The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-10-30
Colored Teachers Institute.

COlOreu IeaCnerS' lnSCttutes
Reported for The Egis.
The Fifth Annual Institute of Hartford s
colored teachers was held at the Court House,
on Friday and Saturday, October 23a and Gath.
variety of topics pertaining 10 general
school-work aroused varied discussion.
'Opening Exercises; how to make them q
preventive against hardness )" "Adorning the
school room Preparation of examination
papers, and How to mark them" were among
the most notable subjects that received atteD-
ton, in addition to instruction as to the best
methods of teaching the regular public school
branches.
Individual members illustrated their respect
i've methods of teaching primary work in the
lower grades, also showing how all could be
kept busily employed during the day.
During Friday afternoon the teachers were
treated to an object lesson of immense value
there being present real school OF pupils OF
the first four grades of the Bel Air Graded
School, accompanied by their instructress, Miss
Rosa Brown, who began what all imagined to
be the morning session of public county
| school. All worked in quiet, Industrious
| way, though removed from usual surround ings
and located temporarily among strangers. No
| pupil was idle. The prevailing good order
| prompt verbal answer of oral classes, and the
neatness and dispatch with which the written
| tasks were executed, left lasting impressions
| upon the teachers minds. They concurred, thai
las is the teacher. so ID the school," and un
animously decided that the visiting school
| should be classed among the best.
On Saturday Miss Off1ey, of the same school,
| rendered valuable aid to the teachers by giving
! practical suggestions on school adornment.-
Her advice on preparing leaves, ferns. notices
etc., was much appreciated. Miss Ofley's ad
| vice and Illustrations on numbers and drawing
| promise to be as"Seed sown on good ground
| This being the second year Miss Ofley has giver
! material stimulus to the G. T. L. 'Tis hoped
| that a continuance of her presence and assist
| ance, as well as the attendance and happy help
of Miss Brown may be set down as invariablt
! annual occurrences at the G. I. l.
Last, but not least, do the indefatigabl'
| efforts of Examiner Worthingten, the origina
tor and prime promoter of the G. T. l., come il
for consideration. To him must be accredited
the present high standard of the Institute. Eve
teeming, at Institute, in the school. room, or il
his Office, with sympathetic advice or profes
sional suggestion to the novice, to the dis
| couraged, or TO whatsoever needs it, the result
| is poor teachers become good, good ones bette
| and better teachers eventually rank among th
| best. Thus the taxpayer, usually 80 loath Il
| part with his school tax money, must ere loDl
see that for each mill he is assessed he get
| value received by better men, better womel
| and better citizens settling about him, they be
ing trained by teachers whose flow of zeal, in
formation, practicabiity and general usefulness
can be traced to that great fountain-head G
scientific theory-the Teachers INSTITUTE.
Long live the Colored Teachers Institute an
may its present management continue long int
futurity ROBERT E. SADDLER,
Teacher of Michaelsville Colored School