teacher put it about right
when he said, II haven't enough con-
fdence in myself to stand before the
school and sing the scale, and the
question is how am to teach moreT
In the afternoon Mr.. Niles gave an
other lesson in geography, saying that
the teachers objections to The new sc.
ographies was the lack Of questions al
the end of the lessons. This makes il
necessary for the teacher to better &C
quaint himself with the lesson. The
map questions in the new biographies
are intended to be such as tend to fl
in the mind of the pupil the features
of the countries as represented by thu
map and not to stamp the map, itself
| in the mind.
! By request Mr.. Crabb again fillet
the period for grammar work. HI
thought it well to do away with man!
superfuites in grammar. Parsint
and reasons for parsing were his prin
cipal subjects. At the request of tn
teachers Mr.. Niles spoke upon tn
subject of mathematical geograph,
Thursday morning, giving the ways O
helping the pupil to compare size
and also to see simple definitions u
the work which had been done before
T Mr.. Hyde's class recited quiz les
son in history.
Mr.. Knepper talked upon the sub
ject of arithmetic followed by MI
Hyde on writing.
II, In the afternoon DR.. SperTy, 9
Carleton College, gave short tall
lpaving the way for the evenings lee
tture. a. sga KS
4 After giving the theory of the pla,
for the election Of president, Mr.. Knep
per gave the plan as practiced AM
compared the two.
8 MI. Hyde ii speaking upon the sub
ject of applied psychology said tina
| our minds must Be in the main on