The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-12-15
THE INSTITUTE
TEACHERS AND INSTRUCTORS
HARD AT WORK.
A SHORT SESSION FOR THE FIRST
County superintendent Weiss
Makes an Address in Which
He Says That Institutes
Must be Upheld.

In formally opening the 29th annual ses-
sion of the Schuylkill County Teachers
Institute, yesterday afternoon, County Su-
perintendent Weiss made one of the most
brief addresses on record, shouldering the
responsibility for remarks upon Hon.
Henry Houck, Deputy State Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction, who carried the
burden with remarkable grace. Mr..
Houcks presence upon the stage is invig-
Grating He soon had the teachers In
chorus on "My Country Tis of Thee"
County Superintendent Weiss, who has
hardly recovered from recent attack of
the grip, made few remarks, in which he
put himself squsrely before the audience
rs a staunch friend of institutes. What
ever cranks may say, he said, the law must
be complied with.
Miss Wilhelmenia Seegmiler, of Allie
ghsny, Pa, was the FIRST instructor intro
duced aud an ex, eedingly interesting talk
on drawing followed. The children should
model the solid before they draw it, The
modelling comes first. then comes the draw
ing, and then the building. After the
building comes the making, and then comes
the drawing. Miss Seegmiller spoke OF
many errors of teachers in imparting in
struction on drawing and promised to give
instructions on making at the next session.
Hon. Henry Houck again took the in
stitute in charge and soon had the six
hundred teachers singing Row the Boat. 1"
DR.. Thomas NJ. Ballet, superintendent
of public schools of Springfield, Mass.
was the second instructor of the day and
had numbers"
THIS MORNINGS SESSION.
County Superintendent Weiss was in a
cheerful frame of mind this morning when
he opened the second session Of the in
stitute and Superintendent Houck equally
cheerful.
After singing Miss Seegmiller resumed
her instruction on drawing. Always fold
on the desk, never in the air. Always
fold from you, never toward you. Before
beginning paper folding teach children the
difference between turn round" and
turn over" Always have the object of
value. Don't make something because it is
pretty.
DR.. Ballet made the best of the dry
subject - arithmetic - and succeeded in
creating an interest that resulted in the pro-
pounding of several questions, which were
satisfactorily answered.
Superintendent Houck was on the pro-
gramme for an address and when his turn
came he crawled out of it in such delight
fully pleasant manner that all the teacher
left the hall in mood llkened to that en-
lertained by a negro ss he enters water
mellon patch.
Hon. Thomas B. Stockwell, state COM
missioner of public schools of Rhode Is
land, was introduced after singing and
gave an exceedingly interesting talk on
Language" We know many things
that we are incsps BILE OF expressing SO that
others may share the knowledge with US.
If you wish to teach children to speak and
write the English language to use, see to
it that the children have a proper
vocabulary. Determine for yourself by
actual observation and record what the o.
cabulary of the child is. In the school room
ana on the play ground Jake uoWD Inc WORDS
the child uses and find out what is his stock
ia trade. What are means for giving the
vocabulary? First comes the reading. In
the beginning bring the child into more
constant contact with poetry. Teach him
TO realize the power of imagination. The
teacher who can give the best vocabulary
is one who can tell stories we'll, Converse
tion is getting to be one of the lost arts.
Stimulation of thought is very essential.
The strong point of Mother Goose lies in
the fact that there is something in the jingle
of words and it were far better to put
"Mother Goose in the school and take out
great deal of what is in it now.
Institute Notes.
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