The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-08-04
TYE TEACHERS TAUGHT.
oDoping of the Marshall County
Teachers Institute.
VERY INTERESTING SESSION
And 4 larger Attendance at the Open.
inc ,han was Expected---Important
subjects Practically Handled---Ani-
mated Discussions.

Tho Marshall County Teachers Insti-
ante met at Moundsville yesterday
' 'a and will continue in session
=, ,wo weeks. seventy-six teachers,
", ,Sirty.one ladies' and forty-fve gentle
~ ,D answered to roll call. Prof. D. T.
will principal Of the AIoundsville
ti,b school, is conductor for the term.
4 The morning session was called to
,,lnr by County Superintendent Rine,
V n5 aiier music by the choir, VIM.
law T'rii Bonar conducted devotional ex-
ertises. ~, T.. ,.os s~od a. o,
rents for the term. II,
'e Ss.Sgperintendent Rtne addressed the
;,titute, and urged the teachers to
,aEa n personal interest in the exercises,
and thus to help make the institute o
'1 Tie first topic for discussion was
".rIooi Organization" This subject
,o. onened 81 j. X. Chase, OF Cameron.
Mr. Chase said that he believed that
the tirst step the teacher should take, is
,0iamiiiarize himself with the parents
~ his pupils. ue should visit the
yarrnts and patrons, and by winning
iLeir friendship, secure their co-opera-
top in making the school q success.
la considered this the first important.
,iSn The sneaker made the further
noint that n school should be 10 organ.
I'D that the teacher eau have the in
Giyilual scholar under his immediate
care as well as the entire school.
Rey, Keith, OF the Moundsville Pres
brieriaa Church, did. not agree with
Mr.. Chase as to visiting the parents OF
the pupils. lie thought school could
e. successfully taught without the CO.
Iteration of the parents. Mr.. Keith
made a spirited talk in support, Of his
opinion. When he had concluded Mr.:
Chase replied that the brother had
failed TO convince him. He knew min
i,,ers as a rule failed TO visit among the
members OF their congregations, and
that they lost influence By their failure
10 do SO. Mr.. Chase was supported by
several teachers. Superintendent Rine
remarked that he thought the teacher
should work wherever he could do
good, and especially where he could do
the most good. Mr.. Keyser said that
whether or not teacher should visit
tlc parents depended upon his DISPOSE
ton. Some teachers might create q
favorable impression and others might
not: and unless he could make favor
able impression no should not visit
among the parents Of his pupils. One
may be good and successful teacher,
and vet not be able to fNvorably impress
the patrons OF his school.
In the afternoon the first topic for
discussion was Geography" This
was assigned to W. s. Powell. Mr..
Powell commenced by asking one OF
the teachers to name the different
bodies OF water surrounding North
America. lie followed the question by
requesting some one to name the prin-
eiFal rivers OF North and South
America the great lakes and their
connections, the principal connections
Of the Mississippi river. He asked for
the mountain systems OF North
America, the different mountain peaks,
etc.
Mr.. Powell gave the teachers thor
ougl and practical class drill in geogra-
phy. The principal products d the
important countries were named.
Asa rule his questions were promptly
answered, many Of the answers being
freely, hut good naturedly, criticised by
the teachers. Mispronunciations were
corrected. The pronunciation Of Ar
kansas, West Virginia, Virginia, Penn
sylvania, Louisiana and some other
words evoked considerable discussion.
The iorty.tive minutes devoted to this
topic were protitably spent.
Bookkeeping was the second topic,
and it was assigned to Mr.. Robert Riggs.
This one Of the new studies required to
be taught.
Mr.. David Bonar followed Mr.. Riggs,
and went more into particulars in his
discussion OF the subject.
The discussion Of civil government
was taken up by Instructor Williams.
The subject was ably handled. After
civil government the next topic WIS
"reading," which was opened by Mr..
Robert Riggs,
The attendance for the first day was
better than expected. There are about
one hundred and fifty teachers in
Marshall county. There is one colored
teacher among the number enrolled.
He has been teaching at Romny, and
will teach at Keyser this winter.
In the evening the institute was adj
dressed by Rev. q. w. Grimes, OF the
Simpson NJ. L. church, who delivered
an interesting talk.