The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-11-18

elsewhere IN this paper.
Supt. Berksy. a1sr adireszing the Inst
ruse : few minutes had the f5iloEiDg name.
announced IS members Of the Comnsitses
on Permanent Certifcsfes: J. E speicaer
z E Pritts. c. F. Lvengood, C E. Dickey
and Ella X vogel
Thursday mornings session opened with
teachers work under lead Of Z E Diekey.
MIS- Lottie Kriszinger read paper on "A
Good School W H Kretchnan. Wan.
Reed, z z. Diekey, J. D. Nscse and SuPt
Berkey discussed The use and abuse OF
text books, both in primary and advanced
schools. Prof Nesse resumed his talk on
Drawing. Aher topical tax BY W. h Mar
tin and Others on Character Building, an
iafermission was taken
The general work Of the Institute was then
opened by reading from the Scriptures and
prayer BY Or. Schsffer- Supt Berkeys his
face wreafhed in smiles. said that ne was
happy TO announce thai every teacher IN
Somerset county bat 3 we're now present al
the Institute, and two Of these three were
accounted for. This i most creditable 70
the Superintendent as well As the teachers
Prof Bennet, Of JohnstoEn, was intro
daeei. and afier saying be had heard much
of the teachers OF Somerset county, proceed
ed 10 talk about Drawing. He said drawing
was the education OF the eye and hand He
illustrated the free, easy motion the hand
should have in drawing With an educated
brain, a skilled hand and eye, drawing VIII
be success. The imagination also must be
developed Withcut Imagination, ike mon
keys. we can only initiate Prof B. then
talked Of drawing in straight lines, broken
/ lines and curved lines, illustrating with
sticks and diagrams The eye must be
trained 70 measure distance and observe
proportion. Things must not be drawn as
We know them. but as We see them-ss they
look to the eye. He insists that drawing
/ gives habits Of neafness and Is 4 great aid in
learning 70 write. Many models IN wood,
plaster and paper were shown.
Just here for few minutes the Institute
was turned into barnyard, or something
ike il, by the singing Of the song Ny
/ Grandfather, into which all the grunis
/ quacks and bzrks Of the animal creation are
Introduced
Dr. schafier then gave the Institute a talk
on rivers. He followed the drop Of water
from the e:ond 10 its place in the river; then
told how glacier supplied the river Rhine
with water; how river currents fiow faster
At the top and in the middle than on the
bottom and sides how the swiftness Of the
current increased the carrying capacity Of
river. Then he described how alluvium IS
deposited; how deltas and bsyous are form
ed What Dr. Schaffsr didn't tell about
rivers is hardly worth knowing
How children should be Taught TO talk,
read and write, Was the subject OF an ad-
dress By Prof Brumbaugh The Professor
thinks children arr restrained too much let
them talk let them talk even in school
somedmes don't put cork in the bottle
1t Is childs nature 10 talk, Is much As It Is
to eat. The eye Of the child can be reached
in teaching language 70 children through
words. sentences and maxims written; the
ear, by reading 10 OF telling the child stories
which he can Rrite out Children should Be
made write about objects that are shown
and described 10 them. Prof B. illustrated
the method by holding up an alligator scale
and giving long history oft
The afternoon session vas opened by Prof.
Stephens, Of the Mt Pleasant Institute, and
his address on E3uc-tiOn IN America was
an exceedingly interesting one lie said
the man who allows his youth to slip by
without securing an education makes mis-
take thar Is almost irrepara5le in after life
Thousands Of middie-aged people IN this
country made that mistake, and vii always
have cause 70 regret IT, There are l3,500ooo
children Of school age in The United States.
100000 Of these are in Pennsylvania, and
the State has appropriated 500 each to eiu-
cate them BE- a diagram Prof Stephens
attempted 10 illustrate the number Of pupils
in the common schools and the number in
higher institutions o. learning The space
devoted to the latter was 50 small as to be
almost invisible. He then gave . very clear
definition Of the various kinds Of higher
schOols-the academy, seminary. parochial
sla1Rl4- lLE Nl-Ar-E l--A- A-4| -A--fNAa-e- --l
said the highest Of these, except the uniyeT-
sity, which Is intended for specialties, are
schools of drill and routine. He hkened
our colleges 10 the German Gymnasium.
He booted ct the idea that college-bred
young men were not d. for the highest CON-
mercial pursuits, Andrew Carnegie TO the
contrary. He said that Pratt, the oil mil
lionai-e said that every responsible position
IN his vast business vss under control Of a
college graduate he was IN favor Of com
bining industrial with mental training.
some very successful men have been trained
outside Of college, but every man in the
higher professions who kas not had q college
training i handicapped to some extent As
70 choosing college, he said, select the one
with the largest endowment, for there you
get the most for your money
Prof Brumbaugh had halted in his jour
ney Around the World, the day before, At
the Red Sea He now resumed It al that
point. and passed on 70 the great coffee dis
trica Of ARABIA. and crossing the indian
Ocean 10 Calcutta, in Indis, he went 10 sin
gapore near the equator; around the 18th
mus and on up to China, japan, the sand
wich Islands, san Francisco and Somerset
to New York, the point Of starting. A
shorter trip was then taken through thai
wonderful land Of Siberia 70 NOygorod and
81. Petersburg, and on 70 Berlin and
Paris
Prof Bennett, Of Johnstown, now re-
sumed his talk on Drawing. He illustrated
the making Of curves and ovals on the
blackboard Wire was a good model 10
use in making curves AS 70 the circle, i
could only be made accurately with an IN
strument The oval, the double oval and
the loop combined were illustrated, and
their combinations as used in writing
shown The capital letters are only CON-
binatiOus OF Ovais and loops. All writing
is only straight and carved lines in conhi-
nation. The elbow IS 10 be used as the point
Of rest in making curves. 4 straight line
model, as . cube. has in II al the lines OF an
ordinary house After straight line Eork IN
drawing. comes curves. White models
should be used to teach shading, as only
these show the shadow clearly. Draw ob-
iecss as you see them. not as you know they
are this Is perspective
DR.. SchatTer, man OF brains. then talked
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