The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-08-22
THE TEACHERS,
Pennington and Meade County Teachers
Meet in Joint Session.

Pennington and Meade County Teachers
Meet in Joint Session.
The Joint institute OF Pennington and
Meade counties, under the supervision OF
Miss LII Schell and James c. Mears,
opened on Monday last in the high
school building, with Prlncipal-e!ect Alb
bott OF the high school, assisted by Pro-
lessor Cook OF the Speartish normal,
Professor Sturm and Mrs. NJ. d. l.. Hay
ME, formerly OF the Illinois state univer-
sity, as instructor.
The attendadce was small at first, but
has gradually increased until there are
follows:
Mesdames Himebaugh, Buchanan,
Sohnston and Henderson; Misses Cor
nelia, Adella and Katie Beach; Jessie
Bailey, Helen Bangs, Edith Boland, L,l-
lie Bower, Bird Deputy, Hattie Cleghorn,
Carrie Cliff, Lucy Feigle, Carrie Feigle,
Julia Grimes, Cora .Hte, Anna kehoe,
Lucy Mullinger, Estella Mullinger, Gen
evieve Patrick, Eva Robinson, Florence
Williams, Ida Isabel, Jessie Miner, Mag
gle Mcfarland, Orpha Legro, Lizzie Hy-
sell, Violet Mccain, Julia Day, Bertha
Rollins, Emma Plutt, Eva Platt. Carrie
Phillips, Gertie Phillips. Bertha Simms,
Cora Sevey and Gussie Sparks; and
Messrs. O. L. Ryan, j. NJ. Matthias,
Lynn p. Mccain, Thomas Potter, Walter
Ryan, w. H. Budsill and H. 7. Arthur.
In the order OF the program the work
done up to Thursday evening was: First
grammar, by Mrs. Haynie. Especial at
tention was given to instructions in
methods OF teaching language to primary
scholars, to begin when the pupil entered
school and to continue until the age o.
ten or twelve be reached, when the pupi
will be ready for text book. The prin
ciple was here laid down that the first
thing to be done was to gain and hole
the attention Of the child, and in order
to do this, Use pictures and talk witt
him or her about familiar objects, thu'
causing him to forget self but cautiousl,
directing the child IN the use OF correc
language, but carefully avoiding all tech
nical terms. This should be soon sue
ceeded by written work. Glasses wer
organized Ill primary and intermediat
work. The work required OF the forme
was writing little stories (sentences)
| using the indefnate article, and havin
them read and corrected, giving as
reason that it sounds better. In tn
latter, the work consists OF defining ser
tances and the different classes of sci
tances, making use OF subject and pred
cate and punctuation marks This, {
course, were the first lessons in these d.
E partlnents, but the fact of the necessit
i. Of beginning this training early was ell
e phasized as it is the natural and almos
$ only way Of securing easy expressions.
!, Professor Abbott, in his instructio
o on arithmetic, tried to impress upon tt
d teachers the necessity yofteachingprimal OF
classes objec ctively, and to give additic
{. particular attention, claiming ii this
is done a person can read the sum OF a &C
3 umn without naming each one, as easi
u as he can pronounce words wit
le out naming each letter. He also credi
II the failure ofour pupils becoming skill
" accountants to a lack OF oftraining i'll the
" particular ways, as arithmetic is o
T. only exact science and it always recei.
its share of attention. Subtraction "
shown to be only addition. Methods
illustrating to the pupils the reason
placing each successive partial prodl
=, one order farther to the left was gi,
81 and long division recommended to 2
cede short as more easily understood
Elements of psychology as presen
ri by Prof. Cook has been especially
ins iI structive, dealing as it does with
vas powers and faculties OF the mind, SO !
essary to teachers in their every